Quote Originally Posted by Gyrokai
Come to think of it....

All of Hatton's greatest assets are put into question.


1) Will to win...... in his last round at 147 it was "Will to survive" not "Will to win."

2) Wrestle..... he does impose his size and strength, but at 147, it's not as effective.

3) Hug and Hold style...... I don't think Vegas will let him do that. Even though, personally I'd like him to do it.
With Floyd ranting and raving, and it being in the U.S. ..... I think Hatton's style will take a back seat.

4) Stamina..... The last time I seen Hatton display his high stamina, was against Kostya and maybe Maussa.
He's been either ending it quick (which is good), or ending it in a slow decision.

5) It's not at Manchester.

I disagree with every one of them points

1: How the fuck can you concentrate on winning when you are being pummelled? Practically every fighter will go through a phase in at least one fight in their career where they need to just get through the round. Like saying Cotto has no will to win because he held on against Torres......before coming back and showing tremendous will to win. If he had no will to win he would have just gone down.....because staying on his feet pretty much assured him of the win.

2: Yeh it's not effective against a proper fully blown welterweight, but Mayweather int a fully blown welter weight. They might be fighting at 147 but that isn't either fighters natural weight.

3: Well vegas let him do it against Urango and Castillo so don't see how this fight will be any different. So long as the ref aint Jay Nady, Hatton will be able to go about this fight as he normally would.

4: Just because Hatton has two fights where he doesn't quite look himself, it doesn't mean he has questionable stamina. Against Collazo he struggled with the pace because of the lack of preparation and against Urango he was recovering from the flu. The flu wasn't an excuse nheither.....i saw an interview that was filmed 4 days before the fight and he was full of it.

5: He hasn't fought in Manchester since June 05......what's your point?