Quote Originally Posted by DIOS DOMINICANO
Quote Originally Posted by dasamm


I think he needs to be pretty dominant, but does not necessarily need to score a KO or stoppage. We got the p4p best fighter fighting a guy in Hatton who has shown some deficiencies lately, so I expect Floyd to be in control of the majority of the fight.

A KO or stoppage would be a bonus
Das,

Ring Magazine, the most objective "ranking body" in our sport, has Ricky as #8 pound-for-pound.

Are some people holding Floyd to an unreasonable standard? Calzaghe just beat Kessler 7-5 or 8-4. And we all praised that victory. Rightly so.

If Floyd beats Ricky (a top ten P4P guy) by similar margins, isn't PBF due the same accolades as Joe C.?
Good point you bring up Dios. I do have pretty high expectations of Floyd, but I don't think it's unreasonable considering..


The first time Hatton moved up to Welterweight it was almost disastrous. He was about 15 seconds away from being knocked out cold by Collazo. Collazo is good and may have been really underrated at the time, but Mosley showed Collazo isn’t THAT good. And then Mosley was handled very well by Cotto, even though he put up a good fight. This puts Cotto far ahead of Collazo (who I feel should have won against Hatton) even though Cotto is just one spot above him in the Ring.

I know I’m putting a lot into Hatton’s performance against Collazo, but it was his only other fight at welterweight. I don’t buy the excuses that Hatton wasn’t in shape or didn’t train for the fight either…that was supposed to be his big “American Invasion” fight


This is why I think PBF should be able to put on a dominant, impressive fight against Hatton. I am not expecting it to be as dominating as Mayweather-Gatti was by any means, but if Floyd wants to call himself the UNDISPUTED p4p champ I think he has got to show some fireworks. If he takes a SD I would still rate him #1, but he would definitely be disputed by some others knocking on the door for that spot.


Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205


For some reason...I respectfully disagree dasamm.

A win is a win is a win.

The way that I look at it is this...Floyd aint a knockout puncher...he's an accumulative fighter. Yes a TKO would be a bonus...but again...a win is a win. As highly as most rate Hatton...Floyd just needs to win...while fans will be bitter about it...a true fan of boxing must acknowledge it.

You know what I mean?
I can understand playing it safe against Oscar at 154, in that case a win was a win.

But now it's at 147 vs. a guy in Hatton who is ideally a 140 fighter. And like I said above his only other show at 147 wasn't good.

I feel that Hatton is overrated and people have seemed to ignore what he has done (or hasn't) in the past couple years. Defeating Tszyu was an amazing feat, but Tszyu had a few legit reasons he was not at his peak, which is a completely different subject! Still Hatton gave a amazing fight and I think he really peaked that night..but aint seen the same since.