
Originally Posted by
Lyle
When was the last time Floyd truly stopped anyone

? Gatti
Ricky is going the distance whether he wins or not, I hope to God Floyd Mayweather gets massacred
There is a good chance FMJ stops Hatton.
To be fair, Mayweather is a 135er fighting at 147/154. It is unreasonable to expect him to stop Baldomir or Delahoya.
Delahoya fought Trinidad, Mosley twice, Vargas, Sturm, Quartey, Mayorga and Hopkins. In those 90+ rounds with very strong punchers, only Hopkins was able to stop him at middleweight, and that was on a bodyshot. Both Oscar and Baldomir are big men who both have terrific chins.
By contrast, Ricky Hatton is a JWW. And Hatton was down vs Magee and badly hurt vs Collazo. Neither are concussive punchers.
Here is Mayweather's record vs natural JWW's:
Bruseles: 2 knockdowns, TKO win
Gatti: knockdown, brutal TKO win
Corley: 2 knockdowns, wide decision.
Mitchell*: 2 knockdowns, TKO win.
I would say FMJ's power record vs 140ers is pretty darn respectable. And Floyd is a stronger fighter now than he was at 140. Hatton would be making a mistake if his plan is to try and walk through Mayweather's fire. RH should be appropriately defensive.
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