Quote Originally Posted by LEGION
Pressure, pressure, pressure. He can't let Floyd breathe for one second during this fight, and he can't let Floyd decide to dictate where this fight goes and when it happens. Either way Hatton is going to get punched, and he can't complicate matters by letting Floyd slip off the ropes if he can get him there, as he'll have to chase Floyd while getting pot shotted. Pressure and an effective body attack. That's all Ricky has to offer and if he doesn't make it work somehow someway he's doomed. He'll get beaten silly on the outside and it will be deja-vu for Gatti fans as that will be what it will look like. All this talk about Hatton having good footwork and hitting from angles; please, like Floyd hasn't fought better boxers than Ricky and Floyd has better both than Hatton. For Hatton to win he has to do it by the 6th round or people might as well turn the t.v. off, unless you're just a fan of watching CSI. Don't forget, Floyd never tires, and no mistake about it, he'll let Ricky run himself ragged while trying to find a home for that left hook to the body, or one of those silly lunging punches Ricky throws. No way will Ricky win a decision, lol. In America? With Floyd; who only gets better as the fight progresses? Ricky has to cripple that body or he'll get beat worse than Paul Bostaph's drum kit Bring it on Lefty{laughingstock}Lee

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I think you are wrong to dismiss Ricky's strengths with footwork, footspeed, and angles, especially angles when hooking to the body and fighting inside. I'm not sure that Floyd has faced a guy who throws to the body from the angles that Ricky throws. If Ricky has enough footspeed and movement to get inside, those angles will give Ricky a CHANCE to hurt Floyd to the body. Castillo throws to the body, but I think Ricky has better inside footwork to get clean shots to the body, especially the liver and the kidneys (yes, I know kidney shots are illegal, but they happen). Without the inside footwork to create better punching opening, Floyd will just deflect the body shots like he did against Oscar and to a degree Castillo.

From Taeth:

What Hatton needs to do is plant his head just right so that Mayweather's fist always hits him in the forhead, it will open him up to uppercuts, but if he gets Mayweather's hand broken it will be much easier to put pressure on him because the counter rights won't be as hard.
I think you are on to something with that. Use the hard part of the head to block and deflect and hope to break a hand. He wouldn't be the first, and it would make the fight more winable for Hatton if Floyd breaks a paw.