Quote Originally Posted by Althugz
Indeed, there is so much talk about Floyd underestimated Ricky but to me it now seems the other way round. He is going to get one hell of a shock when he feels the constant stinging of Floyds shots...'You need power to stop me coming forward'...I don't remember Collazo having too much power? He nearly had Hatton out of there..
Exactly. While I do attribute some of the difficulties Hatton had against Collazo due to Collazo being a southpaw and Hatton fighting his first fight at welter, let's be honest, Collazo does not have any power at welter and Hatton was out on his feet. I'd be worried a little about getting clipped if I was Hatton, because Hatton wasn't hurt on a wild punch, he was hurt on an effective straight punch. I honestly can't say that Collazo punches any harder than Floyd. In fact, if you look at the Judah-Mayweather and Judah-Cotto fights, while Cotto is a true body snatcher, Floyd's work to Judah's body wasn't any less effective than Cotto's. Except against Mayweather, instead of taking a knee like he did against Cotto, Judah hit Floyd low and then gave him a hard rabbit punch and then the rest is history. CC BTW man. Floyd's power isn't blunt Margarito type KO power of course, but I think he's got effective power from a combination of amazing accuracy and hand speed. Hatton IMO is working himself up just like Gatti, of course he's a much much better fighter, but you can't come into a fight with Floyd Mayweather banking on ONE thing to win the fight because when that ONE thing doesn't work then ur up shit's creek without a paddle. Floyd doesn't come in with just one way to win a fight, he's got several gameplans and makes adjustments. Hatton better hope that his "educated pressure" can win the fight. It will be abundantly clear in the first two rounds how the fight will play out.