quote author=MAYWEATHER P4P#1 link=topic=55438.msg717933#msg717933 date=1196379201]
We never see Hatton on the back foot what if he can't really fight going backwards Hattons best work is coming forward.
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Rewatch the Hatton Collazo fight. I just did tonight...it's a really good fight...& it's also a bit of a dubious decision, IWO.

While Hatton dropped Collazo in the first round…he didn’t really convince me that he won…nor did he “take the title” from the champion. Round about the 4th or 5th round Collazo started really putting pressure on Hatton via that pin point accurate left hand.

By the 7th & 8th he was standing toe to toe with Hatton & taking his body shots. From then on out…Collazo backed him up…& no he did not do to well in reverse. The thing about Hatton is that, to date, he has proven to have the ability to just stop & bull through exchanges with even some of the heavy handed hitters of his division.


What keeps gaining my attention with Hatton as far as a detraction is the fact that when they got to the 11th & 12th round & Collazo would unleash a flurry…Hatton began dropping his hands…eating those flurries. Hatton was even rocked a few times during the 11th & there was a time in the 12th that I was a bit worried that he might have dropped by a few of those left hooks.

He was caught quite a few times in the 12th that he shouldn’t have.

IWHO, Floyd is twice the boxer & tactician that Collazo is…& if it’s a fact that Hatton’s not suited for 147lbs…he might be totally out of his league. Granted it was Hatton's first move up, granted Collazo is a hell of a boxer, granted granted granted...I just think that Hatton's gonna have to be a hell of a lot more focused than he was then...& no matter what anyone in his camp says...he was on point the night of the "British Invasion" & it really just didn't seem like enough to me.

Floyd's going to be a hell of a lot taller order...but maybe he'll be more determined this go round.

It’s just such a hard call.