finally the hatton talk is done

[LawHoops]

i cant blive anyone would think hatton would be anything other than a sparring partner for floyd

[ICB]

i cant blive anyone would think hatton would be anything other than a sparring partner for floyd

He done better than your boy Gatti

[LawHoops]

not really --at least gatti tried to fight and not hump floyds leg

plus gatti showed heart and that he could take some shots and keep coming

ricky quit as soon as he got popped

[Munkymagic]

You're clearly trying to get a bite. Pretty sad mate really.

Good luck anyway.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Nah he got a bite right here.

Hatton put up a good fight for the duration. He constantly came forward and never once backed down from Mayweather.

Let us compare this to Gatti who fought with so much "heart".
Is it a coincedence, that Gatti abandoned what he had done his entire career and decided to box on the move vs. Floyd? I think not. He knew he was beaten at the bell of rd.1 and decided to try and prevent contact. Ricky was of the opinion he could win and came forward relentlessly. Unfortunately to his detriment.

Gatti was absolutley destroyed by Mayweather-it seemed he had fought a Middleweight after the fight the damage was so great. Ricky was stopped, but he was still fighting back until he got caught.

Great to see another delightfully intelligent and informative contribution by Lawhoops.

[Munkymagic]

Nah he got a bite right here.

Hatton put up a good fight for the duration. He constantly came forward and never once backed down from Mayweather.

Let us compare this to Gatti who fought with so much "heart".
Is it a coincedence, that Gatti abandoned what he had done his entire career and decided to box on the move vs. Floyd? I think not. He knew he was beaten at the bell of rd.1 and decided to try and prevent contact. Ricky was of the opinion he could win and came forward relentlessly. Unfortunately to his detriment.

Gatti was absolutley destroyed by Mayweather-it seemed he had fought a Middleweight after the fight the damage was so great. Ricky was stopped, but he was still fighting back until he got caught.

Great to see another delightfully intelligent and informative contribution by Lawhoops.

Donny, ignore him mate. See his other posts.

Just out for a bite. Don't waste your energy.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I no your right.

I hope that im not giving the impressionnthat im bitter...I gained a huge amount of respect for Floyd last Saturday and lost none for my guy at all. Floyd boxed very well and confirmed what i wrote about two months ago, "he's the best boxing brain of our generation, perhaps ever,"

However, to see amateur posters offering such glittering strands of wisdom as this AFTER the fight is an annoyance.

[Gandalf]

Hatton is far from done and is the best at 140 pounds and stayed with Mayweather until being penalised. It all went pear shaped thereafter, but Hatton was in the fight for a good while. Hatton can fight better than he did and he knows it, but still no excuses here.

Floyd is that good. To insult Hatton is just to bring down the tone of Floyds abilities and lets face it...perhaps noone can beat Floyd and that doesnt make Hatton look so bad after all.

[Wayne]

That was one of the dumbest posts I've ever read. Gatti got converted into hamburger meat, bludgeoned so bad his corner stopped it. That's worse than being kayoed in my opinion. At least when you get knocked out it was by your own effort. McGirt saw his boy being sliced up like a ginsu knife and stopped it. And people on the Gatti payroll were saying after the fact they knew he was going to lose. At least Hatton's people believed in him.

[Big_Deuce]

not really --at least gatti tried to fight and not hump floyds leg

plus gatti showed heart and that he could take some shots and keep coming

ricky quit as soon as he got popped

ill take a nibble at this one too.
Being a big fan of gatti myself, hatton made a mistake, where as gatti was just outclassed.
Did you watch the fight? Did you see the straight hand that hatton went through? That myself made me one of the biggest fans of ricky hatton. That was pure Heart, right at that moment ricky became one of my favorites all time. Not because of his skill, but that boy has a brick chin, and a big heart. God i wish there were more like him, i really do.

[LawHoops]

please rickys camp knew he was gonna lose and so did ricky he didnt tru to win he tried to wrestle floyd and tie him up and try to go the distance...except floyd was too good and he ripped hatton apart and knocked him out easy----ricky cant take a punch one left hook and he was out lol lol at least gatti stood up to man sized beating

[ICB]

Lets all listen to Hoops he has made great predictions in the past.



1 gatti (after he beats pbf he trumps zoo who only has to whip lil ricky boy)--greatest warrior in history of boxing finally gets a chance to shine--would faltten hatton inside 5 rds

2 zoo --- gatti-zoo by the end of the year would be an awesome war --to settle it all at 140--should finish hatton quick in match coming up---my prediction is rd 2

3 pbf--should prob look at 147 pd judah or back down to 135 to face diego again--which may be a totally differnet fight this time around--it would be funny to see pbf get ktfo by gatti then move down and get ktfo by diego---would embarass ricky hatton worse then winky did tito and prob knock hatton tfo

4 viv harris--big underrated------dangerous guy nobody seems to want--apparently he was to young and viable for ricky hatton--would kayo ricky if ricky didint duck him

5 cotto---big for division good fighter--but very beatable as corley let us know--would kayo hatton in 1 rd though--too big strong and athletic--ricky would never go near him

6 witter--another guy like harris nobody wants to fight--another guy ricky hatton ducked --would blister ricky and knock him out

7 corley---give this guy some credit---close split loss against judah, rocked pbf and shook him while going the distance, and roughed up cotto a bit before a very premature stoppage prevented us from finding out if he could have upset cotto--this guy is tough and i think corley would beat hatton via close decision--lack of power keeps ricky in game

8 sharmba mitchell---looked pedestrian against zoo but good give alot of guys a tussle--still 3 yrs away from being an opponent for ricky hatton--hed box his ears off still at this point

9 lovemore ndou--tough vet who will give anyone a tussle ---alot like corley---not washed up enough for ricky--probably win a close decision against ricky

10 oktay urkal-gave harris a tough fight and is solid--another guy who would probably beat ricky hatton of course hes 35 so hes almost ripe for a hatton encounter--id give ricky a 50-50 shot in this one--but rememebr thi guy is underrated and tough--lost close md to harris and went the distance with zoo--which is 10 rds longer then ricky is gonna last

[Big_Deuce]

please rickys camp knew he was gonna lose and so did ricky he didnt tru to win he tried to wrestle floyd and tie him up and try to go the distance...except floyd was too good and he ripped hatton apart and knocked him out easy----ricky cant take a punch one left hook and he was out lol lol at least gatti stood up to man sized beating

you didnt watch the fight.

[donnydarkoIRL]

CC Deuce

please rickys camp knew he was gonna lose and so did ricky he didnt tru to win he tried to wrestle floyd and tie him up and try to go the distance...except floyd was too good and he ripped hatton apart and knocked him out easy----ricky cant take a punch one left hook and he was out lol lol at least gatti stood up to man sized beating

Stood up to a beating?
He tried to box and run (ironic as thats what Floyd is accused of.)
Oh...and then got ripped to shreds. (AS HE DID AGAINST EVERY ELITE FIGHTER HE FACED.)

Do you no anything of Ricky's fighting style? he's a BodyPuncher....when he tied him up he was attempting to body punch. Id hardly say Floyd knocked him out easily. He tired him waited for his opportunity and the popped him beautifully.

[Gandalf]

This is the first time Lawhoops has got a prediction correct since 1935, so perhaps we should forgive him for revelling in his sad little moment here! :P