Quote Originally Posted by QUISQUEYA
The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is the revisionist history by Camp Hatton.

Prior to the fight, Graham said - repeatedly and emphatically - that Hatton was the bigger man and the stronger man. I'm fairly certain many of you either saw or read the interview where Graham referred to Floyd's "girl hands" and his fine bone structure. Ricky himself consistently asserted that Floyd couldn't hold him off and that if they fought inside, "Floyd would be eaten".

Subsequent to the fight, Graham said "I always said that he wasn't a welterweight. We were moving up in weight."

If you are bigger than your opponent, what is the significance of the weight limit? The fight could have been at the 168 limit or heavyweight. Ricky is the bigger man. Floyd has never been a legitimate WW; he merely toils there for the bigger paydays.

Those inconsistencies from Hatton and Graham are troubling. And may be perceived by some as "an excuse".

Thoughts?
That's no different than any other camp...everyone tries to figure out why they lost and in doing so it sounds like they are making excuses.

Arturo Gatti and Ricky Hatton have styles meant to be together....a fight between them could have gone either way but as we saw vs Ward, Arturo was mighty open for body shots and he didn't take them too well.

Ricky - faster, sharper punches, better mover in the ring, hasn't had trouble with B and C level competition

Arturo - bigger (would swell up over 160 for fights at 140 and 147, ask Joey Gamache), better jab, had to dig deeper to win fights

They both have heart galore, I would have loved to see those guys brawl...they also had trouble carrying their power to 147