Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
Mayweather used dirty tactics to beat Hatton ?? theres sour grapes then theres ridiculous, and your acting ridiculous now. Mayweather beat Hatton by neutralizing his offense on the inside, he also beat him with surperior boxing skills, it was a one sided affair and Hatton was totally outclassed end of. Hatton was doing his fair share of illegal tactics as well.

And as for Hatton's opponents, Carlos Maussa ?? please Maussa is terrible he was coming off taking a beating from Miguel Cotto, and i seem to remember Maussa recently got stopped in about 2 minutes ??

Jose Luis Castillo was at his best at Lightweight, before his fight with Hatton he looked like a shot fighter against Herman Ngoudjo.

Kostya Tszyu was 35 and had only fought like 3 times in 3 years.

Oh and by the way Luis Collazo was considered an easy opponent for Hatton, Collazo was virtually unknown and if you look back at old posts on this forum 95 percent were predicting an easy quick win for Hatton.
I see where both you and VD are coming from but your way over the top....

First off, watch Danny's video. It is an excellent analysis of the fight. How the fuck can you hit somebody when they duck down below your waist whenever you throw? Not saying Hatton is a saint because he isn't, but the video pretty much highlights the fact that the Floyd Mayweather method of avoiding punches is illegal. Kudos to him for getting away with it and even without that method he'd have most likely won.

To say Castillo was shot is a bit harsh considering he handled Ngoudjo a hell of a lot better than Paulie did. I know your probably going to say styles make fights, but the fact is he still looked a hell of a lot better than Paulie did. I know Castillo had a fight before that with Reyes and he didn't look great but then again he ko'd Chico in the fight before. Yes there was the weight issue but that punch would probably have done it no matter what.

To say Kosta was shot is just ignorant. How the fuck can the p4p #2 fighter coming off a 3rd round destruction of Sharmba Mitchell be considered shot? How does a shot fighter become the number 2 ranked fighter in the world at any weight? Is your boxing knowledge so great that you've decided to over-rule the vast majority of boxing experts all over the world by declaring his shotness?

And you will probably find that most people on here based their predictions on a 'Collazo, who the fuck is he? Hatton will win' mentality. I certainly didn't think it would be an easy fight and neither did Billy Graham seen as tho he tried to talk Hatton out of it.

I can see what you and VD are getting at by saying his best 2 wins have been against older fighters but you can't just dismiss old as being shot because they are 2 completely different things.