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Can't remeber too many people blaming Hatton's loss on the extra 7 pounds either

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Actually I got to disagree with that a lot of people said that Hatton wasn't at his best at welter, basically cause of the Collazo fight. I said that too before the fight. I wasn't making excuses for Hatton, I think Floyd would have won at 140 too, just saying that I thought Hatton wasn't at his best at 147.

If Hopkins loses then I won't say its cause of his age cause he seems to be in great shape. Only situation where that would be a reasonable excuse if he came out and his legs looked shot from the beginning.