Someone explain this to me (Floyd/Hatton weight issue)

[ross]

I remember Kerry Kayes saying before the fight when asked how Floyd has managed to gup in weight and stay lean and strong, he said that Floyd was probably starving himself, whereas Ricky does the weight quite easy, also Ricky started out boxing in a weight lifters gym so probably had a head start on the muscle growth, hes probably at his bodys best weight for boxing, whereas Floyd probably never got in to weights until much later and his body has now reached its best potential.

Rickys problem was arrogance, he looked at Floyd and saw a smaller fighter, he fought like he was the stranger man, he didnt try and box and rushed in to get countered, I see him being more effective in a rematch but I think hed still get caught too often and probably stopped.

[sonny78]

I remember Kerry Kayes saying before the fight when asked how Floyd has managed to gup in weight and stay lean and strong, he said that Floyd was probably starving himself, whereas Ricky does the weight quite easy, also Ricky started out boxing in a weight lifters gym so probably had a head start on the muscle growth, hes probably at his bodys best weight for boxing, whereas Floyd probably never got in to weights until much later and his body has now reached its best potential.

Rickys problem was arrogance, he looked at Floyd and saw a smaller fighter, he fought like he was the stranger man, he didnt try and box and rushed in to get countered, I see him being more effective in a rematch but I think hed still get caught too often and probably stopped.

I spoke to Ricky soon after the Floyd fight and he told me that when he saw Floyd at the weigh in he couldn't believe how big he was it may have been to late to change tactics but walking in to the ring he knew he was in with a bigger man

[Beanflicker]

Rickys problem was arrogance, he looked at Floyd and saw a smaller fighter, he fought like he was the stranger man, he didnt try and box and rushed in to get countered, I see him being more effective in a rematch but I think hed still get caught too often and probably stopped.

I think trying to box Mayweather would have been idiotic on his part given Floyd's huge advantage in boxing skill, speed and reach.

Ricky fought the right fight, he just fought a guy who had an answer to every question Ricky asked of him.

I gained a lot of respect for Ricky in this fight because I thought Floyd would completely dominate him, but Ricky made it fairly compeditive and made Floyd very uneasy at times, which not a lot of people do.

[bambamdaddio]

Rickys problem was arrogance, he looked at Floyd and saw a smaller fighter, he fought like he was the stranger man, he didnt try and box and rushed in to get countered, I see him being more effective in a rematch but I think hed still get caught too often and probably stopped.

I think trying to box Mayweather would have been idiotic on his part given Floyd's huge advantage in boxing skill, speed and reach.

Ricky fought the right fight, he just fought a guy who had an answer to every question Ricky asked of him.

I gained a lot of respect for Ricky in this fight because I thought Floyd would completely dominate him, but Ricky made it fairly compeditive and made Floyd very uneasy at times, which not a lot of people do.

Yet to me it was one sided really .. partly because of Cortez tho..

[Beanflicker]

Well Cortez was just enforcing the rules, if you have a reputation for doing something then the refs can only be expected tto watch out for it.

But on the subject of Cortez, after rewatching the fight a few days ago, I noticed Ricky was landing a lot of shots to the back of Floyd's head that weren't called, so I don't think it was biased reffing.

[bambamdaddio]

Well Cortez was just enforcing the rules, if you have a reputation for doing something then the refs can only be expected tto watch out for it.

But on the subject of Cortez, after rewatching the fight a few days ago, I noticed Ricky was landing a lot of shots to the back of Floyd's head that weren't called, so I don't think it was biased reffing.

Enforcing the rules .... what like he did re Calzaghe Hopkins, working on that basis then Hopkins shoulda been disqualified then shouldnt he..

Sorry I digress ..