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

[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 ..