Yeah that's another point as well.. After that point deduction which was pretty light considering how the rest of the fight was playing out, and on replay Hatton barely even touched him (his hand bounced off the top rope), but yeah after that point Hatton kind of got impatient and went of his game plan a bit. Rushed things, tired himself out a bit more mentally and physically than he was doing in the first half, and let Floyd get the better of him..
I think he did well mostly and the fight was there to be won... He did smother a lot of his work in the later rounds.. He got Floyd into good position on the ropes where he was at a good distance to pound Floyd without Floyd being able to get off as well, but he'd come in to close against Floyd and really didn't get as much out of his attack..
I was really trying to look for ways Pac could beat him, but it's really hard to see..
Also some more notes to be taken from it was that the commentators were commenting on Floyds plan to take a year or 2 off boxing and to not fight for 2008 & 2009... So that seemed like they were talking about him taking a holiday.. But Floyd after the fight sounded more like it was a dead set retirement.. They also mention Floyd was saying that he didn't really "love" boxing... And I think that is something a fighter really needs to continue on and push themselves well into their aging years, like Hopkins and DLH... Floyd has just probably had to much of it through the years..
Good luck to him in retirement..
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