Hatton:Floyd Mayweather would beat Manny Pacquiao because he's 'hard to hit'

[knodaledge]

No kidding Ricky? Mayweather is the best defensive fighter i have ever seen, it comes as no surprise that the fatman would say this. Pacquiao is something out of the ordinary, Mayweather will need all of his defensive skills working to their maximum effect if he is to hold off Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Mayweather will not hurt Manny and my question is will he land enough to win a decision running all night long?

And on the flipside, if Manny isnt operating at 100% at every second of the fight, Mayweather will take over the pace and cruise to a UD.

Both fighters are always at their best and never seem to lose steam. The first person who does will pay heavily.

With that said, I have to go with skill. Mayweather by decision.

[THE THIRD MAN]

No kidding Ricky? Mayweather is the best defensive fighter i have ever seen, it comes as no surprise that the fatman would say this. Pacquiao is something out of the ordinary, Mayweather will need all of his defensive skills working to their maximum effect if he is to hold off Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Mayweather will not hurt Manny and my question is will he land enough to win a decision running all night long?

And on the flipside, if Manny isnt operating at 100% at every second of the fight, Mayweather will take over the pace and cruise to a UD.

Both fighters are always at their best and never seem to lose steam. The first person who does will pay heavily.

With that said, I have to go with skill. Mayweather by decision.

It will make for a great fight, as i said Pacquiao is out of the ordinary and he does operate at 100% at every second of the fight. Mayweather certainly has the skill to combat him and frustrate him, i don't think anyone else can beat Manny except Floyd.

[Mattyhitman]

I wouldnt read too much into who Ricky thinks would win, he had Cotto to beat Manny !

Maybe it's reverse betting

[Howlin Mad Missy]

No kidding Ricky? Mayweather is the best defensive fighter i have ever seen, it comes as no surprise that the fatman would say this. Pacquiao is something out of the ordinary, Mayweather will need all of his defensive skills working to their maximum effect if he is to hold off Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Mayweather will not hurt Manny and my question is will he land enough to win a decision running all night long?

And on the flipside, if Manny isnt operating at 100% at every second of the fight, Mayweather will take over the pace and cruise to a UD.

Both fighters are always at their best and never seem to lose steam. The first person who does will pay heavily.

With that said, I have to go with skill. Mayweather by decision.

MP wasn't nearly as effective when Cotto went on his bike. Now Cotto isn't really known for his great footwork and defence, Floyd is.

I'm sure people will now argue that MP 'let' Cotto run

[Master]

Hatton did pick Cotto to beat Pac. So he can be wrong.

[Wayne]

Hatton did pick Cotto to beat Pac. So he can be wrong.

I think Hatton and Judah might have a tad bit of sour grapes in their predictions. There's a ton of bad blood between Judah and Mayweather so it doesn't surprise me that he would pick Pac over Floyd. Pac embarrassed Ricky as opposed to just kayoing him near the end of the fight so I'm not surprised that Ricky picked Mayweather. If the fight goes to the scorecards and Mayweather loses don't be surprised if Hopkins and De La Hoya are up in arms considering Mayweather is their boy (sour grapes because De La Hoya wasn't able to win Pac over).

[The Boxer]

No kidding Ricky? Mayweather is the best defensive fighter i have ever seen, it comes as no surprise that the fatman would say this. Pacquiao is something out of the ordinary, Mayweather will need all of his defensive skills working to their maximum effect if he is to hold off Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Mayweather will not hurt Manny and my question is will he land enough to win a decision running all night long?

And on the flipside, if Manny isnt operating at 100% at every second of the fight, Mayweather will take over the pace and cruise to a UD.

Both fighters are always at their best and never seem to lose steam. The first person who does will pay heavily.

With that said, I have to go with skill. Mayweather by decision.

MP wasn't nearly as effective when Cotto went on his bike. Now Cotto isn't really known for his great footwork and defence, Floyd is.

I'm sure people will now argue that MP 'let' Cotto run

I was starting to think i was the only that notice that. People seem be so blinded by PAC's fanstastic win that there over looking the few things Cotto did well in the fight. The cotto that fought Margarito would have done much better in the fight.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Hatton swallowed a crate of sour grapes. When he speaks about the PAC Man, he looks like he swallowed a box of sour lemons. They both beat him and he lost for the same reason, he lacked concentration and gave them both a gift he dropped his hands and during training had lot's of weight to lose. He was overweight, overconfident and disdainful. He didn't listen to instructions and he believed all the bad press about how good he was. How can this man's opinion be valid when PAC disposed of him faster with less respect than what Floyd gave him and still say the man was easier to hit? Was it the right to Pac's knee that convinced him?

[Mattyhitman]

Hatton swallowed a crate of sour grapes. When he speaks about the PAC Man, he looks like he swallowed a box of sour lemons. They both beat him and he lost for the same reason, he lacked concentration and gave them both a gift he dropped his hands and during training had lot's of weight to lose. He was overweight, overconfident and disdainful. He didn't listen to instructions and he believed all the bad press about how good he was. How can this man's opinion be valid when PAC disposed of him faster with less respect than what Floyd gave him and still say the man was easier to hit? Was it the right to Pac's knee that convinced him?

Buddy if ya make remarks about boxers try to get ya facts right !

Ricky was more than in shape for the bout with Manny, he was on the weight limit 2 weeks before the fight, so how on earth can he be overweight Also can ya point out to me when he was disdainful to Manny as once again that is pure tripe !

[Howlin Mad Missy]

[The Boxer]

No kidding Ricky? Mayweather is the best defensive fighter i have ever seen, it comes as no surprise that the fatman would say this. Pacquiao is something out of the ordinary, Mayweather will need all of his defensive skills working to their maximum effect if he is to hold off Pacquiao for 12 rounds. Mayweather will not hurt Manny and my question is will he land enough to win a decision running all night long?

And on the flipside, if Manny isnt operating at 100% at every second of the fight, Mayweather will take over the pace and cruise to a UD.

Both fighters are always at their best and never seem to lose steam. The first person who does will pay heavily.

With that said, I have to go with skill. Mayweather by decision.

Well put