If it was Mayweather, not Tszyu in the ring that night in Manchester.....

[JazMerkin]

A referee that forgot the rules that night - hang on a minute are we talking about the night in Manchester or the night in Vegas, which ref Vann or Cortez ? Cortez without a doubt was the worst out of the two of them on the respective nights. I didnt realise the forearm smash and ducking below your opponents waistline was valid in Vegas, or did they just change the rules for that one fight ?

Clutching at straws more than Tszyu was his groin with that one! I refer to Whitaker V Rivera 1996, when Rivera lands his first low blow in round 6 referee Frank Santore has no hesitation in deducting a point, if Tszyu V Hatton was in Las Vegas then Hatton gets DQ'd. Mayweather completely outclassed Hatton in Vegas and not even that British referee could have saved him. I had it a shut out up until the KO.

Get out of town Ya must have been wearing them PBF coloured glasses were ya, upto rd5-6 i had Ricky up on the scorecards, up till the point Floyd rabbit punched Ricky whilst his head was outside the ropes.

Regarding the low blow, should a point not have been taken off either man for the low blows then ? Hey whats good for the goose is good for the gander innit

I agree that Tszyu fans sometimes overdo the point, but the fact is that Mayweather would always have been too good for Hatton & no way in hell was Hatton up on the cards at that point. That's extremely generous. I'd give him 2 rounds all fight. I think one thing this whole post forgets is that as excellent a fighter as Tszyu was, he simply isn't in the same league as Mayweather who's a genuine Top 50 minimum ATG, with many having him in the Top 30. Tszyu was a hell of a fighter, but just not quite in that same class. The likes of Mayweather & Pacquiao would always have beaten Hatton simply because the gulf in class was just too deep & that's no disrespect to Hatton, more based on how truly exceptional the guys who beat him are.