Hatton making fun of Floyd's pad work with Roger

[Slowmotion426]

This will be another easy victory for Hatton.

[Taeth]

? What will be

CC back thugz... I just don't think HAtton is proving he's the better man at all. Also about Mayweather he just doing what he did in the Oscar fight to piss fans off, it made me laugh. He enjoys being hated, and thats a hard role to play because he loses once he is fucked so he gets my respect in that dispite all his insecurities he is willing to be an ass to make it a better show, and to put his ass on the line if he loses. If you look at Mayweather at the earliest parts of his career he just wanted to win to make money so his dad wouldn't starve, but you also see that in his environment with a guy like his father, uncle and his whole family around him how much of a chance did he get to be somebody with class?

[donnydarkoIRL]

I admit I thought Hatton's mocking of the padwork was hilarious (him and his trainer slapping each other at a quick pace), but he did come off as incredibly ignorant when he was talking about how ineffective it was. Floyd is going to light him up like a Christmastree ( just in time for the holidays)

They are gonna need a squeegee for all that Hatton blood.

Funnily enough he didn bleed in that fight....

That was after the Collazo fight where he took a beating for 6 rounds straight...
I think it highlights the improvement in Hatton's cut resistance after surgery.


I'd like you guys to note that yes Ricky is a prick in training....
All the nastiness and screaming "fuck you" after finishing every round.
It's all pent up aggression. Calzaghe is the same. Check out how much of an ass nice guy Jeff Lacy is before big fights. Ali too was an irratable prick in training. Mike Tyson. Floyd. Ray Leonard. All fighters go through the aggresive stage before big fights. Probably due to deprivation of food, deprivation of sexual contact, deprivation of social activity and dislike for the opponent.
The nastier the better.

[SweetPea]

It's onyl natural for these guys to poke fun at each other in the buildup to the fight. I thought Hatton making fun of Floyd's pad routine was good-natured and funny.

I thought it was also funny when Floyd and Roger were working in the ring, and Floyd said something to Roger like "give me a Hatton left hook," and Roger responded by throwing this big clumsy ultra-slow left hook. These guys are hyping the fight, and doing a good job of it.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I never thought Hatton was acting like a prick... I took it like, "Floyd is rediculous! Let me show him how rediculous he looks!"

And as far as him saying stuff like fuck you after sparing... Fuck, I say it WHEN im sparing!

[donnydarkoIRL]

I never thought Hatton was acting like a prick... I took it like, "Floyd is rediculous! Let me show him how rediculous he looks!"

And as far as him saying stuff like fuck you after sparing... Fuck, I say it WHEN im sparing!

Thats what i'm saying....It's just aggression and has no reflection on anyone fighters personal;ity

[El Gamo]

I was wondering that too:was Hatton genuinely making fun of Floyd for the sake of a joke OR did he REALLY THINK it was ineffective?If he thinks it's ineffective,he's in for a rude awakening!

[RHHatton]

Its just a piss take, he will know what floyds strengths and weaknesses are deep down, The taking the piss is just a laugh and it seems only the hatton haters are the ones taking it in the wrong contents.


I will say myself though that i was laughing at floyd working on the heavy bag. He punched it about 50 times at speed but he was only just touching the thing. He would have had a harder work out on the nintendo Wii.

[El Kabong]

I am sure both fighters have prepared for the best their opponent has to offer and that maybe by joking they can lull their opponent into a false sense of security.

Ricky had better prepare for that defense not so much the counter punching but just cracking the defense is the toughest thing to do.

Floyd had better cover up and run around until Ricky is good and tired because getting nailed with a body shot from Hatton (much less TONS of body shots from Hatton) won't be good for Floyd.

They know what to expect and they know their game plans but they don't know (and we don't know) who will be the most effective at emplimenting their game plan on the other fighter.


I WANT Ricky to win but I figure it's going to be another Floyd Mayweather Jr. decision.

Miguel Cotto and Paul Williams would be tougher opponents for Floyd in my mind

[DaxxKahn]

This will be another easy victory for Hatton.

Even if Hatton wins to say it will be easy is foolish

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

This will be another easy victory for Hatton.

Even if Hatton wins to say it will be easy is foolish

Easy victory? Are you smoking rock?!?! Look, I want Hatton to win just as much as the next guy but to do it he's gonna have to walk through fire........ And he STILL may not be able to pull it off

Easy?

What are you talking about?

[hackey100]

You have to admit that in the snippets we get to see Floyd throws the same pad combo time and time again. I know this is part of muscle memory training, but if Hatton only gets to see what we see on 24/7 then I see where he is coming from. What we see is not dynamic padwork, if it was he would not be doing it while looking away from the pads. I'm sure he has routines that never get see on camera and those would be more impressive, but as I said, I can see Hatton's point a bit.

[Tysonbruno]

HATTON WILL NOT I REPEAT WILL NOT WIN

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

HATTON WILL NOT I REPEAT WILL NOT WIN

We'll see

[donnydarkoIRL]

Slowmotion you're only a recent boxing fan aren't you?


As for the padwork issue, Mayweather says himself that he won't show too much on camera.