Done Deal: Mayweather and Hatton to meet December 8
by SC
on Jul 28, 2007 3:19 PM EDT
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All the talking has come to a head: Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Ricky Hatton will put their undefeated records on the line on December 8 in Vegas.
The fight between boxing's top pound-for-pound champion and the Brit superstar will be fought at 147 pounds, where Hatton has just one fight, a tough decision win over Luis Collazo in 2006. He returned to the junior welterweight division in January, beating Juan Urango, and decimated Jose Luis Castillo in less than four rounds on June 23.
Terms for the fight were agreed to yesterday, but Mayweather is not certain if his WBC welterweight title will be on the line.
Mayweather first took serious interest in a fight against Hatton after the "Hitman" beat Castillo, and immediately slammed Mayweather in the post-fight interview. Floyd, who had "retired" following his win over Oscar de la Hoya, went on record quickly with his desire to, in layman's terms, shut Hatton up. And Mayweather is still hot about the issue.
"He's definitely getting knocked out. I guarantee that. He's talked the talk. Let's see if he can walk the walk when he's in there against the best."
I've said it plenty of times, but I still firmly believe that Mayweather will dominate Hatton. I'm glad we'll get to find out for sure, though, and I do hope that Hatton surprises me and makes it a more competitive bout than I think it'll be. I just can't see him being strong enough to bother Mayweather even if he manages to get inside on him, which will be a hard enough task as it is.
Mark it down, no matter how you feel about the fight: Mayweather v. Hatton, December 8.
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hatton, do boxing a favour and shut him up for good please
by Rorzy B on Jul 28, 2007 3:50 PM EDT 0 recs
Terrible, Terrible Decision
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Mosley is the only active fighter with good chance of beating Mayweather right now. Will we get to see this fight before one of the two retires? Only then will we know if Floyd is really as great as he thinks he is.
by Matt Miller on Jul 28, 2007 5:45 PM EDT 0 recs
Floyd-Hatton
Regardless of Tszyu being old when they fought, I still think it was a pretty close fight at the time of the "quittage." After that, I thought Luis Collazo did enough to beat Hatton. And, well, the Castillo that showed up for Hatton was not the Castillo who fought Floyd, Corrales, Casamayor, et al.
From a business and legacy standpoint, this is a brilliant fight for Floyd. Low risk, high reward. It has just been a matter of time until Ricky Hatton's first loss. I wouldn't pick him to beat any of the top welters right now. I'd probably even pick Malignaggi and Junior Witter over him, truth be told. In a way, in fighting Hatton, Floyd is beating Oscar/Mosley/Cotto/Williams/perhaps even Cintron to the punch. Because I believe any of those guys would beat Hatton. Entertaining as he may be, Hatton is not an elite-level fighter.
All that said, I'm gonna be rooting for Hatton. But I agree with Scott: I expect Mayweather to dominate him. And, this time, I wouldn't be surprised to see Mayweather win by knockout.
by Kevin Gonzalez on Jul 29, 2007 10:45 AM EDT 0 recs
Done Deal: Mayweather and Hatton to meet December
It amuses me the amount of people who think Hatton is overated. Before he fought Tszyu & Castillo folk tended to think these as 50/50 tossup fights. They both quit against Hatton and Castillo did on the floor cradleing his bust ribs. Ok collazo was very very close and thats the closest anyone has been to beating Hatton in 40 odd fights.
Ok the mayweather fight. Early rounds PBF will be on his bike while RH will try to hustle and move in against him. PBF has great defence and footspeed but Hattons most Underated skill is his own footwork and he throws punches from all angles. As it moves on PBF will come into his own and start to pick off Hatton a bit like he did to Gatti. The body shots are not going to be any good from RH as PBF keeps it tight down there. I can see a early lead from Hatton to see Floyd close down the rounds.
My head says PBF and my heart is with the Hitman. Could be very tight with Hatton upsetting PBF on points.
I really dislike PBF as a person and he is too good for anybody to box so he has to get ktfo.
by mrdink on Jul 30, 2007 9:26 AM EDT 0 recs
Floyd as a person
by SC on
Jul 30, 2007 10:17 AM EDT
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hatton v mayweather
2 put it simply mayweather will do the ussual and dance aroudn the ring like he ussually does and then hatton will come back into the fight and (hopefully) win on points or maybe a TKO, in the 11th or 12th
having said that i would probably still make mayweather the very slight favourte as it is in america (i know thats totally contridicting myself but mayweather has been untouchable, however i think hatton has the game to maybe de-throne him ( contradicting myself again)
i can't wait for the fight though gunna me major and surly a classicif the so called underdog wins
by Rorzy B on Jul 30, 2007 7:10 PM EDT 0 recs
Hatton and Mayweather
by hsalter on Aug 1, 2007 11:45 AM EDT 0 recs
That comparison with Hopkins-Trinidad
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