Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Floyd Mayweather, Er, Ricky Hatton | Boxing

12/9/07

0	Hatton won some rounds early on, but mayweather was just better overall. It was a great match anyway. Match of the year for me

12/9/07

TyAnaWilliams

0	Pound for pound the best, Floyd Mayweather. Just like Ty Ana Williams 10yr, in tennis produces knockouts of her foe from 10s thur 18s divi Go Mayweather

12/9/07

TonyBaronie

0	Floyd has to be one of the best boxers that there are.

12/10/07

dlaylo

0	Floyd Mayweather finally sat down and got down. No dancing with the stars type of bout. Just clean effective crisp punching.

12/10/07

Redglove

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Adaptation wrote:

Hatton won some rounds early on, but mayweather was just better overall. It was a great match anyway. Match of the year for me

It was very tense and Ricky Hatton forced the best out of Floyd Mayweather. Close after the 8th round. Floyd hit a very clean shot that turned the entire fight around in the 9th and finished it in the 10th.

I still think Marquez vs. Vasquez II on Showtime or even Morales vs. Diaz "War for 4"
PPV are candidate for fight of the year.

As far as HBO PPV. I think it was better than Mayweather-DLH for sure. It created more of a buzz afterwards than that fight. ESPN even showcased the fight more and seemed more ampt about it afterwards.

I thikn the Cotto-Mosley fight might rival it but Cotto-Mosley didnt even have a knockdown.

12/10/07

Redglove

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dlaylo wrote:

Floyd Mayweather finally sat down and got down. No dancing with the stars type of bout. Just clean effective crisp punching.

See how Floyd was doing most of the holding early in the fight? Very smart tactic to frustrate Ricky Hatton. I dont think Hatton saw it coming at all since Floyd's camp complained about the holding with ref Cortez.

The point deduction was bullshit though. Floyd was turning way too much.

I think Larry Merchant put it best when he said Hatton forced the "art of self defence" from Floyd and made him use the "art of war". Close fight 8 rounds in. 9th round Hatton got caught. Round 10 we all know what happen.

12/10/07

dlaylo

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Redglove wrote:

See how Floyd was doing most of the holding early in the fight? Very smart tactic to frustrate Ricky Hatton. I dont think Hatton saw it coming at all since Floyd's camp complained about the holding with ref Cortez.

The point deduction was bullshit though. Floyd was turning way too much.

I think Larry Merchant put it best when he said Hatton forced the "art of self defence" from Floyd and made him use the "art of war". Close fight 8 rounds in. 9th round Hatton got caught. Round 10 we all know what happen.

Hatton did something noone else has done in quite some time. Make Floyd fight and prove he is who he say he is. Unfortunately for Hatton Floyd was who he said he was. I said earlier that at Welter Floyd would not lose but I hold steadfast that at junior Welter we have a different conclusion. Still a closer fight than the final scorecards indicate and the point deduction was the most dissapointing part of the fight. I had an initial thought of "here we go with the BS" but the knockout took care of that. I really didn't ant that to have any effect on the fight itsself. I can't help but wonder if this was a bigger stage than hatton anticipated. He didn't seem fully himself and a little out of his element when things started going awry. I would love to now see Cotto-Mayweather

12/10/07

wachson

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dlaylo wrote:

Hatton did something noone else has done in quite some time. Make Floyd fight and prove he is who he say he is. Unfortunately for Hatton Floyd was who he said he was. I said earlier that at Welter Floyd would not lose but I hold steadfast that at junior Welter we have a different conclusion. Still a closer fight than the final scorecards indicate and the point deduction was the most dissapointing part of the fight. I had an initial thought of "here we go with the BS" but the knockout took care of that. I really didn't ant that to have any effect on the fight itsself. I can't help but wonder if this was a bigger stage than hatton anticipated. He didn't seem fully himself and a little out of his element when things started going awry. I would love to now see Cotto-Mayweather

I didn't see Floyd struggling for answers at all, he was in control the whole time. In the first round he checked Hatton's chin with an uppercut that stunned the Brit. Soon after that he came with a solid jab to the body ( a well known barometer for Floyd's progress and eventual dominance). The only thing that was different was the amount of "physicality." Im sure Hatton didn't expect to be smeared with forearmes, shoulders, elbows, etc. He sorely underestimated Floyd's power, speed, strength, chin, accuracy...you get the point. To sum it up it seemed like business as usual, and I certainly don't think Hatton was the competitor to take Floyed to another level in the way Kessler did to Calzaghe.

12/10/07

dlaylo

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wachson wrote:

I didn't see Floyd struggling for answers at all, he was in control the whole time. In the first round he checked Hatton's chin with an uppercut that stunned the Brit. Soon after that he came with a solid jab to the body ( a well known barometer for Floyd's progress and eventual dominance). The only thing that was different was the amount of "physicality." Im sure Hatton didn't expect to be smeared with forearmes, shoulders, elbows, etc. He sorely underestimated Floyd's power, speed, strength, chin, accuracy...you get the point. To sum it up it seemed like business as usual, and I certainly don't think Hatton was the competitor to take Floyed to another level in the way Kessler did to Calzaghe.

I didn't say Floyd struggled but early consensus weas that Hattonwould chase and Floyd would run. (which i consider good defense but that's another argument.) The fact that Floyd was easy to find, and still hard to hit was a great surpise to me but probably a bigger surprise to Hatton. I don't hink floyd exhibited great power but he should have enough to knock out a junior welterweight and he does. Against bigger fighters Floyd would have done more boxing and it would have been the smart thing. I think Floyd is the one fighter that possesses all the skills necessary to be successsful, great defense, great offensive accuracy and decent power. For floyd it was business as usual which is better than anyone could have expected. With all the pre-fight distractions Floyd still rises to the top of his game and that's very refreshing. I said before that i didn't think hatto had a chance and i was wrong. Hatton hit Floyd a few times but just couldn't muster the power to change Floyds game. Cotto may be different which means we would probably see a different Floyd which should be the case. Fight the plan to win not to prove points. I don't think Floyd wanted to prove anything other than he's the best. He did that. Make no mistake though Floyd's chin did get tested and passed with flying colors.

12/10/07

wachson

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dlaylo wrote:

I didn't say Floyd struggled but early consensus weas that Hattonwould chase and Floyd would run. (which i consider good defense but that's another argument.) The fact that Floyd was easy to find, and still hard to hit was a great surpise to me but probably a bigger surprise to Hatton. I don't hink floyd exhibited great power but he should have enough to knock out a junior welterweight and he does. Against bigger fighters Floyd would have done more boxing and it would have been the smart thing. I think Floyd is the one fighter that possesses all the skills necessary to be successsful, great defense, great offensive accuracy and decent power. For floyd it was business as usual which is better than anyone could have expected. With all the pre-fight distractions Floyd still rises to the top of his game and that's very refreshing. I said before that i didn't think hatto had a chance and i was wrong. Hatton hit Floyd a few times but just couldn't muster the power to change Floyds game. Cotto may be different which means we would probably see a different Floyd which should be the case. Fight the plan to win not to prove points. I don't think Floyd wanted to prove anything other than he's the best. He did that. Make no mistake though Floyd's chin did get tested and passed with flying colors.

true, and what the hell was Harold Lederman sipin on while he scoring the fight? he was trippin to me. I think Floyd's gonna let Cotto and Paul Williams fight for the right to bring him back to boxing. It makes sense, he's at that age were he could do one more war but probably not 2, and it will be a money maker...

12/10/07

dlaylo

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wachson wrote:

true, and what the hell was Harold Lederman sipin on while he scoring the fight? he was trippin to me. I think Floyd's gonna let Cotto and Paul Williams fight for the right to bring him back to boxing. It makes sense, he's at that age were he could do one more war but probably not 2, and it will be a money maker...

He's a smart man he will avoid Paul Williams like the plague. A smart man will do exactly what you said and wait for the winner and go to war then. A fighter more worried about being the greatest will fight them both. I say floyd sit back and wait. He crossed the hurdle he needed to get that time to wait. I know one thing is for sure no more critics of his hit and don't get hit style. He was a man that night. No he was a fighter that night.

12/10/07

wachson

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dlaylo wrote:

He's a smart man he will avoid Paul Williams like the plague. A smart man will do exactly what you said and wait for the winner and go to war then. A fighter more worried about being the greatest will fight them both. I say floyd sit back and wait. He crossed the hurdle he needed to get that time to wait. I know one thing is for sure no more critics of his hit and don't get hit style. He was a man that night. No he was a fighter that night.

and he obviously can hurt those who are impervious to pain.

12/11/07

Redglove

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dlaylo wrote:

I didn't say Floyd struggled but early consensus weas that Hattonwould chase and Floyd would run. (which i consider good defense but that's another argument.) The fact that Floyd was easy to find, and still hard to hit was a great surpise to me but probably a bigger surprise to Hatton. I don't hink floyd exhibited great power but he should have enough to knock out a junior welterweight and he does. Against bigger fighters Floyd would have done more boxing and it would have been the smart thing. I think Floyd is the one fighter that possesses all the skills necessary to be successsful, great defense, great offensive accuracy and decent power. For floyd it was business as usual which is better than anyone could have expected. With all the pre-fight distractions Floyd still rises to the top of his game and that's very refreshing. I said before that i didn't think hatto had a chance and i was wrong. Hatton hit Floyd a few times but just couldn't muster the power to change Floyds game. Cotto may be different which means we would probably see a different Floyd which should be the case. Fight the plan to win not to prove points. I don't think Floyd wanted to prove anything other than he's the best. He did that. Make no mistake though Floyd's chin did get tested and passed with flying colors.

It was a close fight and Floyd didnt like the constant pressure. His eyes were almost blood red when he went to see if Hatton was okay after the knockout. How is that a guy who hasnt had a rough match?

He wasnt laughing like he did against DLH. He wasnt dominating from start to finish like he did with Baldomir. I had the fight scored 86-85 for Mayweather after the 9th then it ended by knockout.

I dont think we saw the same fight. The only delusional one is Dan Rapahel with ESPN. His opponion on scoring the fight is very biased because before the fight even started he was saying Floyd would easily beat Hatton. If he gave Hatton round 5, how does hatton not win Round 1, 2, 3 and why not 4? Doesnt make sense to me. He didnt even give an explination as to why.

I give Floyd credit he won. But it was a tough fight. Not saying he "struggled". But he had to give all he had to win this one. Besides the first Castillo fight and maybe the fight against Jesus Chavez, thoughest fight Floyd's ever had.

12/12/07

dlaylo

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Redglove wrote:

It was a close fight and Floyd didnt like the constant pressure. His eyes were almost blood red when he went to see if Hatton was okay after the knockout. How is that a guy who hasnt had a rough match?

He wasnt laughing like he did against DLH. He wasnt dominating from start to finish like he did with Baldomir. I had the fight scored 86-85 for Mayweather after the 9th then it ended by knockout.

I dont think we saw the same fight. The only delusional one is Dan Rapahel with ESPN. His opponion on scoring the fight is very biased because before the fight even started he was saying Floyd would easily beat Hatton. If he gave Hatton round 5, how does hatton not win Round 1, 2, 3 and why not 4? Doesnt make sense to me. He didnt even give an explination as to why.

I give Floyd credit he won. But it was a tough fight. Not saying he "struggled". But he had to give all he had to win this one. Besides the first Castillo fight and maybe the fight against Jesus Chavez, thoughest fight Floyd's ever had.

Cotto will definitely push Floyd to and probably past his limit. I was so impressed by the way Cotto handled Mosley, ( I thought Mosely would win that fight) that with his youth, hunger and nautral fightung ability he will give Floyd all he can handle and more. That is if Cotto can get past the lenghty, punching machine that is Paul Williams. I didn't see that fight as that close as far as score, but i always had the feeling one punch would take this fight one way or the other. I had Floyd ahead a lot more than 86-85 going into the tenth but it wasn't like clear cut. I am to the point the only person (analyst) I really listen to is Teddy Atlas. Max Kellerman does nothing for me as a boxing fan, Harold Letterman UGH. I haven't watched the fight for the second time yet which is usually when i actually see more of the fight unfold rahter than being caught up in the moment. So my scores may get closer and closer the more I watch it.