View Full Version : Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather JR - ITS ON
Mayweather just said he'd come out of retirement to fight Hatton. Which was pretty much the only stumbeling block between the two fighting was Mayweathers resistance. Now its happening.
No date. But lets go ahead and talk about it.
Dang, well it'd be awesome and now Hatton has destroyed Castillo the money will be HUGE
Be a fantastic fight think Mayweather would take him though, be a fight I'd certainly pay for
Kris P Lettus
06-27-2007, 05:24 PM
Boxing is horrible..
Kris P Lettus
06-27-2007, 05:25 PM
But speaking of Mayweather, when's he gonna fight Chuck Liddell, you know, cause he said he could whoop him and all??
If it was boxing only, i'm positive Mayweather would work him over.
Kris P Lettus
06-27-2007, 06:49 PM
He said he could beat Chuck under MMA rules..
Floyd Mayweather would say day was night ffs, ignore him.
Liddell and any other MMA guy worth his salt would destroy FMJ in the octagon just like FMJ would destroy Liddell and any other MMA guy in the ring, no arguments please.
Kris P Lettus
06-27-2007, 06:56 PM
I wouldn't say any MMA fighter as alot of guys come from a boxing/kick boxing background..
Liddell being one of those..
Any MMA fighter could catch FMJ with that one lucky punch (though that is yet to happen as we all know) but none would have a chance if he decided to go to school on them, he's a technical virtuoso, he has great power, superb reflexes and is ridiculously quick, Liddell wouldn't have a chance.
Oh and again dont get me wrong here, MMA guys would school FMJ too, sure he could deck plenty if they actually tried to outstrike him, but most would be smart enough to take it to the mat where he'd be totally fucked.
Crimson
06-27-2007, 09:45 PM
I'd be more excited for this fight if I knew Mayweather wouldn't jab n' run all night.
mrslackalack
06-27-2007, 10:29 PM
Both turn it on for big time fights but I think Hatton would beat Mayweather. Hatton destroyed Castillo while I felt Mayweather lost his first fight with Castillo.
mrslackalack
06-27-2007, 10:32 PM
The only time I thought Hatton looked awful in a fight was the Collazo fight, Collazo gave Hatton a heck of a fight and even knocked him down in the 12th rd. If I am correct HBO gave Collazo the fight.
Jordan
06-28-2007, 12:45 AM
How does this turn into an MMA topic? This fight could be HUGE for boxing, I am hyped already.
Super V
06-28-2007, 12:56 AM
It's gonna be a horrible fight. One jabs and runs, the other throws and holds.
Kris P Lettus
06-28-2007, 01:07 AM
That's the only thing boxers can do..
Renaissance man
06-28-2007, 02:45 AM
Its gonna be a hell of a match- My prediction: Mayweather tko round 7. Hatton is powerfull granted but way to slow to hang with mayweather's speed.
Predictions anybody?
Mayweather has no chance of knocking Hatton out. NONE! Might get a decision but no chance of a win before the final bell.
Hatton's camp offered Mayweather $10 million to fight in England.
<font color=white>Ricky's gonna slap his lips off. Mayweather's got a real big mouth (and not in the fun way) and seeing him flat out would be beautiul :) </font>
Renaissance man
06-29-2007, 11:56 AM
Hell yeah! Its time he gets brought down to earth bigtime!
Well its confirmed its on gonna be a fantastic fight.
packt up
07-28-2007, 08:23 AM
Hatton will win me thinks.
diothoir
07-28-2007, 03:44 PM
Hatton would win I say, the fight will be key though.
Depending of weight and venue, I'd bet on an underdog Hatton knocking out Mayweather. He is gonna get hit like he has never been hit in his life and Mayweather only has speed on Hatton. Hatton fought bigger punchers and never has been rocked. Mayweather's best bet is jab and run. All the combos (that land!) will come from the Brit.
ITS OFFICIAL! December 8th.
All Mayweather had to do was say he wanted the fight and this would have happend like 2 years ago. Hatton will be moving to Mayweathers weight.
Fight goes the distance. Mayweather wins a decision.
Mayweather has no chance of knocking Hatton out. NONE! Might get a decision but no chance of a win before the final bell.
Hatton's camp offered Mayweather $10 million to fight in England.
Depending of weight and venue, I'd bet on an underdog Hatton knocking out Mayweather. He is gonna get hit like he has never been hit in his life and Mayweather only has speed on Hatton. Hatton fought bigger punchers and never has been rocked. Mayweather's best bet is jab and run. All the combos (that land!) will come from the Brit.
what changed?
mrslackalack
07-28-2007, 10:10 PM
Hatton by spilt decision in the biggest boxing match between 2 UNDEFEATED fighters since De La Hoya/Trinidad in Sept 99.
what changed?
You've lost me. Hatton will be the underdog going in with the bookies but Mayweather won't KO him.
Mr. Monday Morning
07-30-2007, 07:44 AM
Hatton would win I say, the fight will be key though.
Fantastic analysis there
You've lost me. Hatton will be the underdog going in with the bookies but Mayweather won't KO him.
I'm sorry. I misread your first qoute. Thought it said no way Hatton will knock Mayweather out.
mrslackalack
07-30-2007, 11:26 PM
If Mayweather wins, then its another huge win for his legacy and he might think about retirement (even though theres still some HUGE money fights out there for him still in diff weight classes rematch with Oscar, Taylor, Winky, Mosley, or maybe even go back down and weight and fight Cotto.) If Hatton wins then I think it should make him a mainstream boxing star and possibly elevate him to the #1 Pound for Pound Fighter out there,
Mayweather in a DLH rematch or a possible fight with Taylor (I can't see this happening) are the only fights out there for him aside from Hatton.
diothoir
07-31-2007, 01:35 PM
Fantastic analysis there
At the end of the day, it will be decided in the ring.
Mr Regal
07-31-2007, 07:45 PM
Ricky will slap the taste right out of Mayweathers mouth. Reckon it could go the distance....but I'll be looking for Ricky knocking him on his arse in one of the later rounds.
mrslackalack
07-31-2007, 10:08 PM
Friends in the UK who is more over Hatton or Calgzahe?
mrslackalack
07-31-2007, 10:13 PM
Mayweather in a DLH rematch or a possible fight with Taylor (I can't see this happening) are the only fights out there for him aside from Hatton.
I think if Mayweather and Taylor ever fought that Mayweather would win even though Taylors a larger fighter. Taylor barely got past Cory Spinks who is a decent fighter but someone Taylor should have rolled past.
Mr. Monday Morning
08-01-2007, 07:44 AM
At the end of the day, it will be decided in the ring.
What if it goes to the judges? They sit outside.
Friends in the UK who is more over Hatton or Calgzahe?
Hatton. It's not even close. Hatton hasn't even fought on free TV yet either. Calzaghe is poorly promoted. If you asked someone if they knew who Joe Calzaghe was, they might be able to tell you but they couldn't tell you anything about his fights or anything. Hatton is more of a normal guy outside the ring and very fan friendly. Nobody dislikes him.
diothoir
08-01-2007, 07:20 PM
What if it goes to the judges? They sit outside.
Of course, there are outside influences in every walk of life, but they're a good bunch of lads and I trust them to do their best.
diothoir
08-01-2007, 07:29 PM
Hatton. It's not even close. Hatton hasn't even fought on free TV yet either. Calzaghe is poorly promoted. If you asked someone if they knew who Joe Calzaghe was, they might be able to tell you but they couldn't tell you anything about his fights or anything. Hatton is more of a normal guy outside the ring and very fan friendly. Nobody dislikes him.
How difficult is it to promote a guy who has been champion for 10 years and is undefeated?
Apparently, quite hard.
mrslackalack
08-01-2007, 10:14 PM
Hatton does seem like a great guy.
mrslackalack
08-01-2007, 10:24 PM
You never know with the boxing judges. They can exactly see a fight totally different than most analyists and fans. The perfect example was the first Lewis/Holyfield fight. Lewis in almost every1s opinion cruised to an convincing victory. The judges however seen it totally different. While 1 had Lewis winning, another judge had it a draw and another had Holyfield winning and thus ended in a draw. Whitaker/Chavez is another perfect example of what are the judges thinking?
How difficult is it to promote a guy who has been champion for 10 years and is undefeated?
Apparently, quite hard.
It was over 10 years before Calzaghe fought on free TV and he also happened to be a great champion in an era without major superstars. Had he been around 5 years earlier, he would probably be a Hall of Fame fighter by now.
mrslackalack
08-02-2007, 09:58 PM
People were hyping Lacy to be a major superstar, but Calzaghe just owned him.
Danny Electric
08-03-2007, 12:12 PM
I'm going to see the next Calzaghe fight.
mrslackalack
08-03-2007, 12:26 PM
That Calzaghe fight might be his toughest test to date.
It'll be great to watch though.
mrslackalack
08-03-2007, 02:38 PM
Def because his opp is like 50 something and 0 aint he?
<font color=white>39. 29 ko's.</font>
mrslackalack
08-03-2007, 02:48 PM
If Calzaghe wins that then there might be that megafight against Hopkins for either the Light Heavyweight or Super Middleweight title. Hopkins wants the fight to be held at Yankee Stadium.
Mooияakeя™
08-04-2007, 07:17 PM
Money is on Hatton, I've liked him for ages. Shocking how long it takes to go thru the ranks in boxing, I remember him owning here for ages. I like his fights. He's such a fuckin' chav tho it's funny. Him and Rooney would make a great comedy duo.
If Calzaghe wins that then there might be that megafight against Hopkins for either the Light Heavyweight or Super Middleweight title. Hopkins wants the fight to be held at Yankee Stadium.
Won't happen. Calzaghe was gonna fight him years ago in Cardiff and Hopkins turned around and said his $4 million purse wasn't enough even though it would be the biggest pay day of his career. Calzaghe won't fight Hopkins in the States.
mrslackalack
08-04-2007, 10:01 PM
ESPN will heavily promote the Mayweather/Hatton fight.
Loving some of the press stuff for this recently. The closer this fight gets, the more confident I am that Hatton is gonna fucking hammer him.
The more i think about it. I think this is gunna be Mayweathers epic.
Stickman
11-16-2007, 12:07 PM
boxers dont' retire.
The 24/7 stuff is on Sky Sports this week.
Dunno...I cannot see Hatton winning this, Mayweather has never been caught offguard before, why will this be any different? If he decides to brawl then yeah Hatton will have a good shout, but again, when has Mayweather ever done that?
It'll likely just be another technical masterclass. I mean most people I know were spitting blood at the DLH decision, and its been shown that despite throwing like half as many punches as DLH he hit considerably more, thats fucking skill.
I like Ricky, and PBF is an egotistical twat who needs putting in his place, but I can't see this going any other way than another Mayweather victory.
Never gonna forget the way he fuckin destroyed Arturo Gatti and Sharmba Mitchell either.
Hatton was at his best in the Tszyu fight and he's been rocky ever since imo.
Never gonna forget the way he fuckin destroyed Arturo Gatti and Sharmba Mitchell either.
Hatton was at his best in the Tszyu fight and he's been rocky ever since imo.
Yeah he looked like shit agains Castillo :roll: Mayweather couldn't finish him by the way and Hatton did it in 4 rounds.
lol I was gonna say 'apart from the Castillo fight':D
And maybe not, but PBF beat Castillo twice did he not? And Diego Corrales DeMarcus Corley, Mitchell, Gatti, Zab Judah, Oscar.....Thats hardly by accident
Dave Youell
11-23-2007, 11:14 AM
I know very little of boxing compared to you guys, all I know is Mayweather is a dick.
Go Hatton!
addy2hotty
12-01-2007, 12:30 PM
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Ricky is god. Poor old Sky Sports News.
Jeez even I'm nervous for the fight now. Hopefully Hatton kills this fucker.
omg I am shitting myself with anticipation, gonna get down to the bookies tomorrow lunchtime and size up the various odds
I seriously believe Hatton is gonna win by KO.
Kris P Lettus
12-07-2007, 08:32 PM
I'm tryiong to decide if I should go somewhere and watch this or Ultimate Fight Night..
Prolly do Ultimate Fight Night cause boxing tends to be expensive overhyped shit..
Blitz
12-08-2007, 02:45 AM
lol I dunno anything about boxing but I just saw Hatton's promo at the weigh in and I love him.
Fuck I wish people would stop jinxing our Ricky:foc:
Mr Regal
12-08-2007, 11:48 AM
Watching that weigh in live yesterday was funny as fuck. The crowd were insane. The guy trying to read the odds for the match made the mistake of telling them to be quite and listen :lol: got drowned out with song and jeers, his face was a picture :lol: Jeering Hopkins and singing Knock him Out to Calzage, awesome.
If the crowd at the fight are anything like this it will be incredible. And it's not ike Mayweather is a fan favourite in America anyway.
Gonna be an incredible fight, I can't pick a winner.
It could be a ridiculously boring fight if Mayweather chooses to box actually, if it goes 12 rounds you have to figure it'll be a Mayweather win on points, Ricky is only gonna win this by KO.
Hatton doesn't really do boring fights. And the people's champ is winning the title tonight :D I'm so glad the TUF finale is on Sunday night here.
Kris P Lettus
12-08-2007, 03:36 PM
I'm so glad the TUF finale is on Sunday night here.
I'll be sure to post all the results before you get a chance to watch it..
:foc:
Londoner
12-08-2007, 03:43 PM
Cant wait for this. already ordered it, got beer...should be a good night. Obviously on Hattons side, fucking hate mayweather.
I'll be sure to post all the results before you get a chance to watch it..
:foc:
Knock yourself out. I won't be logging on :D
Kris P Lettus
12-08-2007, 07:13 PM
I got pwned
:(
Cactus Sid
12-08-2007, 10:39 PM
God bless illegal feeds :D
Cactus Sid
12-08-2007, 10:39 PM
http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=3131&part=sports
If anyone needs some links.....you'll need to get SopCast
Kris P Lettus
12-08-2007, 11:25 PM
I am watching UFC, but if anyone is watching this fight, post updates..
:y:
Cactus Sid
12-09-2007, 12:31 AM
Mayweather wins by stoppage in the 10th
Hatton was always trying to force the fight, but Mayweather's defence was excellent, kept Hatton from striking close, then mixed it up, the punches which laid out Hatton were insane.
Referee was really poor, allowed Mayweather to duck away, hold Hatton all the time, really didn't let the fight go. But he was the better fighter, no doubt about that one.
Kris P Lettus
12-09-2007, 12:46 AM
I hate all the hugging in boxing..
Reavant
12-09-2007, 01:17 AM
Well fuck
Renaissance man
12-09-2007, 02:14 AM
Hatton was made to look like the bum he is by Mayweather
SammyG
12-09-2007, 04:07 AM
Definitely a good fight. Glad Mayweather won.
Funky Fly
12-09-2007, 04:17 AM
I hate all the hugging in boxing..
I'll hug you good. :mad:
Maywheather vs Cotto would be an unbelievably good fight.
Hatton was made to look like the bum he is by Mayweather
Stick to talking about tiddlywinks or something. You clearly know shit about boxing.
In regards to the fight, I was absolutely shocked Hatton got KO'd. Mayweather is the bollocks. Fair play to him. Fought like a cunt early on but I blame the referee for allowing him to hold, wrestle and elbow instead of allowing both fighters to box out of the clinches. The point Hatton was docked was a fucking disgrace. Cortez should not be allowed to ref big fights again. Total bottle job. The sight of him posing with Mayweather after the fight makes me sick.
Hatton is a total class act though. True people's champion. He'll fuck up everyone at 140lbs.
Some of the scoring was shocking. The judges had it nearly a shut out for Mayweather. HBO had Hatton winning after 6 rounds. So did I.
Londoner
12-09-2007, 07:28 AM
Renaissance man, fuck off. And in response to your thread abotu it sucking to be english right now, those fans that went to support hatton and made their presence felt made meproud to be english regardless of the result. When would you ever see your countries fans supporting like that even in defeat, eh????!
Londoner
12-09-2007, 07:28 AM
Oh and how comes all the judges were biased americans? Hows that fair?
Funky Fly
12-09-2007, 07:33 AM
Yeah, faggoty refs ruin everything. He should know better than to pose with the winner.
Stick to talking about tiddlywinks or something. You clearly know shit about boxing.
In regards to the fight, I was absolutely shocked Hatton got KO'd. Mayweather is the bollocks. Fair play to him. Fought like a cunt early on but I blame the referee for allowing him to hold, wrestle and elbow instead of allowing both fighters to box out of the clinches. The point Hatton was docked was a fucking disgrace. Cortez should not be allowed to ref big fights again. Total bottle job. The sight of him posing with Mayweather after the fight makes me sick.
Hatton is a total class act though. True people's champion. He'll fuck up everyone at 140lbs.
Some of the scoring was shocking. The judges had it nearly a shut out for Mayweather. HBO had Hatton winning after 6 rounds. So did I.
Absolutely no way Hatton was ever in the lead beyond the first couple of rounds in my opinion, Maywather was the class act that he's always been and I think to the surprise of the entire UK, pretty humble in victory, all the bravado and ott trashtalking is an act. Ricky is still a champ like Floyd said, who knows maybe he'll go for Cotto or even Junior Witter now, doubt we'll see Floyd fight again, its a great shame but damn, he's the best of the best and has nothing else to prove.
For the record I think PBF would destroy Cotto, good as Cotto looks to be.
I was shocked at the KO too though, I thought Mayweather would get less involved than he did. Thing is he doesn't need to stand back, he's so damn good he can pummel you on the backfoot whilst still being two steps too quick for you to connect with anything.
Mayweather was a lot more successful up close too, Hatton was trying to take it to him but ended up coming off the worse for it in the end. Also he had Mayweather realing pretty early on, it wasn't gonna be a KO but I felt like he had an opportunity to lay on some damage (physical and psychological) early, coulda made a big difference.
Thing with Mayweather though is that he really can adapt to anything you throw at him, nothing but respect for the guy, I just can't bring myself to hate him because generally he acts like a pro and a gent when it matters...Aside from the Baldomir fight, but hey, he clearly had/has more respect for our Ricky than he let on!
Great fight all in all, I hope Hatton can get himself a light welter title shot next and go out on top but I don't wanna see him turning into a Jeff Lacy (he looked awful last night) or even worse, Roy Jones.
I had Hatton winning up til the 7th by 1 point. Mayweather turned it on after that though. Mayweather only looked better close because Cortez was on Hatton everytime he tried something in a clinch. He didn't allow him to box his way out of a clinch like he does one single time.
Hatton can get a title shot at the snap of a finger. All of the 140lbs champions would love to fight him for the pay day. Might as well smack Witter around now since it's a big British fight.
Renaissance man
12-11-2007, 11:15 AM
heard a rumour he is going to fight Isaac "The Angel" Hlatshwayo early next year. Good for another spot of pom bashing
Dave Youell
12-11-2007, 11:26 AM
After a bout of whiskey chashers me and my friends had Hatton up by over 300 hundred points
When Cotto vs Maywheather happens in spring 2008 ( mark it down its gunna happen ). It could be one of the greatest fights ever.
Renaissance man
12-11-2007, 12:44 PM
I truly think Mayweather is done. He has nothing left to prove
Mayweather has absolutely no reason to fight Cotto, and a fight with him will never top the Hatton fight, it was in the making and on every boxing fan's mind ever since Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu, and thus it'll never have the same atmosphere or build up and people just won't care about it enough for him to bother, he's gone out on a huge high note with a huge international audience watching, why bother with Cotto? And it won't be as lucrative either, so money isn't a reason, not that he needs anymore anyway.
Jesus Shuttlesworth
12-26-2007, 07:37 PM
I don't understand the whole debate in this topic...Mayweather won by knock out?
Yes, comfortably. It was hyped up entirely for profit, Brits were duped into believing Hatton had a shot in order to secure more pay per views, which it undoubtedly did, he always draws pretty big over here but I doubt any of his previous fights even came close in terms of revenue from ppv buys. Also the fact that anything can happen if the right punch lands at the right time meant hatton did always have sort of a chance, it just wasn't a very big one.
Apparently, it's looking like Mayweather/De La Hoya 2 atm.
Come on now
Jesus Shuttlesworth
01-16-2008, 05:17 PM
I just got knocked out, what a fluke
lol I still can't get over that
They gotta do Mayweather and DLH again. Too much money in it and it was too close last time out. I thought DLH won.
Londoner
01-16-2008, 07:33 PM
lol i loved the 'what a fluke' comment.
They gotta do Mayweather and DLH again. Too much money in it and it was too close last time out. I thought DLH won.
I dunno, its easy to get caught up in percieved momentum, DLH threw a hell of a lot of punches, way more than Mayweather, but he landed far fewer.
Personally before the decision I thought they'd set up the rematch right there with a draw:-\
I just got knocked out, what a fluke
lol I still can't get over that
You know he was joking around right?
The Mask
01-16-2008, 09:05 PM
hatton's trainer strikes me as a cunt. that and hatton's face bouncing off the ringpost/turnbuckle or whatever you call it was hilarious.
I dunno, its easy to get caught up in percieved momentum, DLH threw a hell of a lot of punches, way more than Mayweather, but he landed far fewer.
Personally before the decision I thought they'd set up the rematch right there with a draw:-\
Mayweather landed the majority of his shot with 6 rounds. All that means is he had a hell of a punch ratio for 6 rounds. It's a 12 round fight though. You can out punch your opponent 100-1 in a round but unless he goes down, it's a 10-9 regardless.
Mayweather Snr said he thought Oscar won and that's good enough for me.
Last I recall Mayweathers Snr and Jr aren't on the best of terms
They were around fight time and Mayweather Snr isn't the one with the problem.
Either way Mayweather won that fight as far as Im concerned, it was damn close, which is a credit to DLH at his age against the best P4P but I'm not shifting on this. DLH's jab was rendered useless, Mayweather's defensive was stunning as always and everytime DLH attempted a flurry he was countered far more effectively by Floyd. Like I said already percieved momentum (ie the crowd behind a fighter as he looks to be on the assault throwing flurries left right and centre) can cloud things, it can influence decisions but on this occasion it didn't. I'd be saying Mayweather won if the split decision had gone the other way.
And for the record I like DLH, he's been robbed before (ie Trinidad fight) and also taken some 'dubious' decisions his way (ie Whitaker - who he outboxed, much like Mayweather did him)...This one was close but Mayweather took it both in the decision and in reality.
This is way you rematch after close fights.
Oscar is probably the only one who'll be able to draw Mayweather into another fight, Pavlik, Malignaggi, Cotto, Witter etc, none of them have the name or the record to even come close to matching him right now.
Both he and Mayweather are at the point where they're considered all time greats anyway, Mayweather easily in the top 10 P4P, can't see either of them fighting anyone else but eachother at this stage.
Nah there is no reason for either to fight Cotto and he is the best of the bunch out there for them.
Cotto came along a little too late for his own good really
Pretty much. Hatton offered him a fight right before beat Tsyzu and Cotto refused it.
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