This is the fight i have been waiting for in a while. I almost feel sorry for Mayweather though.

There is no way on gods earth he will beat my man Ricky Hatton and i'll tell you all this for free. Mayweather is going to have to change his nickname after this fight. Pretty he will not be.

Ricky is a warrior. Mayweather has never fought anyone like Ricky before...no matter what you all say.

I didn't even need to see your local to know you were a chav... if Ricky can get Floyd to fight him, Hatton has an excellent chance. But if floyd boxes him, and is able to keep a distance, dance around, avoid getting hit, and fight in the boring yet insanely successful style mayweather has perfected, then Hatton has no shot. Personally, I hope Hatton gets Mayweather to fight, and beats his ass, because I freaking hate the way F. May. Fights, but I'm not sure how likely it is.

Looks like its going to happen. I hate Mayweather and personally, I think he is a bitch but he has the tools to beat Hatton. He will jab and run for 12 rounds, potshotting Hatton on the way in. I hope I'm wrong though.

The thing is mate, Ricky is always in your face. Ricky is very experienced (im not saying Mayweather isn't - im soley talking about ricky) and will cut the ring off exceptionally well against Mayweather.

1 of the biggest things Billy will work on with Ricky is cutting Mayweather off and getting him to fight.

Ricky will be trained harder than ever for this fight and will be in his best shape yet. People in England have been saying Ricky is past his best - but they forget it's not easy for an English fighter coming to Vegas and performing. some of our best fighters have falling short in the U.S and Ricky silenced all his critics over here by beating Castillo. Castillo may have actually been past his best but he was more than up for that fight with Ricky and he was stopped by a punch that if landed would stop any boxer.

Unfortunately, I think you are wrong.

Hatton will struggle with the weight division he''ll be fighting in more than anything. The only other time he fought at Welterweight was against Collazo and he found it hard.. he never went back up to that weight to fight again.


Should be a great fight, and I'm not ruling Hatton out, but Mayweather is a big favorite.

Hatton vs Mayweather is like Hellmuth vs DN. Hatton all theway!!!!

Ricky is going to kill Flyod.

Flyod went into the city of Manchester right where all the Man City fans are at the press conference and put a manchester Utd shirt on. Infront of Ricky and in the heart of the city where all the Man city fans are.

That action alone besides all the things he has said about Ricky being fat and so on is enough for Ricky to go into that ring prepared to die to win.

Manchester utd and manchester citys is like the east coast / west coast rivally from the 90s. The bloods and crips. It is a stupid thing to do and Flyod has the cheek to moan when all the people checked rotton tomatos at him and booed him off stage.

It has nothing to do with stepping up a weight - when the fight with collazo happened ricky didnt train properly for that - he came out and admitted that after the fight and said he'd learnt from that mistake because he found it harder than he should of. This time he has had the right sparing partners and trained very early. If anyone will struggle with the weight it will be Flyod struggling with Rickys power.

You have to remember that collazo fight was rickys first big outing in america and English fighters dont seem to fight over the pond too well for some reason.

He's had a good enough performance with Urango (albeit ricky fought with a cold) and he had a grerat finish with castillo.

Ricky has just about hit his peak where as mayweathers had his and although i can concede that technically Flyod is the favourite i can swear down that that doesn't tell the whole stroy.

RICKY WILL NOT LOSE - HE CANT LOSE and i'll eat my own arse if he does

For Ricky being so great, you REALLY have to sell him pretty hard...

Enough with the excuses about him being sick, didn't train properly, weight problems.

Who has he fought?

I don't need to sell him haha. Im just reminding you yanks whats coming to town. Theres no backing out now for Flyod. Ricky has landed in shit hole city... sorry i mean America.

Whose he thought? You having a laugh or do you just need to fight old boxers that have made a name for themselves in the past to get recognition? Obvi0ously you do or we'd of not bothered with Flyod. After Flyod we'll take it to who ever. Who being Ricky Hatton - this is England. We knock you out in your own back yard. Bring on Cotto next.


Nah im just messing around with yous but in all seriousness Flyod is a great fighter...the best on the planet pound for pound so they say. This is the reason Ricky is fighting him. It isn't about the money for Ricky - it is about beating Floyd and getting recognised as the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Flyod is great but i am very biassed over this and i reckon Ricky will win.

Drank 2 tables over from Floyd at Tryst. Wound up talking to him and his friends. They were very friendly and invited my friends and I to an afterparty. I know nothing of boxing, but just going with what I know about Floyd's personallity, i'd like him to win. He was alot more down to earth and friendly than most pro athletes I have met.

Tom.

So flyods so arrogant he wont even do an interview with a top tv presenter but he'll go spending time with every tom dick and harry.

Proper bullshit what you just said. No offense but theres no way thats true - if you'd said you'd beeen out drinking with Hatton i'd of beleived you but not mayweather.

Why can't this be true. I met Floyd at Jet nightclub at the Mirage. He stopped by the table i was at because he knew the ppl i was with. He seemed like a nice guy in person I think he puts on a big act on TV to hype the fight up.

Also im taking hatton in the fight too much value at +220

Could be true and probably is. But to make out like Fylod "MONEY" mayweather is a laid back down to earth guy is making you come across as a bit silly to me. Why? Because how can someone who has a load of flash cars and boasts about them, a massive house / masion and boasts about it and walks round saying shit like "lifestyle.....flash" be classed as a laid back normal person?

Its not that he has those things that make him a tosser....its that he boasts abiout having them that make him a tosser. Its noty about him boasting how good he is that makes him a tosser because look at the great man Muhammad ali. He was 1000000 times worse than anyone will ever be for telling the world how good he was but not once did you hear ali say how rich he was or anything like that.


ANYWAYS IF YOU TOOK THAT BET ALL THE WAY BACK THEN YOU WERE WRONG. RICKYS ODDS HAVE BEEN SLASHED BIG TIME OVER HERE. NEVER BEFORE HAS ANYTHING SPORT RELATED OR NON SPORT RELATED TOOK THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BET ON ITS OUTCOME AS THIS FIGHT. EVERYONES BET ON IT AND OVER HERE THEYVE ALL TOOK THE GOOD ODDS GIVEN AND BET ON RICKY.







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OP makes me ashamed to be British.

I'll admit I'm just a bandwagon big fight boxing fan and I'm pumped for this one. There's NOTHING in sports like a huge title fight.

My £0.02

Hatton is a great body and head puncher and as such has a good 'puncher's chance'. But Mayweather is not going to be outboxed.

I can see this going to the judges for a decision to Mayweather. Not a landslide though, as Hatton will get off some intense hits, and they register on scorecards as well as on opoonents. It might be a case of more punches and flashiness from Mayweather, but more attacking movement from Hatton - usually a recipe for divided opinion

Should be a good fight, and I wouldn't want to be either of them(apart from the money). Guess that's why I'm not a boxer...

How much is each guy getting?

Everyone is doubting Mayweather's abitlity to counter. If Hatton comes flying in open, I have no doubts Mayweather will sting him and move. He's quick and he's a technichan.

That being said, I think I'm pulling for Hatton, and Mayweather doesnt care. That's why he paints himself as the villan. He knows that's what it takes to sell tickets. It's just like in poker, the loudmouth at the table will always get action. Well, Mayweather is the loudmouth and you're buying tickets and PPV to watch him get beat. Simple marketing, but there is no denying his skills.

Ok then... so it's nearly upon us.


Here's the result, look away if you don't want to know.





8th round stoppage by doctor for cuts sustained to Hatton. Hatton was ahead on the judges score cards at that point. Mark my words.


(and at 47-1, that's not a bad bet too... considering Hatton's history of cutting badly, especially against bigger fighters).

I just read an article that Hatton is trying to get Lidocaine banned before the fight since he saw the 24/7 where Mayweather was getting his hand worked on and obviously it's still a problem for Floyd. It sounds like if the ban goes through Mayweather might have to pull out.

lol

I assume you're joking, or by 'article' you mean you read it on another boxing forum or something. Hatton wants the fight to go ahead, more than anyone.

It wasn't a forum, it was on the AP wire. Hatton's camp said they were afraid that if he won Mayweather would use his hand as an excuse.

does anyone know if this is available to watch online?? Links. .. . . .

Yeah, I agree.


I'm so excited about this fight! Can't wait!

Should be a great fight. I've stayed away from boxing for a long time, but now I've really gotten into it in the last few months.

Oh, and I say Mayweather in a Unanimous Decision.

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-ppv-2-test.html

for those who need it.

GOOOOOOOOOOO HATTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that was some serious ownage. gg floyd.

Knew that fight wouldn't go the distance even before the 10th round.

Floyd's a beast.

Next big fight to watch for me will be Pavlik/Taylor rematch.

wasn't even close, mayweather is the man.

gg hatton, nice try

hahahahaha

I Can't wait for the excuses...


Mayweather owns!

I don't need no excuses - all you yank scum stick together.

Nothings been said right now because Hatton camp haven't watched the replay but when they do i'd be shocked if they didnt try and get a re match bout for themselves to fight in our country with a plausable ref.

Joe Cortez was a f*cking joke last night.

Floyds on a whole different level to anyone else. We already knew that but we didnt get to see rickys fight and not because flyod controlled the fight but because cortez did.


Whats upset me the most with it is this - i just watched the manfredo v lacy fight replayed cos i missed that and they spent the whole bout fighting off each others shoulder / chest in close. Not once did the ref break the rhythm. Good ref. Then PBF n Hitman start their fight and within 5 seconds cortez stepped in to seperate them - whats this all about huh? If your going to be a good ref you cant break a fight after 5 secs. Cortez was trying to make an even bigger name for himself than he already has. Heres 1 for him. C*nt (5 seconds isan actual fact not a joke)


All said and done though. Even if they were allowed to get in close for long periods it is hard to see how flyod could have been beat. he was good - certainly the best hes been for a while. Hatton would of stood a better chance but PBF would probably of been too good. He is a very clever fighter.

There i said it lol. GG Floyd.

Anyways Ricky did us proud and you have to remember this - it wasnt just anyone who knocked ricky out last night - it was the best fighter on the plannet. PBF. It was no chump who gave ricky the bump it was the best....none of the rest. 43-1 is still good record. If they dont have a rematch and its not realistic is it - i wouldnt want to get back in the ring with PBF tbh if i was ricky. i hope ricky fights that juniour witter at light welter and regains a belt and stays firmly set in light welter.

Bon Appetit!!

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Good call.

I had 3 bets on the fight.

All small ones, as my friend owed me half the money for the PPV that I paid for, so I told him to just use that money on betting.

£2 ($4) Mayweather 8th round @ 50-1 £2 ($4) Mayweather 10th round @ 46-1 £3.50 ($7) Hatton to win on points @ 6.4-1 ... well, I wanted Hatton to win really!

So, profit for the night was £85 ($165). Not too bad, for a fun little bet.

Just watched it again. Cortez was a bit much in the beginning, but he let them go after the third round, and it would've made no difference. Floyd was obv the much better fighter. This was no Arturo Gatti though, Hatton should be proud.

Yeah Hatton did his beat. Wasn't good enough.

I had to talk all the shit that i talked before the fight. I talked like that live in person to people about the fight...becaused i beleived Hatton would win - i had to beleive because if i didnt beleive id be a bad fan.

Deep down as the night grew closer i had my doubts - id never seen the Gatti fight before and then i saw extensive highlights of the fight and thats when the doubts hit me.

I thought PBF was fairly average v DLH and this is another reason why i thought ricky would win but PBF is good and deserves to be PFP best.

Word.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight... I thought you didn't need excuses?

If this fight happened 10 times Mayweather would win 10 times, Hatton is just Gatti in disguise.

Maybe one day you classless fools can produce a decent fighter.

If they foght 10 times then PBF might win all 10 but he is nothing like Gatti at all.

Only thing he has in common with Gatti is that they both lost to mayweather.