Hatton vs Mayweather this Saturday!
Lawrence
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predictions?
Lawrence
125 Posts
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dude...
I predict that for $54.95 I'll be watching the free replay next week.
Mayweather will win.
I'm waiting for at least one strutter to say "I'm pulling for Hatton because he's white"
Won't hold my breath though.
Hearns is my all-time favourite pugilist. KRONK in the house.
24th row.
No duh?! You blokes got to be kidding me if you think Hatton is gonna win.
saying.
Hatton has never fought any one of Mayweather standard on his own turf yet, and to fight in the US will be the icing on the cake, i cant wait to see him get punished for fighting kostya so dirty!
that being said, i think mayweather will win. i do like hatton's style though.
Pretty Boy Floyd is too quick on his feet, skillful, and hard to hit. I predict a late round stoppage on cuts and/or accumulation of punishment. Hatton will take many open, hard shots which will wear on him. Quick, effective punching will stop most guys over a long bout. Remember Arturo Gatti??? Since Gatti was old, I'll tack on a few rounds (since Hatton is younger than Gatti) and say it ends by the 9th or 10th.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Something real odd about that picture. Not so much a Man United player cosigning a Man City fan, as a Man City fan allowing himself to be publicly cosigned by a Man United player. I don't know what this world is coming to.
Oh, btw, as a Brit, it's got to be Hatton for me - dunno that he'll win, but I'd like to see him win nonetheless.
(Just transferring Cristiano Ronaldo in as Wizard's Sleeves Captain all season).
:nevarthatson:
Don't be fooled by the Gatti fight. Gatti was all washed up by the time he fought Mayweather. Again, Mayweather has yet to fight a worthy opponent. Same thing they did with Tyson. They made him look invincible because they put a bunch of bums and/or washed up fighters in front of him and he made quick work of knocking them out. It was part of the spectacle that put asses in the seats and made the pay per view numbers skyrocket. The minute they matched him up against a decent fighter, he folded like a card table. Buster Douglas knocked him the fuck out and he wasn't even that good a fighter. Holyfield was already getting up there in age when he faced Tyson and Tyson couldn't do a thing to beat him. Mayweather is the same thing, albeit a much more technically adept fighter. His punches aren't powerful. For as many open shots he had against Gatti, he wasn't even close to knocking him out. If Hatton can catch him out there, it's the beginning of the end for Mayweather.
I for one, would love to see someone punch his head clean off his shoulders. He's a loudmouth, cocky douchebag that needs to be taken down a notch.
100%.....Tyson's career died with Cus.
Hey Iron Monkey,
You conveniently failed to mention his wins over Zab Judah, Diego Corrales, and Jose Luis Castillo, all of whom he beat in their primes. He also took care of De La Hoya (albeit in a "safe" type style of boxing), but his resume speaks for itself. These guys are bums??? Hatton's resume is way more
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
P.S. I totally agree with your sentiments as applied to Mike Tyson. He got large off fighting largely bums and old men, and got spanked by top-notch fighters.
Don't you think that the crop of Heavyweights post Ali-Frazier were just weak?? Tyson beat all the comers like Tyrell Biggs, Michael Spinks, Tony Tubbs, Pinklon Thomas, etc. It's not his fault they all sucked. I don't think he really "ducked" anyone, do you??
When you look at the list of fighters that Ali beat in his career it's really not much different than Tyson's other than he was blessed with TWO very worthy opponents, Frazier & Foreman, which is really why this period is the hayday of the heavyweight. (I know Jimmy Ellis was a decent fighter, but he wasn't nearly as good as Frazier/Foreman)
By the time Tyson met Buster Douglas he was a mess emotionally and subsequently physically.
If the 1987 Tyson fought Ali or Frazier in their prime I believe he would have lost, but it would have been a hell of a fight.
Boxing is like ebay, it takes two to make it interesting and the last 30 years has produced very few good heavyweights.
I gotta disagree with you regarding Ali. Here are some of the noteworthy guys he beat in the 60's and 70's:
-Archie Moore (old and washed-up, though).
-Henry Cooper (twice; tough Brit, first to knock him down as a pro).
-Floyd Patterson (twice).
-Sonny Liston (twice).
-Ernie Terrell.
-Cleveland Williams.
-Zora Foley.
-Jimmy Ellis.
-Ken Norton (twice; though he struggled against him).
-Joe Fraizer (twice).
-George Foreman.
-Jimmy Young (who beat Foreman, incidentally).
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
I watch a lot of boxing, but i dont follow fighters, more an opportunist spectator, so when you guys that know a few things start talking, im all ears.
thats all,
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