Ricky Hatton Vs Floyd Mayweather
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- shn0
Boom!
- jamble0
Sounds like the pure boxer beat the pure scrapper. I feel sorry for Hatton as he always sounds like a nice guy when he's interviewed but you can usually back the superior technical fighter in such matches and this one doesn't sound any different.
- vespa0
sad to see hatton go out... loved that bit where he turned his back on mayweather, comedy.
that ref was purely backing mw, disgrace. how about that point deducted for nothing?
mw was def the better boxer. but i heart hatton!
- AndyRoss0
Hatton's a game little fucker, that's for sure. He kept a comin'!
Too bad he got clocked!
- AndyRoss0
I just watched the taped-delay on HBO, and that Hatton was the most aggressive fighter I've ever seen.
I say rematch!
- mattyd040
Just watched the fight. What a horrible referee job that was. It was almost like Cortez wanted to be part of the fight.
That said, Mayweather utterly destroyed Hatton. Also of note is that Hatton's corner threw in the towel. That's pretty messed up. It didn't seem like they knew Cortez stopped it when Hatton was tumbling down the second time and just tossed it in. Joe Frazier never talked to his cornerman again when he tossed it in during Ali-Frazier III.
But, AndyRoss, don't confuse aggressiveness with any kind of skill. It was Hatton's aggressiveness that got him knocked out. The guy was leading with his head the entire fight. Mayweather wised up and just started jabbing him into submission.
Good fight, but expected outcome.