I'm just reading all of what you people typed yesterday and somebody made a great call 2 rounds before Hatton was KO'd.
Well done.
One thing that's puzzling me though is, you all had Mayweather winning ALL rounds.
I didn't take down notes while watching it yesterday as I was just taking in the spectacle.
I even said to myself watching it, "I'm glad I'm not scoring this fight because I haven't got a clue who's winning it."
I thought rounds one through till 5 were un-scorable. Hard to judge. It was awkward fighting to score the first few rounds.
Oh my god!
Was it just us or did the rest of you lose transmission and missed rounds 6 7 8 and 9?
If you paid for that fight yesterday then I'd be screaming myself. (I watched it in the noisey pub.)
That fight was completely ruined because of that interuption.
We had a storm roll through then transmission for the fight t'yoofed off.
What bad timing.
All the pub drunks started chanting bullsh*t and kicking up a storm.
It actually killed all momentum of the interest in the fight.
Who watched that De Le Ponce guy? For $1:08 fav he was pretty ordinary. Did that guy remind you of Vic Darchinian or what? He sort of threw punches from wacky out-there angles.
That Contender fella....umm, Manfredo has no power behind his punches.
The big one....what do I recall from the fight?
Joe Cortez should have stayed out of it and let 'em fight. I wanted to get in the ring and deck him! Let 'em go. Let 'em fight. Stay out of it.
Angelina Jolie to me needs a good bloody feed. (I had two Beef chow mein's myself) Skinny looking thing she is. They all booed Brad and her.
What patience from Mayweather huh?
He waited those entire 10 rounds for that left hook.
That was the secret!
It was there all along!
Look at Hatton's fighting style, people.
He charges in with no regard for safety.
Mayweather caught him coming in. That's what he was looking out for, the precision perfect timing.
It was twice the knock out punch and Hatton helped half deliver it.
Hatton's actually knocked himself out. He's contributed to his own downfall.
He shouldn't come bullocking in like he does because everybody will pick him off now.
Secrets out.
Does Hatton fight all his fights like that?
Just smothering people with close range punches?
Do those punches score points though when you bulldog somebody on the ropes like that? It's sloppy lazy fighting.
Did nobody pick up that Mayweather was fighting illegally? You can't use your swinging forearms and elbows like that.
He did that for a good 5 rounds frustrating Hatton until finally bam!
No wonder Hatton hit him in the back of the head.
The ref hardly warned Mayweather of dirty tactics.
He fought dirty for most of the fight to set up that one big punch.
I thought from the get-go that Mayweather was not fighting his fight. Mayweather didn't fight his own fight. Mayweather got sucked in by Hatton's style. Hatton was the center dominator. And Mayweather was waiting for Hatton to go first.. It wasn't Mayweather's usual dancing style. He actually had to adjust to Hatton hogging him and lounging all over him. Hatton actually controled the proceedings.
I thought Hatton was setting him up nice for a good portion of the fight. He was controling it for a good portion.
Wanna know what I'd like to see? Hatton fight De La Hoya now.
Forget De La Hoya and Zab Judah.
I believe that Mayweather could've knocked out De La Hoya in their fight but didn't because he was his payee!
Get Hatton up against De La Hoya next.
On a final note....I thought the hitman was a warrior? I only backed Mayweather by decision because I believed if Hatton got knocked down he'd have the spirit to get up and continue to the final bell.
He wasn't supposed to knock him out. My bet was only 2 and a bit rounds away from victory.
God damn it...I pick the winner of the fight but came home cashless.
It's a sh*tty feeling.
I did however find $10 after I left.
It was a consulation prize. Bought 3 Mangoes and Advil.
P.S. did the fight really live up to expectation? It wasn't what you'd call a great fight. To much clinching and how many times did Mayweather take a back step to Hatton? He wouldn't meet him at times and chose to back away. I guess he used the outside of the ring and utilized it to perfection to set up that final blow. Patience and timing was beautiful.
So he's sucked him out and caught him on the charge. That's using the outside of the ring, people. Make your opponent come to you and unload on them coming out/in. It's beautiful. It was the work of a genius. I think Mayweather could've knocked him out in any of the other rounds before 10.
It was there all along.
Hatton beat himself. He'll have to change that style I believe.
good call man
