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Interesting interview at the end of the Froch fight. Basically he claimed that he could have stopped it in the 6th but as it was his first main exposure fight to the US audience he dragged it out.
My initial thoughts were "No you never sunshine".
To be honest the billing ITV gave it was over the top. It was an ordinary fight with a great last 2-3 rounds.
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Could you please change m wrote:Junior Witter will fight to regain the WBC LWW title after Tim Bradley was stripped for fighting Kendal Holt instead of his mandatory challenger.
Oh dear - if Witter gets another world title he'll be back in the media calling out Hatton again.
Stick to mid-carders Junior old son, they're your level.
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Steve51 wrote:Interesting interview at the end of the Froch fight. Basically he claimed that he could have stopped it in the 6th but as it was his first main exposure fight to the US audience he dragged it out.
My initial thoughts were "No you never sunshine".
To be honest the billing ITV gave it was over the top. It was an ordinary fight with a great last 2-3 rounds.
Lol, as if he'd risk it. Taylor already proved that he could floor Froch.
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The closer it gets to the fight the more I think Hatton. But I thought that in 2007 v Mayweather. Then Hatton looked nervous going into the fight and he'll be the same on Sat probably.
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Seems to be a common theme going here. Pacman at the start, now we are knocking on the door of the big night the Hatton backers are growing in numbers. I'm in the same boat. Hatton looks in fantastic shape.
Is it just me who thinks, even if he does win, he shouldn't really be the P4P number 1?
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for months i've been saying pacman would destroy our ricky.....
now i'm not so sure...
if hatton can ding manny like he did castillo then hatton's got a very good chance...and lets not forget that 2 of manny's loses have come from body shots
roughyedspud wrote:if hatton can ding manny like he did castillo then hatton's got a very good chance...and lets not forget that 2 of manny's loses have come from body shots
You mean the fights in 1996 and 1999? I think he's coming a pretty long way from those days! I'm 50/50 on this fight. I don't even know who I want to win. Edging for Manny though as I prefer Roach to Mayweather
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Matt23 wrote:No, and I can see why people don't rate him, but I (like the poster above) think he is a great fighter to watch, if not a great fighter. How people can keep knocking him though, when he's been out of his way to make a name for himself, put his career on the line and come out with a last minute knock out to retain his world title on foreign soil is beyond me. The man has the heart of a lion, hits harder than anyone else in his division and has a granite chin. He's always winding up a big punch which can change a fight, and his style is exciting, if not defensivley sound. Remember he's only been knocked down once in his career now, and he was hardly wobbly from that.
I do however agree that his defensive technique will be his downfall one day, hopefully not for a while though.
Not sure when he will be ready to fight again but if he can get ready for say August/September time a good name at the City Ground would be the sort of fight he deserves and live on ITV at a decent hour and he might finally win the public over (outside the East Midlands at least).
Know it would never happen but Rendall Munroe v Bernard Dunne on the under card would be perfect (know they are Sky and RTE contracted so possibly the fight will never happen anywhere) thats one match up that needs to happen in Leicestershire (do not think there is a venue in Leicester itself suitable) or in Dublin.
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Steve-O wrote:Seems to be a common theme going here. Pacman at the start, now we are knocking on the door of the big night the Hatton backers are growing in numbers. I'm in the same boat. Hatton looks in fantastic shape.
Is it just me who thinks, even if he does win, he shouldn't really be the P4P number 1
No mate.
Anyone who follows the sport surely knows that's not the case, it does sound good though.
Not long now and good to see Ricky looking cool and calm in the press conference earlier. Just goes to show he's learned one lesson from his defeat by Mayweather, he got too caught up in the hype and emotion of that fight and I'm glad to see he's not making the same mistakes again, his focus on doing the job is intense and that's a good sign.
I'll never forget a conversation I had with a very good friend of Ricky's in Boston just after he'd scraped past Luis Collazo. He said that night that it was a huge mistake moving up a weight and he should never consider it again because no-one would ever beat him at 140lb as long as he was alive and fighting, and I believe that will still be the case.
It's hard to comprehend that only 7lb can make so much difference, but with Ricky it clearly does and I think we'll see that come fightnight.
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I think he's coming a pretty long way from those days! I'm 50/50 on this fight. I don't even know who I want to win. Edging for Manny though as I prefer Roach to Mayweather 
