: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:53 pm  

Mark wrote:

Hatton seems really determined for this one, his training with Floyd snr hopefully has paid off.

Aye.

Mayweather Jr back in training and Hatton has said he wants another go, so it looks like Hatton v Mayweather II is going to happen.

: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:13 pm  

http://www.skysports.com/hatton/video_stream Press conference.

http://www.skysports.com/hatton/video_stream Press conference.

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:41 am  

Ricky has been really talking up his new training regime and I hoep its not just all talk, he has been going on about it for months now. I have not seen enough of the Yank to call the fight although should Hatton produce close to his best I fancy him to have enough to win. The danger is the other mans speed and the longer the fight goes on the more Hatton might be on the back foot. Should be a super fight though.

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:15 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

Malignaggi is full of bull$hit. Hatton will box his head off. If he fights aswell as he's trained, Malignaggi won't stand a chance.

That seems to be the opinion of 99% of Hatton's fans... fingers crossed Hatton hasn't underestimated Malignaggi in the same way or else he will lose. It's going to be a very close fight, Malignaggi's speed will cause Hatton problems and also he's a lot lot tougher than his "bling bling" exterior suggests.

Malignaggi has never been knocked out in his career, even when his face was pretty much broken by Miguel Cotto, so he's proved he can take a hell of a lot of punishment. It's going to go the distance, hopefully Hatton will have enough in the tank to pick up enough points.

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:33 am  

MrPhilb wrote:

Oh yes not much of a rolling over

Calzagher had a cut and a broken nose after Jones Jnr. Did he get rolled over?

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:36 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

I think the Ricky Hatton under Billy Graham would've struggled with Malignaggi's jab when coming in, although his pressure would've ultimately got him in and enabled him to land body shots. Malignaggi doesn't defend anywhere near as good as Mayweather, so he will land shots. Hopefully the version under Mayweather will be a bit smarter in his approach, but still very aggressive.

Agree with all that mate, my POV came from the Ricky Hatton who was under Graham. If he has learnt to defend better then he shouldn't have many problems but it's whether the old dog has learnt new tricks so to speak.

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:00 am  

If Ricky was to fight Mayweather again would he need a new trainer? Surley Floyd SNR would not coach them both..........

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:03 am  

adam9641 wrote:

If Ricky was to fight Mayweather again would he need a new trainer? Surley Floyd SNR would not coach them both..........

Floyd SNR would happliy train someone to knock the sh.it out of his son. Floyd JNR can't stand his dad.

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:07 am  

Sthelens RLFC wrote:

Floyd SNR would happliy train someone to knock the sh.it out of his son. Floyd JNR can't stand his dad.

Oh yeah, good point

: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:43 am  

I still think the Magic Man will stop him.