In spectacular fashion Floyd Mayweather proved why he is #1 pound-4-pound the best in the planet last night. 20,000 plus Rick Hatton supporters made their presence known through out the entire fight. Hatton who was undersized and outclassed put on a show for the ages. From the opening bell he imposed his will and relentless pressure style, making Floyd Mayweather very uncomfortable in the early rounds. It was clear that he was going to lay everything on the line, in return Floyd was going to have to look past all of his god given talent and natural athleticism and just fight. That is exactly what he did. It was a classic case of the British bulldog vs. the American boxer. This was not a walk in the park as in previous bouts where he was able to stick and move when he wanted to.
Floyd weathered the early Hatton onslaught and even dished out some rough-house tactics of his own - clinching strategically after landing picture-perfect straight rights - using his size advantage to out-muscle Hatton on the inside. While Hatton was fooling some judges and fans with the sheer output of energy and punches thrown in the ring - Floyd was actually *landing* shots cleanly, and it was wearing down Hatton methodically.
After several rough sequences of physical inside boxing, clinching, and a war of wills, Mayweather broke Hatton in the 8th as the accumulative effect of laser-fast combinations started to show wear-and-tear on the UK brawler. Mayweather was now landing his signature straight right-hand nearly at will and Hatton was in trouble. Never backing down from Mayweather - Hatton abandoned any game plan and began swinging for the fences wildly doing anything he could do to stay in the fight. It simply wasn't enough and Floyd made Hatton pay for his lack of discipline and polish with an almost telepathic left hook (called a 'check hook' by Floyd) timed perfectly that sent Hatton sprawling head-first into the turnbuckle. Hatton bravely picks himself up just in time to eat another Jedi-crafted Mayweather combination. Joe Cortez had seen enough moments later as Hatton lay dizzy and seriously hurt on the canvas.
WHAT A FIGHT!!
THANK YOU FLOYD MAYWEATHER!
THANK YOU RICK HATTON!
Floyd weathered the early Hatton onslaught and even dished out some rough-house tactics of his own - clinching strategically after landing picture-perfect straight rights - using his size advantage to out-muscle Hatton on the inside. While Hatton was fooling some judges and fans with the sheer output of energy and punches thrown in the ring - Floyd was actually *landing* shots cleanly, and it was wearing down Hatton methodically.
After several rough sequences of physical inside boxing, clinching, and a war of wills, Mayweather broke Hatton in the 8th as the accumulative effect of laser-fast combinations started to show wear-and-tear on the UK brawler. Mayweather was now landing his signature straight right-hand nearly at will and Hatton was in trouble. Never backing down from Mayweather - Hatton abandoned any game plan and began swinging for the fences wildly doing anything he could do to stay in the fight. It simply wasn't enough and Floyd made Hatton pay for his lack of discipline and polish with an almost telepathic left hook (called a 'check hook' by Floyd) timed perfectly that sent Hatton sprawling head-first into the turnbuckle. Hatton bravely picks himself up just in time to eat another Jedi-crafted Mayweather combination. Joe Cortez had seen enough moments later as Hatton lay dizzy and seriously hurt on the canvas.
WHAT A FIGHT!!
THANK YOU FLOYD MAYWEATHER!
THANK YOU RICK HATTON!
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