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Ricky Hatton gives insight on how he will beat Floyd Mayweather. This is interesting as this is from Ricky's own mouth and he goes into real good detail.
By Ricky Hatton: I think I know what Floyd Mayweather is up to tactically. He's got wonderful defense and speed. His defense is about making you miss. I think he would like his opponents to punch themselves out or try and punch themselves out. He likes them to waste many punches and he tends to try and come on a little bit down the final straight. But I think I know what he's up to tactically.
I intend to put the pressure on him right from the start. Don't waste a great deal of punches in the first six rounds. Leave plenty of gas in the tank for the last six rounds. But I think with me being the smaller man, if you like, a little bit, I think my speed will, and my footwork. I'm very fast at moving in on my opponents. I have no doubt as fast he goes back, I'll move forward just as fast.
But he likes to drop the shoulder and show you the shoulder. So, I think what you've got to do, you've got to come at him at different angles, because he goes at his side and drops his shoulder and tries to give you nothing to punch at. I think to counter that, his movement and angles, I'll be moving in quick, using speed and lots of left hand work. I think I know what he's up to, but I won't be leaving him alone from start to finish. That's my tactics.
I think Floyd's fight with Oscar De La Hoya was very close and could have gone either way. Oscar put the pressure right to him and that's a good sign for me, a good compliment. But even so, Oscar and I are still very, very different fighters. I think Oscar is a little bit more of a technician compared to me. But I think that's my game. Kostya Tszyu had that big murderous right hand and he couldn't hold me off him for twelve rounds and he's a very big puncher, powerful. A bit of a monster of a puncher and he couldn't keep me off of him and my stamina and punch volume just overwhelmed him that night.
Now, Floyd hasn't got that firepower of Kostya Tszyu. Even though he probably has as far as speed and talent goes, he's probably got more in that area than Kostya Tszyu had, but I don't want to end up with egg on my face. Anybody can punch hard enough to knock you out and certainly Floyd can do that with his speed. But I think, to be perfectly honest with you, I'd much rather have a speed match you know, than facing that big rocket launcher of a right hand of Kostya Tszyu. I'm not saying I'm willing to take a punch to get one in, and I'm not saying that Floyd hasn't got the power to knock me out. But when you talk about strength and power, Floyd hasn't quite got what Kostya Tszyu has got and my point is that he couldn't hold me off for twelve rounds. We're going to get the opportunity to see whether Floyd can hold me off for twelve rounds.
I've seen lots of Roger Mayweather and Floyd Mayweather's fights. They all fight the same way. They drop their shoulder and they change the angle and you know how they sway back from the punches. I think the key is that they want you to wheel punches in at them, tend to the vision, left, right and center. There's no point in throwing fifteen punches if two of them are landing. That's just a lot of crap. I think that's what people try and do and that's what Floyd and Roger and Floyd Sr. over the years, they've had that style where they drop their shoulder. I've shown in fights I've got the boxing ability to handle it. My power, my angles, my fainting, my moving in quick on my opponents, my speed of footwork along with the boxing ability, which I have in my arms and I have shown against certain fighters.
Floyd spends long periods doing nothing. He does it in bursts, if you like. I just think I've got the tools to do it. But you've got to have a little bit of talent and skill to beat someone like Floyd Mayweather as well, and if you watch carefully how quick I move in on my opponents, how I change the angles, I just think I've got the tools to do it. And I don't expect no one to believe me when I say that, but for me in my mind there's only one winner, there's only one winner at all.
I just think I know what to do against Floyd Mayweather and I'm not going to give it away too much. But I know all these people that are picking Floyd, there's going to be a few apologies coming my way and I'm sure every opponent has said the same at Floyd's face, but I just can't wait to go out there and say, 'well I'm going to do what I'm going to do'. I just can't wait. In my eyes this fight is already even over. I think Floyd is going to get the shock of his life. Lightly though, I think he has taken me lightly. I think he just thinks the obvious. I'm a strong kid, high workrate, loads of punches, body punches, 'I've fought 500 of them'. Well, I think he's going to get a shock.
WBC world welterweight champion "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather will meet British icon and world junior welterweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton in "UNDEFEATED", for the world welterweight championship on Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA. Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, and sponsored by Rock Star Energy Drink, Tecate Beer and Southwest Airlines, the fight will be produced and distributed live in the USA by HBO Pay-Per-View
http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=23255
Ricky Hatton gives insight on how he will beat Floyd Mayweather. This is interesting as this is from Ricky's own mouth and he goes into real good detail.
By Ricky Hatton: I think I know what Floyd Mayweather is up to tactically. He's got wonderful defense and speed. His defense is about making you miss. I think he would like his opponents to punch themselves out or try and punch themselves out. He likes them to waste many punches and he tends to try and come on a little bit down the final straight. But I think I know what he's up to tactically.
I intend to put the pressure on him right from the start. Don't waste a great deal of punches in the first six rounds. Leave plenty of gas in the tank for the last six rounds. But I think with me being the smaller man, if you like, a little bit, I think my speed will, and my footwork. I'm very fast at moving in on my opponents. I have no doubt as fast he goes back, I'll move forward just as fast.
But he likes to drop the shoulder and show you the shoulder. So, I think what you've got to do, you've got to come at him at different angles, because he goes at his side and drops his shoulder and tries to give you nothing to punch at. I think to counter that, his movement and angles, I'll be moving in quick, using speed and lots of left hand work. I think I know what he's up to, but I won't be leaving him alone from start to finish. That's my tactics.
I think Floyd's fight with Oscar De La Hoya was very close and could have gone either way. Oscar put the pressure right to him and that's a good sign for me, a good compliment. But even so, Oscar and I are still very, very different fighters. I think Oscar is a little bit more of a technician compared to me. But I think that's my game. Kostya Tszyu had that big murderous right hand and he couldn't hold me off him for twelve rounds and he's a very big puncher, powerful. A bit of a monster of a puncher and he couldn't keep me off of him and my stamina and punch volume just overwhelmed him that night.
Now, Floyd hasn't got that firepower of Kostya Tszyu. Even though he probably has as far as speed and talent goes, he's probably got more in that area than Kostya Tszyu had, but I don't want to end up with egg on my face. Anybody can punch hard enough to knock you out and certainly Floyd can do that with his speed. But I think, to be perfectly honest with you, I'd much rather have a speed match you know, than facing that big rocket launcher of a right hand of Kostya Tszyu. I'm not saying I'm willing to take a punch to get one in, and I'm not saying that Floyd hasn't got the power to knock me out. But when you talk about strength and power, Floyd hasn't quite got what Kostya Tszyu has got and my point is that he couldn't hold me off for twelve rounds. We're going to get the opportunity to see whether Floyd can hold me off for twelve rounds.
I've seen lots of Roger Mayweather and Floyd Mayweather's fights. They all fight the same way. They drop their shoulder and they change the angle and you know how they sway back from the punches. I think the key is that they want you to wheel punches in at them, tend to the vision, left, right and center. There's no point in throwing fifteen punches if two of them are landing. That's just a lot of crap. I think that's what people try and do and that's what Floyd and Roger and Floyd Sr. over the years, they've had that style where they drop their shoulder. I've shown in fights I've got the boxing ability to handle it. My power, my angles, my fainting, my moving in quick on my opponents, my speed of footwork along with the boxing ability, which I have in my arms and I have shown against certain fighters.
Floyd spends long periods doing nothing. He does it in bursts, if you like. I just think I've got the tools to do it. But you've got to have a little bit of talent and skill to beat someone like Floyd Mayweather as well, and if you watch carefully how quick I move in on my opponents, how I change the angles, I just think I've got the tools to do it. And I don't expect no one to believe me when I say that, but for me in my mind there's only one winner, there's only one winner at all.
I just think I know what to do against Floyd Mayweather and I'm not going to give it away too much. But I know all these people that are picking Floyd, there's going to be a few apologies coming my way and I'm sure every opponent has said the same at Floyd's face, but I just can't wait to go out there and say, 'well I'm going to do what I'm going to do'. I just can't wait. In my eyes this fight is already even over. I think Floyd is going to get the shock of his life. Lightly though, I think he has taken me lightly. I think he just thinks the obvious. I'm a strong kid, high workrate, loads of punches, body punches, 'I've fought 500 of them'. Well, I think he's going to get a shock.
WBC world welterweight champion "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather will meet British icon and world junior welterweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton in "UNDEFEATED", for the world welterweight championship on Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA. Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, and sponsored by Rock Star Energy Drink, Tecate Beer and Southwest Airlines, the fight will be produced and distributed live in the USA by HBO Pay-Per-View
