Hatton and Mayweather Blow-By-Blow

[Mike Brewer]

I figured I'd go ahead and start this thread so someone who's getting the fight can fill us all in. I won't be home to watch it, and I'd like to know what's up. If anyone knows any free outlets for watching such things online, or if you know where to find the fight on video after the fact, please post.

[Michael Wright]

Hey Mike. The fight is on here at 2:00AM GMT, so me and my training buddy are staying up and we have bought it PPV from Sky Sports. I'll do my best to post some commentary, but there are going to be a few beers involved....

[Mike Brewer]

2:00AM? I'll be amazed if you're not into the 12th pint by then!

[Michael Wright]

...by that stage, pint of "what" is the question

[Ghost]

i will be watching this at 9am in bangkok and then off to meet jet li afterwards. going to be a long day me thinks, if ricky loses jets getting one in the back of the head when hes not looking

[Michael Wright]

You catching it on Sky over there mate? Spencer is one of the pundits on the live show.

Give Jet one for me (a punch that is, I know what you Bangkok boys are like )

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by Michael Wright

You catching it on Sky over there mate? Spencer is one of the pundits on the live show.

Give Jet one for me (a punch that is, I know what you Bangkok boys are like )

im not sure if we are getting it off sky, supersports5 (southafrican channel) or via UBC the thai cable channel, probably via UBC.

Wouldnt be suprised if they managed to dig through there own fibre optic cable pipes with a mechanical digger like they did earlier in the year right at the start of the fight.

LOL yeah Jet is going to get beats tommorow and handcuffed naked to a lampost. Good to see Spencer is up there.

[Hardball]

Mayweather-Hatton: Round-by-round
/ Associated Press
Posted: 4 minutes ago

Round 1
Hatton charges from the opening bell. Mayweather holds the neck, and they wrestle. Both very active and mobile. Hatton lands a left hand, and so does Mayweather. Hatton trying to work inside, but Mayweather counterpunches early. Mayweather dodges, but Hatton lands a hand. Crowd roaring with every shot. Mayweather loses balance on defense, and his seven-step stumble drives the crowd mad. Hatton chases Mayweather twice into red corner. Repeated clinch, but Hatton keeps swinging one-handed. Mayweather gets a big crack, and fighters briefly scuffle at the bell.

Hatton's round.


Round 2
Hatton draws another roar with a quick opening punch. Hatton wants to brawl, and Mayweather is thinking about it. Hatton charges Mayweather on the ropes, and the champion needs all of his quickness to avoid it. Referee Joe Cortez calls time, warns both fighters. Mayweather bounces and weaves, and Hatton gets a straight right in. Mayweather lands a sharp left on Hatton's nose. Cortez gives another stern lecture, fearful of a wrestling match. Both run and wrestle to the bell.

Mayweather's round.


Round 3
Hatton leads with a left while striving to get inside. Mayweather sitting back, playing defense, working the body. Mayweather ducks a left hook. Another clinch. Cortez allowing Hatton greater freedom to stay inside. Hatton hugs Mayweather into ropes, and Hatton turns to Cortez - but Mayweather lands a straight right and a shoulder shove. Mayweather ducks and dodges. Hatton is fighting a classic brawling style. Mayweather's nose is shiny, but Hatton's right eye begins to bleed

Mayweather's round.


Round 4
They trade fierce combinations in Mayweather's corner. Hatton works the body with a left, but Mayweather turns his shoulder. Hatton can't move Mayweather anywhere he doesn't want to go, and Mayweather's counterpunching has improved. Mayweather slips a straight left inside on Hatton's head. Mayweather snaps Hatton's neck twice with right hands, but Hatton stays in tight. Mayweather tattoos Hatton's face with combinations, picking at the cut. Hatton keeps charging, but Mayweather is in charge.

Mayweather's round.


Round 5
Hatton charges and shoves Mayweather into the corner, but Mayweather turns his shoulder for defense. Hatton still active with combinations. Mayweather sitting back, catching a breather on the ropes. A tangle of arms and heads in the corner. Mayweather content to sit back, and Hatton gains confidence for a combination. Hatton still vulnerable to Mayweather's speedy straight hands. The fighters lock arms, and Cortez warns. Mayweather puts a glove in Hatton's face, ending a round with little activity.

Hatton's round.


Round 6
Mayweather ducks underneath punches and blocks others, as usual. Hatton catches Mayweather's chin near the ropes, and the ensuing flury ends with Mayweather's upper body through the ropes. Cortez deducts a punch for a blow to the back of Mayweather's head, inciting the crowd's ire. Hatton reacts with disbelief. Another exciting combination results in little damage. Mayweather tags Hatton's chin with a straight right. The crowd produces its first anti-Cortez song of the night. They wrestle in Mayweather's corner, and Hatton plays to the crowd. Hatton is reluctant to go back to his corner at the bell.

Mayweather's round.


Round 7
Mayweather dances a full circle, then wraps up Hatton's arms. More wrestling in the corner, but both come out of it punching. Mayweather tries body shots, but Hatton is too quick. Mayweather blocks a nasty-looking combination. Hatton pushes to set up shots, but Mayweather has played this game before. Hatton barely avoids a right hand. They push in the center of the ring, Hatton constantly leaning forward. Mayweather lands a snapping left hand, then chases Hatton in a classic late-round surge.

Mayweather's round.


Round 8
Lots of movement, no punches landing for either fighter. Mayweather punches his way out of a clinch, then lands a sneaky right uppercut. Hatton responds admirably, but Mayweather catches Hatton flush with a straight right, sending Hatton staggering into him. Mayweather smells it, chasing him to the ropes and unloading as Hatton crouches. Hatton recovers and goes to the body as a few hundred fans chant "U-S-A!" over the English drumbeat. The fighters lean into each other. Mayweather slips inside and lands another series of shots, starting with a smashing right and punctuated by another. Mayweather unloads with a ferocity we've rarely seen from him in recent years, but Hatton stays upright.

Mayweather's round.


Round 9
"Hatton Wonderland" sounds less convincing now. Hatton still charging forward, and he gets Mayweather to the ropes without landing a square punch. Mayweather sitting back, catching Hatton again with another right that's too fast to block. Mayweather turns his shoulder, then lands another right. Mayweather slaps Hatton with a left, then makes Hatton whiff on a left hook. Hatton still stalking, but Mayweather slaps at his head. Mayweather lands another straight right counterpunch, fighting confidently.

Mayweather's round.


Round 10
Fight's over. Mayweather floors Hatton twice, ending the fight with the second knockdown.


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[Piston]

It was a good fight, certainly more entertaining than the dross Manfredo and Lacey forced me to watch previous to it. I liked how Hatton kept pressuring Mayweather and didn't let him play his own game, except of course in the final two rounds. Credit where it's due, Mayweather has some incredibly accurate and well-timed punches that he used greatly to his advantage and ultimately to his victory. He didn't let Hatton land the punches he wanted, which I feel was critical.

Do I think the ref was full of shit? Certainly on the minus point, and some of the stoppages, but he seemed to take it easier on those later on.

I want to see Hatton fight Mayweather again, I think he's learned a lot from this in more ways than one. Could Hatton defeat Mayweather in the future?

Maybe.

[Mike Brewer]

Well, a TKO is better than I thought it would be. At least Mayweather went after him and closed the deal. Still...no surprises.

[Ghost]

I thought realistically that mayweather was going to win by unanimous decision rather than TKO. But oh well, great performance from both, Ricky never gave up and kept giving, exceptional skill from mayweather.

Did anyone see what hatton or mayweather said after the fight, they cut it off in thailand literally after the ref stoppped it and turned over to the cricket. thats thai broadcasters for you.

[treelizard]

THAT REF WAS THE MOST ANNOYING MOTHERF**** I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. He kept breaking up the fight every few seconds to tell them not to stay in clinch. He even went over and harassed Mayweather between rounds. He was like one of those overprotective mothers, I swear to God. He also kept touching their heads and shoulders and shit during the round. I wanted to punch him. I wished I had one of those Duck Hunt guns or something.

Hatton really kept Mayweather fighting, that's for sure--he kept pushing forward!

I thought it was a good fight.

GOD, between the Ultimate Fighter finale and the boxing I watched like six hours of fights tonight...

[Michael Wright]

Rough night, fight didn't start until 4:50AM UK time, thats a lot of beer!

Good fight, could have been a great fight if it wasn't for referre Joe Cortez, I totally agree with treelizard. Last time I checked, Boxing had a close range in-fight game, Joe didn't seem to know that. Every time the guys tried to mix it up in tight, he seperated them, he must have done this about 50 times. It got really, really annoying - especially when you are way past your bedtime!

That aside, I thought Ricky did his very best, but Mayweather was just a different class. When Ricky shook him with that left hand in round one we were on our feet, and I thought here we go! But that was pretty much as good as it got for him, after that Mayweather played his game very well. I thought Mayweather's defence was very smart, and although Ricky has a great engine he started to look tired from about round six, because he was becoming so frustrated and swinging too hard. No arguments with the result or the knockout, it was clean and decisive. A deserved victory.

I've just been watching the press conference, and like all good champions both fighters had only the greatest of respect for each other. Mayweather was very kind about Hatton, and Ricky was very honest about his performance.

[Uke]

Here's the way the AP actually gave the blow by blow of the 10th round:

Originally Posted by Associated Press

ROUND 10 — Hatton stays aggressive, chases Mayweather, who doesn't even look winded. Out of nowhere, Mayweather floors Hatton one minute into the right with a big left hook. Hatton gets up easily, but Mayweather staggers Hatton with a left, then sends him stumbling and sprawling flat on his back in a neutral corner. Cortez ends the fight over a prone Hatton, and Mayweather leaps on the ropes.

I don't know why the other blow by blow was accurate up until the 10th and became very vague.

Originally Posted by Mike Brewer

I see Mayweather doing exactly what he always does: playing it safe and staying away. It's far easier to keep a guy from brawling than to keep him from boxing. All Mayweather has to do is show some flash on the outside and then tie up. I see it being a less exciting fight than it could be, and I see Mayweather focusing on getting another win, even at the expense of excitement. That is his job, after all, and I don't fault him for it. I don't like him for it either, mind you. I think the man would make twice the money he's ever made if he took some risks and made a real show of it. Even if he lost, the money for the rematch would be unprecedented, and he could retire after his redemption with the biggest payday in history.

I would like nothing more than to see Ricky hand Floyd his ass, but I really do see this one going to Floyd in another boring decision win after twelve unspectacular and uninspiring rounds of stay-away-or-hold.

Course, there's always that slim chance Ricky will prove me wrong.

Mayweather hardly stays away from his opponents. If he did we would never get to see his fantastic inside defense that he not only displayed tonight, but also in his match against DLH. I love it when Lurch the super moderator talks from behind his rose colored glasses. He'd love it for it to be true that Mayweather runs in his matches. He'd love it for it to be true that Floyd ran from DLH, even though if you re-watch the match as I did today before the fight, the commentators were commending the fact that Mayweather was standing in and even moving DLH backwards .. punishing him. Compubox reflected as did the fact that DLH had to resort to flailing at the body because nothing else would work for him on the inside or out except for the occasional jab. I thought you knew something about boxing? You must have missed what he did to Diego Corrales, fellow p4p'er. You must have missed the way he brutally punished Arturo Gatti, who people thought was just too tough, big and powerful for Floyd. You must have missed the way he punished Judah and left him bloody. He embarrassed fellow former p4p'er DLH by standing and fighting a form middleweight and getting the better of nearly every exchange.

Then Lurch finds it himself to write:

Originally Posted by Mike Brewer

Well, a TKO is better than I thought it would be. At least Mayweather went after him and closed the deal. Still...no surprises.

Even after Mayweather does everything you say he needed to do to earn your respect and took the chances you suggested that he should take to win fans, you still can't man up and admit that the kid is the truth. You wish that you could do anything as well as Mayweather and it must kill you to know that a man that you so clearly loathe so much is the epitome of everything you wish you could be or at least produce in the gym. We both know that will never happen! I can see you know telling anyone who will listen how you feel that Mayweather is a great boxer but I feel compelled to judge him as a human being by his on air television persona. If you hate Mayweather you must have really hated Ted Dibiasse, the greatest heel of all time.

I love Hatton and think he's a terrific boxer, but I couldn't help but enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that it would sting a whole lot of people here. It'll hurt a whole lot more when you actually get to watch the fight, Lurch.

This is just another case of you trying to diminish something or someone that is different than what you believe in. Typical. I'd be shocked if you did anything differently.

[Uke]

The ref did a GREAT job. This isn't a judo match or MMA where people are looking to throw or go to the ground. Excessive clinching is illegal. Basic rule of boxing. Look it up. Cortez is one of the best in the business. Fair but firm.

The best part of the build up on Hatton-Mayweather 24/7 was when Ricky Hatton was making fun of Mayweather's mitt routine. LMAO ... I know he has big time respect for it now:

Originally Posted by Ricky Hatton

I left myself open," said the proud Mancunian, who fought all night with his trademark energy, but landed only 63 of his 372 punches. "He was better inside than I thought he was, with all his elbows, shoulders, and forearms. And he was a lot more clever than I thought he was.