Mayweather Takes Credit for “Effectively” Ending Hatton’s Career – News
July 31st, 2009
By William Mackay: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he pretty much finished Ricky Hatton as a fight in their December 2007 fight in which Mayweather stopped Hatton in the 10th round in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article in The Sun, Mayweather says “Ricky fought everyone. Until he came up against me, he’d reached the highest plateau in boxing and then failed. But it’s ok, because at least Ricky tried.” Mayweather not content a little about this particular subjected, added “In life you need to take big risks to know who you are.”
In that respect, Mayweather needs to practice what he preaches a little more often because he has a reputation of being a fighter who selectively chooses his opponents, looking for beatable fighters and avoiding tougher ones like Paul Williams, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto.
Indeed, rather than go after a fighter from his own weight class in his recent comeback, Mayweather has instead opted to go after lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez, who is much smaller than him.
Mayweather, commenting on Matthew Hatton, the brother of Ricky Hatton who will be fighting on the undercard of Mayweather’s bout against Marquez on September 19th, said “I don’t think he [Matthew Hatton] holds a grudge against me for effectively ending his brothers’ career.”
As for whether Mayweather ruined Hatton as a fighter or not, there are different views by boxing experts on this subject. There are some people who feel that Mayweather did hurt Hatton’s ability to take a big shot in his fight with Hatton in 2007. They point out that Hatton was hurt by Juan Lazcano in Ricky’s next fight following the Mayweather bout five months later.
Lazcano, a good fighter but not a real big puncher, hurt Hatton in the 8th round with a big left hand. However, while Lazcano was in the process of pummeling Hatton and trying to finish him off, Hatton motioned to the referee that he needed to have his shoes tied. The referee stopped the action to allow Hatton to have his shoes taken care of, despite the fact the stoppage interrupted what appeared to be a crucial point in the fight and may have saved Hatton from being knocked out.
The timeout allowed Hatton to recover and finish the remainder of the round. The fight was held in England, Hatton’s home country. The shot that Lazcano hit Hatton with wasn’t a big punch by any stretch of the imagination.
Hatton had been in with much bigger punchers in the past like Kostya Tszyu and been hit with tremendous shots during his career, yet he’d never been really hurt before. The timing of Hatton being hurt by an average looking shot from Lazcano, coming off a knockout loss to Mayweather only five months previous to that, leads some people to believe that Hatton’s ability to take punishment was diminished after the Mayweather bout.
However, the other experts feel that Hatton was the same fighter, but feel that his hard life style had finally caught up to him. For a long time, Hatton had a bad habit of drinking and overeating in between fights causing his weight to balloon up dramatically.
For a normal person to do this is obviously not a good thing but for a top world class athlete like Hatton to do it, possibly led to his a decreased ability to absorb heavy shots. Another theory on this matter is that Hatton was essentially same fighter he always was but he finally met his match when he stepped up a little too high class and was smacked back down.
The way that Hatton fought against Pacquiao in their May 2nd fight, showing little defense, there’s a very good chance that the same result (Hatton being knocked out in the 2nd round) would have occurred even if this fight had taken place way back in 2005, the year that many boxing experts feel that Hatton was at the apex of his career.
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wanye u aint making many fans on here , u have ur ow n thoughts fair enuf but dnt start arguments
oooo ur dad sed this ur dad sed that haha no cares what ur dad says
i hope manny meats floyd and we will see who wins but i usally bet on floyd and i would bet on him against manny to, dont get me wrong manny is a world class fighter and deserves to be one of the best but i think recently his wins have been flatering , i watched the hatton fight and lets be honest hatton fought all wrong for those 6 minutes he had no guard ay good fighter would have picked him a part, but i did notice somethnig which floyd said manny does through shots with his head down and not looking at his oppenent all the time
Blade, buddy, my eyes are deceiving eh? Like I said before, I read every almost every article on this site. I laugh at the funny ones, respect the decent ones, respond to some that are so inviting and ignore the idiots. Your responses are usually right on the spot and direct. I have never seena sentence that I did not like (haha)!
I try writing some funny stuff but I am starving since no one has called me for my rights. Most times, I try to get a point across to make people think or at least go check facts for themselves. I know people already have their minds made up but I always hope that for the sake of boxing we can keep it going. My dad follwed his dad and my sons started following me until recently.
wayne lord,i gonna have to be careful here cos your long articles are actually starting to win me over,enjoyable read!
Boxing, if you are looking for an concesion on Floyd’s ability, you don’t need one. I rate him as possibly one of the most talented boxers since I started following boxing. I began reading my dad’s Ring & Boxing Illustrated magazines in the late 50′s when they cofeatured rassling stories in the back pages.
I am now 55 years and saw hundreds of old fights. I had friends and family who allowed me to see those black and white almost still frame fights, looking like Charlie Chaplin. In the 70′s when pay per view came on us, I saw the big and the small fights on regular tv.
I still catch the small guys on ESPN and go on sites to see matches that would bever appear on current TV. I am not in the league of Bert Sugar and Dan Raphael with thousands of collections but I do have many classic fights.
And yes, I make some fun of Floyd but it is only because he frustrates me. Did you ever have a friend or relative who has so much talent in a sport but never used it or used so little of it? It’s like so much wasted talent right? Now if they started bragging about things they would do but never did, did that not get you extra angry because you knew they were not backing it up?
That is my take on Floyd. People have to defend him when he has the dist and skills to actually do it himself. Let us defend why the ref stopped the fight too early; or why one strategy did not work BUT not why he did not fight the best guys in the division.
How can you call Baldomir a great boxer when the only decent win he ever had was Judah? Judah who was never the same after he did that dance when Tsyzu hit him. Corrales and Gatti were exciting fighters, NOT great! Instead of saying 50/50 fights, let me say, fighters who were highly ranked and who will be HOF.
How many were available as a match and Floyd took it? I will say it again, when his career is over he will wish he had fought the defining fights and will come back and be fodder for some young punk like a gunslinger, looking for a name.
Larry Holmes said Tyson would self destruct less he changed his lifestyle. I ain’t no Larry but unless he has those fights, he will never realize his true potential and land in the top 10 ever. Talk is chep and that is why we can debate but he can make it happen. That is why I am no longer a fan of his.
If Manny or any other boxer starts avoiding guys I will no longer be their fan either. I have been a boxing fan and will remain one long after the these guys are gone. I want to see great match ups. If one guy blizes the other like Tyson did Spinks, Manny to Hatton or Foreman to Frazier, so be it. But I do not want to see a huge name avoid other big names and leave us to debating what if.
Do not be an apologist for any boxer. Let him have his Bum of the Month like Joe Louis did, but do not let him pick and choose all the time. The rules are there to ensure that top challengers get a chance. No one is biggger than boxing! No promoters nor no boxer. That’s all I am saying.
Didn’t mean literally,meant at the highest level.Floyd took a lot out of hatton and don’t think he ever recovered.The malinaggi and lazcano fights built up to manny but we saw what was left at the highest level
Fire cracker of an answer boxing,sick of people saying floyd ducked everyone,he had loads of big fights.He a true talent who should be admired but all we get is pacman pacman pacman!He the man with the plan,if its nick a decision or outclass the guy he always gets the job done.People think cos manny beat a weight drained man and a ko’d hatton he in the same league.Well he don’t even come close and i praying they meet so it can end this daft debate,floyd will go down in the top 5 of all time!Will without a doubt retire unbeaten and go down as a true boxing great
wayno , pacman did argree to fight cotto but the purse is 65 35 in favor of manny and he wants the fight at 145 but wants cotto title however cotto won that belt at 147 so cotto said u can fight for the belt at 147 not 145 and manny said that for every pound cotto is over 145 he will fine him one million, and floyd never fought 50/50 odds cuz he is better than any fighter out there just like roy jones was , floys has fought great fighters , gatti , corrles, de la hoya , hatton , judah , in his day baldormir was good , and marquez is next one to fall at mayweathers feet , i belive if floyd deals with marquez comfortably he will deal will manny to
looked and your wrong dave,he had 18 month out with a shoulder injury
haha,that wasn’t a bad read wayno and some great Floyd statitics,i think Floyd still has the other gear there and would produce against manny, but thats the good thing with debates.
I respect anyone who knows their boxing my man
tyzu fought and knocked out sharmba mitchell 6 months before he fought hatton,, every one says tyzu never fought regulary,,the fact is he fought more or less every 6 months,,have a look at boxers rec
Blade my man, good to see you backbro but as usual you are not quoting me correctly. Unlike you and Floyd’s faithful (read blind) followers, I do not have a crystal ball so I cannt predict the outcome of Floyd vs Manny. But I would love to see them fight sometime this century.
Unfortunately, your man, and I use the term man very looely because a man is supposed to have balls, prefers to do like us, and that is talk and make quotes about the outcome.
It is okay for us to debate it, we are fans and have no control but Mr Motormouth can sign and make it happen.
You mistake my asking deep searching questions for dislike. FOR THE RECORD, I respect fighters who accept the biggest challenges, not just money fights. That’s why they are mandatories; if there were none,champs could run and hide.
Did Floyd ever defend his welter title against a mandatory?Did he ever face a top 15 P4P entrant? OK did he ever face a fighter where the odds were 50/50 for either guy? He started out very well but took a detour on the cherry picking train. And that is when I stopped being a fan.
Did you see what I said about Manny vs Cotto? Let me repeat. I think Cotto is too big but Manny agreed to fight him. I also said I disagree that he or anyone should be allowed to dictate terms in a fight. I however felt that as the cash cow history shows that he can control the most $.
Manny is my fav fighter but I am a boxing fan more than a fan of an individual fighter and MUST preserve the integrity of our sport.
I will not stick my nose up any boxers ass like Floyd’s fns do and blindly believe. To quote Stevie Wonder, when you believ in things you don’t understand, then you suffer. I am sure his fans are suffering the indignity of knowing he has the talent but not the guts.
Now go ahead and tell me I write too much. I have the patience and a little ability that allows me to transpose thoughts to paper. Not as skilled as the pros but everyone on this gets theirs across in their own way. Just keep blindly believing in Floyd and suffer some more!
Congratulations PBF! You are great, a bonafide King of Loudmouths that ever graced the boxing world. Your people must be very proud of you!
You rightfully deserve a crack at … Nonito Donaire! LOL.
yes blade someone who knows boxing , pacman is a great fighter no doubt but his wins recently have been flatering , floyd ud win wud be the obv, however i gt a feeling if they meet which i dnt think they will cuz pacman is gready and bob arum is a old arrogrant man , mayweather will ko pacman and shut everyone up, and freedie roach is a great trainer but he is stupid in his last statement he sed floyd is to small , for a start he is bigger than manny, he is to fragile haha, and manny will go to the body and beat him up but roach everyone has tryed and failed, no sense he is just a idiot
course it skill,when boxer meets puncher who wins!
2 many fools on here,i mean c’mon,manny would beat floyd cos he ko’d hatton quicker!Don’t talk crazy,people like wayne lord knock floyd constantly,well i hope floyd and manny meet next cos it won’t even be a close fight.Floyd to win by a one sided decision.Floyd was born with his talent,manny had to work his ass off,he been stopped at lower weights where floyd defence is inpregnable,not even a close fight wayno!!!
Hatton was strong against Tszyu but Tszyu was 37 and had only fought 2 rounds in the last 2 years. And if it wasn’t in England do you really think any other ref would allow Hatton to clinch and wrestle that much? It was the sloppiest fight i’ve ever seen and went a long way to helping Hatton win.
Tomato can, you understand it makes no difference who called out whom? Floyd needs to test himself against guys in his division. He fought Oscar and Hatton none of whom is a welter. His reign as 147 champ never saw him face the top welters. Name me one, just one guy who was very highly rated when Floyd beat him at 147? I didn’t think so either!
I accept Floyd as the gifted mercenary that he says he is. He fights for $ and nothing else he says. Yet other times he says he wants his place in history. Money or legacy? Do both, fight top guys and you will get paid well. No one’s buying the Marquez fight.
If you had chosen Margarito, Cotto or Mosley when you had the chance, I still would have been your huge fan but I got tired of the ducking. Are you Peking duck? Sorry I meant an effing duck? So much talent and no balls? Just go away, shut up and let your gloves replace your mouth with those rapid comebacks. You are trying to justify Floyd (note I am speaking the way you do about yourself)
as a great. Hatton gave you fits. Oscar gave you fits and they fit smack into Manny’s gloves and were destroyed.
If you do not destroy Marquez, you will have not done anything. He is small and old and has been knocked down many timmes by Manny. If he beats you your legacy is destroyed. Oscar had an excuse but you will have none. I would have respected you if you had fought a welter to get back in shape and then Manny orone of the big welters.
I know you retired twice to avoid Williams, Cotto Mosley and Margarito. Do the right thing and ad,mit you never were a drawing card, Oscar and Hatton drew the ratings. You happened to be the common denominator in history. Now go fight Manny and make it 3 big fights in a row. Marquez is not a challenge and definitely not a draw.
you can’t look at it like that,they were both quality in different ways,as good as manny looked blowing him away,floyd looked just as good disecting hatton then knocking him out
In your dreams tomato, floyd will only fight the ones he knows he can beat. If Pacman beats Cotto, I seriously doubt there will be a mega fight, that would make him a scared cat. From what I saw in the Pacman-Hatton fight, it wouldn’t have mattered when the fight was held. Pacman was on a different level than Hatton. Floyd is just being floyd, he has to legitimize that it took him more rounds to beat Hatton as opposed to 2 rounds for pacman, hoping to convince people that he broke down Hatton.
I don’t understand why people say floyd went after marquez. Last I checked it was the other way around. Any how Floyd has a five fight deal and I’m sure he’ll be facing all big named opponents.
IMO Hatton was never the same after the Tszyu fight. Hatton fought his heart out that night, but he paid a price for the victory.
To Truth -
You must not have been around when Ali was making a name for himself.
Keep the Floyd Hate coming. It only makes him richer and gets him more ticket sales:-)
I have never seen someone get so much attention for being great and writers wanting to see them fail????
yeah he done very well for himself,i just think that some boxers have other guys numbers and i think that the case with floyd and ricky
Any way the fact is all am saying is respect to Hatton He did good for himlf and his family.
Thats it. Im not makeing excuses and neither is Hatton when he talks about being over trained.
Blade if you would read what i wrote, i said that going back 5 years before hatton had lost some punch resiliance then it would have been a different story.
It was Henrey cooper i take that statement from, talking of hattons recent defeat to Many.
I trust Coopers opinion over any that write in this forum.
Oh and any mayweather thoughts are just daft,never in a million years mate,they could fight 10 times and floyd would win every one
what you on about,tszyu hadn’t fought for 2 years cos of injury and was 37,it had a bit of the khan kotelnick about it!
I believe that if Hatton had faced Wayweather instead of Tzyu that night in manchester, then i beleive hatton would have, if not been victorious it would have been a split dicision. The fact is he fought rough and took more then his fair share of punishment over the years.
He had a very poor defense but he also fought well and used the science that fit his frame, its funny i never hear anybody calling Rocky Marciano for the way he fought and they did have a similiar mind set.
I say hats of to him, he did well and made a lot of money, he elevated his life and thoughs around him.
Hes a nice guy and what a demolition he did on Tyzu and to prove it Tyzu even admited the fact
he knew he was loosing
And lets look at it this way Tyzu did a way better job of Zab judha then did Mayweather.
100% true,he broke Hatton and Manyy picked up the scraps