Drop Him Hatton!!!
Mayweather v Hatton
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Fellow UKer I see.
awesome fight.
mayweather knock down.
mayweather knock down.
To be fair most people were supporting Hatton. American or not. Fact is though Mayweather just had the skill. Hatton could maybe have fought a little better, and not got so wound up with the point deduction etc, but Mayweather is just an incredible fighter. Hatton needed to produce something special, which he didn't.
However, watching Mayweather talk to Sky News afterwards my dislike of him almost completely went. Underneath that wall of arrogance he has some serious respect inside of him. Completely complimentary to Hatton, and the rest of it. Can't argue with that.
However, watching Mayweather talk to Sky News afterwards my dislike of him almost completely went. Underneath that wall of arrogance he has some serious respect inside of him. Completely complimentary to Hatton, and the rest of it. Can't argue with that.
TUF 6 anyone?
Is this boxing ? man it sucks anus because we done get any kind of fighting on t.v is there some one who can chuck up a link to a website where i can view like full matches ?
Seriously i don't follow boxing in the slightest but if you didn't know that this is one of the biggest hyped up fights ever than you must have been "living under a rock" recently. the TUF 6 finale wasn't on TV where i live so i downloaded it but if i had to choose between that and ANY boxing fight i'd pick it anytime. MMA>boxing.
I dont really watch t.v and boxing isent that big in aussie land im afraid 
LOL dude, i live in Australia!...I don't watch much TV either but this fight was being promoted all over fox 8 and fox sports.
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Actually. Just wanted to make a point that my friend and I were briefly talking about today.
Mayweather stays at relatively the same weight after his fights, and is always in good condition. Not to mention he trains in the gym all the time, and is rarely not in the gym. This is how a champion should be.
Hatton however, imo, seems even a bit underated. Consider the fact that he gains around 40lbs between fights and has the lose normally around 30 in under 2 months, which includes 'unsafe dieting'.
Imagine how good Hatton would be if he didn't have to spend the first month of his training worrying about getting back to fighting weight. If he bothered staying at 150lbs between fights he would be a machine. The difference it would make would be staggering. If he sorted that out I don't see why he couldn't get up there with Mayweather etc. He just needs that mentality.
Mayweather stays at relatively the same weight after his fights, and is always in good condition. Not to mention he trains in the gym all the time, and is rarely not in the gym. This is how a champion should be.
Hatton however, imo, seems even a bit underated. Consider the fact that he gains around 40lbs between fights and has the lose normally around 30 in under 2 months, which includes 'unsafe dieting'.
Imagine how good Hatton would be if he didn't have to spend the first month of his training worrying about getting back to fighting weight. If he bothered staying at 150lbs between fights he would be a machine. The difference it would make would be staggering. If he sorted that out I don't see why he couldn't get up there with Mayweather etc. He just needs that mentality.
You can look at that two ways.
First of all, i very much doubt that Mayweather is always at that weight. Obviously i don't know for absolute certain but i doubt it. Secondly, gaining a bit of weight between fights is not unusual at all and you'll find that alot of fighters will gain weight between fights, along with easing off on their training. This isn't to say that they get out of shape, it's just that it would be impossible to keep up that training intensity for such long periods of time, hence periodisation. I've heard that 3 months is about the amount of notice that fighters like to have so that they can be in "fighting shape". Throughout the training, they'll lose a bit of weight, get their bodyfat down as low as they can and THEN if need be, hit the saunas to get rid of body fluid.
Now to my point. As long as you are intelligent and know what you're doing when it comes to weight cutting than it really shouldn't be an issue come fight time. However, cutting huge amounts of weight can be detrimental. The best example of this is Joe Riggs (MMA fighter). Here's a guy who started his career of as a heavyweight, then he cut to middleweight (185) and then to welterweight (170)....You could clearly see that the effects of cutting such a huge amount of weight (over 30 pounds according to Joe Rogan) took its toll on his body and he was just drained by the end of the second round. he since moved back up to 185. On the other side of the handle, you've got guys like Sean Sherk, Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin who are all HUGE for their weight class and don't show any ill effects during a fight because they know what they're doing. Obviously, in the fight, this gives them an advantage over their opponent as far as size goes. But also technique can over come size as anyone show saw the TUF 6 finale the other night would have seen when Mac Danzig schooled Tommy Speer.