As soon as referee Kenny Bayless stopped Manny Pacquiao from beating Miguel Cotto senseless boxing fans started calling for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to take on the current pound-for-pound champion. A Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will reportedly bring in $40-$50 million for each fighter at the same time giving fight fans the classic match-up they’ve wanted. A potential sticking point in all Mayweather-Pacquiao talk is Floyd’s relationship with Top Rank top man Bob Arum. Mayweather previously said he’d never fight Pacquiao if Arum was involved but that changed late Thursday when Floyd’s team approached Top Rank about the super fight. Read the full story

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I thought Floyd would win the fight by decision, but after Ricky Hatton was deducted a point for hitting behind the head in the 6th round, Mayweather stepped his game up. The left hooks were locked and loaded in the 10th, leading to one of the funnier knockdowns I’ve ever seen… C’mon, I know y’all laughed too when Hatton went face first into the corner post.

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It’s fight night. Hopefully you’ll be somewhere to watch Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather put on a desperately needed show for boxing. I’ll say right now, I’m expecting the fight to go the full 12 rounds. Bernard Hopkins agrees and thinks Hatton will “out-hustle Mayweather to a 12-round unanimous decision”. More from the Executioner:

“I see something in Hatton, I think he’s the more focused fighter. Hatton is going to throw more punches than Mayweather ever did. The busier, more aggressive fighter, will win.”

Hopkins went on to talk about the high output level of Ricky Hatton and how that will keep constant pressure on Mayweather. I agree with a lot of what Bernard had to say, except for his decision in the fight. I got Floyd Mayweather Jr. by unanimous decision. Ricky Hatton is not to be taken lightly but the overall level of experience will be the deciding factor in the bout.

Ricky Hatton’s resume is all right. His most notable victories are his ass whipping of Kotsya Tsyzu, and his last fight, a knockout victory over Jose Luis Castillo. Floyd Mayweather is the stronger of the two fighters, but Hatton has 31 kos in his 43 victories.

I believe Hatton will come out and pressure Floyd hard. Floyd will have to weather the storm for 3 rounds or so before pressing his attack. From there on in, Floyd’s speed should be able to take advantage of a an easy target that keeps coming forward. When I look at how Mayweather could lose this fight, I’m on the same page as Bernard Hopkins.

“Floyd is considered to be the best fighter in the world, and I echo that. We all know he can fight. But can he still fight like a hungry man? Because I’m telling you, when that fire’s not lit, you can’t train the same, you go through the motions, you can’t think the same, spiritually you’re not the same. Who’s going to be able to suck it up, forget about all the medals they’ve won, all the belts, all the pound-for-pound accolades and the ‘zeros’ on their records? That’s going to be the biggest factor on Saturday night.”

That’s the big question.. Does Floyd Mayweather still have the fire in his stomach? I think it’s there smoldering, and a few rounds of Ricky Hatton 1-2′n him will make Floyd’s fire re-ignite.

Hopkins tips Hatton for victory. Courtesy of The BBC

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Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton throw down in two weeks at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. It has the potential to be the fight of the year.. Two undefeated fighters, Mayweather’s the WBC welterweight and pound-for-pound champion, while Hatton’s an English fighting machine. Buy this fight on ppv and don’t worry about a Mayweather/De La Hoya type of fight, something Hatton’s style won’t allow.As is the norm, the fighters have been engaging in a war of words on their press circuit. It started with all of the normal I’m gonna whip your ass and you talk too much verbal jabbing.. But Floyd Mayweather decided to up the ante.

The Pretty Boy got the party started with this comment to Ricky Hatton:

“I wish I was in prison with you. I’d make you my bitch.”

If I’m a millionaire, wishing I was in prison so I could make somebody my bitch wouldn’t be high on my list.. Even if I was scheduled to go 12 rounds with the guy, I wouldn’t hope to be behind bars just to say gotcha… Sticking with the prison theme, Hatton says Mayweather wanted to get OZ close and personal with him:

“What Floyd doesn’t know is that I don’t get insulted. But he was very offensive. He told me he wanted to buttf*** me.”

Bravo Floyd.. You’ve joined Mike Tyson on the shortlist of boxers that want to pleasure punish their opponents sexually. Are these guys pugilists or a pirates? Only in America and only in boxing. I’m glad we don’t have this in other sports.. Can you imagine if Josh Beckett said “Not only will I beat the Yankees.. I’m gonna rape Jeter” ? Yeah, that probably wouldn’t go over so well..

I’ll drop my prediction for the fight when it gets closer, but it shouldn’t be hard to figure out if you’ve been watching boxing lately.

Ricky’s My Bitch. Courtesy of The Sun.

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I’m so far behind schedule right now I can’t do this fight or this post the justice it deserves. I got Floyd by decision in a kind of boring, technical fight. There’s no way this fight lives up to all of the hype.. Things rarely do.. Lemme know who you got.

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