B Hop - "Hatton's a Dangerous Guy..."
Author: RL
In a recent blog, ESPN interviewed Light Heavyweight Champ Bernard Hopkins about Saturday's showdown & Ricky Hatton's chances to defeat the pound for pound best.
"Hatton's a dangerous guy because he's hard to keep him off you," Hopkins said. "I don't think I've seen Floyd fight where he fought a guy who came with rapid punches, that had some sting on them, top to bottom, angles, and an energy level staying what it was in the first through to the eighth, ninth and 10th rounds. Ricky Hatton, I never seen the man get tired. I believe Mayweather's style of catching and baiting -- you catch a man and you bait them in -- that's not going to work, like it did on many other fighters, against Ricky Hatton. Why? Because if you throw that many punches in rapid fire, it's hard to come back with one, two, or three shots. It works great against one- or two- or three-punch guys, because you can time that. But he's non-stop, Hatton. So you got to time five punches compared to one or two. That's going to be the difference in this fight as think as time goes on."
My look at Saturday's fight is coming up...
(via ESPN)
