Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

I'm gonna eat a shitload of fried food over the next few days in tribute to Ricky.

Hatton KO/TKO @ 4/1 is tempting, though my heart might be ruling my head here.

Not paying £16 for it. I guess 5 Live will have to do.

I feel sorry for Ali though, he put all that time and effort into his little rhymes, his little speeches, his interviews, and yet his entire spoken word output has basically been blown out of the water by the majesty of "Will you stop touching me knee you poof?"

I for one am looking forward to Mayweather's destruction of Hatton.

There is no way in hell you could get me to pay for this one.

Ricky the Hugman Hatton vs. a defensive boxer whose last five or six fights have all been dull.

Mayweather isn't really about destroying anybody, least of all Hatton.

I know, but a guy can dream

Then again, he did kick the shit out of Arturo Gatti.

I reckon if it goes the distance, Mayweather wins. Which is why it should be a great fight, cos Hatton ought to realise that too.

Mayweather by decision: 5/4
Hatton by decision: 9/2
Hatton by KO, TKO or DQ : 9/2
Mayweather by KO, TKO or DQ : 5/1
Draw: 22/1
Mayweather by DQ: 33/1
Hatton by DQ: 33/1
Mayweather by towel: 50/1
Hatton by towel: 50/1

Draw: 22/1

^^^like these odds

God I love Paddy Power:

What phrase will the Sky commentators use first after the first round bell?

Undefeated 6 - 1
Jab 6 - 1
The talk is over 8 - 1
Hook 12 - 1
The Hitman 12 - 1
Caught him cold 16 - 1
Got him with a left 16 - 1
Straight right 16 - 1
Holding 16 - 1
Straight left 16 - 1
Dancing 16 - 1
Uppercut 16 - 1
Got him with a right 16 - 1
What a punch 20 - 1
Working the body 25 - 1
Fast hands 25 - 1
Goes to work 25 - 1
Making themselves heard 25 - 1
In his own backyard 25 - 1
Ricky Fatton 33 - 1
Trash talking 33 - 1
Right on the money 33 - 1
It's going to go to the judges 33 - 1
Show boating 40 - 1
The British invasion 50 - 1
He's cut 66 - 1
Mayweather's down 66 - 1
Hatton's down 66 - 1
Hanging on 66 - 1
Below the belt 66 - 1
There's David Beckham 66 - 1
Low blow 80 - 1
Can he beat the count 100 - 1
He's not going to make it 100 - 1
Saved by the bell 100 - 1
Thrown in the towel 100 - 1

Mayweather by KO 5 to 1? Can that be right? I'd be all over that, had I any monies.

Amir Khan fight is on ITV in a few minutes. I still can't get used to Stewpot from Grange Hill being master of ceremonies though.

do we know when sky are showing it on non-PPV? I'm so knackered there's no way I'll stay up for it, and I'm buggered if I'm paying 16 quid for it so it's a Likely Lads scenario for me..... if they're not showing it too late.

Khan wins in 1st round. And the ref shoulda stopped it about 10 seconds earlier as he wasn't fighting back. Earl was clearly a finished fighter who should never have been fighting Khan.

I'm not paying £16 either for the Hatton. I'll just check the result in the morning.

The Khan fight lasted 72 seconds. He will never have an easier fight.

"ricky hatton is the underdog, so you've gotta make him favourite" - every english sports pundit over past week

why do we boo opposition anthems? what is wrong with us?

anyway, here goes

not watching this. this will not end well. if hatton wins by miracle of god or assassins' bullet then it will be the greatest upset of all time

mayweather, of course, is winning convincingly so far (according to the radio)

If the loser's plucky, we blame the ref. If the loser isn't plucky, we character-assassinate him. Fortunately for Ricky Hatton, he's plucky.

lol hatton, lol hype, lol media, lol wanko ergo sum

calzaghe for SPOTY

Hatton is a chump

USA!!! USA!!!

lol dat limey nigga got his fucken ass kicked... after watching all of 24/7 the other night i knew that there was no way mayweather would lose~~~

on tha real tho that was a tyte fite imho. i was impressed as shit by how mayweather adapted and came out of his shell. he stepped the fuck up instead of just doing enough to get by~~

Not a surprise. Maybe he shouldn't have stepped up a weight.
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happy to see hatton hit the canvas. mayweather was mostly dominating that shit though, would've won the decision.

Great fight. I thought Mayweather was technically superior to De La Hoya without really killing him, but tonight he was impressive as fuck. I'd've scored him at least 6-2 up before he stopped it but really...admire Hatton's balls and he gave good post-bout interview but you could see in him that he knew he'd been well beaten.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/1208/mayweather_hatton3_412.jpg

lol

http://i13.tinypic.com/7y3bvuv.gif

oof, that looks nasty.

Listened to radio from round 4 onwards and it sounded like Hatton got a lesson or two, possibly the most important one being that he may have the bollocks but he doesn't have the power to step up a weight.

Mayweather had been thoroughly twattish in the whole run-up, then in th epost fight interview seemed thoroughly decent.

Great year for British sport

God knows what he's gonna do now, Junior Witter's not exactly gonna get him a £10million purse.

Hatton vs De La Hoya retirement fund-raiser in the New Year.

Ah, I don't see that Ricky's got many places to go now bar the De La Hoya exhibition bout. S'pose it's too much to expect he just retires with dignity tho.

The worst of this is that Hamilton is now a shoe-in for a Sports Bottler of the Year Award tonight.

Mayweather had been thoroughly twattish in the whole run-up, then in th epost fight interview seemed thoroughly decent.

...whereas Hatton came across afterwards as mealy-mouthed and cocky.

By the way, who was the old guy doing the interviews immediately after the fight, an old guy with white hair? What a pro!

Larry Merchant?

lol i would pay premium PPV prices to see larry merchant tortured to death on live tv

Yes, it was Larry Merchant. They didn't make 'em like that any more.

don't

What sort of reputation does Merchant have? Is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLtPy42LhGM&feature=related anything to go by?

Lots of people seem to hate him, but he's also popular enough that HBO couldn't demote/can him when they wanted to bring in Max Kellerman to do color/interviews full time (thank god for that, Kellerman is a nightmare).

I like him a lot - it's kind of nice to have a rambling old sportswriter type talking rather than high-sheen tv people.

"Dom Passantino left the group I hope Ricky Hatton gives Floyd Mayweather a fuckin good hiding."

merchant is a) always drunk as shit b) always asks the fighters really demeaning questions

it's pretty entertaining but at the same time i wish his slurring old ass would just die in a fire

And well done to Joe Calzaghe BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
Justice has been done.

Watched the whole thing on youtube, very entertainting. I love Hatton, but Mayweather is a fucking genius, probably the second best fighter (next to RJJ) of my generation.

I put Mayweather above RJJ.

I keep reading that as RJG and thinking you are all mad.