hatton v mayweather

[bolt pp]

lol, mayweathers supposed to be a cock, it boosts the ppv revenue, look at all the interest the promoting tour has generated, translate that into $$ in mayweathers pocket, one of the biggest fights ever, the promoters would be doing there nuts if mayweather just sat there there going"i'm better than ricky, i'll win, blah blah blah".............who wants to hear that? i applaud mayweather in the class hes showed in his ostentatious sales pitch.

they pull mayweather to one side and say "hattons got the personality of a walking diazipam and we need to sell the shit out of this fight turn it on son" bosh, theres your class, consumate business man sells the shit out of it. 

[AdamM]

you seem to be implying that it's in some way an act or an exaggeration.

Mayweather is a world class arse hole. win or lose, he'll remain that after the fight.

Hatton has a great personaliy. Just not an arrogant, rude, disrespectful one.  His dignity and humility are admirable traits and win or lose, he will also be the same after the fight.

[kinboshi]

you seem to be implying that it's in some way an act or an exaggeration.

Mayweather is a world class arse hole. win or lose, he'll remain that after the fight.

Hatton has a great personaliy. Just not an arrogant, rude, disrespectful one.  His dignity and humility are admirable traits and win or lose, he will also be the same after the fight.

Mayweather bad-mouthed Hatton before the fight was even on, when Hatton was fighting someone else and Mayweather had 'retired'.  Listen to his interviews away from boxing, and he just reconfirms that he lacks class and humility and I find him fairly odorous.  Great boxer, not so great as a person.  Hatton is different gravy.

[bolt pp]

In a declining sport soon to be superseeded in many aspects by the UFC(an occurrence precipitated predominantly by the indifference the heavy weight division has provoked over the past 5 or so years) "rudeness" and "arrogance" are a coarse but necessary requisite that replace "humility" and "class" with economical necessity.

[AdamM]

then how come the vast mast majority of UFC fighters carry themselves with class and dignity?

how ever you try and excuse it, he's a dick and it's not necessary

UFC PPV far out sells boxing PPV without the unpleasantness

[kinboshi]

De La Hoya is the highest earner in boxing outside the heavyweight division.  He always carries himself with dignity and class.  You don't have to act like Mayweather does to sell tickets.  Hatton certainly doesn't.

[bolt pp]

I never said he wasn't a cock, in fact the first line of my post at the top of the page i concede he's a cock.

as for him "being a dick not being necessary" i'm not so sure about that, there are a lot of different types of dicks in this world and i'm arguing that he's a clever dick.

regarding your question about the conduct of UFC fighters i think i already answered that, it's a sport in the ascendency and boxing unable to compete with ppv sales have to look at other forms of enticing the audience where as before it sold itself, what does a boxing match sell now? even at top level 12 round dance about where the fighers barley touch eachother or the judges do whatever they want at the end, the sport just doesn't sell itself anymore and they need mayweather to do it for them, UFC standard, barley need to advertise at all, worst UFC fight these days comparable to one of the top boxing matches.

[AdamM]

i think we're basically on the same page here.

I just think you're giving mayweather / boxing too much credit for doing it intentionally. I just think it's a dick, being a dick for dicks sake

[hotdog]

surley everyones getting revved up for this only a few weeks away now. It promises to be one of best boxing match ups for a long time

[AdamM]

high level of antici



















































pation

come on Ricky
believe people, believe

[twosneverlose]

Not my find..

This was posted on another forum, Anyone having a bet on HATTON at around 15/8 . At the moment he is 4/1 for the BBC Sport person of the year behind the fav Lewis Hamiton (would have being a cert if he had won drivers title ) However if Hatton beats Mayweather and brings the titles back . He is sure to be a cert for the BBC award and his price will drop very quick.
Just thought I would share this thinking.......


Sorry if this was posted before

[AdamM]

I got on him at 9 & 9.2 on betfair, plus covered  to win without Hamilton at 4.00 since the Hatton fight was announced and the Drivers championship still looked likely. If it was judged by a panel I'd be very confident but as it's public vote, F1 and Rugby fans probably out number Boxing fans so it's wide open.

Got a bit worried before the Rugby World Cup Final, but I think Wilkinson has fallen behind.

looking at the history some was traded on him at 120.00 wow

[scotty2hatty]

Perhaps a little off topic but I was looking at the sports personality market, and although neither have any chance why the hell is Tim Henman a shorter price than Andy Murray? Cos he jacked it in?

[kinboshi]

The greatest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7109353.stm

Floyd Mayweather has stepped up his war of words with Ricky Hatton by claiming to be the greatest boxer ever.

The unbeaten American welterweight insists he is even better than legends Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali.

The 30-year-old, who fights Hatton in Las Vegas on 8 December, said: "I can quit today and be known as the best fighter that ever lived.

"I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time."

[ACE2M]

Mayweather is a prize bell end.

anyone seen the pictures of ricky in training, he looks awesome, better than when he fought tsyzu.

he certainly won't be the first to run out of steam.