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"PBF vs Ricky Fatton"
well... first comment, I dont think they need to be hyping this up as much as they are.
Ricky Hatton may not have the pedigree of a true great, but he is a genuine world champion who has banged out everyone he has faced, and he and Mayweather shouldnt be reduced to this WWF style hype making to get people excited about this fight. This is a big fight between two genuine champions.
In my opinion PBF is the best fighter of his generation by some way... I give Ricky Hatton a punchers chance... but maybe it will be enough. As much as he seems to actually enjoy the bad boy persona, I admire PBF as a master boxer.. but I think Ricky will give him a hell of a fight. He is going to come out firing and is gonna keep coming forward and punching until he doesnt have the strength left to lift his arms.
My head says Mayweather by about 5 rounds.
My hearts says Ricky to win by TKO, round 8.
Ricky has to fight the best round of his life, almost EVERY round, to get to and beat a fighter with the skill and warrior instinct of Mayweather. If he can do it, he will hold a place in the history of boxing as one of the best of all time - certainly he will move to no. 2/3 in the greatest British fighters of all time if he does it (imo, behind Jimmy Wilde - who is unquestionably number 1, and Bob Fitzsimmons (if you count him as British rather than Kiwi), it will certainly place him in a different sphere to great great boxers like Lennox Lewis, Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Lloyd Honneyhan, Randy Turpin, etc etc). PBF already has his place there.
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