""but i mentioned to box...and i`ll say it here....that recently,most of your upsets have come when the dog comes out aggressively and takes the fight to the favorite...
brewster/golota....both glen johnson fights with jones and tarver...mormeck vs braithwaite..winky stood his ground with trinidad..barrera jumping on morales took him out of the fight early..pacquaio jumping on marquez...
when vince phillips beat tszyu,he went to war with him and just outlasted kostya....kostya had to fight a hard pace...and he was the one that wilted...
we saw what happened when mitchell tried to be cute and clever with tszyu...he walked through him...
hatton`s workrate...his youth...that homecourt advantage..and that bodywork...he`s not coming into this without some edges...
guys like tszyu,marquez,jones,tarver and trinidad are used to getting mad respect in the ring...they like to set their own pace and are usually allowed to do just that...they get so much respect from opponents..
i think that if hatton`s smart,he`ll come out firing and try and seize an advantage..set the tone...go to tszyu`s 35 year old body hard...it`s dangerous...but,he`s here to win...
this is a different fight than tszyu vs mitchell...this looks to be a hard,physical fight...while it lasts..
and do we really know whether,at 35,kostya is up to it after one short fight off a long layoff?.....
after being wowed by the mitchell destruction,i`m not so sure that it didn`t leave more ???? than answers...
my intial gut was tszyu inside the distance...along with many other guys....
but guys have hung in with tszyu`s power before... and he is 35....
after playing tszyu several ways early on,i`m kind of looking for a hedge...
i don`t see hatton playing cutey...i see a rough and tumble,tszyu dropping bombs and hatton wailing away to the body kind of fight..not an easy fight for either guy......
close,hard combat....a battle of attrition..if i were hatton`s people,i`d go for it....do what you do best...apply pressure...crowd tszyu...wear him down...don`t give him room to onleash that right hand...stay on his chest...
or,get inside and then get the hell out...never stand at arms length...tszyu needs a little room to punch..
i can see why you are looking at the under...
and if you see this as a toss-up,maybe some pocket change on hatton might not be a bad idea"""
i feel like hatton had the right idea...he used the crowd and jumped on tszyu from the opening bell....didn`t give him room...clinched.....roughed him up...showed alot of balls...
btw.i hate the clinching,too...guys should be penalized more often for it...
and tszyu wilted like he did vs phillips...he`s 35 and hasn`t had very many really tough fights over the last few years...
i`m happy because i have a monster parlay riding and i hedged with hatton anyway.....and had an excellent day in the ufc....
to many people on tszyu...that`s always worrisome...
as far as box having a rough night.....that`s the first one in my recent memory.....
i came on here several years ago and fletch and i were the only ones really hitting the combat sports...
trying to drum up some interest....
then boxlocks came in and took it to a new level...i don`t even post that much anymore....box carries the ball just fine....week in and week out...
always has plays for guys and almost always wins.....
then we get guys like franks and spreadking and flipper and some others and it turns out this is a damned nice contact sports board....when i`m not bitching and moaning about something...lol
i think box is entitled to one bad week...i know many betting accounts are much better off for his work on this board....
next week the winning will continue...
g.l. fellas...
