After making my prediction that Floyd Mayweather would win a unanimous decision on Doghouseboxing, I was thinking a lot more about the fight. I mentioned that Ricky had a chance if he was allowed to fight inside and fight out of clinches. I started to think that the referee in this fight could play a major part in the outcome. I looked into who the referee would be and found out it is Joe Cortez. That is good for both fighters, but better in my opinion for Hatton becasue Cortez, unlike many referees in the game doesn’t want to constantly get involved. He is one of the best refs in the game, and he will not take away from this megafight as some overzealous refs have done in the past.

I am looking forward to a great fight in both the main event, as well as the co-feature, Jeff Lacy vs. Peter Manfredo. Lacy surely posseses the strength and power advantage, but Peter can play a poor man’s Calzaghe and spoil his plans to return to the top of the division. My prediction is that this will be a great night for boxing regardless of the outcome of all of the fights.

Prediction featured on www.doghouseboxing.com:
Danny Serratelli
Ricky will come to fight, he will bring the fight, he will force the action, he will hit Floyd everywhere and try to keep him out of the comfort zone he usually can get into. Kostya Tzsyu has already predicted that Hatton will defeat Floyd the same way he defeated Tszyu, who was one of the top pound for pound guys at the time.

The problem here is weight, size and strength. Ricky had a much tougher time with Louis Collazzo at 147 than he ever had at 140 and he is fighting Floyd at 147. In the mean time, Floyd is coming down from a decision victory over Oscar at 154. While Floyd was never a true junior middleweight, he has grown into a legitimate welterweight. The issue is if Hatton had that much trouble with Collazzo due to the size/strength factor (from 140 to 147), or if it was a style thing. It was probably a little of both, and Ricky still did win the fight.

This will be a good fight. Floyd will fight cautiously early and try to pick his shots. Ricky will do everything in his power to mug Floyd and turn it into a street fight. As most great fighters do, Floyd seems to step up his game against top opposition, but he may not consider Hatton much of a threat, even if it