My body is breaking down - Ready made excuse or not?

[-CANE-]

On 24/7 Mayweather said his body is breaking down and that he probably shouldn't be fighting anymore. Is this a ready made excuse if things don't go to plan for him.

I think he'll win but is he preparing the excuses just in case and if Hatton does manage to pull off the upset will these excuses take the shine off of his greatest achievment.

[BmoreBrawler]

Maybe it really IS breaking down, it would explain why he quit boxing after the Baldo fight. Not sure why that would be.

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

if by "body" he means hands then he's probably telling the truth, but he looks in great shape otherwise and he's only 30 so.... but guess you can never truly tell unless your actually that individual

[-CANE-]

Not slagging the guy off it just crossed my mind.

He was complaining alot about his hands,elbows,shoulders and back.

It could well be true and would that take anything away from Hatton should he win.

[Fox McCloud]

Maybe it really IS breaking down, it would explain why he quit boxing after the Baldo fight. Not sure why that would be.

It might be because he never really does take a break from the gym.

It's good that he keeps in shape all year round, and he does have to work his body hard everyday.

Who would have thought that staying in shape ends your career quicker than ****ing around until you make your next fight?

[-CANE-]

It might be because he never really does take a break from the gym.

It's good that he keeps in shape all year round, and he does have to work his body hard everyday.

Who would have thought that staying in shape ends your career quicker than ****ing around until you make your next fight?

Good point.

I mean the way Hatton binges inbetween fights which really isn't the way things should be done and Floyd the ultimate professional who hasn't been in as many hard fights as Hatton and it's his body that is suffering.

Or is it just another mind game by PBF.

[Tuggers1986]

If hopkins can fight on at 42 after being in competitive fights for 20 years then floyd can't say ****. He's in great shape and in his prime. He's just saying that so he can fall back on it incase he loses. Hatton seems the more determined fighter of the two by far.

At the end of the last 24/7 episode when Hatton when in his car you could see it in his eyes that he's ready.

"On Dec 8th I'll be oblivious to tiredness, I'll be oblivious to pain. I'm ready for this one, I'm ready"

[Emotions]

I don't reckon he's as confident at beating Hatton now as he was at first. It's always good to have a list of excuses ready incase :]

Hatton To Win!!!

[Terry A]

If hopkins can fight on at 42 after being in competitive fights for 20 years then floyd can't say ****."

Exactly.
And something else, how can guys like Harry Greb (400 some fights), Archie Moore, Henry Armstrong, Ray Robinson and numerous other legends have well over a hundred fights each (and some close to 200 pro fights) and Mayweather be all worn down and tired and needing some midol? With his modern day training regime, in the plushest of life styles and with a possee hovering around him waiting on him hand and foot, how can he say that kind of stuff with a straight face?

I call B.S.

[Fox McCloud]

If hopkins can fight on at 42 after being in competitive fights for 20 years then floyd can't say ****. He's in great shape and in his prime. He's just saying that so he can fall back on it incase he loses. Hatton seems the more determined fighter of the two by far.

At the end of the last 24/7 episode when Hatton when in his car you could see it in his eyes that he's ready.

"On Dec 8th I'll be oblivious to tiredness, I'll be oblivious to pain. I'm ready for this one, I'm ready"

Come now... Hopkins fights in a style that doesn't really require Hopkins to be at his athletic best.

Can he still clinch at 42 to **** away 2 minutes of a round? Yes.

Can he play mind games with his opponents at 42? Yup.

Can he control the ring and blunt his opponent's offense doing so? Yizzur.

A 42 year old can win fights if he doesn't have to land a bunch of punches.

Consider this, he kept Jermain Taylor under 90 landed punches in their first fight.

Mayweather Jr. depends on his athleticism a whole lot more than most fighters, and maybe working his body everyday in the gym has decreased his athletic life expectancy. Who knows?

Anyways, it really all might be a mind game, as said earlier.