Posted on 12/7/2007 5:44:21 PM

Boxing Betting – Mayweather vs Hatton Data Bank

By Charles Jay

What I'm going to do here is something I did for years when I was an editorial consultant for USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights," which is to break down this matchup along statistical lines. It also offers something of a capsule if you don't wish to go line-by-line on each one of the records of these fighters. When it comes to betting the propositions at BetUS Sportsbook, this is the kind of information that may be of some use to you.

BetUS Boxing Betting Odds

WBC Welterweight (147-lb.) title

December 8 -- Las Vegas

FLOYD MAYWEATHER -240

RICKY HATTON +190

Over 11.5 Rounds -300

Under 11.5 Rounds +200

Let's go:

FLOYD MAYWEATHER

Total Bouts -- 38

Total Rounds -- 265

Avg. rounds per bout -- 6.97

KO's as a % of wins -- 63.2%

KO's as a % of total bouts -- 63.2%

Winning percentage (not incl. draws) -- 100%

Times going 10 or more rds. -- 13

Times going 12 rds. -- 10

World title bouts -- 17

World title rounds -- 166

World title rounds per bout -- 9.76

World title record -- 17-0, 8 KO's

World title KO % -- 47%

World title bouts as % of total -- 62.6%

Record in last five bouts -- 5-0, 2 KO's

Record in last 12 months -- 1-0, no KO's

Record in last 24 months -- 3-0, no KO's

Record in Las Vegas -- 14-0, 8 KO's (9-0, 4 KO's in title fights)

Current inactive period -- 7 months, 2 days

Longest inactive period -- 7 months, 30 days (based on that being a 31-day month)

Titles held -- Mayweather

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WBC super featherweight (130-lb.)

WBC lightweight (135-lb.)

WBC super lightweight (140-lb.)

IBF welterweight (147-lb.)

IBO welterweight (147-lb.)

WBC welterweight (147-lb.)

WBC super welterweight (154-lb.)

Title Fight breakdown - Mayweather

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130 lbs.: 9-0, 6 KO's

135 lbs.: 4-0, 1 KO

140 lbs.: 1-0, 1 KO

147 lbs.: 2-0, no KO's

154 lbs.: 1-0, no KO's

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RICKY HATTON

Total Bouts -- 43 (43-0)

Total Rounds -- 241

Avg. rounds per bout -- 5.6

KO's as a % of wins -- 72%

KO's as a % of total bouts -- 72%

Winning percentage (not incl. draws) -- 100%

Times going 10 or more rds. -- 10

Times going 12 rds. -- 7

World title bouts -- 22 *

World title rounds -- 159 *

World title rounds per bout -- 7.23

World title record -- 21-0, 14 KO's *

World title KO % -- 66.7%

World title bouts as % of total -- 48.8% *

Record in last five bouts -- 5-0, 3 KO's

Record in last 12 months -- 2-0, 1 KO

Record in last 24 months -- 3-0, 1 KO

Record in Las Vegas -- 2-0, 1 KO (his last two bouts)

Current inactive period -- 5 months, 14 days

Longest inactive period -- 8 months, 6 days

* In March of 2001, Hatton won the World Boxing Union (WBU) 140-lb. title, and defended it 15 times. The WBU is not recognized in the United States. Outside of the WBU, he is 5-0 with 3 KO's in title fights.

Titles held -- Hatton

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WBU junior welterweight (140-lb.)

WBA junior welterweight (140-lb.)

IBF junior welterweight (140-lb.)

IBO junior welterweight (140-lb.)

WBA welterweight (147-lb.)

Title Fight breakdown -- Hatton

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140 lbs.: 20-0, 14 KO's

147 lbs.: 1-0, no KO's

KNOCKOUT DISTRIBUTION

(Figure in parentheses represents those KO's occurring in title fights)

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MAYWEATHER

1st - 4 (0)

2nd - 5 (1)

3rd - 2 (0)

4th - 0

5th - 2 (0)

6th - 3 (1)

7th - 2 (2)

8th - 2 (1)

9th - 3 (2)

10th - 1 (1)

11th - 0

12th - 0

HATTON

1st - 5 (0)

2nd - 6 (2)

3rd - 1 (0)

4th - 8 (4)

5th - 4 (2)

6th - 2 (1)

7th - 0

8th - 0

9th - 2 (2)

10th - 2 (2)

11th - 1 (1)

12th - 0

COMMON OPPONENTS

JOSE LUIS CASTILLO -- Mayweather defeated Castillo twice. In April of 2002 he won a unanimous decision by four points on two of the judges' scorecards and five points on the other, but it was considered very controversial because many at ringside felt Castillo had the advantage. In the December 2002 rematch, Mayweather won by two points on all three cards. On June 23 of this year, in his last fight, Hatton stopped Castillo at 2:19 of the fourth round in a fight where it looked as if Castillo was looking for a safe place to land. It basically ended on a body shot.

TONY PEP -- In March of 2001, Hatton stopped Pep, a Canadian, in four rounds to win the World Boxing Union's vacant welterweight title. Pep was Mayweather's last opponent before Floyd won his first world title. In June of 1998, Mayweather scored an easy, near-shutout decision over ten rounds.

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(Charles Jay of TotalActionExtra.com is a former manager, matchmaker and color commentator in professional boxing. He currently pulls no punches in the BetUS Locker Room)