Originally posted by Earl Hickey
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Prime Hatton vs Bam Bam Rios
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Originally posted by Spiegelo View PostYou're preaching to the choir man. I like Rios and how he always goes for the KO. He's very fun to watch, and he's a great body/volume puncher, but at light welterweight he's noticeably smaller than the likes of Hatton. Personally, I think it's crazy how highly people are ranking him at that weight. I'd put money on Matthysse stopping him with a body shot.
After the Abril fight, Rios was an absoloute bum who would get murdered by anyone with a pulse, now he's some sort of Terminator.
That's how it is in the madhouse, no middle ground.
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I think Ricky takes this over 12 rounds, too much hand speed and foot speed. One of those fights where the scorecards are pretty one sided but it is a highly competitive fight.
Hatton's style was extremely difficult to beat when he was in his prime. I think he would beat Rios to the punch and then tie him up. Rios might start getting to him in the second half of the fight but Ricky hangs on for the UD
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Originally posted by toshmurph View PostHatton isn't as physically strong as Rios, combine that with the fact Hatton cuts up if you so much as stare at him long enough I'd pick Rios by TKO by 10.. Would be a helluva fight though, Hatton's only advantages I can see are he's very quick on his feet and has better punch technique, that's fine if your gonna outbox him, but thats not Hatton's game. Rios has all the advantages in the other departments IMO.
We need a poll on this though
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i love rios but hatton in his prime would stop him,hatton imo is severely underrated.the way he used to work the body and switch from head to body plus the angles he would do it at gives rios problems.if needed to be he could box aswell shame he doesnt get full credit like he deserves
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Originally posted by SaintGeorge View PostPeople really don't realise how good Hatton was in his prime. Shame.
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Originally posted by dan_cov View PostA preview of Prime Hatton vs Rios
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