Ricky Hatton, ONE HIT WONDER

PBF blocks most punches with his shoulders, he doesn't run like a bunny like Hopkins. PBF will stay front of Hatton or Cotto & counter punch them all night. Also PBF is more dangerous on the ropes, he becomes like James Toney, but faster! He will counter punch Hatton to death if Hatton tries to push him on the ropes. He will counter his body & face like that. Mayweather will KO Hatton if they fight in Manchester or in America. It won't make a difference. Many Hatton fans think that PBF can't punch, his KO ratio is just as good as Hatton. If you guys think that PBF don't have a punch, then you should say the same about Hatton. Same KO ratio & with many bigger names he has beaten. PBF was the best 130, 135 & now 140. Many boxers don't want to fight him. Good, UK or US it doesnt matter, both Mayweather and Hatton are really good fighters so it shouldnt matter about location. Its a great styles match so lets hope it happens.

Well... I think to beat Hatton you need to knock him out, otherwise he'll just keep coming and keep coming and keep coming forward all night! Cotto has the power to knock Hatton out... I reckon Cott could beat Hatton. I don't think Floyd will be able to beat Hatton. Hatton will bulldose through him. What do you think? I think Hatton will Stop Cotto and beat Mayweather by UD, but i'd give Mayweather a really good chance. It must be terrible to fight someone like Hatton, you cant get good sparring for Hatton so its very difficult to tell how well someone will do against him. The fact nobody else fights like him is a huge advantage, Hatton is more likely to lose rematches.

Hatten is definately one of the better fighters of the division, he has unbelivable power and a pretty damn good chin if you ask me. I think that he could wipe cotto out no problem. As far as a dirty fighter I dont see that at all everyone hits low or in the back of the head at certain times throughout their career. He's just a brute not too smart but a brute!

Hatton will come to the U.S., whether its the next fight or one after, we'll hear soon enough. August/Sept are gonna be big fights. PBF, as good as he is, risks alot fighting Hatton unless it's in his back yard, he may win, but will take punishment from it. Cotto has the Heart of Gatti, the speed Gatti is lacking, needs a couple more fights before he makes his move to the top, but will be on top. What fight would be good to see, dirty or not, here or there, would be Gatti/Hatton. We need more Barrera/Morales, Ward/Gatti type of fights, not jab and run styles unless they can stand up and risk everything even if they are about to win, eg. Morales/Piqq.

Well, we will have to agree to differ. I'd say Mayweathers the harder fight but i'd rather him fight Hatton than Cotto, There's more to lose by getting beat by Cotto, getting beat the best P4P fighter is not a bad thing but i'm sure Hatton wont see it that way. Do you think either will beat Hatton??

Hatton is a world class fighter now and can easily hang with any fighter at his weight out there. He took Tszyus power so i do not doubt that he can take anyone elses. The sheer intensity he fights at is enough to give any fighter a hard time. The only person who i am very wary of Hatton fighting is Mayweather

tszyu's like marciano: he hurts you and KOs u with one punch. cotto's like louis: what tszyu does with one punch, cotto does with 2-4 punches. hatton's like dempsey: he swarms you with cotto-like punches and punches u up to the point where u dont even want to fight back and cant do anything but wait for the ref to stop it. ... i like this analogy... Most Hatton opponents talk the talk before the fight, come out for the 1st round looking to win and then come out for the 2nd looking to survive. :( It was good to see him fighting Tszyu because at least it was a real fight rather than a one sided beating, before that fight the last time Hatton lost a round was against Magee and even then i wasnt worried about him losing the fight.

tszyu's like marciano: he hurts you and KOs u with one punch. cotto's like louis: what tszyu does with one punch, cotto does with 2-4 punches. hatton's like dempsey: he swarms you with cotto-like punches and punches u up to the point where u dont even want to fight back and cant do anything but wait for the ref to stop it. ... i like this analogy...

I'd just feel more comfortable with Hatton facing Mayweather than I would Hatton facing Cotto. Maybe I'm a little high on Cotto... But I swear I can see something in him that could make him a great champion one day. He's still on the learning curve and I think he can hit just as hard as Kostya Tszyu. I had an interesting conversation with NAB on here a few weeks before the Tszyu vs Hatton fight. NAB is an Aussie and a Tszyu fan, and he was telling me that he thought Tsyzu's power was over-rated. He wasn't saying that he thought Tszyu was a light puncher or anything, he was just explaining that out of Tszyu's 28 or so KO's, only 3 or 4 were ACTUAL KO's, and the rest were all TKO's. NAB said, - "So what, Tszyu KO'd Judah with one punch... Well even the feather fisted Corey Spinks was able to put Judah on his arse a couple of times". Perhaps Kostya Tszyu's devastating KO win over Zab Judah was more of a testament to Zab Judah's chin rather than Kostya Tszyu's power. There's different types of power IMO. Hatton's really heavy handed, i'd imagine his opponents cant move for days afterwards, his shots dont cause instant KO's but over the full distance opponents take a real beating. IMO Hatton opponents are at a higher risk of health problems. Tszyu's really powerful, he looks like he has the power to put a bull on its ass. Its not spark out KO punching but he's known as a big puncher for a really good reason. All his opponents say how powerful he hits. The type of power that shakes your brain. Cotto was spark out KO punching but the more strength he puts on the more heavy handed he becomes(a lot Hatton), he's getting heavy handed but losing the ability to KO opponents instantly now he's losing speed. Cotto has a real defensive problem against inside fighters, you put him in with Castillo or Hatton then he'll get a beating. Obviously he has enough ability to win those fights but he'll have a very hard job doing it, i personally dont think he'd win either unless he caught them. His hands up defence looks open to the uppercuts and hooks to body and head. He has decent footwork but it no way near as elusive as Mayweather, i think Hatton closes the distance so quickly Cotto would struggle to keep him off.

NOBODY in 140 can hit as hard as tszyu. but i think hatton's CURRENTLY a 1-hit wonder, but i also think he'll change that in his next big fight, against who im not sure.

140?? i thought he lifted 120kg. which is still excellent for someone who's what? 5'7? where'd you hear about that? that's impressive man. Lote Tuquiri benches 160kg and he's like 6'3 or 6'4 and weighs like 110-115 kg Just storys from out of the gym, i posted at Tszyu's website for a few weeks.

The only thing i've ever worried about Cotto was the fast combos he'd throw, they were lethal but now he doesnt throw them Hatton can just walk through. People who says Cotto is stronger than Hatton just dont realise how wrong they are, If you can out muscle a strength freak like Tszyu then your fucking strong. Even when i was lifting i'd struggle with 140kg bench(Tszyu lifts that), that a heavy ass weight for a 10st fighter. 140?? i thought he lifted 120kg. which is still excellent for someone who's what? 5'7? where'd you hear about that? that's impressive man. Lote Tuquiri benches 160kg and he's like 6'3 or 6'4 and weighs like 110-115 kg

Hatton isn't a nobody, he proved it by beating the best in the division and in my opinion the fighter who is still currently the best (tszyu's my main man). he fought the right fight against an il-prepared kostya (style wise) and came off on top. I doubt if he would win the rematch though, i think kostya could definitely pull off a victory. But hatton-mayweather? hatton roughs mayweather up for 10 rounds or so. Mayweather is slick and fairly powerful but he isn't invincible. No ONE has ever fought mayweather right. Not the way he should be fought to beat him. He is beatable!!

The thing that worries me about Hatton fighting Cotto more than Hatton fighting Mayweather is that Cotto has more power than people give him credit for. He hits like a kick from a mule! I do think Cotto has one punch KO power... And he really seems to throw those bombs with evil intentions! He hardly punches on the same level as Tszyu. Cotto's never KO'd anyone with a great chin, infact Cotto's never fought anyone with a great chin except for Ndou and everyone knows he struggled against him. I suppose Corley has a good chin but that fight shouldnt have been stopped and Corley looked about 2 weight classes below Cotto He obviously has power but until he's fought a few fighter with great chins we wont know how hard he punches. Hattons tested his power against good/great chins like Phillips, Tszyu, Olivera, Magee, Stewart, Tackie, Krivolapov, etc. We know he punches very hard but its not one punch KO power.

Fighting dirty and adapting are two completely different things. That fight wasn't a boxing match. Of course its the same thing, what should Hatton have done?? Waited for Tszyu to muscle him and then fought back, i think Hatton did the right thing, he showed abit of muscle early. I dont even think it was a dirty fight, they both worked well on the inside.

You agree with my point or that i consider you well educated :D Haha...both obviously mate :D

some amazing ignorance displayed on this thread as per usual when it comes to Hatton, for the gntleman who said "you wont see hatton over here", jeez mate, its been in the press he has said it on TV, he will fight in New York or Vegas its a dream of ricky's. As for the rest of it, come talk to me when Cotto has fought a top echelon light welter, and no BRANCO doesnt count as top ten, nor does Bailey, Corley nor Ndou. really you lot dont have talk some shit. :rolleyes:

I have watched a bunch of Hatton's fights and thought he looked good in almost all of them, even when he got dropped by Magee. I'm not sure that he could beat Mayweather but he would come to fight. He wouldn't quit on his stool, thats for sure.

He hasnt got a dirty style, i've watch every single Hatton fight and that the first time he's done that shit. In a long career he's only thrown one intentional shot to the back of the head and one to the balls, thats not a dirty fighter thats just a fighter would can adapt to his opponent. The sigs just a joke, i dont agree with intentional low blows. Fighting dirty and adapting are two completely different things. That fight wasn't a boxing match.

I think they want America to be the international place for everyone, but I would love to see Mayweather going to England to fight Hatton, with a rematch clause to bring it to the United States. In the old days a loss didnt really matter, why should it now? It'd be fun to see two differnet styles. Id like to see the fight in England also. I want to see how fair are the British judges on Mayweather. I also want to see Hatton lose in England. Like you stated, itll be fun to see 2 different styles