Give Ricky the credit he deserves..

I think Hatton fighting for 9 rounds then clinching for 3 is far better than Floyd running for 12 against Baldomir.

I never claimed it to be a Gatti vs Ward type fight. I just said that it wasnt boring...which it wasnt.

Woah there. You found the Tszyu fight to be boring? I'm afraid thats a bad reflection upon you and Americans in general if so. The other three really havent been anything spectacular, admittedly. But you really ought not to vehemently argue that a fighter is boring on the judgement of 3 fights out of 42. The Tzu fight is the more exciting of the 4 but it wasn't as exciting as some I think you contend. I saw the fight again about a month ago and it was extremely dirty and frustrating to watch with all the clinching/hold hitting. It was not the in fighting of Corrales/Castillo it was in fighting while holding on to an arm.

Right, firstly..like many other British lads on here im fed up people dis-respecting Ricky Hatton and his career so far, Every fucking yank on this forum is making up excuses whenever he wins a fight 'he clinched too much ' 'Tszyu was past his prime ' ' Collazo was robbed ' it's all bullshit. Hatton beat Tszyu through shear workrate, skill, strength and power..don't give me this shit about him fighting so many rounds in so many years, the fact is..before Hatton fought Tszyu alot of you on this forum was saying he had no chance against Kostya. You was all saying how Ricky was overrated by us English guys etc, and now what? 3 years on your still spouting the same old bullshit. The fact is Ricky beat Kostya..in fact he gave him such a beating he quit on his stool because he couldn't take no more. Kostya at the time of facing Hatton was in everybody's p4p list so stop making up excuses and trying to make Ricky out to be some overrated fighter..because he isn't, After Ricky fought Tszyu he decided to unify the title's and he went up against Carlos Maussa, sure he wasn't the best of fighters but again Ricky was fighting for a world title against an awkward style of a fighter in the Colombian..Ricky at that time was having a lot of problems with his promoter (Frank Warren) and went into the ring against Maussa in the wrong frame of mind just wanting to knock his head off..It wasn't the best performance of Ricky's career but he dominated Maussa from start to finish before catching him with one of the sweetest left hooks i have ever seen in the 9th round knocking him out..so there we have it, the belts were unified. Ricky decided to vacate the belts so he could move up in weight to 147, after long negotiations it was decided that Ricky was going to America...no fighters wanted to face him in his fortress - Manchester so he came to them. Ricky and his promoters were looking for a fighter to go up against but one or two pulled out of negotiations so after a long long while HBO decided Ricky would go up against ANOTHER world champion in Luis Collazo, a slick southpaw ( who Ricky has always struggled against through out his career ). Many saw it as an unneccessary risk for the Hitman and he could take it easier on his debut fight in the States, Anyway, after only managing to have 7-8 weeks preperation the fight happened and it was a tough fight for Ricky probably his toughest to date, but guess what? yes, thats right ' Shitman Fatton ' won on points and was the new WBA welterweight champion of the world. Despite putting in a lacklustre performance Ricky was world champion again. Do you see what i'm getting at here? Ricky had been fighting badly...yet he still beat a world champion..anyway, moving on.. Ricky decided 147 wasn't for him, so he vacated the belt he beat Collazo for and moved back down to 140..this was Ricky's division and no one can say otherwise..he had dominated every fighter through out his 140lb career and was the man to beat. Next we have Juan Urango. A powerful southpaw (again) who was undefeated (17-0-0) you all know the saying ' undefeated fighters don't know how to lose ' right? anyway..Ricky was again coming out of Manchester and taking it across the pond to America..again, against a tricky awkward fighter for his old titles, so again in his FOURTH straight fight he was fighting for a title. Anyway, Ricky dominated the first 1-6 rounds and simply felt it was job done which maybe he shouldn't have..he let his foot off the gas in the later rounds thats for sure and was very intelligent and used his experience when knowing when to hold and when not too. So again, Ricky didn't fight as we all know he can do but still, HE WON AGAIN! You see? Ricky Hatton in his last two fights hasn't hit his peak as British fans know he can, yet he has still beaten FOUR world champions in his last FOUR fights including a world champion southpaw in a new weight division and also an undefeated southpaw for his old titles..Ricky Hatton gets alot of unfair criticism from some Americans on here and it aint right, maybe it's because he's English and not American? i don't know..but there quick to put him down. Oh yeah also, there's some people on this forum who STILL aint satisfied that his next fight is Jose Luis Castillo, i find it laughable that he just never seems to be able to get it right with some. I'm allready looking forward to hearing your excuses when Ricky beats him..Ricky Hatton is an elite fighter and definitely in the top 10 p4p fighters in the world. The fact that he's come across to America for top fights shows he has some balls and that he wants to prove to the world what we in Britain allready know....this guy is special, he has the heart and desire to beat anybody in world boxing including Floyd Mayeather. I don't care wether you guys think he can or he can't the fact is I guarentee you that whenever these two meet ( if they do ) you will all be eating your words. He did what he had to so he could win He definetaly diserves the credit.

Woah there. You found the Tszyu fight to be boring? I'm afraid thats a bad reflection upon you and Americans in general if so. The other three really havent been anything spectacular, admittedly. But you really ought not to vehemently argue that a fighter is boring on the judgement of 3 fights out of 42.

90% of Puerto Rican's and American's didn't like Ruiz because he was a boring ass fighter. You never read about PR or American's posting (Do people not like Ruiz because he's PR). This is with Ruiz being the first Puerto Rican HW champion, but were realist and while we do tend to look at our fighters with slightly tinted rose colored glasses we dont totally delude ourselves and look at them through blind folds. Why can't Brits realize we aren't excited by Hatton not because he's a Brit but because we find his ass boring, and stop throwing nationality into it. Not me but majority of American's have only seen 4 of Hatton's fights. There is nothing in those 4 fights that makes Hatton look exciting. Remember Winky and Hopkins fought in obscurity for years because they're styles weren't captivating for American's even though they are American and they were winning fights. Why should UK fighters get free passes when our very own fighters dont.

Homie, the post still reads 'every fucking yank on this forum'. Second paragraph first sentence. That's where I stopped reading. Good point. Well obviously i didn't mean it like that and i apologise for saying that.

Homie, the post still reads 'every fucking yank on this forum'. Second paragraph first sentence. That's where I stopped reading.

I didn't login yesterday, so I don't know what's been going on since the Hatton fight. But don't begin threads with 'every fucking yank on the forum'. It's a few fucking teenagers in NSB, not all of us. Do you really mean to include me, K-Dogg, Soprano, Buddy Chacon, etc.? I didn't think so. Apologies accepted. Hatton fought nicely. I watched it twice, live and on Sunday morning replay. I was more impressed on the second viewing. I believed Juy when he said that Hatton could box like that, and rightly so it seems. I suggest you read the post, i actually put ' some Americans ' not all..

ive give hatton the opportunity for nearly 2 years face it urango was not even a top 10 140lber and hatton jumped at the chance to face him just like maussa why cant i call him a nuthugger every thread he has ever made is about hatton most of his posts are defending hatton He's still only 28, he's been fighting champions. It is not THAT long after his huge fight with Tzu and nobody else in his division or the ones above are showing much willingness of getting on with the huge career defining fights either (with the only exception really being the upcoming PBF vs DLH fight and you could even argue there that DLH is LONG past his best and PBF is fighting him at the best possible time). So its not really fair to hold against Hatton things that you arent holding against other fighters. He has shown a willingness to make big fights now, so hang back in your judgement until you see if he goes through with it. There are 3 things wrong with you calling anyone a 'nuthugger': 1). It makes you look either like a child, or very immature. 2). It makes it look like you have a dismal vocabulary or are at very least not particularly intelligent. Which is turn makes it hard to give any credence to the content of the rest of your posts. 3). It makes it look like you have allowed the language of an internet boxing forum to seep into your venacular. Which indicates that perhaps you spend too much time debating on said boxing forum if you are picking up the language of it's more idiotic posters. All these things are not particularly impressions I would hope to give of myself. If you are a smart guy, neither will you.

I didn't login yesterday, so I don't know what's been going on since the Hatton fight. But don't begin threads with 'every fucking yank on the forum'. It's a few fucking teenagers in NSB, not all of us. Do you really mean to include me, K-Dogg, Soprano, Buddy Chacon, etc.? I didn't think so. Apologies accepted. Hatton fought nicely. I watched it twice, live and on Sunday morning replay. I was more impressed on the second viewing. I believed Juy when he said that Hatton could box like that, and rightly so it seems.

ive give hatton the opportunity for nearly 2 years face it urango was not even a top 10 140lber and hatton jumped at the chance to face him just like maussa why cant i call him a nuthugger every thread he has ever made is about hatton most of his posts are defending hatton in order for urango to win his old belt he got schooled and got the help from the judges not his ability I wouldn't have to make threads defending him if you didn't knock him in the first place. I suggest you actually watch some boxing mate because some of the stuff you come out with obviously suggest's you haven't got a clue

ive give hatton the opportunity for nearly 2 years face it urango was not even a top 10 140lber and hatton jumped at the chance to face him just like maussa why cant i call him a nuthugger every thread he has ever made is about hatton most of his posts are defending hatton in order for urango to win his old belt he got schooled and got the help from the judges not his ability If hayes is a nuthugger, you are the biggest hatton hater on this forum, i've only ever seen you post comments that degrade his achievements.

ive give hatton the opportunity for nearly 2 years face it urango was not even a top 10 140lber and hatton jumped at the chance to face him just like maussa why cant i call him a nuthugger every thread he has ever made is about hatton most of his posts are defending hatton in order for urango to win his old belt he got schooled and got the help from the judges not his ability Htton fought maussa after his intended opponent, vivian harris, got knocked the fuck out by the ugly columbian. You stated that hatton was ducking cotto and pbf in another post, there is eveidence that ricky has said he's not ready for floyd, but i've never heard talk of a proposed hatton-cotto fight.

first off hatton went to 147 because lazcano pulled out so donot act like it was some plan to be a 2weight paper champion second urango should never have been undefeated and he was a paper champion and a rookie third stop trying to hype up his opponents like maussa an urango they were terrible fighters fourth ricky the handpicker hatton has been ducking floyd cotto etc sio why should he get respect for fighting lesser opponents , he shouldnt your just a nuthugger Silly post. Urango WAS undefeated, regardless of whether or not he should've been. Its idiotic to call WORLD CHAMPIONS 'terrible fighters'. They may not be top 10 P4P's, nor likely to make it into the Hall of Fame, but in order to win a title, you cant be 'terrible'. Its this kind of ridiculous over-exaggeration that makes what is said on these forums so frequently incredulous. Everyone ducks everyone according to someone. If Hatton is to fully earn the respect that he deserves, he will have to fight Cotto and Maywhether. People like you ought to give him the opportunity to face them before saying that he wont. If he doesnt face them within the next couple of years, feel free to say that he hasnt fought credible opponents. And dont use the term 'nuthugger'. Have a little word with yourself and realise how ridiclous it is. You have a picture of PBF in your avatar, I imagine that you like him and think he is a great boxer, that you'd support him (hopefully not blindly), if anyone were to attack him on here. That makes you a fan of him, it doesnt make you a 'nuthugger'.

He did what he had to do to win the fight. Same as when he fought Maussa. Well done Ricky.

Ricky Hatton is purely efficient, probably the most efficient fighter in the sport. But I think that he will need to step up against prime competition for us to see what that efficiency can really do.

There's no need for this really. I appreciate what you're trying to do, but Ricky will prove himself by his actions over the next couple of years. He'll fight and defeat Castillo and then he's fight either Cotto or Maywhether (or even both), most likely at 147 and at the very least he will put up enough of a fight against both of them to earn the respect of the Americans on here. My personal belief is that he has a strong chance of defeating them both, but all you can really do is wait and see. The only surprising thing that I see about this weekends fights is that for some reason a lot of the fans on here have decided to big up a Castillo where he looked DREADFUL. They've done this by boosting just how dangerous his opponent (a contender no doubt) was, meanwhile criticising Hatton's much more dominant and no more boring contest against an opponent who was an undefeated champion (and therefore no less credible than Castillo's opponent). Hatton looked very good for 5 rounds and then sluggish though methodical and tactical and perhaps a bit boring for the remainder of the fight. Castillo looked average throughout the bout, seemed completely out of ideas, without a strong defense and yet somehow he comes out of it looking better? I dont think so.