how long have u been watching hatton

It interesting how you guys on both sides harp on about size though. On the one side some talk about how Hatton walks around at 175+, and say that he's bigger than most middleweights. This is ridiculous - Hatton just balloons with fat between fights because he drinks, eats shitloads and doesn't train. On the other hand, people keep bringing up his reach. Reach is important of course, but it doesn't dictate you division quite as clearly as made out. hatton has ALWAYS fought people with a reach advantage - he only throws jabs as a surprise move, and he's always looking to get within range. So his small reach doesn't prevent him moving to 147 to fight guys that for the most part have competed at 140 or below anyway! Surely "size" as opposed to height, reach or weight, is based on the frame of a guy. hatton makes 140 without too much problem, but he's a pretty big 140 fighter, and a move to 147 shouldn't be as big a problem as some make out if he is the class fighter some believe. I think he'll make the transition no problem - if he loses it will be because of the opponent. BTW I don't have much faith in that nutritionist person who prepared him for Collazo - JuyJuy called that one spot on.

i've managed to see almost all of his mismatches Give it a rest you've got nothing to say and your saying it too much.

Since the Thaxton fight, i've managed to see nearly all of his matches though.

I have seen every fight since Eamon Magee

I have been following him since the beginning, i.e. local paper (Tameside Advertiser) but started taking much more notice of him when he beat Thaxton in 2000 and more so when he beat Krivolapov on Sky Sports. The Krivolapov fight was impressive, as the Russian had only 2 losses at the time and had a chin of granite. I knew then he would eventually win a major title. I have seen him fight live twice at the MEN against Aldo Rios and Carlos Vilches. I have also met him at a local charity event last year...What a nice guy...

Dillon Carew rings a bell as the 1st fight that I saw him in.

Since he stopped Paul Denton in 98 (about 30 fights back), hence I feel as if I have seen enough of him to give an informed opinion unlike many on here!

just wondering how long some of you lot have been watching Ricky, is it just since the kostya fight as i am reading some of your comments and i can't believe we are watching the same fighter To damn long!!!

Since his fights were first shown, my mate had sparred with him at an England amatuer camp and told us all about him back then said hed be world champ 1 day.

before Ben Tackie...years

I've been watching him aslong as his fights have been on tv.

I've been watching him since the Kosya Tsuzyu affair.

Hatton is himself a little guy, he's a much smaller man at 5'6'' and reach 65'' than Collazo who is 5'10'' and reach 74''. The Hitman was at a disadvantage, but still managed to win the fight with some difficulty. Ricky can defeat anyone his own size without a problem. Collazo is 5'9 and I think he may even be only 5'8. How is Hatton at a disadvantage when fighters do that all the time? Floyd has every fight like that but no one cares. Hatton probally walks around way heavier then Collazo. Saying Hatton can defeat anyone his own size is kind of a weird statement. What does his own size mean? Do you mean at 140 or do you mean 5'6? He walks around heavier then probally everyone at 147 so is that his own size? If he own size means 140 then I still disagree. I think Harris & Paulie could give him some trouble but mostly I think the guys who have moved up wouldve gave him a ton of trouble. Guys like Floyd, Cotto, Shane, Oscar, and so on. His height is his height. I dont consider that a huge negative because guys fight taller fighters all the time

First fight i saw was his tsyzu fight.He hugs way too much it might be a effective move but it is boring to watch even more boring then mayweather.Is their a reason he hold too much this?Like one of the other posters pointed out he is a good fighter but not a great fighter

Too much love and effection. A lot of overparenting. Im sorry to everyone that watches boxing i have failed you and created a monster. Jesus, what is it with all the Hatton Hugger avatars? you guys some kinda secret weird anti hatton cult?

for about 2 rounds cuz i saw him hold n hit n hold n hit n sed this cat is weak

The 1st fight of his that I remember is the Magee fight. That may have been the 1st time I saw him and he got dropped in that fight. He didnt hug nearly as much back then but like one writer said, "the better the opponent the more he will hold". He is a very good fighter and does have mad skills but he is somewhat flawed. He leaps in alot and he has nice head movement when he wants to but alot of times he'll just keep his head straight up. I think he's a very good fighter but he's just short of a great fighter. I think he will struggle against the top guys at 147. Again, people put it on the weight but I completely disagree. He'll struggle because all of those guys are easily better then anyone he's ever fought and he cant just overpower them. I still think he looked good and like the same ole Hatton against Collazo but he just struggled because Collazo is a very good fighter and he couldnt overpower him like he does the little guys at 140

since the start of his pro life lol

Forgot exactly when but somewhere around a year or 2 before he fought Tzu. I know a guy that trains under Graham with him and he had dvd's and stuff that he use to bring me on a lot of UK fights. Particularly the exciting fights. Hatton was on many of these.