Why ricky hatton is a better fighter than people think...

after hatton beats paulie..i wanna see a hatton vs pacman, that would be pretty entertaining to watch, i dont know who i would go for, im a big fan of both Hatton, and Pacquiao.

I can agree with that.Mayweather is boxer and Hatton is a Brawler but Cotto is more of a Brawler/Boxer.I also think Mayweather should of fought the winner of Marg vs Cotto as he said he was the best so he should of proved it.His career is still very good even without those wins and he does deserve some respect.Hopefully Hatton comes back stronger after the fight with Lazcano,he is very entertaining to watch. i guess you can call Cotto a Brawler/Boxer but he is defintley more of a boxer i would say. but you are right Mayweathers career is pretty damn good, but if he wants to be up there with the all time greats he should keep on fighting because hes got alot of fight left. I hope Hatton comes back too as strong as he use to be, your right his last fight he did fight with alot of caution i felt, but the fight before against Mayweather was his first taste of defeat so he was pretty worried and cautious again Lazcano.I just hope boxing gets some good heavy weights coming in. like everyother division is decent especially welterweight, but im so sick of seeing the Klitchkos Its an embarrassement to boxing watch those idiots hand pick their opponents.

hatton is way overrated because the english don't have many good fighters. lol! ya shit...

The point I was making is Mayweather took more risks and fought the better opposistion more so than Hatton so you shouldn't criticize Mayweather for who he didn't fight when Hatton never fought them.Mayweather fought the best in most of the divisions he was in and should be respected even if he doesn't fight Marg or Cotto.He has won titles in five different divisions and that somthing Hatton couldn't even attempt to do.How is Mayweather not a fighter?His objective is to hit and not get hit does that make him less of a man?He has knocked out 25 opponents and dominated most of them.BEING A BOXER=BEING A FIGHTER I never said Hatton was a bum but as a Hatton fan you shouldn't speak negative about Mayweather who knocked out your fighter,and had a better career than your fighter,who took more risks than your fighter.I could go on and on. i totally agree Mayweather is better then Hatton, but the reason i criticized Mayweather for who he didnt fight is because so many ppl call him the best boxer right now, some even call him one of the best ever, to get me on board he would have to fight Marg or Cotto or even Pacquiao would be a good match, i have a good feeling one of these will happen as i dont believe Mayweather will stay retired.what i mean when i say like a fighter, is a brawler, i should of worded it better. A brawler is some one like Marg, or Hatton, Mayweather is a boxer like Cotto.picks there shots, and are highly intelligent at the sport. now if Mayweather faced a brawler like Marg, that could be trouble, but Mayweather is damn good i just hope he comes out of retirement, and nevers does stupid shit like the wwe again

Most of the time you post sensible boxing info but to suggest Hatton is more skilfull than Cotto is absurd. No it isn't. Like the thread starter says, Hatton's skill is very underrated. At his best, early in fights when he is bouncing on his feet and has plenty of energy he is a genuinely excellent attacking boxer, throwing punches from unpredictable angles, nice movement etc. In my opinion this aspect of his game is better than Cotto's, who is a much more predictable style. You can't argue that Hatton is better defensively or tactically than Cotto though, and his stamina is slipping now too, so all in all Cotto is the much more rounded fighter, but I don't believe he has as much natural attacking talent as Hatton.

LOL average? b level? why was he in most peoples pfp top 10 then before? how did he win all them world titles? you need a reality check.. average people don't make 20mill and all them titles in the hardest sport alive.

Are you Joking? Hatton wouldn't step two feet near Cotto or Marg.Please don't give me that bullshit weight excuse because Hatton was a welterweight before he stepped in the ring with Mayweather and now he was too small even tho all of his camp said Mayweather wasn't strong enough for Ricky.Mayweather has took more risks than Hatton in his career by moving up from super feather all the way to jr middle.Floyd has been smaller than most of his opponents and Hatton moves up one weight class than complains about being too small.Mayweather's resume is leagues above Hatton's.The funny thing is Floyd offered Hatton a fight at 140 but Grahm turned it down.If Mayweather isn't a fighter how come Ricky's head bounced off the turnbuckle right before his corner threw in the towell. buddy are you fucking high?i said Mayweather turned down Cotto and Marg, and if he truly was the best he would of fought them, or he will come out of retirement to fight them. I didnt say anything about Hatton fight Cotto or Marg, but he wouldnt back down.im not saying Hatton is better then Mayweather , i wouldnt because mayweather is way better. All im saying is 3 things, Hatton is not a bum hes actually quite talented, number 2 Mayweather is afraid to fight Marg and prolly Cotto because he turned them both down, so unless he comes out of retirement and fights one of them i dont consider him the best, now i think he can take otto, but marg could be difficult, it would be good fight who ever he did fight if he does.and number 3 hes a boxer not a fighter give me a fucking break, Hatton was tired, walked into that punch then he hit the turnbuckle.

Oddly enough I checked his record just for you and found nothing but bums. He should've lost the Collazo fight, looked horrible against Urango, beat a 389 year old Castillo, and got KTFO by the best fighter in the world. Then went on to get a decision against a lower level journeyman who had him rocked several times. Yeah, Ricky sucks. first off he shouldnt of lossed the Collazo fight you dont know what your talking bout man, looked horrible against Urango? must not of looked that bad since the judges scored him judge: Robert Hoyle 119-109 | judge: Dave Moretti 119-109 | judge: Jerry Roth 119-109 ~ As far getting knocked out by the best fighter in the world, you mean boxer, Floyd isnt a fighter hes a boxer, and he turned down to fight Cotto, he turned down to fight margarito if hes the best why would he turn them down? Floyd against either of those opponents would be hell of matches to watch and they would be close.

Hatton is not a bum like people are saying, but he would lose to Cotto every day of the week, and badly. I also disagree with the people saying Hatton ducks fighters, he wouldn't have picked a shot against Mayweather..moving up in weight if he was a ducker. You can't fight everyone. If you want to rip on a british boxer that ducks people -- then look no further, Joe Calzaghe is where its at, the most overrated fighter of this generation.

i would say hatton is a good fighter if he didn't use that mma hold-n-hit style.

Ricky sucks. He ducked Witter, fouled the piss out of Tszyu, bitches constantly about Cortez (his fans do too), and nearly got taken out by Lazcano of all people. Mayweather ruined Ricky, not that he was ever that good to begin with. But he's completely shot now, he might scrape past Malignaggi because Malignaggi hits like my girlfriend, but the next time he's fighting someone with half a punch, he's toast. He's a walking dead man and soon someone is going to feast on that bloated corpse of his. not that good to begin with? check his record you goofball, scrape past malignaggi? malignaggi sucks, hattan is going to beat his ass.

shut up you idiot, england slike 600 times smaller than america with like less than a quater of your population, and we still have loads of title holders holding titels, hattons done great for him self, and americans should respect that, he came over to your contry and always fought his best, hes beaten the former P4P 2, fought and lost against the P4P 1, knocked out castillo ! wants to fight the new P4p 1, Paqiao, he dosent duck anybody, fights his best and puts on a performance, this forum needs less of prics liek you with your stupid 1 liners exactly, everything in this post is 100 percent correct. Hatton doesnt duck anybody.

join a WWE forum,this is a boxing thread.Besides Ricky Hatton is a bum buddy why dont you go to a wwe forum, ricky hatton a bum yeah okay, just proves you know nothing about boxing.

All of this infighting between us British and Americans is ridiculous when you consider that the vast majority of the founding fathers came from England in the UK. I love America and its hospitable and friendly people. Let's stop behaving like morons.

The only advantage Hatton has over Cotto is footspeed. That's it. I disagree. Hatton in the first three rounds is a better, more skilled fighter than Cotto, sadly his defense is not up to much and he lacks stamina, so his skill rarely counts these days.

junior must be thinking SHIT I LOST TO A UP AND COMER I NEED TO IMPROVE LOADS BEFORE I EVEN STEP IN THE RING WITH HATTON how does that equate to the fact that witter called out hatton YEARS prior? yet hatton avoided him!!! fuck outta here moron.

shut up you idiot, england slike 600 times smaller than america with like less than a quater of your population, and we still have loads of title holders holding titels, hattons done great for him self, and americans should respect that, he came over to your contry and always fought his best, hes beaten the former P4P 2, fought and lost against the P4P 1, knocked out castillo ! wants to fight the new P4p 1, Paqiao, he dosent duck anybody, fights his best and puts on a performance, this forum needs less of prics liek you with your stupid 1 liners what do you think junior witter has to say about this???????

One thing Cotto could have done like Hatton is pivot inside instead of running across the ring after he landed a nice combination.

hatton is a very good fighter, but by no means a great fighter. a b+ fighter at best, which is still very good. he can not hang with the elite. imo, he still has a lot to prove at 140 with all the good competition there that he has not faced like bradley, witter, torres, holt, malignaggi, forbes, d-hopkins, victor ortiz, gavin rees, etc... any prime welterweight would beat him, including: cotto, margarito, mayweather, oscar, shane, clottey, judah, p williams, cintron, berto, and most likely quintana too... most of these welters would just destroy him, especially the way he has been getting tagged lately... calzaghe on the other hand is an A-level fighter. though i think b-hop did enough to eek out a decision, it was close, and calzaghe did outhussle hopkins, though he was not as clean, powerful, or effective... he put it on lacy sooo nicely too. just watched it again this morning. he beat the life out of him. i think lacy had been a little overhyped going into the bout, but he still was much better going into the fight than he was after he left the ring that night. joe ruined him the way b-hop used to ruin fighters like undefeated joe lipsey. the kessler fight was also a masterpiece - a clinic in how to adapt in the ring when things get hairy. after a shaky 4th, calzaghe dominated the rest of the fight with his quirky style. i also like joe's style but am pulling for roy in their nov fight, a rarity who has an even more virtuosic style than joe (at least in his prime).

Hatton might be better than some give him credit for, but he ain't better than Cotto. Now thers an argument, cottos just been knocked out by a presure fighter, Hattons Mr Pressure, One things for sure it would be an ausoem fight, who ever wins