Hatton will never learn

unfortunately i wasn't able to check out Hatton's Performance. But i've always liked the guy inside and outside of the ring. Yes, he may not have the greatest boxing skill. But this game is also about style. i like his scrappy rugged style. (or at least before Mayweather trained him) I kept hearing about a looping right hook throughout the fight. but if Malinaggi was as great as he thinks he is or made out to be, then he could have easily dodged or counted a looping right hook. I like Hatton and i also like Malinaggi's slick boxing style. i really thought that Paulie was going to win it, in fact i wanted Paulie to win it only so i can be upset by Hatton defeating Paulie, because i did want to see Hatton succeed. hatton can get better, but not exponentially better... he can tighten up the defense a little and not be so predictable and not just rush in all the time.

If he has a weakness for counter lefts, he should stay away from Judah cause I bet the left hen caught Cotto with would put Hatons lights out. It's Judah and you'd still bet?

If he has a weakness for counter lefts, he should stay away from Judah cause I bet the left hen caught Cotto with would put Hatons lights out.

You see that horrible leaping left hook? If he threw that more he would have knocked Malignaggi out with it IMO. See Maussa and old Hatton fights. He done well to throw it as little as he did. Imagine the urge to throw it. He could have just let fly at certain points in that fight and pop it over that jab. Worst comes to worst that jab just stops it landing. Against certain calibre of fighters, that shit will still knock fighters out.

I used to think that but I disagree. Hatton like Pacman has REALLY quick feet. Someone like Paulie should have been able to capatilize but couldn't...Hatton's foot speed gets overlooked alot. :argue::argue:

torres would ruin hatton

Hatton looked like he had improved on his style a little. I reckon with more time with snr he will learn a lot more.. He took his time in there and even paulie said he suprised him with a few different feints he threw.. The downside is his still walking in no head movement in a straight line. He got caught a few times as well through doing so... Still a good performance from the pale one.

Yea, the fight was a yawn. He had his way wit a guy who couldn't hurt him, but boxer-punchers can always be effective against him.

he better stick to fighting guys that cant punch. I felt like i was watching a UFC every time he lunged in with looping shots. Counter left hook was there all night. Anyone that can counter will beat hatton. I like how he loads up bends down and throws a looping hook, you can see it coming from a mile away. JMM whoops on hatton!!!!!! yeah he lunges in w/ that up-jab or little-hook way too much... he needs to mix it up more.

It's Hatton's first fight with Mayweather Sr, he isn't going to change overnight, it takes time to adapt. I can't see JMM beating Hatton, Pac has a better chance IMO.

the winner of torres holt would be a good oppenant for ricky, a real fight against a real fighter

i agree, marquez isnt big enough for hatton, should make him a perfect big fight opponent then!!!Sadly money talks. In an Ideal world Hatton would fight the winner of Torres/Holt 3 then the winner of Bradley/Kotelnik But we both know that Bradley won't fight Kotelnik and Hatton won't fight the winner of the Torres/holt fight.

i agree, marquez isnt big enough for hatton, should make him a perfect big fight opponent then!!!

JMM beats Hatton by rhythm prediction death kill. JMM is a great skilled fighter but I don't think he's big enough to live with Hatton in the same way Hatton isn't big enough to cope with DLH.

I'd have to agree with Rog, JMM beats Hatton by rhythm prediction death kill.

yall leave hatton alone..i like the guy..not the best boxer in the world but i respect the guy Oh I like and respect the guy just fine man. I'm just sick of reading this garbage about how much "improvement" he showed last night. As I've said a million times already, Ricky has always has a solid boxing background, he just ignored it and brawled. Nothing he did last night to Paulie he hasn't already showecased against Urango and others in the past. People just tend to forget about it because it happened almost 2 years ago. That or they jst started watching Ricky fight this year.

Didn't you get the memo? Hatton is a completely different fighter now that he has Floyd Sr. giving him water and the spit bucket between rounds. He's a Mayweather-like technician. At least that's what I hear around here anyway.

dude, that's his sky hook.he's trying to up floyd's check hook.