Would your opinion of Ricky Hatton change if....

I think anyone who has beaten Kostya isnt a rubbish fighter!!! IMO to big losses doesnt ruin a whole career ricky was still a VERY GOOD CHAMPION even if i didnt like him very much at all!!! I still have respect for what he did in the ring!!!

get serious a prime hatton would obliterate bradley, hell...even this shot version of hatton would probably destroy him. why cause you say so? bradley is just better than hatton. he can slip his wide punches and make him pay. he would beat him up badly. hatton might have a chance if they get one of hatton's hometown refs but even then its doubtful.

do you a favor and suspend reality? cause that's the only way i ever see him beating bradley. get serious a prime hatton would obliterate bradley, hell...even this shot version of hatton would probably destroy him.

Do me a favour, Hatton in his prime or even slightly past it would have smashed Bradley. He also dominated 140 for over four years so how is he ''nearly the nearly man''?? Wheather or not this version of Hatton can still beat Tim is questionable but I would make him the favourite - I would love to see that fight over Khan late 2010 if Ricky beats Marquez in May. do you a favor and suspend reality? cause that's the only way i ever see him beating bradley.

hatton is a good fighter but he wouldnt beat them lot now,he abuses his body way too much and he will pay the price for that

Hatton in his prime or even slightly past it would have smashed Bradley. He also dominated 140 for over four years so how is he ''nearly the nearly man''?? Wheather or not this version of Hatton can still beat Tim is questionable but I would make him the favourite - I would love to see that fight over Khan late 2010 if Ricky beats Marquez in May. Besides Mayweather and Pacquiao, Hatton never faced someone as good as Bradley. Tszyu was past it, so was Castillo, and Urango can be very easy to beat. I genuinely think Bradley would give any version of Hatton serious problems - albeit not of the stoppage variety. I don't consider Hatton a "garbage" fighter at all. He is like the peoples champ, he loves a couple of pints and a large serving of fish and chips, he has little short ass arms, he has no business being a succesful boxer and yet he was a very succesful one. Peoples' champion, great. But it can't be ignored that he sets a poor example of how a boxer should live their life, and that's always been a gripe of mine when it concerns auld Richard. Granted, a boxer's duty isn't to be role model, but since they're getting paid to perform out there, there should be some responsibility over their heads on how to be a good athlete - with his horrendous habits outside of the ring, he just isn't. Bradley, on the other hand...

Yeah, that'd redeem him a long way - especially if he dispatched of Bradley, which would be absolutely shocking. However, he'd still have a somewhat tainted record because he couldn't beat the best in Mayweather and Pacquiao. As a result, he'd end up as a 'nearly man'. Right now, he's nearly the nearly man if that makes sense... Do me a favour, Hatton in his prime or even slightly past it would have smashed Bradley. He also dominated 140 for over four years so how is he ''nearly the nearly man''?? Wheather or not this version of Hatton can still beat Tim is questionable but I would make him the favourite - I would love to see that fight over Khan late 2010 if Ricky beats Marquez in May.

so your saying every other fighter that loses to pac and may end up as nearly men? Not every other fighter. Barrera, Morales and De La Hoya were already legends by the time Pacquiao beat them. Hatton, however, had only accumulated the tricky Tszyu win, a tricky win over Collazo, a blowout over a shot Castillo, a devastating loss to Mayweather, and a blowout over a pillow-fisted Malignaggi. Had Hatton have beaten Pacquiao, his legacy would've been solidified - but because he went out so badly, it's tarnished him forever IMO. And I'm a fan as much as anyone. Honestly, outside of Castillo, no other boxer had as much success against Floyd like Ricky did. I got Floyd as a top 5 fighter of alltime (skillwise) and it's no shame losing to someone as talented as him. I'll definitely agree there. I can't remember how I scored it (I'll have to give it another go sometime), but I didn't have Mayweather very far ahead going into the mid-/later rounds. Matter of a fact outside of Pacquiao, what fight showed that Ricky couldn't take a punch? Collazo had him rocked badly, and apparently (I can barely remember the fight) Lazcano did as well.

I already have a lot of respect for Hatton and I think highly of him as a pro boxer. Honestly, outside of Castillo, no other boxer had as much success against Floyd like Ricky did. I got Floyd as a top 5 fighter of alltime (skillwise) and it's no shame losing to someone as talented as him. Matter of a fact outside of Pacquiao, what fight showed that Ricky couldn't take a punch?

my opinion of him hasnt changed since his pac and mayweather losses , he's a good value world class fighter just not an elite Exactly. He was giving Mayweather some trouble and he was pretty much tailor-made for Pacquiao.

Of course. If he did that I would rate him very highly. But let's face facts, Ricky Hatton's not what he once was. He's taken far too many punches. His best night was against tszyu, an awesome performance, since then he's been slowly rolling down the hill.

Well considering he been knocked out by the best Mayweather and was knocked out by a cheat i think his resume is pretty good without winning these fights.

Yeah, that'd redeem him a long way - especially if he dispatched of Bradley, which would be absolutely shocking. However, he'd still have a somewhat tainted record because he couldn't beat the best in Mayweather and Pacquiao. As a result, he'd end up as a 'nearly man'. Right now, he's nearly the nearly man if that makes sense... so your saying every other fighter that loses to pac and may end up as nearly men?

:lol1: He should get the benefit of the doubt since he's only really lost big in only two fights. But if get's knocked out again.... :rolleyes: I don't even consider that Mayweather fight a bad lost. That was a close fight in which I had Ricky winning until he got dominated in the 8th and stopped in the 10th. So that was only 2 bad rounds outta 10 against a top 10 fighter of all time.

Yeah, that'd redeem him a long way - especially if he dispatched of Bradley, which would be absolutely shocking. However, he'd still have a somewhat tainted record because he couldn't beat the best in Mayweather and Pacquiao. As a result, he'd end up as a 'nearly man'. Right now, he's nearly the nearly man if that makes sense...

Yea it would. But, Marquez & Khan prob UD him and Bradley sends him flying. :lol1: He should get the benefit of the doubt since he's only really lost big in only two fights. But if get's knocked out again.... :rolleyes:

of course it would that would make his resume go from good to great

Yea it would. But, Marquez & Khan prob UD him and Bradley sends him flying. I think alot of people will be shocked at how Ricky dominates Marquez. Hatton has more power at that weight, his foot speed is light years ahead of marquez and he is alot stronger fighter. Marquez has the timing and boxing skills but he is slower at 135 and looks like sh!t at 140.

my opinion of him hasnt changed since his pac and mayweather losses , he's a good value world class fighter just not an elite