A look at Hatton's resume!

Kostay Tsyzu: This was the win that made Ricky Hatton and earned him the IBF and Ring titles. Tsyzu at this point was 35 years of age and not to mention this was his last bout. Still a great win for a contender........ that needed 38 fights to get a shot at a proper World title. Luis Collazo: Earned him a title at a 2nd weight. This was hardly a good win especially when Collazo in reality did enough to win. Hatton as a challenger was not convincing. Beating a slightly old Collazo in a one sided bout or beating a World Champion by a questionable decision? I'd go with the former. Juan Urango: Solid win against a solid belt holder. Should have stopped him, I mean a light puncher like Alexander did and here we have a guy who is/was so highly regarded and a puncher that couldn't. Jose Luis Castillo: Castillo again was clearly over the hill and it is not the fact that he was 34 years of age. However, this is one of the defining wins of Ricky. Paulie Malignaggi: A very good win for Hatton. Malignaggi came in to this fight as a World Champion technically, because he dumped the belt prior to the bout because he was being asked to rematch Herman Ngoujo. Very one sided and Hatton walked over him. Ducked Junior Witter quite badly for those who remember. So, in retrospect Ricky Hatton had a cult like one of a kind following in boxing, which really was the reason he was a superstar and very very highly regarded, but if you really slice and dice the resume all we see are wins over aged Kosta Tsyzu & Jose Luis Castillo and solid wins over guys like Malignaggi and Urango. This is hardly a resume for a guy that was considered an elite fighter or is it?

Comments (20)

Sugar_Adam_Ali

Get floyds 4 incher out your mouth. Saving face..lol. i see right through you Lmao........ Your an idiot and obviously don't know me as a poster... Check my post history on floyd........ I'm even picking manny to beat him, and just accused him of juicing in another thread.... "I see right through you". Lmao. Your a fvcking retard

11y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

I can remember watching the Baldomir-Gatti fight and Billy Graham was a pundit in the Sky Sports studio. I never forget him saying "That's just cost me an absolute fortune" (Baldomir beating Gatti :lol1:). The fight was to happen next. Gatti-hatton-corrales, mix and match and there all great fights gatti-hatton would have been epic

11y ago

BoxOffice

A lot of people seem to be downplaying Tszyu, and overplaying on Witter. That was the best win of his career and a great one for an up and coming contender, but how much is it going to be milked?

11y ago

Chrismart

A lot of people seem to be downplaying Tszyu, and overplaying on Witter.

11y ago

bigjavi973

Floyd was willing to fight bruscles in an eliminator to get to gatti... Im not saying that floyd was ducking him, just that he vocally was calling out gatti, i think even since the corley fight... I do think floyd would have fought tszyu had tsyzu gotten past hatton, but he was def not his first target when he hit 140.. very much like hagler,, not so much ray,, but an aging inactive champ... 85-87 hagler had 3 fights, just like tzsyu from 03-05 injury prone in camp, yes,,, I'm not saying kosta was an ironman, but when ready and healthy, he was still dominant in the ring.... The gatti fight wasn't even sure yet. He had the option of fighting cotto, but cotto was a little too green. http://www.thesweetscience.com/article-archives/1585-mayweather Then floyd said he lives too far. He was calling out alot of people.

11y ago

Mr_Ehrmantraut

No question that ricky Hatton has a top notch resume, especially at 140.. Dude only lost in his prime to manny and floyd, both at their absolute peaks... Nothing to be ashamed of.. You also left of the solid win over Ben tackie that turned Hatton into a true world title contender, he also has a good stoppage win over titlist maussa... I always wish hatton would have fought Judah, morales, corrales, gatti and Bradley.. Especially Corrales and gatti.. Those would have been huge in 05-07 I can remember watching the Baldomir-Gatti fight and Billy Graham was a pundit in the Sky Sports studio. I never forget him saying "That's just cost me an absolute fortune" (Baldomir beating Gatti :lol1:). The fight was to happen next.

11y ago

Ray

Big miss on Hatton's resume. He said he wouldn't fight Witter because Junior talked smack about him, yet that was sorta how he landed his cash prize vs Mayweather. Prior to Maussa, Vivian Harris was a legit monster at JWW. He went to Germany and beat Urkal 2x (the 2nd time he rejected a Hatton fight to do so). It's pity those two didn't meet at that time. I also regret Hatton not fighting Castillo much closer to his prime as well as Corrales. The way those two kept missing weight during their trilogies, they should've been fighting at 140 anyways. Yep I remember Harris turning down the Hatton fight after everything was agreed for them to fight in England, not sure about the whole details now but something to do with money and warren.

11y ago

Eastcoast

Hatton vs Witter would've been a great match up. Big miss on Hatton's resume. He said he wouldn't fight Witter because Junior talked smack about him, yet that was sorta how he landed his cash prize vs Mayweather. Prior to Maussa, Vivian Harris was a legit monster at JWW. He went to Germany and beat Urkal 2x (the 2nd time he rejected a Hatton fight to do so). It's pity those two didn't meet at that time. I also regret Hatton not fighting Castillo much closer to his prime as well as Corrales. The way those two kept missing weight during their trilogies, they should've been fighting at 140 anyways.

11y ago

gdub27

In Hatton's defense, no body called Tszyu washed up till after he beat him.

11y ago

BoxOffice

Hatton vs Witter would've been a great match up.

11y ago

BoxOffice

I think Hatton did a great job. Knocking Urango out was not easy even if you were a puncher. Urango was tough and could take a punch. dude had a great chin. I Remember Berto landed big punch after big punch but never stopped him. Randall Bailey was never able to stop nor drop him and Bailey can bang. Alexander was the only one that finished him but it was a perfect punch, an uppercut that Urango never saw coming that hurt him badly. It was a beautiful TKO win but it was all about speed and timing. I'm not taking anything away, but let's not forget how highly Hatton was regarded, so based on that. I'm certainly not discrediting the win just because Hatton couldn't stop him.

11y ago

BoxOffice

the only person that considers hatton elite is floyd jr its sad that this was floyds best win. lol Not quite. I'd even put the win over De La Hoya above this one among many other. This was really good for Mayweather's account though and the fact the guy had hype and an unbeaten record made it seem an attractive event.

11y ago

IronDanHamza

lmao... how is 3 fights in 3 years for hagler any different than 3 fights in 3 years for tszyu If kosta was so old and injured, how did he slice thru mitchell, and prime floyd and prime paul williams didn't have that easy enough of time with a super old up in weight mitchell..... He didn't target gatti... thats stupid.. he fought corley to get a minor belt and ranked in whatever organization gatti was in,, then fought bruscles to become mandatory to gatti... in his 2 fights at 140 never did he fight anyone like tackie or n'dou that would have gotten him closer to being a mandatory to tsyzu... thats a fact... But for all your boxing knowledge, your a floyd fanboy so i don't expect you to consider facts... reminds me when you said augustus only hit floyd once with a good shot and nothing else, and then was in total denial when someone posted up clip after clip of augustus landing on floyd.. pointless to discuss floyd with you Tszyu was riddled with injuries. Hagler was not. Not the same. No, again, Tszyu was Floyd's target. Go and do your research this is well documented. Floyd was very vocal about Tszyu being his target. Once it became apparent that wasn't happenng, he targeted the next highest ranked guy which was Gatti. Mandatories were irrelevant, that made no difference to who he was fighting Floyd was one of the best P4P fighters in the world at that point. And no I didn't say Augustus landed one shot on Floyd. I said Floyd's nose damage was from one punch. Which it was.

11y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

No he didn't target Gatti from the get go. He wanted Tszyu and he was vocal about that for years. Yes exactly so not the same as Hagler. lmao... how is 3 fights in 3 years for hagler any different than 3 fights in 3 years for tszyu If kosta was so old and injured, how did he slice thru mitchell, and prime floyd and prime paul williams didn't have that easy enough of time with a super old up in weight mitchell..... He didn't target gatti... thats stupid.. he fought corley to get a minor belt and ranked in whatever organization gatti was in,, then fought bruscles to become mandatory to gatti... in his 2 fights at 140 never did he fight anyone like tackie or n'dou that would have gotten him closer to being a mandatory to tsyzu... thats a fact... But for all your boxing knowledge, your a floyd fanboy so i don't expect you to consider facts... reminds me when you said augustus only hit floyd once with a good shot and nothing else, and then was in total denial when someone posted up clip after clip of augustus landing on floyd.. pointless to discuss floyd with you

11y ago

IronDanHamza

how active was hagler,,, 85 hearns, 86 mugabi, 87 leonard... maybe the injuries were different but activity was the same floyd targeted gatti from the get-go....Smart business move, but lets not act like floyd targets the toughest hombre every time No he didn't target Gatti from the get go. He wanted Tszyu and he was vocal about that for years. Yes exactly so not the same as Hagler.

11y ago

FrenchDeLaHoya

the only person that considers hatton elite is floyd jr its sad that this was floyds best win. lol

11y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

Gatti was a fight that Arum had lined up for Mayweather for a while, due to Gatti status and who can blame him? Tsyzu was still going through his injury problems on top of that he had Sharmba and Hatton already waiting for their title shots, remember Tsyzu belts were taken away from him due to his long term injuries. all you say is correct... My whole point is that people crap all over hatton's resume and the tszyu win, and that is just not fair or accurate

11y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

Yes it was his first target. He wanted Tszyu, once it became evident it wasn't going to happen. He fought Gatti. It's nothing at all like Hagler. Tszyu was riddled with injuries at that point. how active was hagler,,, 85 hearns, 86 mugabi, 87 leonard... maybe the injuries were different but activity was the same floyd targeted gatti from the get-go....Smart business move, but lets not act like floyd targets the toughest hombre every time

11y ago

Sugar_Adam_Ali

I had Collazo beating Hatton. thats fair,, i thought the early knockdown swayed it towards hatton razor thin decision, not a robbery, but can totally see how people score it for collazo

11y ago

Ray

Floyd was willing to fight bruscles in an eliminator to get to gatti... Im not saying that floyd was ducking him, just that he vocally was calling out gatti, i think even since the corley fight... I do think floyd would have fought tszyu had tsyzu gotten past hatton, but he was def not his first target when he hit 140.. very much like hagler,, not so much ray,, but an aging inactive champ... 85-87 hagler had 3 fights, just like tzsyu from 03-05 injury prone in camp, yes,,, I'm not saying kosta was an ironman, but when ready and healthy, he was still dominant in the ring.... Gatti was a fight that Arum had lined up for Mayweather for a while, due to Gatti status and who can blame him? Tsyzu was still going through his injury problems on top of that he had Sharmba and Hatton already waiting for their title shots, remember Tsyzu belts were taken away from him due to his long term injuries.

11y ago