Enough With The "Hatton vs Whoever at 147" Bull****!

[TheEvilSaint]

all who have seen hatton vs collazo know that ricky hatton doesnt belong at welterweight. all who have not seen hatton collazo should either see the fight, or just read this thread.

we dont need anymore dumbass threads that ask "hatton vs margarito/floyd/mosley/williams/cotto or whoever at 147, who wins?"

ricky hatton had ONE fight at 147 and he looked like ****. and there was NO CONTROVERSY EITHER. hatton KDd collazo in the 1st and managed to make it to the 12th and win a clean decision. theres no way that collazo overcame that KD to win 7 rounds to retain his belt. granted, ricky looked like **** in that fight, but he still won fair and square. it was close, but ricky still won.

that fight made several things clear about ricky hatton: he doesnt belong at 147, he doesnt fare well against southpaws, and he'd lose to damn near any natural welterweight at welterweight.

hatton's too small for that weight class. his chin is as good, but his punch and stamina are not. collazo is not a puncher and he had ricky out on his feet in the 12th. that was evidence enough.

now, floyd, margarito, cotto, williams, and mosley would all decimate hatton if they fought at 147. they're all bigger, taller, stronger, and they're all natural welterweights. hatton could never beat any of them at 147.

however, if some of those fights happend at 140, then hatton would at least be able to beat floyd and cotto and might have some chance against mosley. at 140, hatton's a beast. hes fast, hes tough, hes busy, and hes bull-strong. he has none of those qualities at 147.

i've said it many times in this thread alone and i'll say it again just to put the nail in the coffin of ricky hatton's career at welterweight: RICKY HATTON DOES NOT BELONG AT 147! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

[The Wire]

I agree with most of it apart from to say that Hatton is probably a similar size to Mayweather and I dont think that would be a problem if he fought Floyd - he'd have a ****ing **** load of other problems besides that. But yeah, he is at his best at 140, no doubt about it.

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

Hatton should of never moved up and then came back down he should of tought of that real good before he did that because I think that makes him look a little bad and showed some weakness, but thats just my 2 cents I still think he's a good boxer and will allways tune in to watch him fight.

[Guest]

Well, I think Hatton could move up if he's truly a great fighter like he and his fans believe he is. He just needs to work himself into the division first so he doesn't have that excuse anymore. I mean Duran was about Hatton's height and he was able to move up from lightweight to conquer many division because of his skill. Hatton should be able to move up at least one division if he's so great...

[TheEvilSaint]

Well, I think Hatton could move up if he's truly a great fighter like he and his fans believe he is. He just needs to work himself into the division first so he doesn't have that excuse anymore. I mean Duran was about Hatton's height and he was able to move up from lightweight to conquer many division because of his skill. Hatton should be able to move up at least one division if he's so great...

oh, for him to be great, he has to move up one division? yeah, makes sense. afterall, you cant be great if you stay in one division, right? everybody knows that.

duran ruled lightweight and welterweight. he didnt "conquer" any other division. not jr middle, not middle, and damn sure not super middle.

theres no point in moving up to a weight class that you're not comfortable in. and sometimes, you dont "work into" a weight class, sometimes its just not right for you. as is with oscar in the middleweight division and hatton with the welterweight division.

[Smashing]

I think Hatton can do well at welter,.if his preparation is good.but he won't dominate, he'll give any top welter a run for the money.

[riza]

nah ofcourse he dont belong there, but he can still take on pbf judah or 1 of the other smaller guys.

[Guest]

oh, for him to be great, he has to move up one division? yeah, makes sense. afterall, you cant be great if you stay in one division, right? everybody knows that.

duran ruled lightweight and welterweight. he didnt "conquer" any other division. not jr middle, not middle, and damn sure not super middle.

theres no point in moving up to a weight class that you're not comfortable in. and sometimes, you dont "work into" a weight class, sometimes its just not right for you. as is with oscar in the middleweight division and hatton with the welterweight division.

I didn't say he has to move up to be great. I said if he is great, he should be able to put up good fights against the best 147, which is only one weight division up from where he's at now. Why are you even comparing him to DLH? Middleweight was 30 pounds up from where DLH started. For Hatton, we are just talking about 7 pounds.

Hatton could be great and stay at 140 if there was anyone there that was worth fighting. Obviously the real action is at 147...

[Nacho_Analstain]

i do think hatton should stay at 140,but at the same time i dont think that the extra weight had much to do with it when he fought collazo,collazo fought a good fight and ricky under estimated him,hatton thought he would walk through collazo and after the 1st knock down even more so,i do think he would do better than he did at 147 if he did try it again,but i agree with most you're points that he should stay at 140

[Left2body]

i do think hatton should stay at 140,but at the same time i dont think that the extra weight had much to do with it when he fought collazo,collazo fought a good fight and ricky under estimated him,hatton thought he would walk through collazo and after the 1st knock down even more so,i do think he would do better than he did at 147 if he did try it again,but i agree with most you're points that he should stay at 140

Hatton's thing is to overpower opponents with his physical attributes of non-stop motor/high work rate, tenacious pace, strenght and power. Hatton is very limited in terms of skill as will be seen against top opponents and as seen in the past.

At full Weltherweight Hatton doesn't have those huge physical advantages anymore (although I think he is as strong as most of WW's). But without those huge physical advantages Hatton will continue to struggle with the WW's or very strong jrWW's.