Hatton: "I'm Convinced I Can Beat Mayweather"

He's fought four world champions in his last four fights - and beat them all!

Tsyzu was the only true champion. Do you agree that Maussa, Collazo, and Urango were the worst champions of their divisions at the time he faced them? There's a reason all of their title wins were considered upsets or robberies...

[GEOFFHAYES]

That's nice. The fact is that 2 of his 42 wins are against top 10 fighters.

If you want to go back in time (yawn) Krivolapov was ranked #2 by the WBC and #3 by the WBO, Magee was ranked #2 by the WBA, Phillips was dangerous, Tackie was dangerous (the next two after Tackie were replacements for Pinto, Mitchell and Harris), Stewart was an eliminator and Oliveira a warm-up.

At just 25 years old Hatton was ranked #1 by the WBO and IBF, #2 by the WBA and #3 by the WBC - in the best division in boxing.

If you want to go back in time (yawn) Krivolapov was ranked #2 by the WBC and #3 by the WBO, Magee was ranked #2 by the WBA, Phillips was dangerous, Tackie was dangerous (the next two after Tackie were replacements for Pinto, Mitchell and Harris), Stewart was an eliminator and Oliveira a warm-up.

At just 25 years old Hatton was ranked #1 by the WBO and IBF, #2 by the WBA and #3 by the WBC - in the best division in boxing.

Check the RING rankings and none of those guys was ever in the top 10 when he faced them...

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So WHY Did Hatton Move BACK DOWN to 140,Again???


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[GEOFFHAYES]

OK you can say he should have been thrown in with the winner of Tszyu-Judah, but Ricky admits that he wasn't ready for them at that time and would have lost. At the time he thought he'd have beaten them, but now he realises he wasn't ready back then. He says the Krivolapov and Magee fights made him a complete fighter and improved his game more than the previous 20+ put together, because "Krivolapov turned me inside-out early on and nobody had done that to me up to that point, I was suprised and it was a wake-up call during the fight because I'd had everything my way in my career up to that point. Same with Eamonn Magee, he put me on the seat of my pants in next to no time and I've become a better fighter for it. I still thought I was the business and would blow Eamonn away."

Ricky made it perfectly clear after the Tackie fight that that was it, he was ready for anybody and that included Tszyu. Warren promised him Tszyu, Mitchell or Harris and when he could only get Pinto there was uproar. When he forced Ricky to fight another Sharmba pass-on (Vliches) when he was sick and on just five weeks notice, it marked the end..

[GEOFFHAYES]

Check the RING rankings and none of those guys was ever in the top 10 when he faced them...

Not the independent top 10, no. But Ricky Hatton was in the independed top 10, right there amongst the Tszyu's, Mitchell's, Harris's, Gatti's, Ward's, Pinto's, Leija's etc etc.

OK you can say he should have been thrown in with the winner of Tszyu-Judah, but Ricky admits that he wasn't ready for them at that time and would have lost. At the time he thought he'd have beaten them, but now he realises he wasn't ready back then. He says the Krivolapov and Magee fights made him a complete fighter and improved his game more than the previous 20+ put together, because "Krivolapov turned me inside-out early on and nobody had done that to me up to that point, I was suprised and it was a wake-up call during the fight because I'd had everything my way up to that point. Same with Eamonn Magee, he put me on the seat of my pants in next to no time and I've become a better fighter for it. I still thought I was the business and would blow Eamonn away."

Ricky made it perfectly clear after the Tackie fight that that was it, he was ready for anybody and that included Tszyu. Warren promised him Tszyu, Mitchell or Harris and when he could only get Pinto there was uproar. When he forced Ricky to fight another Sharmba pass-on (Vliches) when he was sick and on just five weeks notice, it marked the end..

What is his excuse for handpicking opponents post Warren? He still refuses to face the best fighters in his division...

Not the independent top 10, no. But Ricky Hatton was in the independed top 10, right there amongst the Tszyu's, Mitchell's, Harris's, Gatti's, Ward's, Pinto's, Leija's etc etc.

My point was he didn't fight them, not that he wasn't ranked...

[GEOFFHAYES]

What is his excuse for handpicking opponents post Warren? He still refuses to face the best fighters in his division...

Didn't Maussa take out Vivian Harris? Aren't Tszyu and Castillo lb4lber's and all-timers?

He's admitted the last couple of fights were bad, now he's putting it right.

[GEOFFHAYES]

My point was he didn't fight them, not that he wasn't ranked...

No he didn't. But he's fought that Kostya Tszyu guy...