Cotto Vs. Hatton

[Left2body]

It's certainly a possibility but it depends on the referee. Hatton's fought on and won convincingly with his face in an absolute mess on several occasions. He's used to it and it doesn't faze him in the slightest.

I'm not talking about referee stoppage. I mean that once that eye is closed its all downhill. With the left eye closed he wont be able to see Cotto's left coming and the left is Cotto's power punch. We all the punches dont see hurt more than the ones you do see. Cotto's left will hurt Hatton more because he wont see them coming and Hatton will be KO'd or TKO'd IMO.

[El Jesus]

I'm not talking about referee stoppage. I mean that once that eye is closed its all downhill. With the left eye closed he wont be able to see Cotto's left coming and the left is Cotto's power punch. We all the punches dont see hurt more than the ones you do see. Cotto's left will hurt Hatton more because he wont see them coming and Hatton will be KO'd or TKO'd IMO.

This is exactly what happned to zab.

[Cletus Funk]

I'm not talking about referee stoppage. I mean that once that eye is closed its all downhill. With the left eye closed he wont be able to see Cotto's left coming and the left is Cotto's power punch. We all the punches dont see hurt more than the ones you do see. Cotto's left will hurt Hatton more because he wont see them coming and Hatton will be KO'd or TKO'd IMO.

TBH I can't really recall him ever suffering bad swelling during a fight, he usually just gets cut to ****. Doesn't mean it can't happen but he usually doesn't swell up until afterwards.

[Boxinguru]

It would be a great fight!! IMO Cotto is TOO big for Mr. Hatton. I think it could be close earlier with both fighting toe 2 toe, but once Ricky feels Cotto's punches (IMO) he wont fight up close in the clinches anymore & will have to resort to boxing. With that being said i think the non stop pressure & body work would slow Richard down late in the fight & stop him!!!! Cotto TKO 10

[Cletus Funk]

After looking at the first 8 rounds on the AVI i have of the Tszyu fight, pretty much every round starts off with a ****ing clinch, ONLY in round 5 does Tszyu land a partially blocked right hook and is then held afterwards. Every time im fastfowarding to get to the start of each round, all im saying is clinch after ****ing clinch, what a weak ass fight, the only way you could be a superstar from a fight like that is if you are the darling child of your own country. Holding and holding and holding your way to victory is not ****ing imrpessive, period.


Either way, i have seen, or..tortured myself through this fight 3 times, Tszyu never lands his right hand flush after setting his feet, unless someone shows me a freezeframe otherwise.

Can't help you mate - I lost my copy when my hard drive failed. Can't remember exactly when it was but in 1 instance Tszyu caught him with a peach, Hatton paused for a second, clenched his fists and flew straight back at him.

Not sure what you're looking at but for most of the middle rounds both fighters came flying out of their corners and launched big rights at eachother.

[Double]

Tszyu hits harder than any of the current welters, and by some distance.

I'll reserve judgement on Hatton's effectiveness at the weight until I see him perform with a decent preparation under his belt.

Maybe he should have gone for a washed up LWW for his 1st fight at the weight - he wouldn't have gotten so much grief.

Not sure i agree, we never saw Tszyu's power at Welter or how it would effect a 147 lb fighter so his power at this weight and it's effects on bigger fighter's is still unknown.

[Left2body]

TBH I can't really recall him ever suffering bad swelling during a fight, he usually just gets cut to ****. Doesn't mean it can't happen but he usually doesn't swell up until afterwards.

Your possibly right......I'll have to look more closely when I get a chance. I was working from memory and I just recalled that Hatton's faced almost always looked very puffy and swollen during the interviews.

[Sinisterevo]

It would be a spectacular matchup, but I think if Castillo comes with his A game against Hatton, he will win. Castillo v Cotto would also be a great matchup.

[Cletus Funk]

Your possibly right......I'll have to look more closely when I get a chance. I was working from memory and I just recalled that Hatton's faced almost always looked very puffy and swollen during the interviews.

That's just how he looks, the ugly little mofo.

Nah, he does get a bit puffy but not really in critical areas. It's more around his cheek bones and I've never seen it to the point where it would impare his vision.

[Guest]

how many times do we have to tell you??

hatton was due to fight lazcano at 140, then in the space of 2 weeks he had to pack 7lbs of muscle. this made him very robotic, and hard for him to move, hence the performance.

So adding 7 pounds weakened his chin? Right...