Clinching while punching is legal. Hopkins does it. Why not Hatton?

[SnoopySmurf]

Quit hating on the guy. He completely manhandled Castillo. Plus, Castillo held his own. You could see him popping Hatton's head up with his own uppercuts.

By the 3rd round, you could see Castillo looked winded. He didn't have that intense look he normally had.

Hatton is a crazy mother****er. He kicked ass last night.

And with his shorter reach and height, damn right he better make it a phone booth fight.

[Kobe Bryant]

Yeah I agree somewhat. Hopkins does it well. But it's not the only dimension of his fight game. Hopkins doesn't clinch after every punch he throws. Whereas Hatton hits you with a few punches and pins your arms down. But I can't hate the people he has fought were not smart enough to distance themselves from him.

[kayjay]

Hatton did nothing remotely illegal. Crybabies want to see guys stand foiur feet away from each other, but what we saw last night was a FIGHT

[kayjay]

Hatton did nothing remotely illegal. Crybabies want to see guys stand foiur feet away from each other, but what we saw last night was a FIGHT

[BrooklynBomber]

As I noted this was a dirty and very physical fight, whichm if you take into account the participants is absolutely predictable.

[kayjay]

As I noted this was a dirty and very physical fight, whichm if you take into account the participants is absolutely predictable.

I made bets that there would be three or more point deductions; and I would have been right if it had gone the distance

[adamk1304]

I've only seen hopkins once against taylor in their second fight and he was a boring ****. Atleast hatton actually makes the effort to throw a few punches. Does hopkins fight in such a boring way all the time?

[BrooklynBomber]

I've only seen hopkins once against taylor in their second fight and he was a boring ****. Atleast hatton actually makes the effort to throw a few punches.

Watch Echols fights, they are just sick. Prime Hopkins against Prime Echols.

[squealpiggy]

I love watching Hatton finding angles, I'm trying to incorporate some of that into my game.

[Kobe Bryant]

Watch the Echols fight as stated nothing boring about Hopkins at all. He's more selective now though, but damn he's like 42 years old.