Boxing Video - Malignaggi: "I'll Whoop on Hatton"

[jonnyboy151]

well....a quick jab kept hatton off collazo who also isn't known for a punch....& all those punches over rds, even if u aren't a big puncher, add up.....like when hatton was visably hurt & holding on at the end of the collazo fight (which i think if u don't give that fight to collazo, it should have been a draw).......
styles make fights, & this fight could be similar to collaz-hatton. as far as people talking about ricky overwhelming him.....in a SMALL ring, fighting injured for most of the fight, PM held his own w/ cotto who's a come forward animal & much, much harder puncher than hatton. outside of the liver shot against a half shot castillo, ricky hasn't ko'd or really hurt anyone in a while.....he's not know for his power, more like his work rate & HIT & HOLD STYLE (let's be fair, i get on floyd a bit for hitting & running.....Hatton is the opposite, he hits & holds.....something a few people were talking about in his last few fights)

You’ve made some decent points but in fairness you can look at previous fights, KO ratio’s etc and pretty much come up with any conclusion that suits your opinion of a given fighter. For instance if you take into account how much better Ricky fights when he’s trained properley, compared to the 6 weeks he had to reach welter before Collazo, you could just as easily argue it could’ve been a different fight. Infact it probably would’ve been very different, stamina was the biggest factor for me as far as the Collazo fight goes, and given more time to grow into the weight, he’d have been much fitter I’m sure.

As far as the old ‘hit & hold’ theory goes, I’m a huge Hatton fan, but there’s no getting away from it, he does employ this tactic, and he does it bloody well. Also, you can forget that ‘small ring’ comment. What Ricky does better than anyone and gets little credit for is cut the ring off, he’s always on top of you, working inside. I think Paulie Malignaggi’s a superb boxer, but in my opinion he wouldn’t be able to withstand the pressure Ricky can lump on, whether he got through the Cotto fight or not.

[Living Legend]

I might actually like to see this fight, because all thoughts would lead to Ricky Hatton making Malignaggi quit, but Malignaggi might be able to out "tap" Hatton all night...but overall I think it will be a boring fight, because who wants to see Hatton chase Malignaggi all night...

"Phuck that I want to see Hatton and Cotto right now, and the winner fight Mayweather for a Super Fight" I believe that's the best all three can do right now... Mayweather is on top of the Hill, and Cotto is quickly rising and Hatton has just been hanging somewhere near the top. Cotto vs. Hatton and the winner gets Mayweather, nothing more nothing less, anything else would be pure bull****

[jonnyboy151]

first time down was against ricky.....if turning around, walking away & taking a knee from a liver shot is your version of getting knocked down (maybe more like taking a knee b/c he can't breathe, ur are making it sound like hatton blasted him off his feet)
but.....castillo was tko 5x before ricky did it....once in 2 rds (against soto)....actually before he got way to much credit for hanging/arueably beating pbf.....he was tko'd 4x (mostly avg opponents)

Gman bx:

Castillo was knocked out, it was officially a KO and officially Castillo’s first. The ref didn’t step in to save Castillo thus it wasn’t a TKO and if Castillo’s forced to take a knee unable to breathe because of a shot the HBO commentator said “I’ve only ever seen twice in my life” then that is probably even more emphatic.

Plus you don’t actually disagree with anything I said, so what your point is I don’t know, unless you’re just trying to water down Ricky’s victory, which I suspect you are. Like I’ve said it is easy to look at fights, stats, records etc and do a demolision job to suit your opinon, you won’t change my opinion of Hatton because I’ve based it on years of watching him, his attitude and his ability. I think he’s a superb boxer, I think he would beat Malignaggi. I think if he grew into the weight comfortabley he’d have a 50/50 chance of beating Cotto, and I think depending on how long he could maintain the required pace/levels of pressure, he’d have a 50/50 chance of beating Mayweather.

[jonnyboy151]

I might actually like to see this fight, because all thoughts would lead to Ricky Hatton making Malignaggi quit, but Malignaggi might be able to out "tap" Hatton all night...but overall I think it will be a boring fight, because who wants to see Hatton chase Malignaggi all night...

"Phuck that I want to see Hatton and Cotto right now, and the winner fight Mayweather for a Super Fight" I believe that's the best all three can do right now... Mayweather is on top of the Hill, and Cotto is quickly rising and Hatton has just been hanging somewhere near the top. Cotto vs. Hatton and the winner gets Mayweather, nothing more nothing less, anything else would be pure bull****

I’m much the same, I’d rather see Hatton fight Mayweather than Malignaggi or Cotto though. I think Malignaggi would be a decent fight, Cotto could prove an upset for Hatton fans (myself included) though, and that would prove it harder to get a shot at Pretty Boy whome I want to see Ricky fight.