Cintron: "Anybody in the welterweight division can beat Hatton.."

[Addison]

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That comment stood out to me..

Hatton has his fans, his detractors, and hopefully a decent number of neutral parties who have an honest opinion about Ricky as a fighter.

I consider myself in the last group.. And I don't think he's such crap..

Ricky Hatton is a tremendous fighter in my mind.

Welterweight is deep, but Hatton could hang with the best out there, no?

I don't like his chances against a few a guys very much - but he's still extremely game in my mind and nobody to look past.


.......Size could be a major issue with all these big guys.. No doubt..


What's the story?

[BmoreBrawler]

Hatton is too small to be a Welter, we would see an Arturo-Gatti type crashing and burning in that division.

Too small to take the hits from real welterweights

Too small to do damage

Bad reach

Bad height

Its unfortunate, I'm a huge Hatton fan BTW but he should stay at 140, there will be plenty of big fights in that division.

[Brother Blues]

Hatton is too small to be a Welter, we would see an Arturo-Gatti type crashing and burning in that division.



Its unfortunate, I'm a huge Hatton fan BTW but he should stay at 140, there will be plenty of big fights in that division.

Who might those big fight match-ups be????

[Welter_Skelter]

I simply think Hatton does NOt have the Body to fight at WW... Too short.. Too short of a Reach..

He is very Tough.... and Would still be able to compete.. But I dont Think he could make it all the way..

[No1]

Who might those big fight match-ups be????

I agree the only fights he has are at welter weight and the only manof a similar build who's a champ is cotto or maybe shane mosley. Both would beat hatton in my opinion.

[eazy_mas]

Hatton is a good 140 but he wont handle the guy at 147 who many are super middleweight inside a body of a welterweight.

He could because guy like Sharamba Mitichle and maybe Callazo but i dont see him competiting or having a title again in the weightclass e****ally the boy are to big for him.

140 still has alot of guys for him to fight

[flipside]

how about hatton at 135?

juan diaz
casamayor
raheem
maybe even pacquiao in the not so distant future.

[BmoreBrawler]

Who might those big fight match-ups be????

Pacquiao, Morales, Malinaggi, JMM, Mayweather at a catchweight near 140, etc. PPL will be rising through the ranks and new challenges will emerge.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

how about hatton at 135?

juan diaz
casamayor
raheem
maybe even pacquiao in the not so distant future.

Hatton couldn't make 135, Hatton/Pacquiao at 140 would be interesting though

[Xcel]

He left the division for a reason, nuff said.