Gatti Vs Hatton

[PacKillsMorales]

ok seen most of the footage..
doesnt seem that hatton has the power needed to stop gatti..
he looks like a wear you down fighter and will likely have to outwork gatti the distance and hopefully outpoint him.

can he take gattis ripping body and head shots.

[MetalVomit]

Same **** again!!

Gatti KD'd against Ward, Hatton bring a lot more strenght, power and skill to the ring. Hatton will stop Gatti.

You do remember we have 5k on this fight!! Cotto vs Gatti too!!

Cotto will beat Gatti, Hatton hasnt fought anyone except a declining Ben Tackie and would get KO'd by Gatti

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Gatti doesnt brawl and i see Gatti trying to box his way through this fight no matter what happens. It ends up a good fight but it doesnt materialize into a brawl.

[pinkpanther]

Gatti has reached legendary status because of the number of absolute barn-stormers he's had, not because he's a great boxer lets not get confussed. He has ability, he has power but not at the higest level.

If you take the time to look at his record, he got beaten up badly by Oscar, Angel Manfredy beat him confortably, angel is not world class, Ivan Robinson beat him twice, even at Ivans best he was never that special and I'm sorry to say Micky Ward was a warrior with a huge hart but he was never in anyones books what you would refer to as real quality.

Now you may say well what has Hatton done? to a certain extent I agree with you, however I think its always interesting to see what an oponent says after a fight. Take Hatton's oponents:

Vince Phillips (only man to beat Tyszu) said of Hatton after the fight - I have never been in the ring with somebody that hits as hard as that.

Mike Stewart, having gone twelve with Mitchell, said thats the bigest beating of my career after TKO 5

Kelson Pinto, having failed to turn up for the fight, said in the build up to his fight with Cotto that Cotto would be a much easier prospect than Hatton (Pinto lost to Cotto)

Hatton will outwork Gatti - no questions asked, has more power, is younger and is a better boxer, don't get me wrong but it would be an uphill struggle for Gatti.

Gatti's next fight against Leija will be a better prospect although to be fair I think Leija has it.

[jabsRstiff]

This is one of the more intriguing fights that can be made.

The "X" factor in this fight is body punching.
I have seen Gatti hurt on MANY occasions by body shots (Ward, Oscar, Patterson, Manfredy)...
If Hatton can crank that left hook into Gatti's body, cleanly, he will take Gatti out.

The problem is that Ricky Hatton OVERCOMMITS on his punches, especially body punches.
A smart fighting Gatti could counter these shots with his own heavy artillery to Hatton's head.

Great, great matchup.

[Dark Destroyer]

I agree that this could be an amazing matchup. Both fighters can fight at a good intensity and can box well too when they have to. I'd say Gatti has the single power shot advantage in this fight as Ricky isn't the big puncher he was first made out to be. Ricky is however a consistant force in the ring who will make any oppoent fight for every round the fight lasts so this would be really interesting because both fighters have a good heart although Hattons hasn't be proven as much as Gatti's. I think Hattons consistancy could stop Gatti late in this fight although i do not doubt that Gatti could put Ricky down. The thing that concerns me whenever Ricky is mentioned or compared against a World Class fighter is can Ricky handle this step up? He has fought at domestic level for a very long time in my opinion and even though Gatti isn't the best in the world in his weight division he may still prove to be a step too far for the likes of Ricky. Ricky does need to step up in competition and fight abroad for once, it would be nice to see him fight in a big American venue and i'm sure it would do good things for his reputation too.

[jabsRstiff]

"<-Drea De Matteo - A tribute to the Sopranos beauty"

Is she dead ?

[neils7147933]

I hope they go 3 like Ward/Gatti.

Something makes me think Hatton can beat Gatti, but no matter what happens, if this fight happens, the fans win.

[Dark Destroyer]

"<-Drea De Matteo - A tribute to the Sopranos beauty"

Is she dead ?

lol. No i just think she's that pretty that she deserves a little tribute. She is dead in Sopranos though

[elveiel]

I think it a hard nights work for both fighters but Hatton should come though it with a win.

Like the pinkpanther said, Hattons opponents rate him as the next big thing!

Joe Hutchinson, who has fought both Gatti and Hatton said Hatton makes Gatti look like a weakling. Maybe Gatti has improved since then but Huntchinson pushed Gatti 12 rounds losing on points and Hatton destroyed Hutchinson with ease.

Hattons power gets doubted a lot, i agree he's not the best one punch KO artist in the divison but he lands very solid shots with a very high success rate(45-50%). I have sat ring side and you can hear how hard he punches!!

Hatton workrate, power, strength, accuracy is too much for the best of fighters, even the elite will struggle against him.

Gatti's heart will take him some round before Hatton stops him.