With all due respect, I read where Ricky said that he will beat mayweather and take 2 or 3 more fights then call it a career.
If that is to be believed, then he is on the tail end of his fighting days, and a retrospective is appropriate. However, if he fights another 5-6 years, then he can do a lot more work. Either way, a look back after 40+ fights is probably not a crazy thing to do in this age.
May I respectfully ask why nobody addressed that long list of names that Hatton did NOT face?
why keep on fighting if you proved your the best? and also are in no money difficulty?
he may want to do it for his health cus 40 + fights aint go for your health.
A Class , dela hoya ,mosley ,cotto , barrera, pacquiao
do me a favour LOL
OK, if a PRIME Castillo was only a B-class fighter, then what did Hatton beat?
A "C-version" of Castillo? Please explain. Wiley called Castillo a HOF fighter. You call him B-level.
Also... WHAT MAKES MIGUEL COTTO AN "A" FIGHTER?? WHICH WINS?
why keep on fighting if you proved your the best? and also are in no money difficulty?
he may want to do it for his health cus 40 + fights aint go for your health.
MSA,
We are in agreement. I would have no problem with RH hanging them up after 45-ish fights. I took your original post an an implication that this type of career retrospective was premature.
AN OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF RICKY HATTON'S RESUME FOLLOWS.
Kostya Tszyu - a very good fighter in his day. Hatton fought the 36 year old version who had three fights since he KO'd Zab Judah four years earlier. In fact, Kostya Tszyu had more surgeries than fights during that time. He was a badly eroded fighter. In the 2+ years since Hatton, KT hasn't fought again. He was clearly on his last legs in Manchester that night.
Freddie Pendleton - a 38 year old journeyman with 25 losses.
Jose Luis castillo - another very good fighter in his day. In his two previous outings before Hatton, he looked crappy: against a journeyman in Reyes, and nearly losing to a 15 fight unknown in Ngoudjo. During the Hatton/castillo bout, the HBO announcing crew, including Manny Steward, pronounced JLC as "absolutely shot". Lampley said "Hatton won't get much credit for that victory because of the way Castillo looked". Those are exact quotes.
Vince Phillips - a 40 year old C-level fighter.
Michael Stewart - a young fighter. Who went on The Contender a couple of years later. Michael is a career-long journeyman who is still fighting 8-rounders.
Juan Urango - A "C" level fighter with 17 wins. None of them meaningful.
Ray Oliveira - a 36 year old journeyman with nine losses. In the fight after Hatton, Oliveira lost to Emanuel Augustus.
Luis Collazo - A light-hitting , slick southpaw. In Ricky's first venture to WW. Ricky was badly hurt late in the fight and did well to gut out the win. Collazo was given much credit for the performance vs hatton. However, Collazo was dominated by Shane Mosley, thereby readjusting Luis' career expectations.
Carlos Maussa - A largely unknown Colombian who KO'd Vivian Harris. After fighting Hatton, Maussa lost to Sugar Manuel Garnica
During the ten years that Hatton has been at 140, Ricky missed fighting any of the following fighters in their primes:
During the ten years that Hatton has been at 140, Ricky missed fighting any of the following fighters in their primes:
Lazcano
Gatti
Tszyu
Corrales
Castillo
Tszyu
Malignaggi
N'Dou
Judah
Cotto
Corley
Witter
Mayweather (scheduled for Dec 8th, 2007)
Harris
Forbes
Mitchell
...but he found time for a 38 year old Freddie Pendleton and a 40 year old Vince Phillips.
Floyd had FIVE fights with FOUR of those guys in their prime: Corrales, Castillo, Corley and Judah.
And he got a post-prime gatti.
True Story.
He fought ONE of those Guys at 140 or 147 in his "prime"ignorant fool.
And Judah had just lost to a Journeyman Baldomir.
Gatti was spent when he fought Floyd.
So get a grip.
TRUE STORY!!!!!
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