The Prime Years of Ricky Hatton

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Here is an idea Dios, why not take Hatton's last five opponents and Mayweather's last five opponents and putting them into order based on how difficult they were at the time of the fight?

I'll cut it short for you: Oscar Delahoya can beat anybody that Hatton has fought. ANYBODY.

Oscar in may, 2007 at 154 is better than ANYTHING on Hatton's curriculum vitae

quick-n-easy.

[Mozza]

I'll cut it short for you: Oscar Delahoya can beat anybody that Hatton has fought. ANYBODY.

Oscar in may, 2007 at 154 is better than ANYTHING on Hatton's curriculum vitae

quick-n-easy.

Maybe, but I am interested to see how you rank the rest of them.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Maybe, but I am interested to see how you rank the rest of them.

Wait a sec. If we can't agree on that, then we are up for some serious wheel-spinning.

[Mozza]

Wait a sec. If we can't agree on that, then we are up for some serious wheel-spinning.

As it is an hypothetical question with a subjective answer then it is open to debate but I agree that Oscar would top the list.

[squealpiggy]

Ricky has been at the 140 pound class for ten years. TEN. YEARS.

So these little one-off excuses are a bit comical. Sorry.

I'm sorry if you didn't understand my comments. Maybe this will help:

Lazcano - Pulled out injured so Hatton fought Collazo
Gatti - schedule to fight Hatton but got beat by Baldomir
Tszyu - Hatton beat Tszyu while Tszyu was by all accounts at the top of his game. Tszyu mecame "spent" after he had lost, not before.
Corrales - At lightweight until last year
Castillo - At lightweight until last year
Tszyu - You mentioned Tszyu twice, which is odd.
Malignaggi - Still fighting 8 rounders in 2005, famous to date for getting beat by Cotto
N'Dou - Once slated as an opponent, fight fell through
Judah - Would have been an acceptable fight
Cotto - No way was Arum putting Cotto in with Hatton at 140
Corley - An OK fight but not exactly stellar opposition
Witter - Perpetually two levels below in terms of career stage and a gob****e to boot
Mayweather (scheduled for Dec 8th, 2007)
Harris - Got starched by Maussa otherwise could have been an opponent for Hatton after Tszyu
Forbes - Ricky's sparring partner?
Mitchell - Decent option

Is that easier to grasp?

[squealpiggy]

Bull**** !

KT was 36 , came off 3 rnds in over 2 yrs , had shoulder surgery and injurys for prior 18 mths ,, was talkng of retirement prior ,,, I saw him spar 3 weeks earlier and he looked not good ,,,,, KT at the time Rick fought him was faded and at the end of his career .

Kostya was considered to be at the top of his game, the top of his division and nearly the top of the p4p rankings right up until the 11th round against Hatton. Hatton was given no chance at all of defeating Tszyu by almost every pundit. In fact he had fewer people tipping him to win then than he does against Mayweather in December. After the fight Hatton's win was being discredited by people who for some reason have a vested interest in discrediting Ricky Hatton, but even so there are very few respected commentators who refer to the victory over Kostya as anything but stunning.

Suggesting that Tszyu was over the hill when he fought Hatton is rewriting history.

If you're a fan of Floyd Mayweather it's in your interests to accept Hatton's ability. He's a world class fighter at the top of his game. If you can't see the benefit of accepting that then you're really not even a fan of Mayweather, you just want to gloat.

Speaks volumes.

[RodBarker]

Tszyu - Hatton beat Tszyu while Tszyu was by all accounts at the top of his game. Tszyu mecame "spent" after he had lost, not before.

Even in big letters its still absolute bull**** !

[squealpiggy]

Hatton didn't beat Tszyu? Wow.

[Tony628]

Even in big letters its still absolute bull**** !

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[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Soooo, Forbes has been a sparring partner for ten years.

Vivian Harris lost to maussa every year for ten years.

Arturo Gatti was losing to Baldomir for ten years.

Witter was two levels below, but 40 yr old Vince Phillips and 38 year old Freddie Pendleton (25 LOSSES) was acceptable. Thanks for that perspective.

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