Why do Floyd Fans compare Hatton to Gatti ?

[RodBarker]

I will be tuned in. Rod, what do you think about how the public and the judges will be looking at this fight? Do you think Floyd will be applauded (figuratively) by either if he tries to outpoint Hatton for a decision?

I dont think that matters to anybody but the Floyd haters , competition is about winning and the ring is only a small area with 2 fighters in it , if Hatton cannot get too Floyd thats not a Floyd fault but rather a show of his brilliance or a lack of Hattons ability ,you cant have it both ways ,,, I actually think Floyd will stop him so I think he will be appauded big time after this fight .

[WLAD OWNS]

Hyperbole.. Mosley did not "blast" DLH and his second win is disputed. But again, by this line of reasoning, I will reiterate........ Vernon beat Mosley, Mayorga beat Vernon, DLH beat Mayorga, Floyd beat DLH and nobody beat Floyd.



You're damn right since Floyd still won the first fight with Castillo with an injury. He beat him with one arm! Nothing was wrong with Hatton at all and he still almost got ktfo in the last round and nearly lost on points (and should have)..

Floyd didn't do much better in the rematch with Castillo, even when he didn't have his so called injury.

If Castillo can do that well against Floyd, why can't Hatton. Like I said, Hatton is superior to Castillo in pretty much every attribute. Floyd is gonna get hurt and you know it.

[RodBarker]

Floyd didn't do much better in the rematch with Castillo, even when he didn't have his so called injury.

If Castillo can do that well against Floyd, why can't Hatton. Like I said, Hatton is superior to Castillo in pretty much every attribute. Floyd is gonna get hurt and you know it.

But you think time stands still , that was all of 5 yrs ago , just tune in Dec 8 and get some education ,,, somebody should start saving a list of quotes from posters and post them on Dec 8 .

[sonofisis]

Floyd didn't do much better in the rematch with Castillo, even when he didn't have his so called injury.

Huh? Everybody and their mother's lover know Mayweather won the second fight more decisively. And it wasn't a "so called" injury, it was a torn rotary cuff.

If Castillo can do that well against Floyd, why can't Hatton. Like I said, Hatton is superior to Castillo in pretty much every attribute. Floyd is gonna get hurt and you know it.

Difference is that Castillo in his prime accomplished more than Hatton ever will and Floyd has only gotten smarter and bigger since then. With that experience it will be that much easier to destroy a fat leprechaun from Manchester.

[squealpiggy]

Gatti has more pure punching power than Hatton.
Hatton is more skillful.

They absolutly have similar styles, they are both in fighters who do their damage in the inside, they both use the clinch in fights (although Hatton does it far more) and they both rarley use the jab.
Watch Gatti vs Ward, Gatti and Hatton's infighting style is nearly the exact same.

For one, Gatti didn't lose as badly as he did against Floyd because he came forward and threw lots of punches. He lost because he tried to stand off and jab with Floyd, he fought Floyd's fight and got absolutely schooled. For two, Gatti has always been more of a boxer-puncher who generally takes a beating and then relies on his power to catch his opponent and come back. It's no secret that anyone who was able to take his power invariably ended up winning. Gatti started his pro career as a pure boxer puncher and developed into this "blood and guts warrior" persona after the Wilson Rodriguez fight, and his default style has always been as a boxer, though not an elite one. Hatton by contrast has this mauling brawling style by default, and has never been a stand-up-stand-back boxer. Gatti is an outside fighter, Hatton is an inside fighter all the way.

Oppositely, he has the perfect style for Mayweather to pick apart. Non-versatile, predictable, come forward pressure. Easy work for Floyd....

Come-forward predictable pressure guys have never been easy work for Floyd. Chavez and Castillo were both fighters who had Floyd looking very uncomfortable for large portions of the fights. Floyd won those fights but don't rewrite history and pretend it was easy for Floyd.

Difference is that Castillo in his prime accomplished more than Hatton ever will

Castillo had a great career, two time lightweight titleholder, but Hatton has surpassed him in terms of accomplishments in his last five fights, by beating Tszyu, unifying with Maussa, becoming a two weight titlist against Collazo, regaining his old belt and knocking out Castillo without any losses or draws. And if Hatton was to beat Mayweather then there could be no doubts that his accomplishments exceed those of Castillo considerably.

[me2007]

And it wasn't a "so called" injury, it was a torn rotary cuff.

Have you ever had a torn RC? There is NO WAY you can box with a torn RC. You can barely move your arm let alone box for 12 rounds. That is complete and utter bull****.

[feed-the-goat]

and nobody beat Floyd.



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nobody has beat Ricky yet and only one person has ever given him a fight he has'nt dominated

[Dynamite Kid]

Have you ever had a torn RC? There is NO WAY you can box with a torn RC. You can barely move your arm let alone box for 12 rounds. That is complete and utter bull****.

Im not sure if you can Box with a torn rotar cuff all i know is it is can be very painfull when you are Bench pressing and i would hazard a guess it ****in hurts immensly when you are trying to Box with one ,not saying Lacy did'nt have one just saying they are ****in painfull when you put stress on them

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Don't be a fool, Hatton is probably the best fighter Floyd has ever faced. DLH was past his prime when he faced Floyd, but a prime DLH would definately kick Floyd's ass. Hatton KO'd Castillo in 4, Floyd couldn't even do that in 24 rounds. Hatton made Kostya Tyszu quit, Tyszu was top 5 p4p at the time. I think Tyszu would have KO'd Mayweather if he fought him.

May, 2007 Oscar @ 154 > Dec, 2007 Hatton @ ANY weight.

I disagree with your statement, Wlad. I believe that Oscar would have beaten Ricky Hatton.

Oscar is a bigger, more versatile, better punching, faster , better chinned fighter than Hatton. Even the 34 year old version that Floyd fought.

Further, Oscar picked every possible condition to maximize his advantages. Small ring. Small gloves. Date. Weight. Sparring Partners. Trainer. Etc...

[tredh]

Hatton has never been superior to Castillo at anything better yes but not the way some yall making it seem. Yes he beat Castillo by KOing him which was good but it wasn't the best version of Castillo. Also just because Hatton KOed Castillo and PBF didn't only proves that Hatton probably hits harder than PBF but other than that it tells you nothing. A few fights ago Cotto beat the **** out of the man that beat in the olympics or something. So all that Kostya beat Forrest in the olympics means nothing in the professional ranks.
I would compare Hatton to Gatti in the sense that they both have terrible defense other than that I don't see to many similarities.