Ricky Hatton Eyes Malignaggi For 140 Return

[NeXt In Line]

YES. I was hoping for this, Ricky's gunna maul this dude, and finally shut his ****in' mouth. I DETEST Paulie Malinaggi, and Ricky's gunna eat him alive.

[phallus]

If Cotto couldnt finish Malignaggi, Hatton won't either. His sheer aggression and workrate should win him a decision though

don't sleep on Paulie yo dude can Box and has the heart of a lion, Hatton wont knock him out best believe that and even though Paulie wont knock out Hatton he can very well dance circles around homie and stay away from the clinching, he can very well out box him, Ricky has shown that he doesn't do well with master Boxers, I ain't saying I pick Paulie I'm just saying don't sleep, Paulie knows how to Box and VERY good.. I would pick Ricky if this fight is made but Paulie is nothing to play with, sleep on him and he can pull off a Spinks on you.. 100

Collazo had him badly hurt in their fight.

haten will lose 2 straight if he takes this fight. malignaggi has an iron chin and he's like luis collazo only better. collazo had haten out on his feet, malignaggi will have haten's number just like floid did

[St@rscreem]

If Paulie gets the same ref he had in the Ndou fight, Hatton loses badly.

[Jim Jeffries]

I feel you and maybe it would have been a more competitive fight without those deficits, things like that take a toll and discourage some guys, not to say that happened to Ricky but it is possible, I can very much understand and see how thats possible but I think Cortez did the best he could, it was a VERY phone booth style of fight early on, they didn't make it easy on him and Joe tried to give warning on top of warning to both guys, for the most part I thought he was fair it's just in that 6th round Hatton's foul play stood out a little more, Floyd landed some dirty shots too but could have been smacked on the hand and warned, Ricky however punched right behind the head, maybe Joe took it as retaliation, maybe he took it as it wasn't so bad but I know for one thing Hatton was hitting foul A LOT and while yes I do believe it wasn't on purpose it still doesn't take back the punch.. I feel you though and maybe Joe should have been a little harder on Floyd, he got away with a lot too but overall I think there was no evading that outcome, Ricky's style was head first and it showed when he hit that turn buckle head first.. 100

Well, with 20" arms, Ricky certainly can't fight on the outside. It's amazing how much he's accomplished really considering his physical deficits. Early in the fight he did a pretty good job of avoiding Floyd's straight right as he worked his way in to punching range. Then when he did get in close, either the ref would break it up right away, or he'd get an elbow in his throat, or Floyd holds and hits him.

Ricky is accused of holding a lot, but usually what he does is come in and clinch, and then work the body and try to land a punch to the head as he jumps out of range. Against Floyd, it looked like he landed one big hook to the body the whole night, and didn't even try another. It was much too big of a ring (as evidenced by the crappy undercards) for him to catch Floyd quick enough to still have enough energy to work on him.

After the point deduction for hitting one of the ropes (not sure why Floyd flopped through the ropes, but he sure stayed there long enough to make sure a point was deducted) and seeing that it was now impossible to have any chance of winning on points, as he was already behind, I think Ricky just forced it too much. He didn't side step as he was coming in like he was earlier. And in the 10th he tried to run in throwing a big punch, and that was it. I think the turnbuckle did as much damage if not more than that perfect left hook Floyd threw, but either way, he was through.

I don't think Ricky has a bad jaw, as he ate a LOT of hard straight rights from Floyd that night. If he can get his confidence back, he should do fine, though I think he is better suited for 140, the WWs are just too big these days. Floyd isn't, but his skills allow him to still compete.

[KESSLER]

I don't know if Malignaggi is gonna outbox Hatton or Hatton is just gonna come into the fight, pissed off and angry as ever and kill him.. ! But ****, guess I'll see what happens if the fight is made

[boxingsmash69]

who's footwork was faster?

hatton now

or

cotto @140 that beat paulie

[Chunk..]

Even though am glad Ricky's going after this fight, he can't keep ignoring Junior Witter, That's the fight that needs to happen.

At 140, Hatton is king. I can't see anybody beating him at that weight class IMO.

[CubaRican718]

yea collazo did

it doesnt work like that fella, Hatton finished castillo and Mayweather could not, yet mayweather finished Hatton and nobody had even come close to doing that b4 saturday

collazo had hatton out on his feet in the 12th. i had a feeling floyd would stop hatton_ but not by ko_ stoppage by cuts. i was hoping hatton would make the upset_ but im a realist_ i knew floyd would win. i dont wanna take away from floyd's victory_ and he finally delivered a some what interesting performance_ but he shouldn't have been fighting hatton_ he should have been fighting cotto_ where he knows there's a 50/50 chance of him losing

[Silencers]

haten will lose 2 straight if he takes this fight. malignaggi has an iron chin and he's like luis collazo only better. collazo had haten out on his feet, malignaggi will have haten's number just like floid did

I disagree. Malignaggi doesn't have the power to keep Hatton off him and he's not an inside fighter, Floyd showed in their fight that he could fight in the inside and the outside.

[eric maldonado]

this is a fight i want to see paulie is going to box hatton to a ud win giving hatton 2 straight losses