hatton not fighting at 147 a cop out?

[Benny Leonard]

hes too small to fight a lot of the big ww's. Floud he could fight and possibly cotto and mosley but the rest are too big. Its not the weight thats the problem or the power imo its the height and reach, and no matter what he does in the gym, hes never getting longer arms or getting taller

Timing is key.

Remember, a 5'11, short arm Mike Tyson out-jabbed a 6'5, 82 inch reach Tucker, who was fast himself and had a good jab.

Just be mentally and physically fit for every fight, don't get to old, and you can still do well if you are a supreme boxer like a Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[BmoreBrawler]

so with this kind of talk, does hatton even exist on a top 20 p4p list. he was absent espns new top 20 p4p. request link if u want. seems like he has too many limitations. basically if he is only successful because he is able to bully people he is not an elite fighter, jmo

nevermind i guess he is number 14 on their rankings. if he doesnt fight at 147 i dont think he deserves that. http://insider.espn.go.com/sports/bo...2=stateChanged

The whole p4p ranking was designed to control for physical limitations to rate fighters where they are. Hatton at 140 is probably still p4p top 10.

[Jim Jeffries]

hes too small to fight a lot of the big ww's. Floud he could fight and possibly cotto and mosley but the rest are too big. Its not the weight thats the problem or the power imo its the height and reach, and no matter what he does in the gym, hes never getting longer arms or getting taller

The reach is the most telling statistic, TWENTY inches.

Floyd is only 5'8" or 5'8 3/4" depending on who you ask, but he has twenty six inch arms. Half a foot on each arm makes a HUGE difference.

[boxing_pundit85]

dude,could you imagine paul williams vs hatton!the phyisical difference would look ridiculous in the ring.

If so then Floyd fighting 140 lber Hatton was a cop out.

Just because he gets fat between fights doesn't mean anything. Have you seen his face between fights? There's a couple pounds of fat right there.

Hatton will come back to 147 if Floyd fights Williams or Cotto, how's that?

i dont think it was a cop out because floyd isnt a natural 147 either, but i do see your point and dont consider it a great win in the welterweight division, just a great win agaisnt a good fighter. im glad the floyd stuff has died down a little. people have realized that he will come back late next year or early 2009 and fight the biggest money fight available, hopefully cotto beats oscar so it will be cotto.

[feed-the-goat]

so with this kind of talk, does hatton even exist on a top 20 p4p list. he was absent espns new top 20 p4p. request link if u want. seems like he has too many limitations. basically if he is only successful because he is able to bully people he is not an elite fighter, jmo

nevermind i guess he is number 14 on their rankings. if he doesnt fight at 147 i dont think he deserves that. http://insider.espn.go.com/sports/bo...2=stateChanged

Ricky would deffo fight cotto at 147 if he got the chance

[th4l3pr3ch4un]

boxing pundit, your are just flat out hating. Hatton is a GOD at jr. welterweight

[Addison]

147 is where the best money and competition is at. obviously money isnt an issue because its kind of hard to blow 30+ million playing darts and drinking beer. but a lot of guys, including floyd, fight beyond their natural weight for the bigger payday and increased competition. personally i just think hatton cant hack it. tell me a guy that walks around at 170 pounds cant fight at 147. gimme a break, he just knows he doesnt have the talent to fight slightly above his natural fighting weight. whats your opinion?

I disagree. Hatton is clearly a smaller guy and more natural at 140. Ricky would look like a field mouse in against Williams, Margarito, or Cintron.

[boxing_pundit85]

The whole p4p ranking was designed to control for physical limitations to rate fighters where they are. Hatton at 140 is probably still p4p top 10.

i agree in theory obviously, but 140 has little talent compared to 147, you gotta fight the best or you get no respect in my book, yes that means floyd has to fight cotto if he beats oscar. i mean are you gonna put hatton above someone like cotto if he loses to money may and hatton beats up on paulie and other 140 pound run of the mill guys?

[K-Nan]

Ricky is heavy enough, but his physical proportions are just too much of a disadvantage. I mean, not to the point of rendering him incapable of competing, though. Qawi was a LHW...

[boxing_pundit85]

The whole p4p ranking was designed to control for physical limitations to rate fighters where they are. Hatton at 140 is probably still p4p top 10.

I disagree. Hatton is clearly a smaller guy and more natural at 140. Ricky would look like a field mouse in against Williams, Margarito, or Cintron.

so you must give a hell of a lot of credit to floyd for fighting above his natural weight. because obviously if he fought at 140 and below he would knockout virtually everyone, or get easy decisions. just wondering