hatton not fighting at 147 a cop out?

[Benny Leonard]

good think boxers arent rated all time for what they WOULD do, but for what they DID. I'm talking about what Hatton did.

Yeah, well Floyd is rated higher than Hatton.

The point is this, there is no point for Floyd to fight anybody under 147 because they don't pose a challenge, even Pac, who weighed in at around 142 for his last fight.

Floyd's troubles are at 147.

Nobody under 147 can take Floyd or at least are not going to be favored...nor can they compete with the title holders at 147.

You can go fight Pep, Leonard, Ross, Armstrong, and beat them all...but I'll take Billie Conn to beat them all.

Here is another way of looking at it. Floyd is the best Pound for Pound, but put him up against a title holder at HW, who are you choosing?

Who is going to beat Wlad from 147 pounds on down? If Wlad beats them all, is his legacy better than Floyd's and Hatton's?

Hatton still lost to Floyd, by KO, who is a former Lightweight, get over it. Hatton doesn't have the better legacy.

The best fighters are the bigger fighters at 147, not below.

[nmuburner22]

Hattons a punk for running down to 140.

Witter, Maliganggi D-hop or Cotto, Clottey, Judah.


THE MONEY IS AT 147 ................AND THE CHALLENGES.

[BmoreBrawler]

Hatton still lost to Floyd, by KO, who is a former Lightweight, get over it.

Actually, I PREDICTED it to the round and type of stoppage.

Rest of your post was inane and irrelevant rambling so I ignored it.

[Ringo]

Another thing about Hatton at 147 - there's no future in it. I don't know if someone posted this already, because quite frankly it just popped into my head and I didn't read every post on the thread. Floyd is the best at WW and Hatton has fought him. So imagine if Hatton stayed at 147 and was successful. It would just land him a rematch with Floyd - one Floyd wouldn't accept (with obvious good reasons). If he lost to the best he MIGHT be competitive at 147 (I think he would after his performance) but he certainly wouldn't be dominant. Why fight where there is a smaller chance of winning?

[Benny Leonard]

Actually, I PREDICTED it to the round and type of stoppage.
Rest of your post was inane and irrelevant rambling so I ignored it.

Ah, so you understand at least something BmoreBrawler...Floyd's the better fighter and will always have the better legacy, unless of course, Hatton fights and beats Floyd and beats some top guys at 147 to outdo Floyd.

It doesn't matter who you beat under 147, the best are at 147, not under.

[boxing_pundit85]

not an easy schedule, but the question was "who does he have to beat?"

Is Floyd not fighting any top welters and just "vacationing" after fighting a JW a cop out? personally i just think Floyd cant hack it.

yeah just like he was scared of fighting a 15 pounds bigger oscar, stfu