Ricky Hatton was not for real

[FUMIN 88]

Paulie Malignaggi and Junior Witter have good and great chances to do just that, respectively. If either one can entice Hatton into the ring with them.

I dont think Malignaggi has a Great chance at all against hatton he simply hasnt got the power to keep Hatton off him for 12 Rounds

Witter is a different story i see him giving Hatton big problems but i would still pic Hatton to win a close U.D

but anyway the fact is Hattons still undefeated at that weight it doesnt matter who you think could beat him

[The Hammer]

i disagree and his record of what 43-0 would suggest the same thing. he lost to FM for two main reasons;

1) 147 is too big a weight for hatton

2) his style of all out aggression and coming in head first on a straight line is tailor made for the style of FM.

he's hardly overreated...

Good post. Hatton is for real - Mayweather had a 6" reach advantage and the referee Cortez helping him.

Hatton will bounce back with some good wins now.

[hulme#1]

The thing is, it hasn't been done yet, so to call him not for real and a choker is bull****.

Ahh, I wasn't arguing the OP's initial statement/bait.

I dont think Malignaggi has a Great chance at all against hatton he simply hasnt got the power to keep Hatton off him for 12 Rounds

I said Paulie has a good chance, as I do think he could pose Hatton some problems. Witter has the great chance.

[flat1985]

I think both Paulie and Witter have alright chances at best

[ben41193]

ur a doush bag hatton is a beast

[Guest]

He was built up to be so called great basically fighting nobodies then when he took his first real challenge in Floyd he choked.

PLAIN AND BASIC COMMON SENSE.

If he fights Malignaggi or Witter, he'll lose. Right now, he's not the best at 140.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Come back when someone has beaten him at 140.

Not the correct response. Ricky Hatton is what he is. A limited fighter who transcends his limitations with determination. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the guy because he is what a fighter should be. He goes after the best and fights them... He could've done what about 90 % of boxers do and sat around picking easy fights and make a fortune while protecting his 0. But istead of leaving us guessing at what could've been he gave us an answer. If guys like Calzaghe and Mayweahther followed Hatton's example this would be a better sport.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Good post. Hatton is for real - Mayweather had a 6" reach advantage and the referee Cortez helping him.

Hatton will bounce back with some good wins now.

Can we please stop talking about Cortez. Look, I think Cortez was terrible. I think he was, for some reason, trying to make himself the center of attention. I don't think he made a huge difference in the fight. The reach advantage and size advantage are infinitely more indicative of Hatton's problems in that fight.

[Chrismart]

disagree and his record of what 43-0 would suggest the same thing. he lost to FM for two main reasons;

1) 147 is too big a weight for hatton

2) his style of all out aggression and coming in head first on a straight line is tailor made for the style of FM.

he's hardly overreated...
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Agree with the above comments.

I think Hatton would beat Witter or Malignaggi if they were to fight.

[Guest]

Not the correct response. Ricky Hatton is what he is. A limited fighter who transcends his limitations with determination. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the guy because he is what a fighter should be. He goes after the best and fights them... He could've done what about 90 % of boxers do and sat around picking easy fights and make a fortune while protecting his 0. But istead of leaving us guessing at what could've been he gave us an answer. If guys like Calzaghe and Mayweahther followed Hatton's example this would be a better sport.

Could have? All Hatton has done his entire career is cherry pick fights. The only fighter he didn't hand pick is Mayweather. He did that only for the money. His 2 other toughest fights were also handpicked.

He waited for Tszyu to be at his absolute worst before enforcing a mandatory position he had been holding. As everyone knows, Tszyu was coming off injuries and a long stretch of inactivity. Tszyu was so past his prime that he retired after this fight.

Collazo was another tough fight for him, but this was a case of cherry picking gone bad. Hatton figured Collazo would be an easy win because he was the worst titleholder at welterweight. Little did Hatton know that welterweight isn't full of bums like 140, so Collazo gave him the fight of his life and he was lucky to escape with the win. If the current crop of titleholders were holding the belt at the time, I guarantee Hatton never steps foot in the welterweight division.