Ricky Hatton was not for real

[Unseen]

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.

do you rwealsie as soon as he left frank warren he went for castillo then mayweather. where as with frank he got some easier fights. althoguh i do think tzyu, maussa and then collazo aint bad oppoenents, yet without frank he got mayweather and castillo.

[Guest]

do you rwealsie as soon as he left frank warren he went for castillo then mayweather. where as with frank he got some easier fights. althoguh i do think tzyu, maussa and then collazo aint bad oppoenents, yet without frank he got mayweather and castillo.

So you're agreeing that he handpicked opponents until Mayweather?

[msagrain]

So you're agreeing that he handpicked opponents until Mayweather?

all that been said he is still the best JWW out there tho.

[hulme#1]

Joe Cortez is a bum bandit!!!

This shouldn't be funny, but it made me laugh all the same.

[Unseen]

So you're agreeing that he handpicked opponents until Mayweather?

i have always agreed that frank warren hand picked his opponents. i give credit to him for leaving frank and going for the big fights in america. if you really think that a boxer makes his own choices then you need to learn that boxing is a business, not just a sport.

[USCowboyHC]

Hatton fought Mayweather at 147. Mayweather wants to really prove he's the best have him come down in weight and fight Hatton at 140. Hatton is king at 140.

[letsgobrady]

Hatton fought Mayweather at 147. Mayweather wants to really prove he's the best have him come down in weight and fight Hatton at 140. Hatton is king at 140.

what difference will that make hatton will still lose.why doesn't hatton fight the best at 140 like paulie,witter,torres,holt,harris and reese if he's the best at 140 he doesn't even have a belt

[Derranged]

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.

I agree in that: The difference in the fight was Mayweather's SKILL, not Cortez's OFFICIATING. Mayweather is the better fighter, and he proved it.

[Fox McCloud]

Hatton fought Mayweather at 147. Mayweather wants to really prove he's the best have him come down in weight and fight Hatton at 140. Hatton is king at 140.

Weight class really wouldn't make a difference for that fight. It's not like Mayweather wouldn't have made weight, and gone back up to what he fought at on fight night anyway...

[monkeyboy]

I like Hatton. He's a good guy.
He HAS been smothering his own work lately. He gets in too close and can't get his shots off. He can't get at the body effectively. I'm all for a bit of rough tactics but he hasn't looked good for a few fights. Before he caught Castillo to the body he was looking similarly ineffective.
I'd like to see him back to his old self but I wonder if he's lost the confidence to **** from inside without leaning on.
A bit of a shame as it would have been a thrilling fight. He still would have lost to the superior Mayweather but we might have seen a real, exciting fight.