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It's obvious Hatton has handpicked every opponent before Mayweather. The only reason he took the Mayweather fight, which clearly he was going to lose, is for the money.
Some people believe he didn't handpick Tszyu, but the fact is he waited and waited for Tszyu to deteriorate before fighting him. Hatton was the mandatory challenger to Tszyu as far back as 2003 after beating Ben Tackie. He didn't fight Tszyu until 2005 after a long layoff and a string of injuries had taken their toll.
What's even more telling is the fighters Hatton has ducked. While he was the mandatory challenger at 140, he refused to fight Sharmba Mitchell for the interim title at the time that Mitchell was tearing up the entire division. Hatton was content merely fighting all of Mitchell's leftovers from Vince Phillips to Ben Tackie to Ray Oliveira when they were all washed up. To this day, Hatton is still avoid Junior Witter because he is the biggest threat to him in his division and in his own country.
After Hatton beat Tszyu, he moved from handpicking bums to handpicking titleholders. He consistently went after the worst titleholder available to artificially inflate his accomplishments. Maussa was viewed as the weakest titleholder in the history of 140 after a stunning upset of Vivian Harris. What did he do after losing to Hatton? He went on to lose to journeymen and prospects. Next up was Collazo, the weakest titleholder at welterweight. Hatton underestimated him and he was very fortunate to escape with a win. He goes back down to 140 to fight Urango, a guy who still hasn't accomplished a notable thing in the world of boxing.
Hatton's resume is handpicked and a complete joke.
Some people believe he didn't handpick Tszyu, but the fact is he waited and waited for Tszyu to deteriorate before fighting him. Hatton was the mandatory challenger to Tszyu as far back as 2003 after beating Ben Tackie. He didn't fight Tszyu until 2005 after a long layoff and a string of injuries had taken their toll.
What's even more telling is the fighters Hatton has ducked. While he was the mandatory challenger at 140, he refused to fight Sharmba Mitchell for the interim title at the time that Mitchell was tearing up the entire division. Hatton was content merely fighting all of Mitchell's leftovers from Vince Phillips to Ben Tackie to Ray Oliveira when they were all washed up. To this day, Hatton is still avoid Junior Witter because he is the biggest threat to him in his division and in his own country.
After Hatton beat Tszyu, he moved from handpicking bums to handpicking titleholders. He consistently went after the worst titleholder available to artificially inflate his accomplishments. Maussa was viewed as the weakest titleholder in the history of 140 after a stunning upset of Vivian Harris. What did he do after losing to Hatton? He went on to lose to journeymen and prospects. Next up was Collazo, the weakest titleholder at welterweight. Hatton underestimated him and he was very fortunate to escape with a win. He goes back down to 140 to fight Urango, a guy who still hasn't accomplished a notable thing in the world of boxing.
Hatton's resume is handpicked and a complete joke.
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