Can we cut Hatton a little slack?

[mECHsLAVE]

Seriously, you guys. Hatton has been taking a beating on here since the talk of a rematch began. Yes, I think Hatton should take the loss, not complain, and move on. No, I do not think he will win a rematch.

BUT...

Let's look at it from another perspective for a second.

Hatton has never lost before. He's having a hard time dealing with the reality of it. He's a supremely confident fighter, and it's been a hard pill to swallow. Most of us are sick of him mentioning Cortez when he's interviewed about the fight, but ask yourself this- when you were watching the fight, didn't you think Cortez was being uncharacteristically hard on Hatton? I think most fair-minded people would agree Cortez was not ref'ing his normal fight. Cortez allows infighting all the time in his fights, and it does seem he was ref'ing the fight strangely. Would it have made a difference in the outcome? Who knows? But probably not. Yet it gives Hatton a foundation to try and get another fight with Floyd. Should Hatton not try? Why shouldn't he? It's the biggest fight he can make, and he believes he can beat Mayweather. Isn't this kind of determination and self-confidence something we are supposed to admire? If you want to be mad at someone for Mayweather-Hatton 2, then get mad at Floyd for fighting Hatton instead of Cotto. But how can you fault Hatton? Seriously?!

Bottom line.

If Hatton can get this fight made he has a chance to be part of the biggest UK fight since the Benn/Eubank days. And an opportunity to become, with a victory- however slim you think his chances, arguably the greatest UK fighter of all time, not to mention grab the p4p #1 title. Honestly, which one of you wouldn't do the same in his shoes?

[RodBarker]

I didnt think Cortez was hard on Hatton , he had no choice but to break them as they were tied up and Hatton wasnt punching , the point off shouldnt have been taken because the punch didnt land but in fairness to Joe it looked like it did from his angle , the point didnt matter anyway ,,, bottom line Floyd won easy ,,,, why should Hatton get any less than other fighters that cry after a bad loss especially when its bull**** they are crying about , he was happy about all the fanfare cow bells and trumpets before hand , he should now take the loss like a man and earn a rematch not cry me a river for one .

[Burner]

He needs to handle his business with Witter first.

[ßringer]

Hatton taking a rematch with Floyd would be like Gatti coming out of retirement for a crack at Mayweather again........

It doesn't make sense. I like Hatton, I honestly do. I can sympathize with his dealing with the loss and understand that he's never felt this before. But there comes a point in time when you have to get over **** and handle your business, if Hatton wants Mayweather again I think he should earn it in the ring, not by lobbying his cause.

[Left Hook Tua]

He needs to handle his business with Witter first.

agreed.

let hatton fight witter and floyd fight cotto/margarito.

[Left2body]

I think Hatton vs Tzu and Hatton vs Collazo are 50x more worthy of a rematch than Hatton vs PBF. Those matches were close and Hatton promised rematchs to them in the ring but never delivered. Hatton vs PBF was one sided and not worth seeing again as the outcome is 99% certain.

[SugarShanep4p]

Dont blame cortez for Hatton's loss, so what the ref was being too hard on Hatton, **** happens, the bottom line Hatton lost too badly to get a rematch with floyd. As pbf said, the guy has fought a bunch of journeymen and has a few good punches, and is pretty strong, put him up againt another good american fighter and im willing to bet everything he'll lose. Remember the collazo fight? the first american hatton fought, he won that fight pretty narrowly and took a pretty severe beating. I mean granted hes beat guys like castillo but he isnt worthy of a mayweather rematch IMO, pbf is at the top of his game, and should just take the rematch with oscar (which idk about you guys but im actully willing to see, after rewatching the fight recently I actully thought it was pretty decent), and then go to cotto, then retire, no point in a hatton rematch, hatton came just as close to beating floyd as oscar did and oscar didn't get knocked out.

[SMC]

I think Hatton vs Tzu and Hatton vs Collazo are 50x more worthy of a rematch than Hatton vs PBF. Those matches were close and Hatton promised rematchs to them in the ring but never delivered. Hatton vs PBF was one sided and not worth seeing again as the outcome is 99% certain.

One sided? You must have been watching a different fight to me then mate because the one i watched it was pretty even stevens before the knockout.

[ricoboxing]

dont blame cortez, he's firm but he's fair!

[RodBarker]

One sided? You must have been watching a different fight to me then mate because the one i watched it was pretty even stevens before the knockout.

You should watch it again only this time take the blinkers off as Ricky was lucky to win a round , and then he got knocked out .