Is the up and down weight gain/loss taking a toll on Ricky?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

i dunno ray, if hatton was still fighting like he did against Kostya
no one aside floyd would touch him man. he was a little ****ing animal in that fight. he still is a great fighter, but he is not the same man who made Tsyzu quit.

But you have to put in perspective the point that Kostya was in his career. He took a fight in Ricky's house at 2am coming off alot of inactivity and injuries.

He was 36 years old. He retired right after.

Perhaps a normal Tszyu would have exposed Ricky's vulnerabilities even earlier in RH's career.

[Ray*]

i dunno ray, if hatton was still fighting like he did against Kostya
no one aside floyd would touch him man. he was a little ****ing animal in that fight. he still is a great fighter, but he is not the same man who made Tsyzu quit.

The Hatton that fought Tsyz fought the right fight at the right time, His gamplan work to a tee.. But i also think there is too much pressure on Hatton to do well, I mean he has 56000 people cheering him on the other night and he doesnt want to fail those people which leads to losing focus when you're in the ring sometimes.

[MANGLER]

Yep. That and his bad habits are catchin up to him.

[MaYaN_SuN]

no queston. that lunge is what getting him in the most trouble.

Yeah, his jab is fierce though. If he can throw that lunging jab nice and short and get back on D right after, that would be a plus. But he should definantly abandon the lunging left hook, that punch is just way too amateur-like for boxing.

And I'd forget about Mayweather if I were him, I think him and Witter should build somthing up over the next year and a half and just let that pop off. Cause Witter doesn't look like much, and they got bad blood right? Those 2 should definantly take on one or two fights before facing eachother. lol Fights they can both win of course, then end it with them squarin off.

[VERSION1 (V1)]

Definatley.

Ricky in my eyes is not the same fighter he used to be.

His footwork and head movement are not the same

agree 100%

[ztrac79]

You had to think at some point his life outside of the ring would catch up with him. After seeing his last performance I'd say yes it's caught up with him.