Hatton Overated?

[Testdead]

Was better pre Tyszu hug.

[S.G.]

wow i can't believe people think his resume is better than Joe Calzaghe's

i know you American's might not recognise a lot of the names and haven't followed his career until recently, but it unquestionable that the standard of opposition of Joe's resume is, overall, a league above that of Ricky's in my eyes... i'm talking about all the fighters Joe defended his belts against too, not just the big names

top names on Calzaghe's resume vs top names on Ricky's resume:
- old but able B-Hop
- shot Roy Jones Jr
- prime Kessler
- old but potentially dangerous Eubank
- promising title holder Jeff Lacy
(all comprehensive victories apart from the B-Hop fight)

vs

- Floyd Mayweather Jr (bad LOSS)
- old and pretty much past it Kostya Tszyu

pretty clear that Calzaghe's ahead there if you look at it objectively

- and Robin Reid and Collazo are both borderline top guys, and both fighters struggled against their respective opponents, so no points scored there

and then the rest:
- Charles Brewer, Byron Mitchell, Mario Veit x2, Kabary Salem, Richie Woodhall (pretty good actually - although was knocking on a bit when Joe fought him), Evans Ashira, Sakio Bika

all solid opponents that bulk up his resume... it takes a very good fighter to get through that rabble unscratched

vs

- Carlos Maussa, a shot Jose Luis Castillo, Juan Lazcano, Ben Tackie, ermmmm Urango?

and there's the solid opponents that bulk up Ricky's resume... tell me if i missed someone


an objective person could clearly see Joe's resume is solid. no it's not on the level of someone like B-Hop or DLH's but it's respectable nevertheless... and they could also see it's far superior to Ricky's

when Ricky faced a fellow elite fighter in Mayweather, he was destroyed. the argument that "he lost to the #1 p4p, there's no shame in that" is flawed, as he didn't just get beat, he looked as if he didn't deserve to be in the same arena as Floyd, let alone the same ring

[juancho]

i think he was overrated,not saying he wasn't good but i think they gave him too much credit for his bigger wins

[Bhopreign]

I wouldn't say he's way overated. But I'm starting to think he's not as good as he's made out to be.

That's what overrated means.