Hatton-Malignaggi weigh in

[Grimmer]

He plays hard, he works hard.

[Fenom]

Paulie looks weird without his hair.. or maybe its the face hes making

cant quite put my finger on it

[MikeBrew328]

So does Kostya Tsyzu, Jose Luis Castillo, Juan Urango, Carlos Maussa, Luis Collazo, Jonathon Thaxton and some others. They all hit much harder than Malignaggi.

NONE of them move or can even halfway box like Malignaggi. Kosyta, JLC= old, Urango+Carlos= ****, Luis Collazo isn't that good, was slightly green, and still whooped Hatton pretty damn close to beating him, and I'm not sure who Thaxton is....

[revs1227]

how you can ever be that pale and that ripped is beyond me ... lets do this hatton dont let me down!!!!!!!!!!!

[ACHlLLES]

Paulie looks weird without his hair.. or maybe its the face hes making

cant quite put my finger on it

He kind of looks like Popeye in that pic, but he'll still win.

[The_Visitation]

The odds are ridiculous in the uk, and I can't believe paulie isn't the favorite in the usa either... I guess hattons name is just that big, but in all honesty I think Paulie is a way better boxer.

Based on what?! Hatton's name is 'big' because he's 44(31)-1, the '1' being the p4p no. 1 at the time. With all due respect to Paulie, you don't get that record if Paulie Malignaggi is a 'way better boxer' than you are.

As usual, betting odds are based not on a realistic assessment of a fighters chances, but on where the punters are putting their money but that said, I can't see any reason for Paulie to be favourite anywhere. He can't hurt Hatton, unless he gets lucky and cuts him, but Hatton can certainly hurt him - bad. That ain't a recipe for being favourite unless there's a class difference in technical skill that simply isn't there. If you think there is, it's Hatton being underestimated, not Malignaggi.

[BritishFightFan]

Hatton is a quintessentially English man.

He drinks a lot with the 'ordinary' people who most rich people don't give a damn about and he is a great guy who does an extraordinary amount for charity.

However, I can seem him losing to this guy. The only guy who has ever beaten Malignaggi is the great Cotto.

[reptar]

Based on what?! Hatton's name is 'big' because he's 44(31)-1, the '1' being the p4p no. 1 at the time. With all due respect to Paulie, you don't get that record if Paulie Malignaggi is a 'way better boxer' than you are.

As usual, betting odds are based not on a realistic assessment of a fighters chances, but on where the punters are putting their money but that said, I can't see any reason for Paulie to be favourite anywhere. He can't hurt Hatton, unless he gets lucky and cuts him, but Hatton can certainly hurt him - bad. That ain't a recipe for being favourite unless there's a class difference in technical skill that simply isn't there. If you think there is, it's Hatton being underestimated, not Malignaggi.

a poster with sense for once

[Fenom]

He kind of looks like Popeye in that pic, but he'll still win.

maybe thats what he was shootin for

[Jolly Roger]

Hatton is going to spank this guido, despite being past his best Paulie isn't in his league.