Even though Hatton won, Paulie nearly knocked him out!

**squealpiggy** · 11-23-2008, 01:07 AM

Originally posted by BennyST

Hatton is still a flawed fighter. Paulie nearly knocked him out in the first round and once in another round. If Hatton didn't hold so much Paulie would have been able to bust up that eye twice as bad and probably would have been able to stop Hatton. As it was he nearly got the stoppage. That right hand ****ed Hatton up bad.

Still, I think that Hatton is now number four on the P4P list. Maybe three with this win. If McGirt didn't stop it so prematurely though, Paulie still had a chance to catch Hatton coming in and get a TKO. He was starting to get caught on the way in, and even Paulie with no power could have cracked Hatton's chin with one of those solid check hooks.

I think the new Hatton could possibly beat Mayweather though. As long as they fought at 140 of course.

50k.

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**Mersey** · 11-23-2008, 01:08 AM

Nearly knocked him out?

**MikeBrew328** · 11-23-2008, 01:10 AM

I was so mad. He caught him with a real good right hand around the 8th. He didn't follow up with anything. Story of the fight. He usually thorw a lot more combinations, didn't see that at all

**billybilo** · 11-23-2008, 01:10 AM

I've gotta say I missed those couple of near knockdowns.........

Gotta be a pisstake right?!

**th4l3pr3ch4un** · 11-23-2008, 01:10 AM

**** outta here malignaggi got handled, a tko in the 1st??? thats hilarious

**rizkybizness** · 11-23-2008, 01:11 AM

I myself was rooting for Malignaggi but I wouldnt necessarily say he was close to knocking him out and he definitely was NOT going to TKO Hatton is the fight would've kept on, if anything he would've been stopped.

What I will say is Paulie was occasionally catching him very cleanly and if he had good power, might of rocked him a few times. Unfortunately, he doesnt have much power and Hatton still needs to tighten up his defense. He showed lapses of his old self from time to time, lunging in with his right hand low as hell as he throws a wide, telegraphed left hook.

I'm thinking those lapses were due to the fact that he was facing someone with minimal power but there's really no way of finding out. I do tip my hat off to Hatton, he performed much better than I expected.

Good win.

**�ringer** · 11-23-2008, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by squealpiggy

50k.

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Of course TC members who saw my thread are invalid.

**Gatti9783** · 11-23-2008, 01:12 AM

Actually it looked like Paulie was doing most of the holding this time.

**Silencers** · 11-23-2008, 01:12 AM

Benny speaks the truth.

Even though Hatton won, Paulie nearly knocked him out!