If Hatton beats Pacquaio

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kostya.

he was not 38.

in fact he was 8 years younger than hopkins when joe fought him and 5 years younger than roy.

also......

kostya beat sharmba mitchell a few months before the hatton fight.

so you don't know ****. so shut up.

Ok let be try to explain to you another way Kosta , whoops, i mean Kostya had one fight in two and a half years before he fought Hatton, he was struggling with injuries which is a well known fact, he was over 35 and was way past his prime, and don`t bring up the likes of Hopkins, Hopkins is a rare breed to perform like he does at is age, Kostya was washed up and was there for the payday, in his prime he would have koed Hatton pretty easily.

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Tszyu, Castillo, Malinaggi, Maussa, Lazcano, Collazo, Urango

Hatton will fight Pacquiao in a heartbeat

And which one of them was a world class puncher still in his prime and not past it, Ricky Hatton will not fight the Pacman.

[Naps]

But their recent performances have been very different, he's only returned to form in his last fight.

If he can drop out of the top ten after one fight (the Mayweather loss), he can get back into the top 10 after one fight (Malignaggi).

[El Dominicano]

is he then pfp No.1?

Yup he is. No excuses in this fight...there is no excuse as to why either fighter should lose

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ricky ain't welsh. nor is he italian like calzaghe.

ricky fights.

ricky will take this fight.

win or lose. he has done more in his career than joe ever will accomplish.

we're talking about REAL fighters here. Hatton and Pacquiao.

you want to talk about joe? go to the senior citizen's lounge.

Don`t have a tantdrum with me because a pale skinny guy from a small country keeps beating all the top American fighters it`s not my fault.

[El Dominicano]

Oscar just stood there man, he didn't even attempt to get close. In short, he fought like an idiot.

No the problem is he didn't fight at all. Look like Pac hittin the bag...seriously

[Pullcounter]

No. calzaghe will be #1

no jmm would be #1

[squealpiggy]

It's not just the loss, it's the lackluster performances since Maussa.

Let's examine this:

Close win over Luis Collazo at Welterweight (ranked top ten)
Wide decision against Juan Urango (ranked top ten then and is top ten now)
Fourth round knockout of Jose Luis Castillo (who was ranked number one contender at 140 lbs at the time)
Loss to Mayweather at 147 lbs
Wide decision against top ten rated Juan Lazcano
One sided stoppage of Malginaggi who was rated number one contender.

Lacklustre?

Did Buster Douglas become P4P #1 after beating Tyson? Trinidad beat then P4P #1 Dela Hoya but Trinidad didn't become number 1. Vernon Forrest beat then number 1 P4P Shane Mosely, did Forrest become number 1 P4P? Who did Hatton beat so decisively that he deserves #1 P4P status, Lazcano and Malignaggi? Puhleez!

If Hatton were to beat Pacquiao then... Pacquiao. Is that difficult?

Who the hell has Hatton fought apart from Mayweather, and dont say the 38 year old Kosta who had not fought for neally 2 years

The 35 year old Kostya Tszyu who had fought six months earlier and stopped highly rated Sharmba Mitchell in three?

Watch the fight Tszyu's definitely out of shape

Clearly. Which is why it was an even fight until the ninth round when Ricky's workrate started to tell.

But, just like Buddy McGirt was tellin' Malignaggi "It's still the same ole Ricky".

Yeah, Paulie was lucky that he had McGirt, or he may have lost that fight. WTF?

And the biggest upside for PAC, is that he's a southpaw who is a much better all-around fighter than Luis Collazo, who was also a lefty and Ricky was having such a hard time figuring out the southpaw stance.

Ricky is 9-0 against Southpaws. Ricky trained all wrong for Collazo I think. Isntead of focusing on his speed he tried to bulk up and it left him being caught flush by too many shots. Plus Collazo's size didn't help.

Hatton will find a way out of avoiding Pacman just like he has never wanted a part of the big punchers like Cotto.

Wrong. Arum would not have put a weight drained Cotto in with the likes of Ricky Hatton and Cotto was never the fight for Ricky to take at Welterweight. Thanks for trying though.

Tszyu had just one fight in two and a half years before he fought Hatton the guy was over 35 years of age and way past his prime

He was also the linear 140 champ and consensus top three pound for pound.

[Dan...]

LOL, Pacquiao would take Hatton apart.

[squealpiggy]

LOL, Pacquiao would take Hatton apart.

Did you "laugh out loud"? Were you really so struck with mirth that you literally had to express it audibly?