Ricky Hatton

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We all know that Ricky Hatton is an agreeable young man as he sacrifices huge amounts of his time and his money to help various charities.

He has also done a huge amount for the popularity of our great sport.

However, how good a boxer is he? He has always fought the very best (Castillo, Mayweather, Malignaggi) but will he go down as one of the top three greatest ever British boxers when he retires?

British boxing??? sure, knock yourselves out...

I think he's better than Calz

[S.G.]

I think he's better than Calz

he's no where near Calzaghe......

[rizkybizness]

where the hell is this clown?

BritishFightFan where art thou?

[BetterCallSaul]

Hattons **** because he is not American blah blah blah.

[rizkybizness]

Hattons **** because he is not American blah blah blah.

wait, he's not american?

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he's no where near Calzaghe......

just because hatton's not undefeated doesn't mean anything... there's no shame in losing to the #1 p4p boxer.

Calz's claim to greatness is being unable to KTFO a shot fighter like RJJ who was KTFO 2x already.

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You obviously don't follow boxing as a whole, strictly British boxing, eh?

Malignaggi looked like a very very good fighter prior to Cotto, he still didnt have any power but was wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better pre Cotto. Slick footwork, fast feet, fast hands, nice jab, nice head movement.

What happens next? Cotto. The man fights his heart out and gets beat up really badly in process (incase you weren't aware of this).

Paulie is applauded for his courage and his stock kinda goes up due to the amount of heart he showed against Cotto

and then what.........................

look at his fights post-Cotto (this means after the Cotto fight, you coward) and it becomes more and more apparent that he's past it (and borderline shot)

Cotto couldnt put him down with all that firepower and Hatton rocked him BADLY. That itself is a sign.

I could elaborate more but i've wasted enough time on you.

So ever since the Cotto fight he's been shot?

[Mersey]

Who by?

The killer of Tupac?

lol

[S.G.]

just because hatton's not undefeated doesn't mean anything... there's no shame in losing to the #1 p4p boxer.

Calz's claim to greatness is being unable to KTFO a shot fighter like RJJ who was KTFO 2x already.

first off, Hatton didn't just lose to Floyd... he was completely humiliated and outclassed... he didn't deserve to be in the ring with someone that much better than him

second, his record is far inferior to Calzaghe's.

Calzaghe has quite a few high risk/low reward names on his record that he was beating during his SMW reign... you probably never heard of them, but that takes nothing away from them as fighters and challenges. Hatton lacks these solid wins bolstering up his resume, he went from beating bums, to beating shot fighters, to getting the **** kicked out of him by a great

Calzaghe has never looked out of his depth against the world-class fighters he fought... or if he did one time against a contempary great, comparable to Money May, in Bernard Hopkins, he managed to adjust, grit his teeth and sc**** a narrow win regardless (and old Hopkins is not to be dismissed as he showed against Pavlik)

Calzaghe notched up 3 wins that blow any of Hatton's boxing achievements out the water in a relatively small space of time (Lacy, Kessler, Hopkins) when he was approaching the end of his career

his wins over the likes of Robin Reid, Chris Eubank and even Richie Woodhall eclipse Hatton's wins over a very, very far gone Castillo and an avergae Malignaggi

oh and if you just compare their pure talent, Ricky isn't in his league either

[Joe's left hook]

Who by?

The killer of Tupac?

Very good!