The best Light-Welterweight on the planet - Ricky Hatton

[BritishFightFan]

Ricky may never be an ATG technician, or even brawler, but he's one of the most popular, funniest and charismatic ever. And that makes him a legend in my books.

Me too man.

Great post.

[loui_ludwig]

We have to see after his fight with Pac. Rooting for Pac to win of course.

I picked Bradley over Hatton.

[hardmanbrit]

Rooting for Pac to win of course.

Of course? You make it sound like it is obvious that you would want Pacquaio to beat Ricky. Are you from The Phillipines or something?

Anyway, personally I love Ricky and love all the things he does for charity but no way will he beat the greatest Asian fighter that ever lived.

Ricky does not stand a chance.

[Trim0]

if floyd and ricky fought @ 140, floyd would have gotten brutally knocked out by a body shot.

[loui_ludwig]

When he eventually retires, will he go down in history as the greatest British boxer of all time?

Obviously he will never be a boxing ATG, but the United Kingdom has not produced any where near as many great World Champions as the USA, partly because our entire nation is no where near as big as the state of Texas!

For me, the best British fighter of all time at the moment is Joe Calzaghe, simply because he has won well over twenty World Championship fights and has beaten the likes of Hopkins, Eubank, Lacy, Roy Jones Jr. and Mikkel Kessler.

What planet?

[hardmanbrit]

if floyd and ricky fought @ 140, floyd would have gotten brutally knocked out by a body shot.

I have to disagree with that.

Ricky may have been hard done by by the referee against Mayweather, but Mayweather is simply to quick and too skillful for Hatton, at ANY weight.

The left hook that sent Hatton to the canvas in their fight was incredible. Even I did not see it coming!!

[hardmanbrit]

We have to see after his fight with Pac. Rooting for Pac to win of course.

Which part of the Phillipines are you from?

I have been there once or twice on aid 'missions'.

[Pullcounter]

if floyd and ricky fought @ 140, floyd would have gotten brutally knocked out by a body shot.

in some alternate timeline maybe

[boxingsmash69]

in some alternate timeline maybe

[The_Demon]

I personally dont believe he goes down as the greatest British fighter ever, but you never know. He is 1-1 against HOFers right now, if he beats Manny in May it will give his legacy a serious shot in the arm. So yeah, if he keeps working with Floyd Sr., beats Manny and continues into 2010 I guess its possible, but not very likely.
Lewis is probably the greatest British fighter to date.

2-1 against ATGs