How can Hatton be top british fighter?

[mayney]

I am going on record now to say that Hatton will beat in pacquiao in 8 rounds.

Hatton will be too strong, he will rough pac up and stop him.

There is no way pac will be given the freedom to land the 3,4,5,6 punch combos that he landed on de la hoya. If he is lucky he will land 2 and then get tied up. He will be pushed, bullied and roughed up.

I know that this is not pure boxing class or skills, but Hatton will rough him up and tie him up at every opportunity he gets.

Lee Beard has already stated that they (the training team) know the one weakness of pacquiao, and have the perfect shot. Watch the Castillo and Malignaggi fights. In the Castillo fight Hatton is constantly looking for THAT body shot. Watch the Malignaggi fight - he is always going for that over hand right (which rocked and almost KO'd malignaggi). Once he finds a weakness, hatton will expose it.

That is not too say that pacquiao will not expose hattons (very questionable) defence - he is capable of landing a brutal combination and stopping hatton, or opening a nasty cut - but I think Hatton will ride out the storm and stop pac.

Also, people constantly question hattons chin and punch resistance... yes he has been rocked and been in trouble but with his style he is always going to get caught - thats what makes him exciting to watch. AND being caught and in trouble does not = a weak chin. A weak chin = lights out as soon as you take a solid punch (Khan). A weak chinned fighter does not beat Kostya Tszuyu over 11 rounds, or move up in weight to fight a big awkward south paw and grind out a win.

Just my opinion.

[hammerhiem]

Yeah, but who cares about ratings, not too long ago Amir Khan was in the top 10, anyone who pads their record a bit can get a decent ranking. Castillo was shot, he looked dreadful in that fight and claiming him to be p4p material is laughable, what happened was someone made a mistake with his rating.

Not by ring he wasn't and I'll take ring ranking, an informed opinion based on the findings a number of experts (something you clearly aren't)

Castillio wasn't shot, he was being outworked but still looked fine and then got his ribs broken by one of the finest bodyshots ever thrown.

The ESPN commentator almost organsmed over that punch.

[Spacey1991]

Yeah But I dont think many would argue any of those points I made convincingly, like I said Hatton hasn't had one fight where after it you can truly sit back and say, that guy is a great.

Neither have Froch or Haye yet...

[hammerhiem]

Yeah But I dont think many would argue any of those points I made convincingly, like I said Hatton hasn't had one fight where after it you can truly sit back and say, that guy is a great.

Tzsyu is a great, Castillio will probably be HoF.

Hatton beat Collazo a damn sight more convincingly than Berto who is hailed as the future of 147.

[Dynamite Kid]

Tzsyu is a great, Castillio will probably be HoF.

Hatton beat Collazo a damn sight more convincingly than Berto who is hailed as the future of 147.

No Berto did'nt almost get Ko'ed and have to do the slow dance with Collazo to survive the round.

[hardmanbrit]

Hatton has faced MUCH better opposition than either Haye or Froch.

1) Mayweather, then Ring p4p #1
2) will face Pacquiao, current Ring p4p #1
3) Malignaggi, world titleholder and Ring #1 at 140
4) Urango, two-time world titleholder and tough as nails
5) Tszyu, all-time great at 140
6) Collazo, world titleholder at 147 at the time
7) Castillo, former world titleholder, Ring p4p #10 at the time
8) Lazcano, Ring top ten at 140
9) Maussa, WBA world titleholder at the time

Plus about ten other decent fighters like Tackie, Mitchell, etc.

Very good resume!

Magnificent post.

Obviously you can't compare Hatton to Calzaghe as he was a World Champion for over a decade and has never been beaten, but he is one of our tiny island nation's best fighters right now.

[HOMETOWNCHAMP]

i dont consider Hatton an atg or anything but beating pascal, mormeck, enzo, and Barret is not as good as beating KT, PM, JU, LC, and JLC. and id rather get beat by Floyd than Carl Thompson

[KJB]

Carl Froch is a nobody compared to Hatton. Froch has an abc strap and one decent win, Hatton is the Ring Champion and has beaten a couple of legends.
Haye may or may not be the goods, but he is just a contender at the moment. Neither man should be held in higher regard than Ricky Hatton.

[The_Demon]

David Haye, Carl Froch all are better than Fatton, all he ever does is get lucky in fights against bums!

hatton has fought 3 p4p greats,soon to be 4
mayweather,tsyzu,castillo next pacquiao
he has also fought lazcano,maussa,philips,malignaggi,urango,collazo,t ackie,mitchell

froch has fought a past it robin reid and an untested nobody for a vacant title

u know NOTHING about boxing u idiot why r u even on this forum

[fcastro1]

Yeah But I dont think many would argue any of those points I made convincingly, like I said Hatton hasn't had one fight where after it you can truly sit back and say, that guy is a great.

you got a point. and his loyal fans think he is gonna demolish pac