The truth about Ricky Hatton

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Ricky Hatton has enjoyed many years in the limelight, becoming a standout "star" in the world of professional prizefighting. Ever since his upset win over Kostya Tszyu, Hatton has enjoyed being placed amongst the biggest stars in boxing. With a loyal fanbase that will fly across the world to see him fight, a big name in the boxing world, a solid record of opponets, and the recognition of being the man to beat at Junior Welterweight.

But all of this is merely a smokescreen. Hatton is a B level fighter at best. At 140lbs, his division of choice, Hatton is undefeated in the ring. But the division itself is well known for being less than stellar, and I'd go much farther and say it's quite possibly the worst division in boxing right now. Either that or Super Middleweight.

Hatton's biggest victories are a foul filled win over Kostya Tszyu, a knockout of a shot Jose Luis Castillo, and a "knockout" of Paulie Malignaggi.

Hatton walks around at about 180lbs, yet chooses to fight at 140lbs, why? I think it's because Hatton knows he would get starched by any top 5 fighter at 135lbs or 147lbs.

Just look at Hatton's brief "campaign" at 147lbs, a lot of people thought he lost in his very first fight at 147lbs against unhailed Luis Collazo. In his next fight, Hatton opted to fight Juan Urango at 140lbs and earned a UD victory, and he followed that with a 4th round KO over shot veteran Jose Luis Castillo again, at [U]140lbs[/B].

In his next fight at 147lbs, Hatton was knocked out by undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr, and he quickly returned to 140lbs.

Hatton is a fraud. His walk around weight is close to 40lbs heavier than the weight he chooses to fight at. It's clear to me he's picked 140lbs as his division of choice due to the thin level of competition, and low risk opponets that are to be had there. Thus allowing him to continue to feed his record with opponets, and stand out as a "star" in the boxing world, who cashes in with big money fights.

I can't wait to see Pacquiao knock this bum out once and for all.

aww man...Ricky Hatton is my fav current fighter..You just dissed him hardcore..whats up man??

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I'll see what he can do with Pacquiao. I may lighten up on him a bit. But if he goes in there like usual, and catches every punch with his face, and gets battered to a one sided TKO like I think he will, it won't change for the better.



It's no secret that he's one of the few fighters that I dislike. But I try to look at it objectively as well. Sure calling him a "bum" and hoping he gets KO'd isn't too objective. But I also threw in some factual data on his walk around weight, and my opinion on why he fights at 140 rather than 135 or 147.

He can't make 135 and he's too small to compete at 147, and he walks around at 180lb because he gets fat.

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That might be it. I know Addison picked him, but I thought you did too.

I don't know what is with the down-playing of Hatton's competition. He does not have a bad resume:

Top wins:
-Kostya Tszyu: Tszyu was a bit past his prime, but he was still good. Not to mention Tszyu was like a 3-1 favorite and Hatton looked damn good in this fight. It showed Hatton's skill set and it proved he was a good fighter.

-Luis Collazo: Quality win for Hatton, which is disputed, but the majority think Hatton won because of the knockdown. Hatton's first fight at 147. He tired late due to blowing up to much overnight (he was 161 compared to the 154 he was for the Mayweather fight) and....well Collazo hitting him constantly. Quality of this win goes up due to Collazo's very strong showing against Berto

-Juan Urango: The quality of this win go up due to the impressive performance against Herman Ngodujo. Hatton looked great for the first 6 rounds. Looked eh (see: ****ty) for the last 6, but pretty much won all of them.

-Paulie Malignaggi: Another quality win. Gave a gutsy effort against Cotto. Dominant win over Lovemore Ndou. Close wins over Herman Ngodujo and Lovermore Ndou in a rematch (which was caused due to the ****** hair locks). #2 Jr. Welterweight in the world at the time.

-Carlos Maussa: Tricky fighter who beat regarded Vivan Harris.

-Jose Luis Castillo: Shot to pieces, but still was able to beat Herman Ngodujo, who is a good fighter imo.

-Vince Phillips: Good step up fight for him. Dominated him after Mitchell had gotten an MD him.

The bottom 3 are the weaker of the bunch, but still overall impressive resume over a good batch of fighters.

Dude, you're starting to piss me off. First you say I picked Hatton when I didn't (you can use the search feature for posts by me containing the word "Hatton"), and then you confuse me with the psychotic internet loser who claimed to be a famous actor Addison?

This is not the way to build a friendship.

Phillips, Castillo, and Maussa I really don't rate at all. Maybe that's ignorance on my part.

Urango seems to finally be creating some noise of his own in the division, so I'll hold off on him until he makes or breaks it. It's too early to tell right now.

Malignaggi can't crack an egg, and he's most famous for what? Getting his ass beaten and his orbital bone broken by Cotto. He's also probably the dumbest fighter on the face of the planet. (Hey guys, let's get fake dreadlocks before a big fight on TV!)

That said, you're correct about him, he was the #2 in the division at the time Hatton fought him, and he is a solid win.

The Collazo fight, I thought Ricky lost. But it was close enough I could see it being scored for Hatton as well. Solid win, that one.

The Tszyu fight was nothing but a showcase of fouls and illegal moves. I don't see how you can say it was a showcase for Hatton's skillset and abilities. Granted, Tszyu more than did his share of illegal things as well. But Hatton fouled the living **** out of Tszyu right back. I thought it was a horribly ugly fight.

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He can't make 135 and he's too small to compete at 147, and he walks around at 180lb because he gets fat.

He may be too big for 135lbs, but he could certainly compete at 147lbs. he's shown that against Collazo and Mayweather. He just won't do it.

Cotto isn't much bigger than Hatton, and he has no problem fighting guys at 147lbs.

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aww man...Ricky Hatton is my fav current fighter..You just dissed him hardcore..whats up man??

Sorry man, I just don't like him.

We can still be friends though.

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The Tszyu fight was nothing but a showcase of fouls and illegal moves. I don't see how you can say it was a showcase for Hatton's skillset and abilities. Granted, Tszyu more than did his share of illegal things as well. But Hatton fouled the living **** out of Tszyu right back. I thought it was a horribly ugly fight.

It was. Damn ugly.

I was also pissed off at the way he held Castillo's arms before hitting him with that body shot. Maybe I'm overreacting, though. It's a while since I saw it.



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It was. Damn ugly.

I was also pissed off at the way he held Castillo's arms before hitting him with that body shot. Maybe I'm overreacting, though. It's a while since I saw it.

People ***** about my boy Hopkins when he leads with his head, or hits you on the hips. Hatton is the P4P king of illegal tactics. Low blows, excessive clinching, hip punches, rabbit punches, etc.....

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I forgot that the Collazo fight was for a title.

Many people think he beat big Berto at 147 and deffo deserver's rematch eitherway.

Why is a small 140lber getting a close victory against him a disgrace?

With time it's increasingly looking like a decent win, just like Urango.

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It's odd how when Hatton does it it's called fouls and illegal moves, but when Hopkins does it it's called great skill.

Also Hatton doesn't go around head butting people...

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He may be too big for 135lbs, but he could certainly compete at 147lbs. he's shown that against Collazo and Mayweather. He just won't do it.

Cotto isn't much bigger than Hatton, and he has no problem fighting guys at 147lbs.

Cotto can't make 140 anymore that's why he moved up, all the top welters are naturally bigger than Hatton, they can't make 140, he can.