Ricky Hatton Looks Very Heavy, Around 165, Says Arum

[Home town hero]

only 165 man that good for ricky. If he beats pac man he wont be pfp #1 and its ****** to say he will be if he wins.

[The_Visitation]

To be even considered p4p no1, he would have to face the like of JMM followed by mayweather in a rematch and beat them both.

I think JMM will probably meet the winner regardless of who it is.. that would easily be the biggest money fight in boxing. However, it's ludicrous to talk about Hatton needing a rematch with Mayweather.. Floyd is RETIRED. Should he, at any point, actually un-retire, maybe a different story.

[S A M U R A I]

While this is true, Pacquiao has a smaller frame by nature and Ricky, a naturally bigger frame. I am amazed at how much Manny has been able to pack onto his frame; but it is not natural. This is what I'm saying, Ricky has maintained around the same fighting weight more or less in his career.

It is like Toney at heavyweight. He is not a natural heavyweight, sure he can hang in there with most (relying heavily on experience and technique to survive), but he does not have that natural **** to his punches at that height as a "natural" heavyweight does.

The same thing with Manny, he can make the weight and has the speed and good power, but not "natural welterweight" power......sorry, junior welterweight. He is adapting to the weight gain nicely, but Ricky has had to develop much, much, less and is capable of bulking up and leaning out.

I see the power being an issue for Manny as Hatton feels much more comfortable at this weight as opposed to welterweight.

My comment was meant to infer the fact that moving up in weight may have limitations at some point, the point at which a boxer's power is mitigated by their body's limitations; speed suffers as well as weight is added (I don't see speed being affected as much cause Manny is lightning quick)

If Hatton wins, he deserves credit for the win. It is not like he has been seeking out naturally smaller guys to fight in his career (can't say the same for DLH though)- it was more on the idea of the smaller guy wanting to move up for lets say bigger paydays or whatever. The same goes for JMM, I don't think he should keep moving up in weight either.

I disagree with a number of points there, but what the heck, I can't be bothered to type out a huge reply!

Only thing I will say is Pac lost no speed and appeared to increase his power at 135 and 147. I don't see 140 being a problem, in fact I think it's now his natural weight class.



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[Reggie Miller]

wow....

and the fight is in may.

[- JCHING -]

2 months to go till fight + daily intense training with Mayweather Snr = Hatton fit at 140 come weigh in and 150+ on fight night. Also, its just speculation about his weight, so who the f*** cares? Another pointless news story...

[keepthemhandsup]

damn 165 hatton been working out....usally he walks around 300 +

[Bobby Shaw]

Hatton always seems to make weight an moneyweather ia still the only one to beat him; I would hope that he is fairly confident that he can make the weight since he has never not made weight for a fight. I still don't know why people get concerned and state his weight issues when he has never been overweight at fight time.

He will come in the naturally bigger guy and when he hits Pacquiao, people will see why a natural featherweight should not fight a true welterweight..JMO

PAcman already fought DelaHoya.He will punch that beer gut into submission.

[Ray*]

165??? Hatton sure seem to be taking this serious, If not he would have been around 180

[HattonFaithful]

No it doesn't. At all.

Was Vernon Forrest pound for pound #1 after he beat Shane Mosley?

Was Antonio Tarver pound for pound #1 after he beat Roy Jones?

So when you beat someone it makes you not better than them? So what would that make them just as good? While I agree i dont think that Hatton would be p4p if he wins it would still make him the better fighter

[Spacey1991]

I can't see what all the fuss is about... even if he weighs 165 now doesn't mean he can't drop the weight before the fight, the guy has 2 months I wouldn't expect him to be **** on the weight yet.

I am just going to wait and see what happens, and if he is around 160-165 a week or so before the fight... then it will be time to worry, until then I am just going to play the waiting game because in all fairness he has 2 months to drop 25 pounds which is plenty of time when training so much and on a strict diet, plus the fact that most fighters dehydrate themselves before weigh-ins which usually knocks off about 8 pounds on its own (even though this is something I don't believe in, I think if they can't fight at the weight they shouldn't be in that weight class).

Anyway all I am saying is there's nothing to worry about there is plenty of time to drop the weight, lets just look forward to a massive showdown and an exciting fight... rather than looking at the negativity!