Ricky Hatton Looks Very Heavy, Around 165, Says Arum

[Korega]

Fat ****....

[Johnny Rebel]

Enough with the "beating Pac will not make Hatton P4P#1" as if Pac is the only good fighter Ricky has fought... Ricky is seriously underranked P4P by most, he should be NO lower than #5-10 on any list, so beating Pac should at least get RH to #2 and a win over JMM should NO DOUBT make him #1.

Hatton's wins over Magee, Phillips, Tackie, Hutchinson, Stewart, Oliveira, Tszyu, Maussa, Collazo, Urango, Castillo, Lazcano and Malignaggi seem to get overlooked, dismissed or just nullified for moving up and losing to the P4P #1 (PBF) in a fight that was much more competitive than the score cards read. Through 7 rounds the fight was at least even and HBO had Hatton ahead on their card in spite of the biased ref. Hatton was P4P ranked in the top 5 before his loss to Floyd and should not have fallen as far as he did after 1 loss to the best. Other guys in the P4P list have multiple losses but yet they didn't fall like Hatton did in the rankings for some reason. I don't remember Chico getting discredited for losing to Floyd the way Hatton has...

[The_Demon]

[QUOTE=Korega;4857132]Fat ****....[/QUOTE
haha i luv the haters,i should feel sorry 4 u,but i dont

[flipbjefrox]

that's an improvement he used to balloon up to 185 lbs

[Dave Rado]

There are plenty for both to fight, namely other top fighters...it would be nice if they fought some top 140lbers instead of bouncing around divisions looking for names

I wish that too. The other top contenders deserve a shot at The Ring and lineal titles.

[Dave Rado]

I hope it's not true that Ricky Hatton is that heavy at this time and that will give his fans the chance to use the same excuses as with ODLH. I hope Ricky will take care of himself and be 100% percent ready during the fight. So at least who ever wins will get 100% credit.

LOL! You obviously haven't followed his career! 165lb this far from a fight is the lightest he's ever been; he's never had any trouble making the weight; and he always looks ripped on fight night.

[rob3012]

Ill say it again. If you cant compete 1 weight class up from your natural weight then there is no way you should be claiming p4p. End of story.

hatton can compete though. he beat collazo. he lost to floyd, who WAS the best boxer around by miles. he would lose to margarito and williams no doubt cos they are huge. way too big for him, and if you think that makes hatton a bad fighter you are plain wrong. everyone else in ww would be touch and go.

also, if you think hatton cant compete, then pac has not proved he can compete at lightweight yet then, he beat david diaz who wasnt even a top 5 imo. wont go near nate, juan diaz, casamayor, and hasnt fought a live welter yet either.

just out of curiosity, who is pfp if ricky wins? still pac? what if ricky beats jmm too?

[Dave Rado]

just out of curiosity, who is pfp if ricky wins? still pac? what if ricky beats jmm too?

If Hatton were to beat Pac, JMM would be ranked #1. I think Hatton would go to #3 if it were a decisive win, or a bit lower if it were a narrow SD. Pac would then be ranked one place lower than Hatton. That's what normally happens, e.g. Tarver went to #4 when he beat Jones, and Jones went to one place lower. Similar outcome when Forrest beat Mosley, and when Taylor beat Hopkins.

If he then beat JMM decisively, it's hard to be sure whether he'd go as high as #1 or not because of JMM being naturally smaller - he's looked good at Lightweight but not quite as good as he did at lighter weights, and it's hard to tell whether he could carry his power and speed up to Jnr Welterweight. Plus it depends on what the other top P4P fighters did in the meantime. At the end of the day the rankings are devised by a large panel of highly respected boxing experts, and it comes down to the subjective opinions of those experts. But Marquez being the naturally smaller man would definitely be a factor in that decision.

[sylvestersweet]

at least he's not shedding muscle like Arthur Abraham.

[MissDeeCole]

only in boxing is 165 very heavy