Hatton think beating Manny makes him P4P #1

[S1MANC]

Hatton keeps on saying this to get under mannys skin. In a "i'm coming for your spot type of way".. Hattons team seem to be playing a lot of mind games considering that there supposedly confident towards this fight

Hatton knows he aint gonna jump into the number 1 spot, how long as he been a professional, and many professionals/boxing people is he surrounded by?

I honestly dont see Hatton reaching any higher than 3rd.

Hatton took a severe drop in the ratings due to the fashion of his defeat to the hands of Mayweather and then the poor performance against Lazcano.

Even if he gets beat on Saturday by a SD or its a very close fight he may actually go up or not lose any place in the rankings provided his performance is a good solid one. Look at Marquez beaten by Pacquiao in a close encounter two wins later he his still in the running. Hopkins has been beaten 3 times in the last 6 fights but came back and beat his next opponent convincingly therefore he's still in the running (although his 10 year reign, moving up to light Heavy & being part of golden boy(ring magazine) has a lot to do with it)

Hattons return poor performance against Lazcano wasn't a good look therefore it cost him in the ratings.. maybe even as bad as a loss.

[Shadow boxer 3]

Hatton keeps on saying this to get under mannys skin. In a "i'm coming for your spot type of way".. Hattons team seem to be playing a lot of mind games considering that there supposedly confident towards this fight

Hatton knows he aint gonna jump into the number 1 spot, how long as he been a professional, and many professionals/boxing people is he surrounded by?

I honestly dont see Hatton reaching any higher than 3rd.

Hatton took a severe drop in the ratings due to the fashion of his defeat to the hands of Mayweather and then the poor performance against Lazcano.

Even if he gets beat on Saturday by a SD or its a very close fight he may actually go up or not lose any place in the rankings provided his performance is a good solid one. Look at Marquez beaten by Pacquiao in a close encounter two wins later he his still in the running. Hopkins has been beaten 3 times in the last 6 fights but came back and beat his next opponent convincingly therefore he's still in the running (although his 10 year reign, moving up to light Heavy & being part of golden boy(ring magazine) has a lot to do with it)

Hattons return poor performance against Lazcano wasn't a good look therefore it cost him in the ratings.. maybe even as bad as a loss.

couldnt hav said it better myself

[shade darkar]

its not just hatton, oscar says there will be no doubt. I think its not that important anyways, espescially as theres a 43 year old in hopkins at number 3. sure his victory over pavlik was good, but at a weight that pavlik was 10lbs over his best fighting weight. people seem to dismiss that. Every 1 has an opinion and nobody can be wrong because p4p is just opinions. bernard hopkis is up there on past glory in my opinion. I think that hatton should have a decent claim to p4p number 1 if he KO's the pacman as his resume will say he beat everybody he faced including a p4p number 1(pacman) and a p4p number 2 or 3 i forget(kostya tszyu) except mayweather who was the welterweight kingpin. Not much shame in that. People might say you need to conquer many weight divisions to be p4p number 1. In my opinion that is always a good thing to do, but if you are mike tyson for example, your only gonna conquer 1 weight class, so the multi weight champion thing is good to have but it doesnt mean you cant be p4p number 1 if your only a 1 weight world champion. I cant think of anybody other than mayweather who will have a better record than hatton. People might say JMM should be number 1 should hatton win. to that i say well maybe so, he has a great record and in my opinion won the rematch with pacquiao. Bernard hopkins p4p number 1? i dont think so, but again its just an opinion. mosley? i like the guy but he has lost 5 times. cotto? i think the Puerto Rico warrior probably will be p4p number 1 in the not to distant future. there are a few other fighters that might deserve a mention, but theres a few of my opinions for now.