Ricky Hatton Says Amir Khan Will Not Help Pacquiao

[mathed]

yes i think hatton is slow.. hes a pressure fighter who just pushes foward brawling and throws everything, theres not much art to the way he fights say compared to mayweather who is a clean boxer.. the clean boxing style of mayweather showed hatton up badly.. you say khan wouldnt last 5 minutes which is just rubbish, khan is still young and early in his carreer but give a year or 2 when he is at his peak and he would beat hatton..

dude, I think Pacman wins this one but watch some video of Hatton, he ain't exactly slow. Hatton often swings wide and jumps in at times, but he is far from slow. Hatton is a heavy puncher...not a boxer, Khan is a boxer...not a puncher. Both have different styles

[strugler]

He can't explain it because he obviously doesn't understand the quote he was pretending to criticise.

To spell it out for him, it was making the point that Khan was useful as a sparring partner for the DLH fight because he could mimic Oscar's jab; but is less obviously useful as a sparring partner for the Hatton fight, because he can't mimic Hatton's style.

You sure about that? pretty fast jumping the gun.

[Dave Rado]

just to point out i never said he was shot.. just that his punch resistance is going and that he not what he used to be.

Okay, and that's possible but I still think the evidence for it is extremely weak.

also the ref saved hatton in the lazcano fight by giving hatton a 50 second break to tie his shoe lace just after hatton took a big shot and was out on his feet..he really could of been taken out at that point if the ref didnt save him.

Hatton was not out on his feet. He was certainly badly hurt, but to claim he was out on his feet is silly. He was still throwing shots, some of which were landing, and he was trying to clinch, before the referee intervened. It's possible that he wouldn't have survived without that intervention, but IMO it's far from certain.

Also, it was a series of flush shots that hurt him, not just a single shot; and as I said before, he got hit flush like that because he was wild and left his chin hanging out, which I doubt he'll do against Pac.

And when he was rocked in the eighth, he recovered immediately, and was actually winning the exchanges by the end of that round, which doesn't strike me as the way someone whose punch resistance is very poor would act.

im off to bed, its been a long day.. peace

Fair enough.

FWIW, if you didn't keep making over the top or untrue statements, people could have a really good boxing discussion with you. You obviously are a lot more knowledgeable about boxing than I thought at first, but you spoil it by saying things like Hatton is slow, when he is not; or that he was out on his feet when he wasn't; or that The Ring's ratings are influenced by GBP, when they're not; or that anyone who rates Hatton more highly than you is automatically just swallowing hype - which are all simply untrue (and the last one is insulting). I'm just trying to be constructive, because as I say, you do yourself down by making statements like that - it would be very enjoyable to discuss boxing with you if you didn't keep doing that.

[Dave Rado]

You sure about that? pretty fast jumping the gun.

Well as you pointed out, your statement wasn't contradictory; and when asked to explain why he thought it was, he refused, and wrote a rather patronising reply to Samurai.

[strugler]

Well as you pointed out, your statement wasn't contradictory; and when asked to explain why he thought it was, he refused, and wrote a rather patronising reply to Samurai.

My bad, got confused with the quotes.........my apologies

[SceneSpectator!]

Yes, but he's often started training camp nearer 170, and he's never had any trouble making the weight.

Because he did not fight the bests and defeated. Once he will lose to Pacman, excuses comes and overdrained will be the most used excuses!

[Phatfarm1980]

It was not so long ago everybody was saying that hatton was done. Then a good performance against a poor mallignaggi has put him back up there. The main thing is that pacquiao is not mallignaggi - he's stronger, faster and more explosive. Pacquiao would have taken the same malignaggi out in 5 rounds at the most!

[- JCHING -]

It was not so long ago everybody was saying that hatton was done. Then a good performance against a poor mallignaggi has put him back up there. The main thing is that pacquiao is not mallignaggi - he's stronger, faster and more explosive. Pacquiao would have taken the same malignaggi out in 5 rounds at the most!

LOL you're probably right - but having said that, Ricky would have put out the same ODLH in 5 rounds at the most

[Dave Rado]

Because he did not fight the bests and defeated. Once he will lose to Pacman, excuses comes and overdrained will be the most used excuses!

No excuses are needed for losing to the P4P #1, and that one would be really silly because he is under one of the best trainers in the world. Don't be so paranoid.