Tszyu vs Hatton

[LuKahnLi]

Tszyu does everything better than Hatton and is 10x stronger. Hatton will win some rounds on volume alone, but HE not Tszyu will recieve the most damage. Tszyu KO10.

[J !]

ive told you amillion times dont exaggerate if he was ten times stronger who would be a silverback gorilla....

[Cletus Funk]

i read somewhere last week that if tzsyu does'nt fight him, the ibf will strip tzsyu and hatton will fight lovemore n'dou for the title. so either way he's in a major fight next year.

Yeah, I've heard that a few times too. I hope it is KT though as I can already hear the "paper champion" bull**** comments that will be coming his way if he does fight N'dou for it.

[Silverfox]

Its funny how things change, on Tszyu website his fans have been calling Hatton a bum last week but now the negotiations have progressed their all saying Hattons a very good fighter, some saying he's world class!!

What do you guys think? I'm unsure, IMO Hatton has the tools to win but he's never faced a fighter anywhere near as good as Tszyu!! It could be an early KO for Tszyu but i'm expecting it to be a tough fight for both.

Should be a great fight. Both love the close up in fighting. Hatton is a body puncher predominantly and had better have done his homework regarding Kostya's lethal right. Hatton will dig in a left to the the body & Kos will counter with his right.

I have a feeling in my bones that Kostya will finally meet his match.

However, I'm not putting my house on this one. My wife, maybe...but not the house!

[drh]

I think Kostya has denied the negotiations to date. (8/12/04)

[Moon]

People closely watching Hatton's career (fans or otherwise) should know that he shouldn't be stepping-up to Kostya quite yet.

Despite all the careful handling, Hatton is simply not ready for a true first-tier fighter. Right now, he needs a bit more "care" before stepping-in with a Kostya.

Hatton might think he's mentally ready, but I'm not sure that he's got the necessary mental toughness to enter a tier-one slugfest. Right now, I think Ricky's "I don't give a ****" attitude cannot be effectively molded into true mental toughness without woking his way up to a Kostya bout.

Hatton might think he's got the chin and conditioning to survive good clean shots (Kostya will hit him ya' know) but Hatton's never been in there getting tagged by a first-tier ****er who keeps throwing. Ricky needs a bigger challenge than he's had so far, but not quite Kostya, not yet.

Hatton's careful handling could be his undoing, because he now really "believes" that he can beat Kostya, without ever fighting at that level. Sure he's got "a" belt, but it's not been starpped to the top-tier guys.

[Drunken Cat]

I predict a tzyu KO after 5 and a half brutal rounds. I think they'll slug it out with both guys landing good shots but Tzyu landing more and better shots and with Tzyu ****ing Hatton with hooks whenever they fight on the inside.

[Silverfox]

So, either one fighter knocks the other one out or it goes to a decision? Wow, great analysis

Anyway, just as Mayorga was "taylor-made" for Tito so, too, is Ricky "taylor-made" for the Tszyuperman. I don't see this fight going past 6, honestly.

Who is this guy 'Taylor' that you speak of?

Oh, sorry...........You must have meant 'Tailor?'