In your opinion was hatton knocked down?

[cvt]

First and foremost cong**** to Hatton for beating Koysta. I really thought that Koysta was going to be able to keep hatton at bay with his jab and right hand (and ring smarts) but that kid from manchester was as hungery as a great white shark. again kudos to hatton for smothering tyszu and nulifying his big right hand. i would also like to say that i'm now becoming a a fan of ricky hatton (i used to watch this kid in hbo and grimmace everytime he threw a body shot in multiple combinations from different angles...no one does that anymore. major respect for him to ressurect a dying art).

now all said and done. who thought that koysta deserved a knockdown? granted hatton was not hit by the typical body shot (the kind where you're roling around the floor grimmacing and suckin' wind...lol...sorry, painful memories of my ring escapades lol) but it was right at the belt line. it seemed to me that the area was fair game....and any hit in fair terretory where it causes you to place a hand on the mat is considered a knockdown. hatton didn't seem to be affected that much. but he did fall.

maybe the knock down would have surged some energy into koysta to lessen that gap...or maybe it would have unleased a more despreate beast in an already hunry manchester fighter...

what do you guys think?

[Zab Super Judah]

i think it could have been counted it was on the beltline which is counted sometimes..and it looked like hatton thought it was a knockdown because he didnt say anything when he got up

[guru]

that was a knockdown....

[xKillingJokex]

Oh i think there is no doubt that it was a knockdown..but..hey..the ref didnt think so...it doesnt matter now........>BUT it WAS a knockdown

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

It was a low blow... I'm not saying that because I'm a Ricky Hatton fan. I'm saying it because it was a low blow, and if you watch the tape again... When the referee brings them back to fight, Kostya Tszyu offers his glove as a sorry.

It was a low blow.

[EXIGE]

In my opinion Hatton won the fight:
-In England.
-And in style.
-Against a man on top form according to himself.

[Konstantin]

Um your last point doesnt have much validity.

Who doesnt say theyre in top form?

Tyson said it against Williams, and im sure holy stills says it...

[cvt]

It was a low blow... I'm not saying that because I'm a Ricky Hatton fan. I'm saying it because it was a low blow, and if you watch the tape again... When the referee brings them back to fight, Kostya Tszyu offers his glove as a sorry.

It was a low blow.

i watched the replay several times. played it in slo-mo, rewind slo-mo, pause...i mean i get hit at the belt line all the time and the refs always call it fair game. it looked very much like it it fair. it was clearly a lot higher than when ricky hit tyzsu later on the fight.

[Manny_P]

I dunno. Hatton was hit a couple times on the belly and he dint go down. What's so special bout that punch? Maybe Hatton felt that hit down there ya know?

[neils7147933]

Tszyu had been hitting low all fight, which may have contributed to the fact that it was ruled low.

I'm not in favor of fouling, but this was that kind of fight, and I had to laugh when the kid came at Tszyu after getting hit low and retaliated with a worse one, knowing the ref couldn't hardly penalize him after not taking any points from Kostya, even though Kostya had already been warned...

This was like the 140 lb. Ruiz-Golota...