Tsyzu has started to run from hatton Already!

[puppy_dogg]

Stand corrected, the point I'm trying to make is that N'dou has fought well at 140 in the past - worth consideration.

i hear ya

[pinkpanther]

How the two beat on a human punching bag (Stewart) doesn't determine who would win a fight between the two.

You can't determine how Hatton would do against Sharmba, based on Sharmba's fight with Tszyu, either.
It's a style issue. Tszyu's quick, powerful right hand is the perfect weapon against a slick lefty like Mitchell. Hatton doesn't possess that same weapon....& also not the patience to wait for that type of opportunity.

Ricky would have problems, lots of them, with somebody like Mitchell.

I'm not suggesting that you can, I agree about boxers styles, however Hatton is a good enough boxer over the course of a fight to open Mitchell up, Hatton used to be labled a ****er but he has shown that he can box.

[Cletus Funk]

He's certainly more difficult !

especially more than Tackie....who's a freakin' ZOMBIE.

Not to Kostya he wasn't!!

I guess my main point is that can anyone point to a fight on KT's record and say yeah, he's dealt with a guy who fights like Hatton and is as good as him at what he does? If not, how can anyone say with any certainty that he'll be able to deal with the body shots, power and tempo that Hatton brings? Likewise, there's nothing to prove that Hatton won't be able to take KT's power. He's not KO'd everyone that he's fought and if it goes to the cards Hatton's the only winner IMO due to the sheer volume of punches that he'd land. The guy very rarely loses a round.

[pinkpanther]

What really interesting is that the only person to ever beat Zoo is Phillips - How did he do it ...pressure. There are few exponents of the pressure game in boxing at the moment better than Hatton. I believe that Hatton is a better fighter than Phillips ever was.

[jabsRstiff]

What really interesting is that the only person to ever beat Zoo is Phillips - How did he do it ...pressure. There are few exponents of the pressure game in boxing at the moment better than Hatton. I believe that Hatton is a better fighter than Phillips ever was.

Phillips didn't beat Tszyu with pressure. He beat him by refusing to back down, & by having the better right hand that night. Hatton will not beat Tszyu with his right hand.
I actually don't believe Hatton is as good as Phillips was.

[Cletus Funk]

Phillips didn't beat Tszyu with pressure. He beat him by refusing to back down, & by having the better right hand that night. Hatton will not beat Tszyu with his right hand.
I actually don't believe Hatton is as good as Phillips was.

The right hand that Hatton walked through several times?

[BrooklynBomber]

Phillips didn't beat Tszyu with pressure. He beat him by refusing to back down, & by having the better right hand that night. Hatton will not beat Tszyu with his right hand.
I actually don't believe Hatton is as good as Phillips was.

I agree. Phillips was a ****** down Welter. Kostya is a ten times fighter he was before his loss. Hatton is waiting to be exposed.

Peace

[jabsRstiff]

The right hand that Hatton walked through several times?

Yes....& I give credit to Hatton for doing so.
But, did Vince have the gas left in his tank to sustain the bombs ?
Nope.
When he fought Tszyu...& he was fresher, & far hungrier.

[pinkpanther]

Phillips didn't beat Tszyu with pressure. He beat him by refusing to back down, & by having the better right hand that night. Hatton will not beat Tszyu with his right hand.
I actually don't believe Hatton is as good as Phillips was.

You call it refusing to back down, I call it pressure, it will be interesting to gauge the opinion of someone else who watched the fight.

Frank..... Hatton certainly did walk through that right hand, althogh Phillips was past his best they say the last thing to go is power.

[Cletus Funk]

You call it refusing to back down, I call it pressure, it will be interesting to gauge the opinion of someone else who watched the fight.

Frank..... Hatton certainly did walk through that right hand, althogh Phillips was past his best they say the last thing to go is power.

He certainly caught him with some good ones and briefly stunned him a couple of times but most of them seemed to have no effect so I can't really see Phillips beating Hatton at any stage of his career. He didn't back down against Hatton either but was obviously not as sharp as he once was.