Can somebody please explain to me how Hatton was "overrated"?

[Kagami Taiga]

all fighters are overrated by their fans. the attitude of everyone else is what matters. and with that said, ppl nowadays seem to really underrate ricky. he was a good fighter.

[Battle*Hardened]

Amir Khan is an exceptional fighter. He's better than a lot of guys already. I just don't see how Hatton sucks and is overrated. Sure he doesn't have amazing talent, but neither does Rios, Margarito or Maidana and people ride their ****s like they're the second coming of Jesus.

He may not have beaten any elite boxers outside of a past prime Tszyu, but that doesn't mean he couldn't or he's a bum. If a prime Ricky fought Marcos Maidana, the scored would be 120-108 across the board in favor of Hatton. He'd probably stop Zab Judah, Holt and Alexander and UD Matthysse too.

Maidana would KO Hatton.

[MartinM.]

I wouldn't say he was overrated, he was who he was. I dont remember anyone saying he was a boxing genius or and atg. He seemed like a really down to earth guy, came right at you and brought a lot of buzz and excitement to the sport.

My hat goes off to any fighter like that.

[thebowtod]

he loses to two of the best boxers in the world, and all the sudden he is bum? lol wtf

[Chew BackAtacha]

when hatton began, he had a very good chin

and then his lifestyle caught up with him

makes you think what could have been

[The_Golden_Goy]

Maidana would KO Hatton.

lol are you joking??

we already know Maidana doesnt like bodyshots and Hatton winds in with bodyshouts better than most

Hatton cuts Maidana in half in maybe 4 rounds

[reetcunt]

Maidana would KO Hatton.

I don't think so . People forget Hatton was strong , fleet footed and could control the centre of the ring very well (something Khan is now getting better at) . Not to mention his great body attack against the ropes . IMO Hatton wins by a UD or late stoppage.

[BattleAxePurist]

He wasn't overrated he was a medicore fighter with marginal talent anyone who says he was anything else is just purely a fan not looking at it from a biased objective.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

He overachieved in his career

[D4thincarnation]

It puzzles me how people come to this conclusion. Do you really believe that, or are you just trying to criticize Floyd and Manny's wins over him?

Nobody said Hatton was the future of boxing. Nobody said he would beat guys like Roberto Duran (and anyone who did was either ****** or trying to hype him up, like they do with ANY top fighter). Did a few people pick him over Manny and Floyd? Sure, why not? We hadn't seen Floyd against a come forward brawler with that much heart since Castillo, and he gave him hell. Pacquiao is also a midget, and aside from that meaningless win over DLH he hadn't done anything good above 130lbs. But overall, both were favored over Hatton!

The guy had power, heart and came forward with everything. He'd beat everyone at 140 right now aside from Khan and Bradley. So how does that make him overrated? Nobody aside from a few idiots made it seem like he was the next greatest thing. He completely dominated the JWW division for years. Cotto-Hatton would have been a great fight at 140. But he sucks because of his chin? So I guess Khan and Hearns suck too, right? No, obviously not.

Wasn't he quite high in the p4p list at one time, I think that means he was overated.