Why didn't Cotto fight Hatton at 140?

[oc9979]

Cotto @ 140 was also chinny and at the time Hatton was considered to have a granite chin.

Granite chin tested by who?

[oc9979]

hatton gets dismissed so easily for losing to floyd and manny the man was lineal at 140 beat kostya tzsyu great left hook great body work great pressure and better chin than cottos at 140 in my opinion. flipside though cotto has more boxing ability a beautiful jab better left hook and i think even at 140 a lil more power. but i think rickys grit, pressure, and in fighting would have given miguel enough problems to pull off the win.

Tszyu was coming off an injured to fight Mitchel and 7 months after fought Hatton

[Canelo Phresh]

Granite chin tested by who?

kostya ahem try to keep up.

[Mr. Invincible]

hatton gets dismissed so easily for losing to floyd and manny the man was lineal at 140 beat kostya tzsyu great left hook great body work great pressure and better chin than cottos at 140 in my opinion. flipside though cotto has more boxing ability a beautiful jab better left hook and i think even at 140 a lil more power. but i think rickys grit, pressure, and in fighting would have given miguel enough problems to pull off the win.

I agree and Cotto became a better ring technician later on after moving up. He tried to overpower guys @ 140 which would've been hard to do againt Hatton at the time. I see him stopping Cotto over the long haul similarly to the Tszyu stoppage.

[DIB42]

Granite chin tested by who?

Juan Urango had some Pop Back in the day.

[Canelo Phresh]

Tszyu was coming off an injured to fight Mitchel and 7 months after fought Hatton

7 months later... who did cotto beat at 140 that was better kostya.

[DIB42]

I agree that Hatton's people probably avoided the fight because it was High Risk/Low Reward, alot like Mayweather avoiding Cotto. A duck if you will... But I still think Hatton had a good shot at 140 at that time.

[ИATAS]

hatton gets dismissed so easily for losing to floyd and manny

let's not forget he probably should have lost to Collazo. And nearly KO'd by Juan Lazcano.

Hatton was a decent fighter, not a great. Had a very good win over Tszyu but Tszyu wasn't prime himself.

Cotto was a better fighter than Hatton in every possible way. Better boxer, better technical skills, faster, stronger, better footwork, better defense, etc.

[RL_GMA]

7 months later... who did cotto beat at 140 that was better kostya.

The Kostya that Hatton fought and the Kostya who we regarded as the top 140lber were too different fighters by then. Still a good win for Hatton, but even then I believe Cotto was a much more dangerous fight based on styles. But all in all, it's really all speculation.

[Mr. Invincible]

Granite chin tested by who?

Many fighters, most notably Kostya Tszyu who is known for his punching power.

I take it that the only thing you know about Hatton was that he was knocked out by Manny in two rnds huh?

That's what the newbies all think.