Hatton didn't Impress

[Dorian]

I didn't see alot of hatton fights before.. i though he did okay but i don't think he can beat a guy like mayweather like that imo

[Kenny Blankenship]

The fact is Mayweather didn't have walk in the park, easy wins against Castillo. Those 2 fights in itself question Floyd's ability to fight on the inside.

Floyd has fought the bottom tier opponents at 140, and after the one-sided beating Gatti took all of a sudden He's getting praise that he isn't due for...at least not yet. Floyd is the flashier fighter, but Hatton has that underrated speed that no one seems to talk about.

Nobody is dis*****g the fact that Floyd is the best P4P fighter today, but every fight has a weakness and Hatton poses problems all over the place. On top of that, Floyd has been fighting the little guys of 140. Hatton is a career 140 pound fighter and rightfully so, should even be fighting at 154, just like Cotto, and Gatti should be.

In the first PBF-Castillo fight PBF had a bad arm, from what I heard anyway. They had a second fight in which PBF won decisively.

[TuPrincipe]

In the first PBF-Castillo fight PBF had a bad arm, from what I heard anyway. They had a second fight in which PBF won decisively.

Don't insult my intelligence. I saw that fight also.

Floyd came to the conclusion that He would be forced to stick and move to beat Castillo which He clearly did. Hatton is much stronger then Castillo, and has quicker hands when He decides to let his hands go.

Hatton also has much better footwork, which means He will be able to close the distance much faster then Castillo could.

These attributes of Hatton, coupled with Hatton's stamina and work rate would confuse Floyd and maybe even draw Floyd into a Duran - Leonard type of fight which definetly favours Hatton.

[Kenny Blankenship]

So how do you explain the PBF-Castillo rematch?
PBF won convincingly. And I would favour Castillo over Hatton anyday. Castillo plies his trade with pure skill and class on the inside. Hatton's a thug who needs to rely on clutching, rabbit punching, elbowing, leading with the head and hitting after the bell to win. That won't be allowed to happen in the US.
Just how would he do better against PBF than Castillo did? Not going to happen.

[Cali_Rob]

any of you Ricky Hatton fans know the name of the song that was played before his entrance?

[Nephalim]

Viola Wills' 'I'm Gonna Get Along Without You Now'

[jswa17]

Did you guys even see Cotto vs. Maussa, there was no comparison, Cotto threw some flawless combinations, Hatton was throwing slow, one at a time punches. Cotto is much bigger than Hatton, if Hatton begins with his dirty BS stuff Cotto will push him off and rough him up.

Talk about his chin all you want, he's never been KO'ed and Torres hits very hard, boxing wise Cotto looks superior to Hatton.

IMO, Hatton still KOs Cotto even though I like Cotto's style way more. Hatton is just too durable, strong, and dirty

[smokeyjackson]

Wow, now I have to wonder if Hatton's fight vs. Tszyu was a one fight wonder. He was throwing wild punches, one punch at a time, and no combinations. I compare it with Cotto's performance and it wasn't even close, Cotto's combinations where much quicker and he didn't get hit half as much as Hatton.

Cotto would KO Hatton if he fights like that, a poor performance. He better not come close to Mayweather, he'll recieve a beating. he dissapointed me with his performance.

Ricky Hatton would beat Mayweather and any other 10 stone fighter about now , Maussa is awkward for anyone to fight , no one else has knocked him out before , what happened to Vivian Harris again???

[Famoso Matador]

Maussa is an awkward opponent for anyone. Cotto only stopped him on a cut, whilst Ricky knocked him the **** out.

Compare Ricky's methodical performance with Cotto's lacklustre recent outings and you can see that Ricky holds all the aces. Cotto may hit harder, but he has a weaker chin.

Cotto didnt stop him on a cut, Maussa had a cut at the time but it was his corner that stopped the fight.

[whdempsey]

Hatton was good tonight the way Holyfield was great against Bert Cooper. In other words, he looked less than fantastic dominating an awkward fighter who was tougher than he looked and would make anyone look bad.

The fact that Hatton knocked him clean out cannot be undervalued. The reason is that Maussa wasn't out like he was unconscious, he was out like he wouldn't get up for anything in the world. When a fighter breaks another fighter's will like that, it means something.

I may be lonely in this statement, but it's that trait, Hatton's ability to destroy opponents' heart, that makes him a favorite against Floyd in my mind.