Is Ricky Hatton's win over Kostya Tszyu tainted?

[tredh]

Not true. Tszyu wanted Mayweather, but Floyd signed for Gatti. And the rest is history.

LLS @ this bold face lie! Tszyu chose Hatton cause that fight made him more money than facing PBF did. PBF fought Gatti to get his belt and his name recognition up. The plan if I'm not mistaken was for both PBF and Tszyu to win then they fight.

Tszyu was injured for like 2 years and had to fight Mitchell 1st then chose to fight Hatton over PBF.

[FrankieBruno]

Kostya was way past it even the british commentators and pundits agreed, when a fighter calls its quits in the ring, u know he is a shadow of his former self

It was a great win for Hatton and put him on the world stage, he would never have stood a chance against a prime Kostya though

People say Hatton fights dirty, thats just how British boxers fight, they get in to tear ups, look at Khan, british boxers cant help themselves, it's something they pick up from trainers.

Hatton was schooled by Floyd, only Hatton delusional fans cant admit it, i was rooting for Hatton that night, and thats probably the night when i appreciated how good Floyd really was. I thought Hatton would get him on the ropes and hit him with those shots to the body, but what i saw was immaculate defense by Floyd and i watched Hatton get beat up while Floyd leaned on the ropes.


I rooted again for Hatton against Pac and was let down again. Although i am su****ious that Pac was on certain substances

[D-MiZe]

You can't really paint British fighters with the same brush...

[askoe]

I'm just asking a question. Andre Ward doesn't have anything to do with this thread.

However in the thread about the Ward-Kessler fight it is indeed you, that starts to go on and on about Hatton

[Ringlife]

The fight went all the way to 11th round Tszyu should have just finished the fight. I remember Tszyu made fun of Jessie James Leija because he quit in their fight. Then he quits in the Hatton fight. Just watch what you say man that s**t comes around and kicks you right in the a**.

[boliodogs]

I think it is tainted. The referee let Hatton use illegal holding and hitting tactics and once Hatton hit Tszyu in the balls full force on purpose and the referee said nothing. The ref let Hatton fight any way he wanted. It was a close fight and a good ref that would break them when they were tied up and not allow Hatton to hold and hit might have turned the fight into a Tszyu win.

[Ray*]

The fight went all the way to 11th round Tszyu should have just finished the fight. I remember Tszyu made fun of Jessie James Leija because he quit in their fight. Then he quits in the Hatton fight. Just watch what you say man that s**t comes around and kicks you right in the a**.

Right on point, I remember when he made fun of Leija quitting lol.. And then he turn around and did the same thing.

[IronDanHamza]

A few things:

1. Hatton is indeed an exceptional inside fighter

2. KT was past it, had come back from long injury layoffs and struggled to make weight.

3. You are again being hypocritical and intellectually dishonest. In the same way you assert Cortez didn't allow Hatton enough rope to fight inside, similarly the UK ref in the KT fight allowed Hatton to wrestle and hug KT to death.

i will add one more,

4. When they did fight inside, Floyd got the best of Hatton anyway.

He really isn't.

[squealpiggy]

I think it is tainted. The referee let Hatton use illegal holding and hitting tactics and once Hatton hit Tszyu in the balls full force on purpose and the referee said nothing. The ref let Hatton fight any way he wanted. It was a close fight and a good ref that would break them when they were tied up and not allow Hatton to hold and hit might have turned the fight into a Tszyu win.

Tszyu hit Hatton three times below the belt, deliberately, once he saw the fight was getting away from him. Hatton retaliated.

[check hook]

He really isn't.

In today's era he was. He had good foot speed, positioning and hand speed. He closed gaps quickly. That made him good inside.