A look at Hatton's resume!

[Box-Office]

Kostay Tsyzu: This was the win that made Ricky Hatton and earned him the IBF and Ring titles. Tsyzu at this point was 35 years of age and not to mention this was his last bout. Still a great win for a contender........ that needed 38 fights to get a shot at a proper World title.

Luis Collazo: Earned him a title at a 2nd weight. This was hardly a good win especially when Collazo in reality did enough to win. Hatton as a challenger was not convincing. Beating a slightly old Collazo in a one sided bout or beating a World Champion by a questionable decision? I'd go with the former.

Juan Urango: Solid win against a solid belt holder. Should have stopped him, I mean a light puncher like Alexander did and here we have a guy who is/was so highly regarded and a puncher that couldn't.

Jose Luis Castillo: Castillo again was clearly over the hill and it is not the fact that he was 34 years of age. However, this is one of the defining wins of Ricky.

Paulie Malignaggi: A very good win for Hatton. Malignaggi came in to this fight as a World Champion technically, because he dumped the belt prior to the bout because he was being asked to rematch Herman Ngoujo. Very one sided and Hatton walked over him.

Ducked Junior Witter quite badly for those who remember.

So, in retrospect Ricky Hatton had a cult like one of a kind following in boxing, which really was the reason he was a superstar and very very highly regarded, but if you really slice and dice the resume all we see are wins over aged Kosta Tsyzu & Jose Luis Castillo and solid wins over guys like Malignaggi and Urango.

This is hardly a resume for a guy that was considered an elite fighter or is it?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No question that ricky Hatton has a top notch resume, especially at 140..

Dude only lost in his prime to manny and floyd, both at their absolute peaks... Nothing to be ashamed of..


You also left of the solid win over Ben tackie that turned Hatton into a true world title contender, he also has a good stoppage win over titlist maussa...


I always wish hatton would have fought Judah, morales, corrales, gatti and Bradley..

Especially Corrales and gatti.. Those would have been huge in 05-07

[El-blanco]

Always was and always will be a slightly above average fighter. Lost to collazo and beat shot fighters, impressive.

[Box-Office]

No question that ricky Hatton has a top notch resume, especially at 140..

Dude only lost in his prime to manny and floyd, both at their absolute peaks... Nothing to be ashamed of..


You also left of the solid win over Ben tackie that turned Hatton into a true world title contender, he also has a good stoppage win over titlist maussa...


I always wish hatton would have fought Judah, morales, corrales, gatti and Bradley..

Especially Corrales and gatti.. Those would have been huge in 05-07

That is what an elite fighter would have done. Ben Tackie was never a World Champion. I'm holding Hatton to a higher standard given how highly he was regarded.

[Box-Office]

Always was and always will be a slightly above average fighter. Lost to collazo and beat shot fighters, impressive.

Not to mention ducked Junior Witter.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

That is what an elite fighter would have done. Ben Tackie was never a World Champion. I'm holding Hatton to a higher standard given how highly he was regarded.

I don't think anyone holds him that highly, he had a great run at 140, he will be a hall of famer, but no one is declaring him an atg...

He was a pressure fighter, and pressure fighters have very short shelf lives and so longevity isn't there, much like a frazier or tyson.. But that doesn't mean he wasn't a really good fighter at his peak...

[El-blanco]

I don't think anyone holds him that highly, he had a great run at 140, he will be a hall of famer, but no one is declaring him an atg...

He was a pressure fighter, and pressure fighters have very short shelf lives and so longevity isn't there, much like a frazier or tyson.. But that doesn't mean he wasn't a really good fighter at his peak...

Respect your opinion in general, but whyyyyyyyyyyyy would he be a hof?

[Ray*]

His resume was average at best, people use the excuse about him only losing to the best Mayweather and Pac but he never fought B-level competition at 140 because he was feasting on D and E level sort of fighters, they milked the Tsyzu win way too much. I wouldn't even mention the Castillo fight, so his run at 140 was not that impressive. He avoid the Witter fight at 140, he avoid the Mayweather fight at 140 until Floyd moved to 147, he avoid the Cotto fight at 140 even doe Cotto was willing to come to England, he was bringing in lightweights to fight at 140 at the MEN arena. At when he finally stepped it up the reality of him not pushing himself beforehand was glaringly obvious by the defeats he suffered.

[Box-Office]

I don't think anyone holds him that highly, he had a great run at 140, he will be a hall of famer, but no one is declaring him an atg...

He was a pressure fighter, and pressure fighters have very short shelf lives and so longevity isn't there, much like a frazier or tyson.. But that doesn't mean he wasn't a really good fighter at his peak...

He was considered elite.

At 140 lbs he beat an over the hill Tsyzu and Castillo. Malignaggi and Urango are his good wins at 140 lbs. Hardly HOF.

His peak was spent fighting 38 bouts, so he can get a shot at a proper World title. Hatton was a multiple time National champion in UK, which is a big deal, so its not like Sergio Martinez.

[Box-Office]

His resume was average at best, people use the excuse about him only losing to the best Mayweather and Pac but he never fought B-level competition at 140 because he was feasting on D and E level sort of fighters, they milked the Tsyzu win way too much. I wouldn't even mention the Castillo fight, so his run at 140 was not that impressive. He avoid the Witter fight at 140, he avoid the Mayweather fight at 140 until Floyd moved to 147, he avoid the Cotto fight at 140 even doe Cotto was willing to come to England, he was bringing in lightweights to fight at 140 at the MEN arena. At when he finally stepped it up the reality of him not pushing himself beforehand was glaringly obvious by the defeats he suffered.

Carlos Maussa was the weakest champion, hence the unification.