Ok Hatton fans

[2OSouzaSuarez12]

First Hatton was gonna be so strong and fast at welter and Collazo was the easierst title fight for him and he was gonna KO Collazo easily because of his peapod body as some fo you said.

Now Hatton shouldnt be at 147 and never came close to knocking out Collazo and a lot of people even think Collazo won,including me. I know you guys must be disapointed, even if you think he won there is no way you can be happy about his performance. That is what happens when Hatton fights a decent fighter under the age of 1000, it wasnt the southpaw or welterweight thing. It was just that the was the first young decent fighter Hatton ever fought and we seen what happened.

[JuicyJuice]

Hatton is not in good form, he hasn't looked particularly good since the Oliveira fight two years ago. He hasn't shown his best form since the Tackie fight THREE YEARS AGO.

Obviously, his out-of-the-ring habits are catching up with him, his weight-training is slowing him down, and he's only fighting every six months (his style requires him to fight more regularly to stay sharp). And he's 28 years old for goodness sake, his style requires him to be younger and fresher than he is.

I personally thought Collazo would dominate the fight, so I'm suprised Hatton pulled it out.

But no version of Hatton wouldn't of had a hard time with Collazo. You could say Collazo is like a bigger, stronger, taller, rangier version of Magee, but abit busier and with faster hands. And look what trouble Hatton had with Magee, style-wise.

[Castillofan]

You have to remember that the split with Frank Warren came only a short time ago for Hatton. Hatton's whole career has been moved at a very slow pace and very methodically. All of a sudden he is taking title fights and moving up to fight the best fighter at a new weight when he has never been used to that kind of action. Hatton has never had to deal with that and that performance shows what happens when a guy has a lot of ambition and doesn't have anyone telling him that he should slow down.

Collazo is a very good fighter and the seven pound weight differential affects most fighters. Even Mayweather was put down twice by Judah in the early rounds of their fight.

It was very close and even if Collazo does not get a rematch, he will be on HBO again for sure and will get a hell of a lot more recognition from this event than for anything else he's done to this point.

Hatton was just very basic and the fight was the wrong advertisement for his style because he is much, much better and more technical than he showed.

Maybe he is starting to believe his own hype a little too much and it is making him overconfident.

[elgaringo]

First Hatton was gonna be so strong and fast at welter and Collazo was the easierst title fight for him and he was gonna KO Collazo easily because of his peapod body as some fo you said.

Now Hatton shouldnt be at 147 and never came close to knocking out Collazo and a lot of people even think Collazo won,including me. I know you guys must be disapointed, even if you think he won there is no way you can be happy about his performance. That is what happens when Hatton fights a decent fighter under the age of 1000, it wasnt the southpaw or welterweight thing. It was just that the was the first young decent fighter Hatton ever fought and we seen what happened.

Im a Hatton fan but Im a realist. It was a bad performance... Not very convincing at all. I;d like to see him really up for the next one.... The way Im used to seeing him!!!

[Castillofan]

Hatton was slow. He was lacking that zip in his movements all night and fought very one-dimensional. I was waiting for him to kick in to gear but it didn't happen. He didn't even let go with the combinations inside when he had Collazo backed up. It was a flat performance and Collazo was very good to boot.

[JuicyJuice]

Hatton was slow. He was lacking that zip in his movements all night and fought very one-dimensional. I was waiting for him to kick in to gear but it didn't happen. He didn't even let go with the combinations inside when he had Collazo backed up. It was a flat performance and Collazo was very good to boot.

I'm not suprised at all. He still blows up to 190+ between fights, and now that he's fighting every six months or so, and using weights even more seriously, and now turning 28, it's no wonder that he's a shadow of his former self.

[Rockin']

Its only a matter of time before playing the "weight game" is going to catch up to Ricky. By weight game I mean ballooning up 40 or 50 lbs and then drying out before fights. I watched it ruin James Toney, and Ricky is the same as James, their both human beings. This elevation and then dropping of weight is not healthy for anybody.

Rockin'

[Castillofan]

I'm not suprised at all. He still blows up to 190+ between fights, and now that he's fighting every six months or so, and using weights even more seriously, and now turning 28, it's no wonder that he's a shadow of his former self.

Hey JuicyJuice,

I am sure you know that Hatton used an extraordinary weight program for the Tszyu fight and he was explosive there.

I just think he is being overly ambitious having fought a lot of his career under Warren's wing; he wants to make a statement now. The problem is that these world class guys are no joke.

To fight a southpaw when southpaws give Hatton fits, then to fight one as good as Collazo in his first fight at the weight in a world title fight was a mistake and he was lucky to get away with it.

He's used to fighting more often, usually four times a year and now with HBO, he will not have the chance to do that. HBO will have him fight twice a year and that is not enough to keep him disciplined and in shape. He will have to compete for dates with too many other HBO fighters and on the strength of that performance, Hatton is not going to come at the top of the priority list unless they do the right thing by him and put him in at light welterweight with a hittable opponent next time out and have him look good.

[SMC]

Drop The Hatton Hatin'

Yes he's been criticised from alot of you guys on here for the Collazo fight but let's get some things straight yeah?

He's moved up in weight,it'll take time to adjust..what the **** did you expect?Hatton would K.O him in round 1? it was never going to happen.This was always going to be a tough fight..Hatton has always said he has trouble with southpaws I think yaa'l need to stop this Hatton hatin' cuz it aint healthy Maybe you should watch the fight again also because Hatton did win the fight end of,didn't the HBO commentators give it to Hatton? as well as ours,and as well as the judges in Boston..but yeah i suppose some of you geeks no better then the pros right? sort it out,

Yeah, it wasn't Hatton's best performance and he even held his hand up to that after the fight.He will sort it out with who ever he's against next.Aren't boxers not allowed to have a bad performance once in a while? PBF didn't exactly look unbeatable against Castillo did he? some of you guys on here really got to get a grip on boxing, you call yourself fans but really some of you don't know ****, i suggest you go and re study the sport because your making yourself sound like idiots

[!! AI-Holmes!!]

This could be a case of Hatton being highly overrated or Collazo highly underrated prior to last night's fight.