the only thing i liked about hatton in this fight were his trunks and his chin. not ready to pass judgement yet but for the record i think it would be comical how badly pbf would whip him.
As a Brit who has supported Hatton throughout his career the thing that struck me was how Hatton seemed a) a bit sluggish compared to normal b) seem to tire quicker than normal c) how his punches lacked effect. There are no excuses in this game, but that is how he looked compared to what I am used to seeing.
I was impressed by Collazo, he had fast hands and good movement. For what it is worth I had it for Hatton by 1 point - with a lot of close rounds. Hatton pressed forward, Collazo had cleaner punches - but I wouldn't argue the toss either way on the result and understand why others have it the other way. Given Hatton was the challenger away from home I was pleasantly surprised that he got the result on the scorecards in such a close fight.
A slick southpaw was a bad fight for Hatton to go for (remember Eamonn Magee dropping Hatton in the past??), I reckon his camp thought he would tear through Collazo, but his punches just didn't have the same effect as normal - he hardly got any of his usual body punches in and couldn't see Collazo's right hook all night, he is very lucky Collazo isn't a big puncher.
Hatton looked worried and was right to be, I think the truth is one of three options:
1) either Collazo is a lot better than I thought
2) or Hatton isn't right at welter yet and needs more time
3) or Hatton has some limitations against the very best at welter that will never be sorted with time
I'm glad he survived, he showed fantastic heart when things weren't going his way, but that fight ended up being a 50/50 toss of a coin, where the flash knockdown in the first came in very handy indeed.
Only Hatton knows the answers, he said he would give Collazo a rematch, but unless he can get much stronger at the weight and work out a way past Collazo's great defence then he should avoid that rematch like the plague.
Good to see a new addition of such quality to this site's roster of members. Welcome! Gave you good Ks.
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