About Rick Hatton, you can all go **** yourselves..

[Easy-E]

Like Costa Zoo.


(Floyd... greatest Welter in the world when he was facing the elite Arturo Gatti )

Watch the Stewart fight and you see ultra-sharp hands and a bundle of snap. Watch the Oliveira fight and you see accurate output from all sides. Watch him out-box and knockout Freddie Pendleton in two rounds (who gave Whitaker a good workout). Watch him stop Tony Pep with body shots (who gave Mayweather a good workout). Watch him befuffle Ben Tackie with his jab and footwork (beat him in even more impressive fashion than Tszyu and Mitchell). Or better yet, go eat some ****..

That is what i was responding to Anorak.
Cong****, Ricky showed boxing skills against decent competition.
Im a Hatton fan, dont jump on me because your pissed about the ****man Fatton threads.

[Easy-E]

re pbf34:
i don't think you realize the level of the european amateur fighters.

I honestly couldnt give a **** how well Hatton boxed as an amatuer. Just because your a good amatuer doesnt mean your going to be a good pro.
Its two different worlds.

[Easy-E]

Oh and don't want any ****ers saying **** like 'oh, Magee dropped him and gave him a difficult fight so Mayweather will spank him'. Let me tell you, apart from being a southpaw, Eamonn Magee is a former TOP amateur who got a silver medal at the World Junior's in 1989 and avenged his defeat to Urkal in 1993 before quitting boxing for a few years. He only turned pro because he had no money, when he fought Hatton it was the first time he ever got himself into shape, he stopped smoking for the first time ever and knocked out Branco in sparring for Hatton. Magee had been robbed against Paul Burke with no training, and apart from that he'd only lost one early fight.

Magee was a genuine, world-class fighter who Hatton out-boxed. Remember, Hatton/Magee was a 50/50 pick 'em! Magee had showed flashes in his career of awesome handspeed here and there, and I've rarely seen anybody who could counter-punch off the ropes as well as him.

Going into the fight Magee was rated #3 by the WBC while Hatton was #4.

Its official.
Your completly and utterly insane.

[DUPLICITY]

The Hatton that fought Collazo would be easily beaten by Gatti.

But I've been following Hatton since January 1995 and I can tell you that he has a toolbox full right up. He can do it all! He can move his head on the way in and throw a little jab on the way out, he has a variety of feints and a variety of punches, he can give you angles, he can side-step, he can shift his position to open you up, he can jab your head off, he can break your hips, he can place his shots, he can lever his shots, he can show finesse or he can excite your pants off, he can move in and out range or he can pressure your ass off.
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Juicy... what does his spooge taste like?

[The Wire]

Hatton did not clinch and hold, and brawling is not the only way he knows how to fight. That is absolute bull****.

Hatton went to Bulgaria and OUT-BOXED their best guys in 1995, and he OUT-BOXED the top guys at the world championships in 1996, and he BOXED in his early pro fights, and he OUT-BOXED Eamonn Magee and Ben Tackie when a lot of people felt he would lose those fights (under-rated his BOXING ability).

Hatton never clinched anybody in his life until towards the end of the Tackie fight.

I totally agree with everyone you say Juy. People don't realise what Hatton can do because they have only watched him since the Tszyu fight. There was wrestling in that match but it was as much Kostya as it was Hatton. I was there! (that's got nothing to do with my post but it was one of the best night's of my life so I like to get it in lol) And there was a lot of punching too!!

The only thing I will say is that the fact that he has held in his last THREE fights, and given the worst performance of his life in his last fight IS worrying. Let's hope that against Urkal he can get back to the Hatton we all know and love. I think that what's happened is he used that style against Tszyu, and perhaps he thinks that if it can beat Tszyu is can beat anyone.

[Azteca]

I honestly couldnt give a **** how well Hatton boxed as an amatuer. Just because your a good amatuer doesnt mean your going to be a good pro.
Its two different worlds.

you are correct. it does disprove your theory that hatton 'cannot box'.

[Easy-E]

I totally agree with everyone you say Juy. People don't realise what Hatton can do because they have only watched him since the Tszyu fight. There was wrestling in that match but it was as much Kostya as it was Hatton. I was there! (that's got nothing to do with my post but it was one of the best night's of my life so I like to get it in lol) And there was a lot of punching too!!

The only thing I will say is that the fact that he has held in his last THREE fights, and given the worst performance of his life in his last fight IS worrying. Let's hope that against Urkal he can get back to the Hatton we all know and love. I think that what's happened is he used that style against Tszyu, and perhaps he thinks that if it can beat Tszyu is can beat anyone.

When Hatton beats Urktay decisively, I will laugh my ass off if we start seeing. "Hatton will destroy Gayweather" threads.

[JuicyJuice]

dont know who that is but newayz what weight did ricky fight at as a amatuer?

He fough at featherweight from 1990 to 1993, then light-welterweight from 1994 to 1997 other than moving up to welterweight once to face Brahmer because every light-welter in the world refused to fight Hatton!

Brahmer beat Hatton twice in 1996, knocked him out in one round first time they fought. He beat Sturm at 156 in 1997.

[JuicyJuice]

Who the **** said he was going to lose to Magee and Tackie?!??!?

Uhh, Everybody?? You must have a VERY short memory.

Most people felt Magee was going to beat Hatton because Magee was a crafty counter-puncher while it was perceived that Hatton was just a non-stop pressure fighter, but Hatton didn't just go steaming in that night (after the first couple of rounds atleast) which took everybody by suprise as he out-boxed Magee.

Gary Shaw told everybody who would listen that Tackie would eat for Hatton for breakfast! All the American's said that Hatton was just a face-first brawler and that Tackie would punish him bad, saying **** like nobody beats Tackie by going at him, ofcourse people totally under-estimated (or were not aware of) Hatton's BOXING ability - he completely baffled Tackie (and most people for that matter) with his 'in and out' tactics and skills - Tackie was expecting a toe-to-toe war. Calzaghe/Lacy reminds you of Hatton/Tackie so much..

[JuicyJuice]

Its official.
Your completly and utterly insane.

Magee proved against Hatton that he was certainly world-class, are you Crazy??