Comments Thread For: Hall of Fame: Rafael Marquez, Yes; Ricky Hatton, No

[FeFist]

Meldrick Taylor was an amazing talent. I sometimes wonder if JCC had plaster in his wraps. The amount of damage he inflicted is unreal. Reminds me of Cotto vs Margacheato but worse.

My old man says the same thing. Calling a spade a spade, we know that Chavez didn't pass on intergrity to his children.

[NachoMan]

So when cotto stepped up and got whooped by mayweathwr pacquiao canelo trout and margarito this site was making him out to be some sort of legend when he retired 'he only lost to the best' but when Hatton lost to pacquiao and mayweather 'no hall of famer, he lost when he stepped up' I'm sick of the racism towards European fighters on here who seem to have to do twice as much as everyone else. If u don't want Hatton in there fine, but don't put cotto in there

Cotto > Hatton, c'mon.

[NachoMan]

Say what you want about Sven Ottke but don't use the excuse that he only fought in Germany....otherwise we will exclude Andre Ward for only fighting in the U.S. This is the boxing hall of fame...not the U.S. boxers hall of fame. Sven may have gotten some favourable decisions...but plenty of other boxers have done so also. None of his decisions were wide enough to shout obscene robbery ala a Canelo/Mayweather score or CJ Ross scorecard. Given that he didn't have any real type of power...he survived a long time. Champions say they wouldn't go to Germany for fear of being robbed...but if they genuinely believed he was an easy outing they would have gone. Truth is he was never an easy outing. Lack of highlights aside...he was a great boxer who had an unblemished record.

Um, not sure if you were aware, but the U.S. is the home of boxing; always has been. If you're going to fight your entire career somewhere and be a credible star you fight in the U.S., not Germany. That's not being biased or ethnocentric in any way. It's just a fact.

[Boksfan]

Um, not sure if you were aware, but the U.S. is the home of boxing; always has been. If you're going to fight your entire career somewhere and be a credible star you fight in the U.S., not Germany. That's not being biased or ethnocentric in any way. It's just a fact.

No, it's actually racist.

[cameltoe]

So when cotto stepped up and got whooped by mayweathwr pacquiao canelo trout and margarito this site was making him out to be some sort of legend when he retired 'he only lost to the best' but when Hatton lost to pacquiao and mayweather 'no hall of famer, he lost when he stepped up' I'm sick of the racism towards European fighters on here who seem to have to do twice as much as everyone else. If u don't want Hatton in there fine, but don't put cotto in there

Very true. Plus Hatton stepped up in weight for Mayweather. He was never 147lb’er.

I would have liked to have seen Cotto vs Hatton. That would have been a right tear-up at 140.

[cameltoe]

Hahahahaha

Ottke but not Marquez and Vargas two guys that clearly have better resumes and fights compared to Ottke who no one outside the uk has ever heard of lol

Ottke is German.

If you’re gonna try and p1ss on European fighters at least get it right .

[NachoMan]

No, it's actually racist.

Oh, geez, racist?

[Pigeons]

I hope Chicanito gets the call this year.

[cameltoe]

Cotto > Hatton, c'mon.

Says who? Prior to Mayweather, which destroyed Hatton mentally as a fighter, I’d have said a 140lb fight would have been a good tear up circa 2006.

[Madison Boxing]

Ottke is German.

If you’re gonna try and p1ss on European fighters at least get it right .