Baldomir vs Hatton (poll)

[Zn1]

gatti hit him with great shots and gatti has better power than hatten IMO. I just don't see ricky beating a bigger stronger and better chined volume puncher. Ricky has more speed but baldy has better d and fights smarter not more skilled just smarter. Baldy by tko round 10 due to hatten cut and with baldy up on the cards by two at the stoppage. I will however be chearing for hatton the whole way.

yeah gatti defo hits harder than hatton which is why i dont expect
hatton to ko him, but to say baldy is smarter. i think not.
i think the only fight ive seen hatton in where he fought ****** was
collazo. similar to manny pacquiaos first performance against eric
morales. looked a little 1 dimensional but i expect him to follow pac
with a better performance next time out

[Zn1]

Baldomir
Pro:
- Strong chin
- Good couterpunching
- Natural WW
- Bigger in size
cons:
- Slow
- lack footwork
- Slow starter

Hatton:
Pro:
- Good body puncher
- good hooks
Cons:
- smaller in size


I voted for Baldomir to win by late KO. he got reach advatge over hatton and that is the way he is going take Hatton back. As well as his strong chin cant make Hatton hurt him or Ko him in the early round when he starts slow. Baldomir going to Ko Hatton in the later round when Hatton loses his energy and Baldomir going to counter Hatton as the same way he did to Gatti. If Hatton to win he need to concetrat on scoring the first couple of round instead of finding for a KO because if he does then Baldomir will catch him in the later round, Hatton gotta preseve his energy and try to win the first 4 rounds and three mid rounds to win, as a slugger you uses so much energy.

hatton isnt exactly known for tiring excessively late on.

[Zn1]

I go with Hatton to win a close decision either UD or SD. Hatton does have the ability to box like against Ben Tackie and definitely cannot KO Baldomir. Hatton also has a great body attack which is often overlooked. If you want to slow down or hurt Baldomir it has got to be to the body especially after hearing that his training habits leave something to be desired. On the other hand Baldomir showed great timing in his fight against Gatti and I think he will definitely land a lot of punches on Ricky as Ricky's defense is often absorbing shots. If Hatton can get inside and wrestle like he did against Collazo and Koz, he will be in a good position as Baldomir seems to need space to punch. One thing to consider though is that Hatton cuts easily and Baldomir opened up a cut on Gatti pretty quickly so this fight could be stopped due to a Hatton cut. Great action fight any way you look at it.

if you can box you can hit gatti...arturo throws bombs and leaves
himself open for any counter in the book. its a bad example really.

if you cant counter gatti your never gonna make it

[amagnin]

yeah gatti defo hits harder than hatton which is why i dont expect
hatton to ko him, but to say baldy is smarter. i think not.
i think the only fight ive seen hatton in where he fought ****** was
collazo. similar to manny pacquiaos first performance against eric
morales. looked a little 1 dimensional but i expect him to follow pac
with a better performance next time out

Gatti definiteley hits harder, but Hatton simply throws and lands more punches. I don't think Hatton could KO Baldomir but he might be able to wear him down with constant punishment... something Gatti couldn't do.

[Easy-E]

Gatti definiteley hits harder, but Hatton simply throws and lands more punches. I don't think Hatton could KO Baldomir but he might be able to wear him down with constant punishment... something Gatti couldn't do.

Baldy is ALOT bigger though.

[eazy_mas]

hatton isnt exactly known for tiring excessively late on.

I know Hatton got stamina but Baldomir got chin. Hatton need more energy if he try to KO Baldomir than if he normally fought.
Anyway all fighter get tiried sooner of later like Hopkins got good stamina but in 2nd Epoch fight it felt the he was very tired.

Another thing i forgot Hatton need to get inside if he want to get his punchs and i dont think it would be easy with Baldomir right hand timing and reach advantge

[Zn1]

Baldy is ALOT bigger though.

mmm is baldy and gatti from da weight above hatton ?

i get confused.
yeah the weight/size could be a big issue...but is baldy a better
boxier than collazo ? and is hatton as defenceless as gatti ?

[Zn1]

I know Hatton got stamina but Baldomir got chin. Hatton need more energy if he try to KO Baldomir than if he normally fought.
Anyway all fighter get tiried sooner of later like Hopkins got good stamina but in 2nd Epoch fight it felt the he was very tired.

Another thing i forgot Hatton need to get inside if he want to get his punchs and i dont think it would be easy with Baldomir right hand timing and reach advantge

that right hand timing is overated. he wasnt exactly on fire against
judah, just gatti. and no, i definately cant see a ko either way tho
a cuts stoppage for baldy, on hatton is always a possibility

[amagnin]

Baldy is ALOT bigger though.

No doubt but Hatton will be the quicker fighter. And unlike most "big" men, Baldomir is not a big puncher, he can just take a big punch. I think Hatton's boxing skills are underrated. I would feel differently if Hatton was fighting Margarito as I think he would be KO'd because he leaves himself available to be hit and can be hurt by big punchers (or even average punchers at welter like Collazo).

[Zn1]

makes me think hatton should avoid the higher division.
theres no cowardice in fighting at your best weight.
it aint like hes doing a hopkins, fighting 2 weights lower to dominate