Baldomir vs Hatton (poll)

[Left2body]

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

Can you please elaborate on this?

[Zn1]

well he started at light heavyweight. lost.
dropped 2 divisions to dominate for more than ten yrs, with a single
loss to middleweight king, roy jones jr. then to finish his career he
dominates the guy rated as the best light heavyweight in the world.

if he can dominate tarver in such a fashion wtf was he doing at
middleweight.he didnt even take fights at super middleweight, instead
opting to fight middleweights, light middleweights, welterweights and
anybody else willing to step up. hes a great but could of been greater

[AintGottaClue]

wonder how baldy got his nickname tata

[Jabz]

I like Carlos.

[Zn1]

I like Carlos. i wonder if hes got a boyfriend !!!!!

[charlie31]

well it doesnt look like gatti - hatton is gonna happen.
cotto is tying himself up with other opponents too.

so its likely that hatton will forget his fight with oktay urkal
for a clash with the champ, baldomir. so who is your pick guys ?

i think it will go the distance for starters, just cant see hatton
landing harder shots than gatti did, even if he lands more shots.
i also dont think baldomir is good enough to outwork/outbox hatton
although id expect him to make it a very gruelling affair. hatton md

Tuff fight. the bigger stronger fighter Baldi wins this by late TKO or some kind of desicion. BUT if they fight in England who knows.....

sucka's

[charlie31]

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

good point. but Callozo may switch it up to....

but who knows...

[Left2body]

well he started at light heavyweight. lost.
dropped 2 divisions to dominate for more than ten yrs, with a single
loss to middleweight king, roy jones jr. then to finish his career he
dominates the guy rated as the best light heavyweight in the world.

if he can dominate tarver in such a fashion wtf was he doing at
middleweight.he didnt even take fights at super middleweight, instead
opting to fight middleweights, light middleweights, welterweights and
anybody else willing to step up. hes a great but could of been greater

I never see it as a fighter who is fighting at a weight class too small. Its whatever weight you can make in my book. I think the only legitamte reason to critize a fighter for not going up in weight is if there are really big fights up the immediate weight above.

I would like to see Hatton at 147lbs not because its his so called "Natural weight" but because as a fan I believe there are more interesting possible matchups in that weight.

Once again, I'm very subjective on the weight issues due to my heavy wrestling background. I never felt pity for an opponent who was weaker or who I knew weren't in the correct weight class. My mentality was they just didn't have my determination.

You should'nt criticize Hopkins because he was dedicated all these years and worked out religiously in order to stay at middleweight.

[Zn1]

I never see it as a fighter who is fighting at a weight class too small. Its whatever weight you can make in my book. I think the only legitamte reason to critize a fighter for not going up in weight is if there are really big fights up the immediate weight above.

I would like to see Hatton at 147lbs not because its his so called "Natural weight" but because as a fan I believe there are more interesting possible matchups in that weight.

Once again, I'm very subjective on the weight issues due to my heavy wrestling background. I never felt pity for an opponent who was weaker or who I knew weren't in the correct weight class. My mentality was they just didn't have my determination.

You should'nt criticize Hopkins because he was dedicated all these years and worked out religiously in order to stay at middleweight.

its true he kept in amazing condition to make the weight.
and i definately dont want to diminish his achievements as hes still
set a top standard, albeit against arguably naturally smaller fighters

[Zn1]

well the votes all even at 27-27