Hatton - Collazo... a show of hands

[Guest]

This still gets brought up in nearly every Hatton threads, so let's have a show of hands to see who thinks who won.

I have to admit, when I first saw the fight, I thought Hatton got a gift.

So I watched it again and paid closer attention to my scorepad. Now, as well as Collazo did from the southpaw stance (and he DID do well) he didn't, ISTR, even start getting involved in the fight until the fifth round. So the fight's entering the fifth, and he's already five points down with the first round KD. All Hatton has to do from rounds 5-12 is stay on his feet and win just TWO more rounds and he wins the fight, 114-113. Unless you disagree with Hatton winning the first four, that's simple mathematics. It was close, maybe he was lucky not to have KD called (though he didn't directly go down from a punch, so...) but he won the fight, fair and square.

But what say you?

[Shanus]

I scored it 115-113 for Hatton if I remember correctly.

[Toddy]

but some peoples judgement will be affected by their hate for hatton i scored it 1 point more for hatton because of the knockdown or a draw

[Smashing]

ive watched the whole fight three times..and every time i see it, im convinced that hatton won it...whoever says Colloza won is either a hater or blind.

[Oasis_Lad]

ive watched the whole fight three times..and every time i see it, im convinced that hatton won it...whoever says Colloza won is either a hater or blind.

correct
most of the people saying hatton got a gift have been hating on him for years

[Shanus]

That's true, nearly every hatton hater scored it for collazo.

[Oasis_Lad]

That's true, nearly every hatton hater scored it for collazo.

just goes to show how hatred can blind you

[GEOFFHAYES]

Hatton won because he was the one always pressing the fight. I find it incredible that he was able to grind out the victory in that kind of condition - he could barely move.

[Oasis_Lad]

Hatton won because he was the one always pressing the fight. I find it incredible that he was able to grind out the victory in that kind of condition - he could barely move.

agreed he looked a shadow of what he could be
and still won

he was as slow as a sloth that night and had barely any power
i honestly did'nt think going up in weight would have had that much of an effect on him

[GunStar]

I had it for Collazo 115-113. What really surprised me in this fight was Collazo almost stopping Hatton in the last round.