Is Ricky Hatton's win over Kostya Tszyu tainted?

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Instead Hatton stepped up a weight, fought Mayweather in the US and was jobbed by a corrupt referee.

If Hatton couldn't win without those dirty tactics, then he didn't deserve a win. Hatton could never beat a Mayweather or Pacquiao anyway. No matter which referee was used or where the fight was held. I respect the guy, but he should have stayed in England.

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and Ward pushes and headbutts...

Hatton was exceptional on the inside, his entire career was built on it. Ward is exceptional too.

All you're doing is parroting Floyd Mayweather's excuses for not travelling to the UK to fight Hatton.

Instead Hatton stepped up a weight, fought Mayweather in the US and was jobbed by a corrupt referee.

Bottom line is Mayweather never beat the man at 140, not Hatton, not Tszyu and he never beat the man at 147 either in Manny Pacquiao.



Don't be stupid.

A few things:

1. Hatton is indeed an exceptional inside fighter

2. KT was past it, had come back from long injury layoffs and struggled to make weight.

3. You are again being hypocritical and intellectually dishonest. In the same way you assert Cortez didn't allow Hatton enough rope to fight inside, similarly the UK ref in the KT fight allowed Hatton to wrestle and hug KT to death.

i will add one more,

4. When they did fight inside, Floyd got the best of Hatton anyway.

[PinoyNation]

That's a good point. You can't complain about the referee for one fight and then give a referee a complete pass for another fight.

You can't have it both ways.

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That's a good point. You can't complain about the referee for one fight and then give a referee a complete pass for another fight.

You can't have it both ways.

Dude, the guy is a hypocrite. Everyone is at times, but he's ridiculous.

[revs1227]

only on boxing scene where everyone is and was a hhatton hater !

good win over a hof tszyu

cortez did make the fight alot less exciting but u can tell floyd really work on his inside game for that one he was beating hatton at his own game

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only on boxing scene where everyone is and was a hhatton hater !

good win over a hof tszyu

cortez did make the fight alot less exciting but u can tell floyd really work on his inside game for that one he was beating hatton at his own game

Hatton is very underrated on here. It's a symptom of Pacturds and Flomos concurrently attempting to discredit both Floyd and Pac's wins over Hatton. Just think about how absurd that is for the moment.

[TonkaJones]

Because of all the holding and wrestling that the English ref allowed Hatton to do?

No. Tszyu quit on his stool and never complained and had all the respect in the world for Hatton after the fight. Think a lot of people are forgetting about infighting. If punches are being thrown then refs have no reason to intervene and its not fouling. loads of fighters do it, Tyson, Duran nun name 2


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[TonkaJones]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Weebler II

Instead Hatton stepped up a weight, fought Mayweather in the US and was jobbed by a corrupt referee.

If Hatton couldn't win without those dirty tactics, then he didn't deserve a win. Hatton could never beat a Mayweather or Pacquiao anyway. No matter which referee was used or where the fight was held. I respect the guy, but he should have stayed in England.

I think Cortez was too quick to break up the action and allowed next to no infighting but I do agree with you that Hatton would never have beaten Mayweather or Pac which is no disgrace as they will go down as 2 of the greatest fighters in history but that doesn't mean he should have stayed in England. Yeah he got KO'd in those fights but he earned the right to have ago and had some success in America like the Castillo and Malignagi fights


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[D-MiZe]

What a ridiculous thread.

Hatton's style might not be pretty but he's hardly got a big advantage with his wrestling tactics, if anything he smothers his own work. He wears opponents down with his relentless pressure and inside fighting, although he did neglect his movement later on in his career.

Hatton is probably the most underrated fighter in recent times, he was the man at 140 until he lost to the two best fighters, in any weight class, of this era. Not to mention he was small for a lightweight, let alone a light-welter - Welterweight? Let's not even go there...

He's a victim of poor management as he spent the best part of his days defending the WBU and once he reached the top he had neglected his subtle but very effective movements.

[Hitman Hodgson]

What a ridiculous thread.

Hatton's style might not be pretty but he's hardly got a big advantage with his wrestling tactics, if anything he smothers his own work. He wears opponents down with his relentless pressure and inside fighting, although he did neglect his movement later on in his career.

Hatton is probably the most underrated fighter in recent times, he was the man at 140 until he lost to the two best fighters, in any weight class, of this era. Not to mention he was small for a lightweight, let alone a light-welter - Welterweight? Let's not even go there...

He's a victim of poor management as he spent the best part of his days defending the WBU and once he reached the top he had neglected his subtle but very effective movements.

Sense. To quote Hatton:

"Boxing is not a tickling competition"

Hatton had great footwork and underrated speed, the fact that he t-rex arms was always going to be a big hinderence against the very best but, he can be proud of his achievements.