How good was Ricky Hatton?

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  1. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Very popular we know , but skill wise ??

    Was he really world class or did he just beat B level or old fighters?
     
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  2. Super Hans

    Super Hans The Super One™ banned

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    If Mayweather or Pacquiao wasn't on PEDs he would have been P4P number 1.

    Maybe even if he had fought Mayweather 1 on 1, not a handicap match v Mayweather and Cortez, although Calzaghe did manage to overcome Hopkins and Cortez 2 on 1.
     
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  3. Work the body

    Work the body Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was underrated IMO.
     
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  4. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    World level just but was not A level. - THIS
     
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  5. TerryESB

    TerryESB The Final Boss Full Member

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    Only 2 fighters could beat Hatton and both was using performance enhancing drugs to be honest
     
    TerryESB, Oct 23, 2015
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  6. Scorpion

    Scorpion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    B+ or A- kinda fighter, good enough to beat the good to very good fighters but could only put up a valiant effort against the A level and elites.
     
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  7. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    thing is, if hatton had fought 43 year old Floyd and 40 year old many, he might well have scrayped wins over them and remained undefeated in the same way his fellow brit calzaghe did.
     
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  8. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Nah, May still beats him even if May was 40. He's just better than Hatton was, ever.
     
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  9. Rdc4444

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    Lol ...popular in England... He was a nobody in USA ...
     
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  10. TPB90

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    Cult hero but not truly world class.
     
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  11. cslb

    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    There was only one.
     
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  12. Rdc4444

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    The fight against paquiao was not a valiant effort.. It was a beat down...
     
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  13. Bensub

    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nobody in the USA....that didn't matter when he brought his own army who took over the states every time he fought.
     
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  14. Bensub

    Bensub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was finished before the PAC fight he got badly knocked out in sparring. 2 weeks before by a featherweight.
     
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    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Because Floyd took his fighter spirit.
     
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