Could Hatton even beat Tim Bradley?

[quote="TKO";3250810]atschatschatschatsch He's quite happy facing four top 10 p4p fighters including two fighters ranked #1 but hasn't got the balls to face an unproven 20 fight novice? Go to bed, it's past your time![/quote]


Risk vs. Reward TKO. Hatton will gladly fight Mayweather and get his ass kicked just as long as he's getting enough money. When they were both at 140 and Mayweather was the top challenger, Ricky wouldn't fight him. The reason why he wouldn't was simple, Mayweather wasn't a big enough draw. He wasn't going to take on that sort of risk without getting a shitload of money. I'm sure if Bradley was a big draw, Hatton would fight him. As of now, Bradley presents too much risk for not enough reward.

 

Fair point, to some extent, but then this is what all fighters (or their management) do to some extent. Weigh up the risk they incur in taking a particular fight against the rewards (both financial and in terms of career status). No team is going to take a fight against an unknown who is a big threat to beat their man but will do nothing in terms of career progression and won't earn them any money (n.b. I'm not necessarily talking about Bradley here just as a general example). How that justifies some armchair commentator accusing a guy who has been in with the fighters I mentioned of having no bollocks I don't know, which was my original point.

 

I'd like to see Bradley vs Holt.

 

Could he beat Bradley? Certainly he could. Bradley is underrated here but so is Hatton. Bradley is also still a tad untested when it comes to facing a torrerntial body puncher like Hatton. I'd favor Hatton now mainly because the ceiling hasn't been discovered yet for Bradley.

I'd like to see Holt vs Hatton more to be honest. Holt has more KO pop than Bradley and a weaker chin...making for an interesting night of affairs.

 

[quote="TKO";3250920]Fair point, to some extent, but then this is what all fighters (or their management) do to some extent. Weigh up the risk they incur in taking a particular fight against the rewards (both financial and in terms of career status). No team is going to take a fight against an unknown who is a big threat to beat their man but will do nothing in terms of career progression and won't earn them any money (n.b. I'm not necessarily talking about Bradley here just as a general example). How that justifies some armchair commentator accusing a guy who has been in with the fighters I mentioned of having no bollocks I don't know, which was my original point.[/quote]

Going oustide of the norm takes balls. It doesn't take much guts for Ricky to do what he's doing. For the type of money he's getting I would fight Mayweather, Pac, or anyone else he's fought/scheduled to fight and I'm not a pro fighter. I'm not saying Ricky doesn't have balls. However, fighting Mayweather for 8 figures doesn't really prove that he does.

 

Yup, Bradley is VERY untested at the moment.

 

So basically, your beef with Hatton (as it seems with most of the haters on here) is that he makes money for his fights?

 

what a load of **** hatton wouldnt allow some one like bradely bust him up no chance ricky would bully him and win easily the only one who can beat hatton @140 is pac and thats to be seen

 

If he beats Holt well then its another feather in his cap and further proof he belongs at this level. Until then beating Witter and Chery isn't anywhere near enough "form" to make me think he'd beat Hatton, certainly not "destroy" him.

 

[quote="TKO";3251450]So basically, your beef with Hatton (as it seems with most of the haters on here) is that he makes money for his fights?[/quote]


I wasn't the one complaining about Hatton. I was simply providing a viable explanation of why the other poster claims Hatton doesn't have any guts. Personally, I don't really care who he fights. He's a big name in this sport, and at this point it's about the money for him. That's perfectly fine, but that's reality. Hatton is not going to take on any risky fights(no matter how deserving the opponent) unless he's going to get top dollar.

 

Hatton would beat Bradley, and fairly easily. Crap fight, IMO.

 

I highly disagree. Bradley is strong, has fast hands, is a damn good counterpuncher, has a good defense, and a good chin. Hatton really hasn't fought anyone like that besides Mayweather(Bradley is no Mayweather, I'm just making a general comparison of their skillsets). Bradley has what it takes to give Hatton a tough fight and has a legit shot at winning. Many of Hatton's opponents have been seriously flawed and tailor made for Hatton. That wouldn't be the case with Bradley.

 

I think Bradley is the future of 140. He would give Hatton hell with his style quick hands decent power, strong, good counter-puncher, good chin and good stamina.

 

Well logically, if you take on the biggest challenges, you're going to get the best money for it. I don't see a problem with that. I don't see any basis for the claim that Hatton's not going to take any risky fights unless he gets top money for it? He fought Malignaggi who a good percentage picked to beat him which wasn't megafight money, fought Collazo at welter at short notice for (by his standards) not great money.

Whatever you get paid the bottom line is that you're still stepping into that ring with a guy who wants to take your head off, which takes big gonads. Why people seem to want to begrudge a fighter getting well paid for it is beyond me!

Anyway off now, out!