No matter who wins, will Pac-Hatton be one of the top 3 wins of the decade?

I hope so, but I have a feeling Hatton won't get his due for winning at all.

 

If pacman wins he will be consider an atg...

 

The winner will have to be very impressive in victory to be considered. No controversies or ugly, sloppy performances. Even then, top 3? I don't know about that.

Barrera was a top 3 ranked p4p fighter, a better fighter than Hatton was, and Pacquiao simply annihilated him. It'll be tough to match that.

Then you've got other fights in which top 5 ranked p4p fighters were dominated, like Hopkins-Trinidad, Mayweather-Corrales, and Forrest-Mosley 1.

And Mosley-De La Hoya 1 was a brilliant performance in a competitive fight. Mosley being in his 3rd fight @ 147 versus DLH being in his 10th or so.

 

hmm says.. I think he's already accomplished that. Also, I think this fight would be huge given the fact that Hatton has ruled the JrWW division for quite some time. Big fight but top 3 wins of the decade, I dunno.

What are the top 3 right now?
It's all subjective and opinion..

 

1.mayweather
2.Marquez
3.pacman

 

I misunderstood your thread I thought you meant top three of the decade...

 

But I would pick marquez pacman 1
Margarito vs cotto
Marquez vs vasquez 2

 

I agree. If Hatton wins, I don't see why he should be given much credit mainly due to Pac being a natural 130lbs fighting at 140 LWW for the first time in his career.

Why should any fighter's victory can be regarded as a top 3 of the decade, when they just beatened a smaller man who has never fought in his division.

If pacman wins i would class it as one of the biggest victories of the decade, but if Hatton wins? Nah. I like both fighters and i see Hatton as the favourite, but i want the Pacman to win.

 

He will get his due if he wins, Pac is the favorite going in to this one so far and if he shocks the world then he will get a lot of credit for it.

 

I wouldn't say its that cut and dry, a lot would depend on the fashion of the victory and what each fighter did after it.

Disputable issues:

For a Pac win, the fact that Hatton's resume is questionable and he has never really beaten an A level fighter let alone anyone resembling a prime HoFer. Obviously the biggest part of a Pac win is the weight factor, if someone simply beat Ricky Hatton it probably wouldn't make the top 20 wins of the decade, let alone top 3.

For a Hatton win, the fact that he had previously never beaten any top notch fighters would bring into question Pac's ability above 135. Hatton's dominant loss to Floyd Mayweather (above both their natural weights) brings into question his ability against an A level fighter who is comfortable around 140/147. If Hatton won and Pac went on to beat a quality fighter at 140 like Bradley, he would clearly be comfortable at that weight and the Hatton win would hold a lot of merit, though probably not be top 3.