admit it....who was fooled by Hatton's boxing career?

Irn-Bru made in Scotland from girders.

 

I've gone over this ad nauseum but Maussa, Urango and Paulie were all belts holders. Not top A grade fighters but good defences for a champion to have made.

Hattons time at 140 was a solid enough reign against decent enough opponents and will be seen as such when the boxing history books are written by people who know the sport and can see the big picture with regards what constitutes a good, but not great, champion.

 

I agree with what you say - he was a good champ, not great - but you brought up his reign as lineal 140 champ as if it was exceptional, which I don't believe it was due to his opposition.

I don't believe he will go down as an ATG at 140.

 

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I don't want to get into nitpicking but what in my post made you think I regarded him winning the lineal title as exceptional? All I said was that he'd won the title, defended it 5 times over 4 years and thats a very good career IMHO.

(No arguement about him being a ATG at 140)

 

Just your refernece to him holding the lineal title at 140, that's all.

Let's not nitpick, I juist responded to your post because that's the way I saw it.

 

Fine mate, but how can you say not to nickpick when I said not to nickpick first? Your nickpicking of of my post asking not to nickpick is just plain nitpicking.

 

is he a Pakistani?

 

Stop it, before we progress to hairsplitting :good

 

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Being an 'ATG' at 140 is not an amazing achievement anyway if you take a look back through its history.

It's borderline as to whether Hatton is a great 140lb'er.

 

Thats true, its historically a poor division where a lot of the great fighters either only fought there for a short time or just skipped completely.

Hattons had a decent reign but he's second tier behind the very best of that division like Zoo and Pryor.

 

He's not. End of story thread closed.

 

Thats a ridiculous post, i love the guys on here who sit at a computer and rip people apart having never boxed at any serious level and not knowing the physical and psychological strength you have to have to be a top fighter ..
Forum posters can rip apart and often do any fighters career from the safety of they're computer..

Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe were both terrific fighters with question marks over they're ability to fight 'Top Line' richly talented fighters .. Hatton was beaten by 2 modern day legends .. Calzaghe never fought any top fighter at the peak of they're powers, Calzaghe never had to fight the equivalent of Floyd or Pac . They were both very good fighters who have given great nights entertainment and for a nobody like you to come on here and post that Ricky Hatton is a manufactured bum is a disgrace from a so called boxing fan, Hatton isnt the bum, the only bum around here is you, hiding behind your computer screen !!

 

Do the maths.