If Hatton is not 'shot' could he beat Cotto?

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  1. colinthfc

    colinthfc Guest

    I assume he will come back. If he sorts out his trainer and looks good in a 10 rounder a Cotto fight could be massive at the Garden
     
  2. margo82

    margo82 Active Member Full Member

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    Hatton's style is all wrong for Cotto.

    But I don't think Hatton can take what comes back.
     
  3. jimcox88

    jimcox88 Active Member Full Member

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    hatton would get really hurt if this fight ever happened
     
  4. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I think Hatton has (had??) the style to beat Cotto at 140 but I don't think he has enough left or that that style would be as effective against Cotto at 147 in any case.
     
  5. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Hatton has the perfect style to beat Cotto regardless of the weight, but not enough in the tank.
     
  6. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think at 140 Hatton could have taken out Cotto as easy as he took out Castillo.... at 147 I think he would struggle in the trenches.... I think that Cotto would see the only way of taking Hatton would be to drag him into deep water.... I still think that this fight can be made too..... altho Cotto is well and truly in the mix with Pac Man, PBF and Sugar Shane.... Hatton will not be on his radar unless the wheels come off, to much money elsewhere for him right now IMO :yep
     
  7. Losfer_Words

    Losfer_Words Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    IMO, no. Hatton's lost his punch resistance and Cotto would have him for lunch- and let's be honest, after the last loss do you think Hatton's gonna want to jump in the ring with someone like Cotto? Should he win back the WBC strap, I think Witter is the only fight out there for Hatton. Hatton could finally settle the score and, should he win, it would be a perfect way to bow out- shutting up the dude who pisses you off the most in a domestic bonanza.
     
  8. jimcox88

    jimcox88 Active Member Full Member

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    that castillo he took out didnt even want to be there and was well past it, how you think hatton could beat cotto as easily is beyond me
     
  9. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hatton couldn't take the puches Clottey did last night, so no.

    A few years back, at 140, different story possibly; but we'll never know.
     
  10. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    at 140, when cotto was struggling to make the weight and his chin looked

    considerably more shaky than at 147 imo, ricky might have been able to pressure him

    to defeat. at 147, with a strong cotto his firepower is just too much for hatton to handle.

    floyd pinged ricky with shots and buzzed him, cotto would slam left hooks and straights

    right at him and we saw what happend with those against floyd and the pacman
     
  11. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    With them Breakfast finders....I thought that Castillo went to the trenches in the Corrales fight and was never the same again.... It is just my opinion... look at some of the other fights where we have written people offf.. SSM is great example of this..... :yep

    On the subject of Witter v Hatton... I have said on these sites for years that Witter would beat him... he has the style to do it and always has done.....I would be suprised if Hatton would give him a payday tho....Hatton once agreed to fight him on Sky... but when the fight was there to be made it did not happen... More FW not wanting it IMO... :scaredas:

    But I think that Witter would beat Hatton...
     
  12. Ilesey

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    Hatton would get picked off and stopped in about 8 rounds.
     
  13. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    The Hatton that fought Tszyu would hammer Cotto, but the Cotto that fought Mosley or Judah would hammer Hatton.

    At their peaks I'd say they are evenly matched.
     
  14. thesham01

    thesham01 Undisputed Champion Full Member

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    not now, or ever to be honest!

    Cotto is bigger and stronger, and a better boxer..... always has been
     
  15. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Plenty of "better boxers" have been KO'd by Hatton. 2005/2006 and maybe 2007 I'd have taken Hatton but not now.