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

I think Hatton would have taken advantage of Cotto's stamina problems....

Obviously now his chin is questionable (to say the least) and his stamina has slipped also.

 

Miguel would knock the **** out of him.

 

'Peak'? You talk like Cotto is 10 years retired. IMO, had he not been so worried about the cut last night, he would have TKO'd Clottey. He had him on the ropes so often only to stand off and start dabbing him eye. Cotto is still a massive force to be reckoned with.

 

Cotto is on the slide......but Rickys finished I think.

Clottey threw the fight away, Cotto's face was battered, broken nose black eyes.

Why Clottey stopped punching bemuses me.

 

Not a chance -- :!:

 

well said - Cotto was doing an Erik Morales last night - attacking as a means of defence. Getting out of that nightmare was Cotto's priority - with no cut Round 6 would have occurred with frequency.

 

cotto is too big at welter

hattons feet are too slow at welter.

thus he gets gets picked off by the bigger and classier fighter!

 

"Questionable chin"?? - as far as I know only Margarito has dropped him (with illegal handwraps) and only after 11 rounds of Cotto slugging at his chin.

What are these stamina problems as well? He's gone over ten rounds with Margarito, Clottey and Mosley in his last five fights, and probably would have done with the others if he hadn't KOd them. I've never known a boxer aged 28 lose their stamina - he's in his prime.

Do you really think Cotto's performance in the last three rounds was because he had nothing left in the tank? Or because he had a cut gushing blood in his leading eye, making him switch to southpaw every time it was burst open, making him stop attacking to wipe the blood away etc. - against a puncher ready to drop him in one!! Cotto's priority was to take the rounds and get out with the win, not to expose himself going for a KO, against one of the most durable chins in boxing, when he had blood dripping through his eyes!!

 

As a Hatton fan id hate to see that fight especially at 147, he would get hurt

 

I thought Cottos chin was fantastic last night????

 

The Ricky Hatton who beat Cost Ya Shoe could beat him in a fight for the ages

The Ricky Hatton of today would get stopped inside 2

 

Cotto smashes him, it might have been a closer fight a few years back, but Cotto wins everytime. He's just a better boxer.

 

What amuses me is no-one else seems to have seen it. Cotto was controlling that fight- he CHOSE to box so it became close. Had he chosen to unload mid-fight, which IMO he would have had he not been cut, TKO in no time as far as I'm concerned. Cotto's a far better boxer than he's given credit for- people just seem to see him as a brawler. Props to Clottey though- a lot of fighters would have waited for the ref to step in.

 

Gotta agree Cotto is a superb boxer, love watching him

 

hatton would beat a dehydrated cotto at 140 but never a fresh 1