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

the hatton who beat zoo would of been a completely differant ball game,in my eyes he would of beat cotto, but not in a million years would hatton beat cotto now,
and i don't rate cotto as a elite boxer,even before margo out gunned him,world class but not elite

 

Coem on. Cotto would beat the **** out of Hatton.

 

I just can't understand how anyone could think that any version of Hatton could beat Cotto. It would be a brutal, bloody beatdown ending with Ricky flat on his back.

 

Any version of Hatton matches up badly with Cotto .. Cotto is a just a far better, more polished version of Hatton. Both these guys wouldnt have a hope in hell of matching up with a boxer like Mayweather.
Mayweather v Cotto would be like Whitaker v Chavez .... A beautiful boxer with all the shots in the book who is very difficult to hit against a methodical come-forward fighter, who does what he does without coming up with any surprises.
Of course, Chavez has a far better punch resistance than Cotto who can be rocked and discouraged far easier than Chavez but i see similarities in style with Cotto and Chavez and even Cotto and Hagler .... Cotto v Mayweather would be competitive as would Hatton v Cotto but theres no way Hatton beats Cotto and there aint no way Cotto beats Mayweather ....

 

Cotto would destroy Hatton, it would be like Hatton-Pac all over again.

 

Should have gone to specsavers :deal

 

At 140, around 2005/2006 Hatton, anytime at 147 Cotto, Catchweight ??? Id have to see whats Hattons capable of now before passing further judgement, one thing I will say is Hattons only ever rally struggled with handspeed and southpaws, Cotto is neither ( I know hes left handed but he doesnt fight from a southpaw stance)

 

just a opinion mate:good:good

i don't understand the hype around cotto,he is v good at what he dus,but so WAS hatton,styles make fights,in hattons hayday,he was pretty good at what he did as well,especially stand in front of you fighters like cotto,would of been a great scrap:bbb

 

I hope Hatton retires. He's done all he can do imo.

 

cotto would iron out hatton....it would be a massacre.

 

Cotto would eat Hatton. Lets get real guys. Cotto aint getting enough credit man.

 

It might have been a good fight depending on how long Hatton could keep his head above water. Ricky on his best day might have meant a nice clash of styles. But Cotto would have ripped him to shreds. Hatton has no answer to the kind of accuracy that Cotto brings - that would be the key. Hatton wouldn't walk through Cotto's punches to get inside, and even if he did manage to get inside Cotto would out muscle him. For me, Cotto is quicker, stronger and more accurate. He is a cut above Hatton in every way imaginable. Hatton-Cotto wouldn't be too disimilar to Cotto-Gomez.

 

not a fight i ever want to see to be honest , hatton has given his all during hais career and i have enjoyed my trips to vegas to support hyim but without going overboard i'd fear for ricky's safety big time in this one...

it's time to hang em up b4 he gets hurt , it's not a blemish on ricky he's just taken
too much punishment over his career , he was rocked so badly from the first punch against manny .

 

there a different class its not even debatable, cottos record speaks for itself its mindless jargan to think hatton would have a chance against him, with a none english ref do u honestly reckon hatton would get away with the bear hugs and rabbit punches, cotto would brutalise him in 7 rounds even the weight drained cotto has a good shot so long as its a neutral ref not a hometown 1

 

At 140 he has a chance, at 147 cotto destroys him (the weight is a massive factor in any fight for cotto).