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

He was also rocked badly be Magee and Phillips earlier in his career, this has nothing to do with Hatton being shot and everything to do with him having a weak chin and never up to fighting elite class. Cotto is that, and Hatton would get smashed up and banjoed again.

 

I don't think Hatton could beat Cotto.

 

The Tyszu that Hatton beat at 140 wasn’t especially fleet of foot or fast hand. Cott has always been quick and ANY version of Cotto would beat Hatton.

People have turned the Tyszu version of Hatton into some mythical monster when he had the same flaws and a sympathetic ref to clear the distance.

 

i would pick cotto by decision, but this fight is a lot closer then some people think....

I think hatton has more in the tank then what people are giving him credit for.....and quite the opposite with cotto, margarito pratically looked like he took cotto's soul....after seeing the version of cotto against clottey, i think cotto has a lot less then what people think.....

and cotto looks like **** everytime he gets walked down, whether that be against the feather-fisted clottey, or brick hands margarito.....

i think hatton is still stronger then cotto, and could walk him down and have his moments, going to work on cotto's body against the ropes....

but cotto outoboxes him at 147, 116-112.....

hatton has more then what you think, and cotto has less then what you think....thats my opinion of course

 

A lot of people being blinded by their nationality here.

Cotto is a far superior boxer to hatton. Stronger, Quicker, and a solid chin at 147.

Cotto's jabs would blunt hatton by 3 rounds, he would be cut to shreds.

At 147 it's not even a contest, at 140 closer but there's only 1 winner.



People seem to say Cotto is on a downwards slide?

He just beat the most avoided Welterweight contender with a huge cut from round 3 which affected his vision, strategy and concentration. Massive win and massive evidence that he has it all.
No one's invincible. People expect perfection for some reason??

 

cottos record speaks for its self,lets just have a quick look.

he beat mosley,who went on to get outboxed by a very limited mayargo,then caught him with a cracking shot,fair enough,who then went on to absulutly twating margo,who margo, the fight before stopped a wornout cotto.don't giv me bollocks about hand wraps pls.atsch

he beat judah,oh well done,the mans a *****.
he struggled with a poor malliagi,and if clottey took up the aggressive boxer the other night he would of beat cotto:hey.you can pull anyones record

oh and this holding lark with hatton,i saw cotto holding on to margo for his life,**** me there was even holding when he fought jennings,stop this bollocks will you all.

i said the hatton who fought zoo would very possibly beat him,he walked through zoo,who could punch like a mule,harder than cotto,**** the ref helping him thats just a haters fantasy,and zoo was a much better,more accomplished boxer than cotto.

and of-cause people are going to bring the zooo fight up as a referance,that was one of hattons best displays,(just like ali/foreman,honeygan/curry,holyfeild tyson,need i go on)people who see it as a dirty cheating fight,need to get them hating glass's off,and giv hatton the respect he deserves,**** me hattons not even in my top 5 fave british fighters,i just sick of the haters,dissing,(can i say dissing,being a white english man:huh,)hatton:good

 

Ha Ha well done Widdy, I think the mosely victory was a good one though, however I think Mosley would probably beat him in a rematch if he has a tune up first. Dont like the lay off he's having now. When he struggled against Mayorga I put this down to the fact he had nearly 11 months off. He had less then 4 months off before Margarito and looked far sharper !

 

what a huge pile of crap, Cotto's resume is one of the strongest in world boxing - you could even say it is stronger than Calzaghe's IMHO.

Except Cotto has never ducked anyone - it could be his achilles heel with the Margarito loss and taking on Pacquiao below his fighting weight. He didn't get outboxed by Margarito in any case - he landed powerpunch after haymaker on Margarito and the psycho didn't flinch. By the end of it Cotto was drained and ready to be KOd - hardly Margarito 'outboxing' him - he just has a block of wood for a head instead of having to do the roperdope. And a lot of the damage Cotto inflicted on Margarito that night took its toll in the Mosley fight IMHO.

When you factor in the huge possibility that Margarito stiffened his hand wraps, his record is even more impressive. When Hopkins owned Pavlik, everyone came out and gave Calzaghe uber credit for beating the 42 yr old jailbird - what about Cotto beating Mosley who OWNED Margarito - even with bricks in his gloves??

And now Cotto just outboxed Clottey with a three inch gash on his head and pouring blood into his eyes.

Cotto does not have a flawed resume - he has fought everyone in their prime and hasn't ducked anyone...and has only lost one (a dubious one at that) along the way - that takes some doing with the fighters he's taken on.

 

Dick Turpin what are you on about pal, anyones resume is stronger than Calzaghes

 

And Mosley never beat Margarito with 'Bricks in his gloves' - they were taken out BEFORE the fight.

 

Reading this made my blood boil. From what i can gather:

1.You don't rate Cotto's win over Mosley because in Mosley's next fight he stepped up in weight and struggled to adjust to Mayorga's awkward style before eventually working it out and KOing him?

2. The belief that Marg used dodgy handwraps against Cotto is bollocks? Even though Cotto was considered a much harder fight than Mosley and his face marked up like never before.

3. You don't believe Hatton is one of the worst for holding in boxing? How you can't see his hit and hold style is beyond me, it's a shockingly ugly style.

4. Cotto is a persistant holder? WTF? One of Cotto's main probelms when Marg started to gain the upper hand was that he refused to clinch.

5. The ref never helped Hatton in the Tszyu fight? I honestly think if it hadn't been a British ref Hatton would never have gotten away with his constant holding and hitting round the back of the head.

 

i'm pretty shocked by what im reading to be honest, the amount of people actually believing that Hatton could have given Cotto huge problems, then, now, ever is way beyond me and i just dont see it. I'm a Ricky Hatton fan myself, much more than i have supported Cotto anyway, but facts are facts Cotto is a supremly better boxer, he'd box Hattons face off, Ricky only knows how to defend punches against world class boxers with his face, this fight would be no different to the floyd or pac fights, probably brutal KO inside 5 for me

 

i would pick cotto but i think the perceptions people have of hatton and cotto at this stage are totally wrong....

hatton has more left then what you guys think, he got caught by a good punch from manny thats all....

cotto on the other hand, looks like antonio margarito has his soul in a jar in mexico somewhere......cotto has a lot less then what were being lead to believe....

i still pick cotto over hatton but only 116-112

 

which 'good punch' from manny are we talking about as he got rocked far to many times to put that loss down to one punch pal.

 

manny was clearly better from top to bottom....has ricky declined? yes..is he shot? i dont think so....

Is cotto the same guy that mosley and margo fought the first half of that fight? No....thats all i'm saying, bro