Well he beat a shot Zoo and a shot Castillo is that enough to qualify him? He lost easy to Mayweather and and destroyed by a much smaller fighter.
Tszyu was the P4P #3 at the time, and had just destroyed Shambra Mitchell inside 3 rounds. He wasn't shot, the suggestion he was is a laughable one.
I think there issue here is that certain people are massively overrating the criteria for induction into the HOF....:roflatsch
Tszyu was in semi retirement. He hadnt fought in almost 2 years before Mitchell fight. And lets not forget the fight was in UK and was extremely biased referring in favor of Hatton with holding hitting behind head.
everybody knew at the time tzsyu was gonna retire. he was definitely not in good shape for the fight.
Im not really sure about Ricky Hatton maybe hes borderline just because he drew fans from another country to go see him but his best win was against kostya tszyu and he had a close one against collazo but got on the big stage and got KO'd both times but only time will tell he may get in regardless
He's HOF fame bound. He's only lost to fellow future HOFers, so what gives? he might not make it the first he's eligible, but he'll get in for sure.
Based on his resume its a clear cut No. He hasn't beaten any top tier fighters who were in their prime and has been KO'd on the big stage twice already in very weak performances. He was easily handled each time he stepped up in competition and lets not forget the Collazo gift. With all that said based on his appeal world wide, by worldwide I mean in Britain, and the kinda draw he is at the box office and with PPV buys he will more than likely make it.
Qawi was a great lightheavyweight who,unlike Hatton,fought great fighters in his weightclass-Saad Muhammed,James Scott.He also moved up and gave the greatest cruiser ever in Evander a HOF calibre fight.Hatton moved up two occasions,got a gift against Collazo and hammered by Mayweather.The only "great" that Hatton beat at 140 was shot and overrated Tszyu.Although I didn't know Norris was there.He had HOF skills,but no chin and if I had my druthers,wouldn't be in.In my opinion,Hatton doesn't belong.