Hatton's Punch Resistence.

Hindsight is a funny old thing isnt it?!

There's no doubt for me that up to and including the Zoo fight, Hatton's punch resistance was up there. Put down once in his career at that point and taking some big shots too (the nature of his style).

Looking back, I suppose it was evident first against Collazo. With Hatton clinging on in the final round. At the time I put it down to it being his first fight at WW. Maybe his resistance had already started to decline then.

Obviously Floyd is the next port of call.

But for me, the most compelling evidence is the Lazcano fight. At the time I put a couple of wobbles down to Ricky being more reckless than normal. Trying to impress too much off the back of his first defeat. Leaving himself open and getting tagged. Maybe this wasnt the case, maybe his resistance had been on the wane and as such the punches he got tagged with were shots he always got tagged with. They just hurt more.

As I say though, this is all hindsight.

Taking nothing away from a sensational performance from Pacquiao.

 

His hectic style was bound to cause wear and tear. His poor diet didn't help recovery of his body's overall fitness levels which, as he got older, suffered even more from the abuse and constant starving after long periods of binge.

He took a hellacious beating from Tyszu, despite winning. All those sharp shots from Collazo didn't help, then the body shots from Urango (big hitter if not much else) probably started sapping what was left.

The Lazcano fight was a shocker. A poor perfromance and he was in trouble against a light hitting former lightweight. Really, he should have beaten Paulie and run with a good, misleading victory. Unfortunately, the nature of the win allowed him to lie to himself about both his flaws as a fighter and his decreasing punch resistance.

he met a fast, accurate, hard-punching fighter in Pacquaio and he got a clear view of how much punishment he's taken in his career.

He'll probably fight again, against another light punching puff of an opponent. If he's lucky, he gets stung and realises that he can't do it anymore, wins the fight and retires.

If he's unlucky, he wins big and thinks Pac's destruction of him was an aberration. It wasn't. He should retire.

 

Often overlooked. He was interviewed the next day and you could see in his eyes he'd really dug deep into himself that fight.

For me he's never been the same since. People can say it's the level of comp going up but Kostya was a stunning pucher and he landed numerous big punches. So it doesn't equate that 2 fights later Collazo has him wobbling.

Hatton's fabled stamina has also been suspect since Tszyu.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I kept waiting for the 'old' Hatton to show up and since Tszyu I don't think he has.

 

tszyu was old get over it

 

Hattons issue was with speed and science. He got caught way out of position with fast shots.

 

It may well be worse now, but people easily forget that Hatton was more or less out on his feet against Eamonn Magee. Not with the knockdown, but in the second round.

He's one of those fighters that always seemed to have a chin that fluctuates. A bit of a Lennox Lewis, perhaps, who could take numerous hard shots from Ray Mercer & Vitali Klitschko but flopped into oblivion against McCall & Rahman.

 

Theres no doubt he doesn't have the punch resistance his had in the past and getting knocked out cold a few times is only going to make it worse. You cannot fight with his style for too long. He should retire.

Having said all that he never had his chin so high in the air like he did against pacman. In previous fights he had the chin down and piled on the pressure. It was lik he didn't respect Pacmans power. And paid the price.

Still. Pacman rolls on. I like the way he is ducking no one. Onto Mosley now. Got to respect that. Not like mayweather. He better fight pacman/mosley winner. If he does that, I'll give him props otherwise I hope he retires again.

Right now I'm hoping JMM beats him.

 

napanood ko na. Poor hatton.
kawawa
mabuhay ang pinoy:happy

 

his chin was always dodgy, see the Magee and Phillips fights. Infact about the only fight you can bring up to defend his chin is the Tszyu fight, and he smothered the Korean's punching all night and never got hit clean with a big right hand. For the most part he was fighting handpicked turkeys with no punch power....it created the illusion of a decent chin.

 

**** me u here again,if theres a thread about hatton u can rely on betty to be a little ***** hater

 

Yes it really is becoming tiresome when Hatton haters keep posting negatively against Hatton every. chance. they. get.

 

Watch the KT fight again u pathetic muppet and ull see at the start of one of the round maybe the 4th hatton walks stright forward and Tszyu unloads a bomb of a right hand hatton walks thru it. KT landed several hard flush right hands and hatton walked straight thru em anyone who says anything else is a fuking deluded moron

 

he not a muppet,he is a real lifesize walking boneless *****:good

 

Zoo and Phillips hit him a lot harder than Manny. It's clear his resistance has 'gone'.

But Pacman still had to put him away and he did it brilliantly