Katsidis has more power...how? Who has he knocked out to show this devastating power? Graham Earl? :huh Hatton has a proven track record of being able to hurt good competition at 140. Fanciful statement.
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Kats power has been proven against bums. Not meaning to sound disrespectful but name me a top 15 fighter he has stopped. He made his name KOing total nobodies and not even durable nobodies. There are plenty of journeymen who are tough and durable and even that sort of name is pretty much absent from his record. He was taken 8 rounds by a super bantam weight who was almost killed by Hamed. He went 12 rounds with a guy that Ben Rabah KOd inside 3 rounds and who feather fisted St Clair stopped too. He landed untold number of flush bombs on Graham Earls chin and Earl took them and then nearly stopped Kat. Earl was SHOT to **** and still wasn't put away despite eating punches round after round...next fight and Earl is obliterated inside the first 60 seconds by Khan. Kat was out on his feet to Earl and stopped by Casamayor. Hatton has taken clean punches from Tsyzu, Tackie, Phillips, has been hit by Urango and has stood toe to toe with Castillo....and been stopped the once. There chins are not comparable. There defences are both shaky, but every other aspect of Hattons game is better bar possibly power, but honestly I haven't seen a single name on Kats record that really backs up his hype as a big puncher. And the first time Kat has stepped into a higher level he has lost.
Top 15 of what? Australia? The guy has a 24-10 record, has been KOd 5 times including by the likes of....Joebar Damosmog (17-31), Rex Marzan (14-22), and has several other losses to nobody Asian fighters with 50/50 records. What top 15 does Ranee Ganoy get into?
There are just two fights I wanted more than Katsidis-Hatton, one is happening thank Almighty Lord ( Cotto - Margarito) and the other one lives up in my dreams ( Guerrero - Linares). If Michael Katsidis comes at Ricky Hatton the way he always does... Damn! I mean, I wouldn't mind what would happen... Give me that fight and I am about to give up on every single HWT fight for the rest of my life.
am shocked this fight has never crossed my mind this wud be awesome to watch , hatton late round stoppage after a total war!
I understand that the Aussies are supportive of their man but let's get serious here. Hatton would be too much for him. Katsidis would be seriously outgunned. That's not to say the fight won't last for a while. I can see it going 9 or 10 rounds but it would be a one-sided fight for Hatton with Katsidis having his moments here and there before being stopped.
Hatton by KTFO or TKO due to cuts. ...then everyone criticizes Hatton for taking the fight because Katsidis was too small/overrated/etc.. :roll: