Sons of well known boxers always get the same treatment, right or wrong. Being on the public stage, 10-15 fights before regular boxers get that kind of opportunity From Chavez Jnr to Connor Benn to Tim Tsyu to Eubank Jnr Look at the lower end of a televised card, i would take a Campbell Hatton fight over a woman's fight anyday
Physically he looked very good, his conditioning? He was gassed fairly early, not unusual in a pro debut ,all tensed up and never relaxed burns a young guy up. I think he has a very long road ahead. He needs to be carefully matched with guys he can learn against since it's obvious he has very little actual ring experience. He should have about 25 fights over the next 4 years or so to learn his craft before they put him in with a guy who can really fight. Basically on the job training and there's nothing wrong with that. As PeterP said,,I'd much rather see this as a woman fighting
Look the tie with Ricky makes the fans happy and i guess in these covid times, anything which uplifts people is good Even if it's a son of a 'legend' learning on the job
its just nepotism. they made sure to put him against a guy that had zero chance of winning, he showed awful conditioning and crude tecnique, if his last name wasnt hatton he would be debuting in a derby leisure hall. Hearn will probably keep putting him in undercards since nostalgia sells and people want to believe he can emulate ricky.
Hes only 20, so bring him along slow. Also, this must have been kinda tough for him. The amount of interviews, documentaries etc etc in the build up to this must have hampered training a bit. It seemed non stop. Now all thats out of the way, he can focus on learning his craft.
Looked in good physical shape, but EXTREMELY raw. He should not face any real competition for the next couple years.
I hope he gets 7-8 fights this year and then another 5-6 in years 2 and 3. He should then be 17-20 fights into his career and we will know where he stands. I don’t think you can read much into Saturdays performance, given the pressure pushed on him by Fast Car. In the build up with the 30 minute rolling documentary, it an insane amount of build up for a novice debutant with no international amateur experience to take. I remember seeing Conor Benn early on in his career and thinking he would struggle to win anything and look at him now. As others have said. I would rather see Campbell Hatton fight, than a couple of women dancing around each other for 2 minute rounds resembling handbags at dawn.
Saturday night wasn't very good but put it in to context and it was never going to be Id rather see him on regular fight nights than be a PPV side attraction as i think that just puts more pressure on the lad but im not offended at all by him Good luck fo him
He's had about 30 fights, and won some tournaments in the area. Nothing major, but not a complete novice either.
