hatton v cotto

Not really. Hatton's best win is a QUESTIONABLE win (due to how he won the fight) win over Kostya Tszyu. Cotto's best win is Sugar Shane Mosley. You're telling me Kostya Tszyu is a better win than Shane Mosley? Also, Cotto has wins over other top fighters as well. Hatton does not. Hatton has a win oveor a top fighter, and a win over a really badly shot Jose Luise Castillo. The next best fighter he's beaten would be Luis Collazo... and it was life and death with him the whole fight!

And what does Cotto's chin have to do with how good he is? His defense is better than Hatton's. And do you really think Hatton wouldn't lose, and get knocked out?

Hatton may be quicker on his feet, but he does NOT have better hand speed than Cotto. And are you seriously saying Hatton is a more accurate puncher? Hatton throws more accurately than Cotto? You are crazy. Cotto throws accurate, straight punches. Hatton only throws awkward hooks... and has never had a high rate of accuracy in a fight he's been in, except maybe a blow out like the fight with Castillo. Cotto is a very accurate puncher, and has pretty good hand speed. He throws good straight punches right up the middle.

And someone answer this: How does Hatton become a WORSE fighter when he fights at 147?

The answer is simple, he DOESN'T. This whole "Cotto wins at 147, Hatton wins at 140" thing is bull****. Cotto may not be HIS strongest at 140, but Hatton does not magically get weaker at 147. Hell, considering how bad Hatton treats his body, HE is probably STRONGER at 147 than at 140.

This is ridiculous, boxing is not about smoke and mirrors and magic... its the sweet SCIENCE. And there is no reason Hatton is going to be a worse fighter at 147. His loss to Mayweather was because Mayweather is a FAR superior fighter to him.

He had problems with Collazo at 147... because Collazo has a style that would give him problems at any weight.

This whole "Hatton is garbage at 147, but excellent at 140" thing is a BS excuse for his loss to Floyd, not actual boxing science. Get a ****ing clue.

All up to the fight with Floyd, it was all "Hatton is gaining weight the right way this time, he'll be in great shape", then afterwards it was all "I'm not making any excuses BUT, Hatton is a 140 lb fighter thats all."

Hatton comes into fights at the SAME WEIGHT when the weight class is 147 or 140. The only difference is to get to 140, he has to CUT more weight. Anyone who thinks that Hatton gets down to weight because he's in shape is crazy. He sweats it out of him, like all out of shape fighters do. Look at the way he looks at weigh ins. VERY unhealthy, like a starving African child or something. By the time of the fight, he's gained something like 15 lbs back.

If anything, fighting at 147 should allow him to be a BETTER fighter, since he has to cut less weight to make the limit.

 

Bull**** bull**** bull****.

Stop with the "Hatton is only good at 140" bull****. Its just a bull**** excuse.

You're criticizing Cotto for not being able to knock out Paulie? Did you SEE that fight? Paulie is tough as ****. Lets see what you have to say about him after HE fights Hatton. If Juan Lazcano has no problems landing on Hatton (NO problems), and even hurt him a couple of times, Paulie Malignaggi will do even better, he's a better boxer than Lazcano, has faster hands, and is more accurate.

And saying Hatton is too small to fight Cotto is crap. Hatton is TALLER than Cotto, walks around heavier, and even though his frame is smaller than Cotto - well, if Hatton doesn't want to fight guys bigger than him, then he should get in shape and fight at 135, which is a proper weight class for someone his height and size. Though not someone with his eating/drinking/training habits!

 

I feel Hatton would beat Cotto. I want to see this fight for that reason.

 

LMFAO....hOW do you see that happening,enlighten me.

 

Good point Lazcano landed on Hatton very easily imagine what Cotto would do, it's hilarious that these Brits want to put Hatton against Cotto after Cotto took a bad lost before that they would'nt even dare make a fantasy fight between the two.

 

Please tell us how you feel Hatton would do that. What should his game plan be, and what of his skills and attributes (don't forget 'underrated boxing skill', thats one of the best Hatton catch phrases.. don't forget that one!) will he use to execute said game plan?

 

HUm..i respect your opinion but...i would bet my house (if i had one...) against Hatton on that one. The Hitman would probably never fight again.

 

I give Pacman more chance against DLH than to HAtton against Cotto...

 

Well and you know, I don't even think Hatton is a TERRIBLE fighter. But he has very poor boxing skills, and his style is very limited.

People are just not thinking this through properly. People keep saying... Cotto lost to Margarito, he didn't knock out Malignaggi, he got knocked down at 140...

Well yeah, and Hatton lost to Floyd, and has had a hard time with fighters no better and in fact in some ways worse than Cotto's competition in the past few years. And Cotto's wins over Shane Mosley, Zab Juidah, Carlos Quintana, Ricardo Torres, and Demarcus Corley are all very good. Even if he had a hard time with Torres.

Cotto is one of the best out there right now, Hatton is word class, but not one of the best. Its not even fair to compare them really.

 

Cotto is not that great at 140, he has stamina issues, and his chin is not briliant either. He doesnt murder Hatton at 140 like you claim. Hattons beaten better then Cotto at 140 - Hattons a good fighter at 140 (probably better then anyone Cotto beat there) - Cotto doesnt walk through him at 140 like he's not there like you make out.

 

Very well said, and I think Hatton punching ability is very underrated because people tend to focus on his clinching too much but the guy can punch it's just that because he has short arms he has to clinch to get his punches off but he is a good fighter no doubt.

 

wtf...are you serious!? Hatton Has not, i repeat HAS NOT beaten better opposition @ 140 than Cotto ,get off the crack man and get your facts str8.

Hatton @ 140 has beaten who?
Jose Luis Castillo
Kostya
and barely beat Collazo

Now check out Cottos resume @ 140...
Kelson pINTO 21-0 @ The time
Carlos Maussa 17-0 @ the time
Paul Malignaggi 21-0 @ the time
Ricardo Torres 28-0 @ the time

Dude please do some research before you post!

 

WTF

You've go to take Tszyu over Pinto
Urango is now ranked alongside Torres by Ring, and doesn't get ktfo all the time. His only loss being to Hatton.
Hatton faces Malignaggie next!
Hatton beat Maussa as well you total and utter fool.

Collazo was at Welter weight you IDIOT! This has got to be a wind up ID.

If your going to put a decent argument forward for Cottos opponents (against Hatton) at 140, which can easily be done, at least choose the right ones!

 

hatton was very very unimpressive against urango.
hatton only beat maussa after cotto knocked him out.
hatton got his ass handed to him by luis collazo.
he beat a washed up faded old man in castillo.

floyd mayweather who really isnt known for being a puncher pretty much knocked him out with one check left hook.

not to mention he was helped threw the lazcano fight by the referee or he would have probaly been stopped there.

now paulie is going to get in his ass.

hatton got one win over kosta tszyu thats all thats the only thing on his record that means anything

cotto will destroy this dude no question before the 5th rd

 

lmfao....im 100% convinced that YOU have no fkg idea what your talking about.Dumbass ,go to boxrec.com compare resumes @ 140 and you'll CLEARLY see that Cotto has faced and beat more top guys than Hatton since you problably dont keep up much with boxing.I mean i just layed out the top guys that Cotto beat ALL undeafeted at the time and you still have no clue! lol,doesnt matter Cotto would POUND Ricky worst than what Mayweather did at this point @ 140 or 147,bottom line.:bbb