DONT fight HATTOn on the inside.. the way to beat this guy is on the outside, just keep him away with the jab, and he'll have no chance of beating any decent fighter, he only fights on the inside and thats all he knows... FFS when are boxers going to learn that ???? He's gone once you fight him from a distance.... I think PBF will definitely do that.. and will OUTBOX HIM!
its not about when are they goin to learn its about when he fights people with the ability to do it like collazo who did have that ability and imo did beat him
"No chance of beating any decent fighter"? Are you insane? Hatton makes his own distance. A jab alone will not keep him off you. The only way to keep Hatton off you is to run away, Spinks style, Dirrell style, and pot shot the whole fight. You call it "outboxing him", I would call it "running away like a *****."
Do you honestly think the 43 guys who fought Hatton don't know to keep him away from them. Hatton is an absolute beast at 140, he just walks through all of his opponents and destroys them. Elite fighters at 147 are much bigger and present more problems because Ricky is only 5' 6" with a 20" arm length. Pretty Boy is another story though, he basically a 140 lb fighter who Hatton can walk through and use his custom attack on. Floyd knows he will have to go to war with Hatton, that is why they will never fight. Mayweather had big problems with the physical Castillio, Hatton is like Castillio on pcp.
Well Collazo didn`t beat him .Collazo ran like a scared rabbit for most of that fight.The judges scored it a win for Hatton and it was right imo.Collazo was down in the first from Hatton left and at the end of the fight the punch stats proved he landed the most shots.
Kostya Tszyu showed how you beat Hatton, during the middle rounds of their fight. Its by letting Hatton lunge in, and catch him on the way in Kostya just couldnt keep it up, and never could fight well going backwards. There are reasons Castillo was chosen, and its because Hatton is considerably faster, and so would get off first, Castillo has a reputaion as a warrior but was very shopworn. Mayweather is miles too good to get beaten by Hatton, and Cotto would be too. Dont go overboard on the strength of 1 punch against a guy whos best days are clearly behind him
Thats right Tills, PBF is the man. If a guy like Collazo gave Hatton fits, the P4P champ would make him look amatuerish, no doubt about it. Then again, hatton wouldn't risk this fight with Floyd.
I hate these moronic one step plan to beating elite fighters. Jab and move Do you not think Kostya Tszyu spent a whole fight trying this and failing. He even admitted after the fight he couldn't get his jab off, nor could he find distance for his right.
yeah really! WHo knew it was that easy -just jab and move A genius at home has figured this out when Tszyu, Tackie, Collazo, Castillo etc couldn't LOL
This kind of talk is usually reserved for people who have never fought. I sparred a guy a couple of weeks ago, I have better skills and a better jab than him, but the guy was a complete animal. He just ate my jabs and came forward all day. Jabs, right hands, nothing would discourage the guy. You can plan to jab and move around a guy like Hatton, but it doesnt mean its going to work. Its about his heart, his conditioning, his ability to take a shot, and the punishment he makes you absorb on the inside.
He'd fought 6, one side rounds in 2 or 3 years, and was 35 years old! Kostya was chosen because he was injury prone, been inactive, yet was still recognised as the man. Go watch the middle rounds of the fight, see who was landing cleaner, and controlling distance, when not a wrestling match, then tell me Mayweather couldnt do that for 12 rounds. Cotto is bigger, better and stronger.