Prime Hatton in today's 140 divison

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  1. bcastro

    bcastro Member Full Member

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    I think Bradley would beat him UD.
     
  2. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No. He would also get KTFO against a young KT. And maybe the old KT, if the ref had ever insisted on Hatton letting go of KT's arms so he could punch a little bit.
     
  3. J_Roth

    J_Roth VRWC Hybrid Beaner Full Member

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    I really do think that the Hatton that fought Tackie would give anyone hell. The Bradley fight would be a classic with a Hatton ud.
     
  4. scilent assasin

    scilent assasin p4p Full Member

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    is this a joke? a prime hatton was an animal he would eat these pussies alive...everyones riding bradely's dick but he just about beat witter hatton will kill dem all just watch hatton vs olivera no one at 140 can handle that intensity
     
  5. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Pacquiao doesn't hit harder than Tszyu, but at least with Tszyu he could see the punches coming!

    Hatton peaked in the Stewart fight, held it for the Tszyu one and started to fade.

    There are a lot of parallels to be drawn between him and Riddick Bowe, IMO.
     
  6. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    the shot he landed , yes ....

    and if you try and compare fights like that , it just shows how dumb you are ....
     
  7. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    This is what I was thinking --- good point
     
  8. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    I think the problem with Hatton vs southpaws is that he gets left hand happy..... throwing the short left hooks to head and body 60 times a round and stepping to the left, when he would be far better (especially against Pac) firing the right hands and moving the other way.

    Marquez stood Pacquiao on his head doing exactly the same thing.... granted Hatton isn't as technically gifted, but still, a blueprint was there.
     
  9. Betty Swollocks

    Betty Swollocks James 'Lights Out' Toney Full Member

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    agreed.
    Hatton is not shot, he's barely faded. It's just that his level of comp has gone up, and he's recently been fighting on a level playing field unlike in the past.
    He just wasn't much good to begin with, massively overrated.
     
  10. Carlingayteo

    Carlingayteo Thoughtless Full Member

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    I dont think Hatton was that Over-Rated his only 2 defeats have come at the hands of the P4P#1 fighter in the world and possible the 2 best Boxers in the last 20 years , He dominated 140 pounds for 4 years beaten the likes of Tyszu,Maussa,Collazo,Urango,Castillo,Laszcano,Mallanaghi,Tackie,Phillips,Olivera,Stewart,Mugee , and in his prime id take him over Alexander,Ortiz,Maidinna,Harris,Judah,Mitchell,Witter,Khan,Diaz,Cambell,Bradley , He was a recking machine in his prime and how people think Bradley could take a prime Hatton is insane , Who has he beaten to suggest he whould even be in the fight ,
     
  11. Davies

    Davies Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What you've got to be shitting me, you seriously think Bradley would beat a prime Hatton? i mean i know he gets a lot of **** on here but damn a prime Hatton was an animal with a killer instinct, he could take Kostya Tszyu's flush shots and bully just about anybody he faced in to submission, had great stamina set a white hot pace, and was relentless to the final bell

    I couldn't imagine Bradley or any of the 140 "champs" doing the following:

    1. Force a legend (Kostya Tszyu) to quit thus taking his IBF title
    2. Beat 4 Reigning world champions back to back (Tszyu, Maussa, Collazo, Urango) across two weights
    3. Beating the likes of Tszyu, Maussa, Collazo, Urango, Castillio Malignaggi, taking risks to fight the P4P champs PBF and PAC

    And before he did all this you need to understand he beat ALL Domestic + European opposition bar Witter (who is in my opinion overated)

    All this about "well the ref let him use his rough house tactics in england" is bollocks, its just a style that most fighters couldnt handle he went to the states and used the same tactics and beat Collazo, Urango, Catillio, Malignaggi so thats pure noncence, dont try discredit his acheivements because you dont like his style of fighting, the facts speak for themselves

    A prime Hatton would have beaten any of the current stack at 140 imo and probably still would now hes seriously underatted on this site
     
  12. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    Which hatton? If you're talking about Matthew, he would destroy them all. Ricky? Not so much.
     
  13. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yup.I can't believe that people still brag about his "victory" over light hitting Collazo.Hatton was reeling at the end of that one.
     
  14. theboy_racer

    theboy_racer Boxing Junkie banned

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    Beats them all

    He hasnt been prime for 2-3 years.
     
  15. WAYKURAT

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    after pac humiliated him, hatton hasn't been prime?

    please move on...