admit it....who was fooled by Hatton's boxing career?

yeah i agree that lazcano fight made me so sure that manny could take ricky out i expected it a little latter and not as spectacular but i certainly agree lazcano he was getting hit and holding and falling around ring i know they said he had chest infection but he was disorientated by blows from not a huge puncher.

 

This thread is pathetic. All the Hatton haters are ceritified morons. His record speaks for itself. He has two losses to the best fighters in the world when he fought them. I love how wins over Tszyu, Castillo, Malignaggi etc are totally overlooked or discredited.

 

if he was not a world class fighter then how did he even get into the position of fighting guys like Mayweather and Pac in fights that generated interest around the world where the p4p title was arguablly at stake.He was ranked the no 1 fighter in his division for the last 4 years by all credible boxing sources.Your not ranked no 1 in any division by Ring being anything less than a good fighter.Even the biggest Hatton haters and detractors should at least aknowledge that British boxing would have been a duller place over the last few years without Hatton.The guy put bums on seats,generated money and raised the profile of the sport in every big fight he took as well as inspiring a potential generation of young lads particularly in the North West to take up boxing.

 

so serious metal man

 

He was world class by the fact he won titles at one weight under every alphabet organisation going...but had no defence throughout his career, never outboxed good fighters, got by by bullying and bending rules, even in his biggest win...

Terrible fighter to watch and thankfully its now over

P4P my ****ing ring pipe

 

Knowledgable, godlike legends

 

You were running with the notion that Hatton's career was exposed as a sham because he got KTFO by two P4P kings. Which in itself is not a totally outlandish thing to suggest, if you somehow subscribe to the perception that Hatton was some brilliant boxer who would go on to be a Sugar Ray Leonard type legend of the sport.

Hatton was simply a tough brawler with a big heart who had a very good career. The only reason I can see why you dislike him is because he is very popular and some of his fans thought he was better than he actually was. This happens with all fighters, as far as I can tell. I'm not sure that Hatton's mob are any worse than Calzaghe's.

 

No he was never elite, P4P material or anything particularly special, but he was definitely World Class.
I can't stand the bloke or his awful style, but I'm not gonna say he wasn't World Class when he obviously was.

 

or naseems

 

Bullying?

It's not ****ing chess, what's wrong with you?

I see you've moved the goalposts from 'world class' to 'p4p'

 

What a load of ****, i am one of hayes biggest fans but he is easily more aloof than hatton, neither haye nor froch have been in with fighters anywhere near the quality of mayweather of pacman so your point's make no sense what so ever.

 

This website has some of the worst haters on the face of the earth, hatton is a world class fighter and has had an excellent career he just got beat twice by two much better fighters whats the big shame in that.

 

P4P was mentioned, so why wouldnt i address it...just laugh that **** off straight away

Even my mates who dont watch it were asking how he could be P4P when he fought at 140 his whole career...bar the 2 disasters at 147

Yes, bullying, smaller men at the weight. That was always his tactic, kill himself to make 140, be 6-8 lbs heavier than the opponent and bully him all the way. Limited ability.

That was always his game plan, never outboxed fighters, completely overated. Had heart and will. Then $$$ and going to big time in the USA took over and he became a joke.

Fair play for getting so far with so little talent is what i say. Go through his features, more negatives that positives...ie-boxing ability is average, chin isnt great, terrible defence, no jab and so on

Defend him all you want though:good

 

Do world class fighter constantly struggle? Hatton did against Maussa, Collazo, Urango he looked ****, Lazcano....

He will always have the Koysta win though, props there.

 

By hattons measurements he shouldn't be a lww he should have started at a smaller weight as he isn't a big guy.