God this forum gets more infuriating by the day.All you newbies to the sport bleat on again and again about Hattons infamous clinch fest and cling to it as some sort of saving grace for your boy.Tsyzu was shot FACT.He has fought since.He was good as semi retired when he fought.None the less it was a great scalp for Hatton.But dont get it twisted it wasnt a vintage performance of pugilism.It was a foul filled and torrid affair with Hatton executing a brutal game plan. Dont try and compare Tsyzu to ANY of Cotto`s opponents as its not even close.STYLES MAKES FIGHTS ROOKIE.YOU MIGHT WANNA STOCK UP ON YOUR BOXING LIBARY AND NOT MAKE STUPID POSTS LIKE A CASUAL ARM CHAIR FAN WOULD.
:rofl hatton could have (though i doubt it now) beaten a dehydrated cotto at 140, but cotto destroys him in brutal fashion at 147 probably even 140.
the only one at welterweight that can beat cotto is floyd, no one else, williams got his ass handed by a guy cotto beat around the ring like a red headed step child. but anyways it doesn't matter who cotto has beaten, he still MURDERS haton no matter what.
I don't think it's an easy fight to call. People tend to ride and emotional rollercoaster with fighters. The idea that "you are only as good as your last fight" definitely seems true. In his last fight, Ricky was KOed by Floyd. In his last fight, Cotto decisioned Sugar Shane. I'm not so sure that had Ricky and Miguel traded opponents in these two fights that results wouldv'e been much different for Floyd and Sugar Shane. Floyd's in a class by himself and I think that he would dominate Cotto; he would likely win by wide decision, but he might even knock him out. Cotto showed that he could be hurt in his fight with Ricardo Torres. Torres has more power than Floyd, but Floyd can land so many punches that he can wear even very tough people down. That whole discussion about Castillo and Tszyu being shot is funny. Just a few years ago after losses to Winky Wright and unimpressive victories over David Estrada and Jose Luis Cruz people were calling Shane shot. I remember watching the Eastside boxing chats to the Wright fights and the consensus was that Shane was shot. He wasn't. I do have to say that Cotto has faired better at Welterweight than Hatton has faired, but after seeing Ricky manhandle Tszyu and Castillo, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he could hurt Miguel. Ricky has very good defensive skills; I think better than Miguel's. I say it's a coin toss.
sugar shane would knock the **** out of sticky ricky, look what shane did to luis collazo who hatton went life and death with.
hatton lost to pbf by a punch that even pbf didn't mean to throw, up until that point hatton was actually winning that fight...hatton would beat cotto because even though he's good, cotto takes too many shots in all his fights and a hard hitter like hatton maybe the wrong to fight with that style
Means nothing. Mayweather 'lost' to Castillo the first time, Hatton KO'd him in 4.... ....that must mean Hatton will beat Mayweather, Oh wait...atsch Collazo got injured against Mosley early, was never going to be a fight after that.