Did Hatton's hug get him by when he moved into world class ?

un educated thread hattons style was to pressure and get in close,especially as he had shorts arms......yes hatton was rough and did a few illegal things here and there but nothing worse than alot out there today....go away and re watch his fights,plus collazo gave berto hell and hatton beat him in his first ww fight

 

Eh, to be honest, everyone knew going into the fight that it was Ricky's tactic. He tried to employ it and was the initiator. He would rush in and rather than let Ricky have his way on the inside, Mayweather would hold and push off with the elbow.
But honestly, what did Rick expect?

Anyway, i sincerely doubt that it was Mayweather's plan going in to use as an offense. It's not what he does. But he did use it as a defense against Ricky's tactics, yes.

Cortez was basically forcing them to fight, regardless of who he singled out as the initiator. And with the exception of the point for hitting behind Mayweather's head, I don't remember it being all that much of an issue. I'm glad he did, even though Hatton lost. The fight was almost unwatchable until they started actually fighting, and not wrestling. But it was then, and not coincidentally i think, that you saw the separation in skills.

 

rubbish post, try watching hatton fights, he only started the hugging technique as he struggled with style/weight. he practically never did it prior to the tsyzu fight.

 

I think that's his point.

 

What does it matter about completley different fighters ???? :huh , your basically saying Hatton used illegal tactics to bridge the gap in boxing skill against top level fighters GTFOH !!!!!!!

Go back to my original point , Cotto Malignaggi was a competetive fight with a clear winner but competetive , Malignaggi schooled Diaz twice , where the **** you got Diaz won the 1st fight from God knows , i had that right up there as robbery of the year , Hatton shuts out Malignaggi 11 - 1 , THATS PERIOD :deal , styles aside Paulie can hang with the best Jr WW's in the world , and Hatton used the same tactics but just boxed cuter with applied pressure !!!!! Your thread's shite and wide of the mark

 

did u ever see kostya fight ???

he like to brawl and hold and hit he broke mitchells leg doing this


Hatton beat kostya at HIS own game FFS

 

Hatton had no defence !!!! , his defence was pressure !!!!

The only man in his career to pick Hatton off effectiveley & consistantly from the outside was Floyd Mayweather !!!!!!!

Do you not think if Hatton was fighting illegally some one some where down the line apart from Cortez would of done something about it , do you not think fighters would of complained and requested a re match and sung from the roof tops that Hatton is a cheat :huh:huh:huh:huh

Your thread is in cloud cookoo land m8 . :good

 

You're an idiot if you think thats all Hatton was about at elite level. He had loads of other skills in his locker which you clearly fail to elude too.

 

hatton is a two weight world champ who has mixed it with the absolute best.

His record of wins when you look at it is way above average.

So his style isnt to your taste? no-one cares