Hatton fight - Opinions

Honestly its **** all. You may not believe me but wait until you see the fight. The ref had a good fight.

 

I'll vouch for that. I haven't read any of it but I should imagine it's just the usual bull**** from the keyboard warriors on the general forum.

 

Hatton put up a near white wash, was expected against who he was facing, the guy Lazcano was there to make Hatton look good, maybe looking for a Castillo fight all over again, although in Lazcano you had a more motivated boxer than Castillo.

Hatton easily outworked Lazcano, although if your in the Hatton camp you would be seriously worried that the biggest punch of the night belonged to Lazcano, and it did hurt Hatton, plus I reckon Lazcano must have landed nearly all the punches he threw, just Lazcano doesnt have the abilty or stamina to keep it up, for a boxer who didnt put much input at times, it was strange to see him gas like he did, Hatton maybe should have stopped Lazcano in the late rounds but Hatton's punches held no real power.

Hatton for me is certainly beatable at 140, while this was a near white wash and a wide UD it did show where Hatton was weak at, much like the Urango fight.

 

Hatton on the verge of being stopped - that kind of thing.

Also Hatton was there for the taking but Lazcano held back so he could pick up his bonusatsch

 

Talk about clutching at straws. **** I'm too tired for this. Night guys.

 

was that about the time he was fighting Steve Smith, Pedersen, Vilches, ancient Oliveira etc?
Face it mate, as his level of oppoostion has gone up he's looks worse. That's natural. Most probably he was never as good as you thought he was.
did he even beat a single top 10 140lb fighter before getting in the ring with Tszyu?

 

Well, he beat the number one at 140. So it's kinda irrelevant.

His record up until Tszyu was plenty good enough. Tackie, Magee, Phillips, Oliviera. Not elite names but decent enough and all comfortable wins. Of course he had a year or wo treading water that never should've happened.

When he got the bit between his teeth leading up to Tszyu I think he would've been even money to beat anyone at 140 including Floyd.

The decline post-Tszyu has been sharp though in my opinion.

 

I thought he looked the best he has for a while overall although a bit patchy. His punch resistance seemed less than it was but that can perhaps be attributed to the illness in the buildup. It reminded me a bit of the Tackie fight where Hatton was stung to the body a few times, don't think he likes the taste of his own medicine.
Lazcano's a tough nut though, I thought Hatton would have had him out of there around 7/8 but he refused to buckle.
Refereeing was poor, anyone else notice the clinches were always broken up when Hatton looked at the ref to do it? I'm not saying it made any difference to the outcome but it annoys me.
Haven't seen the malinaggi fight yet so I can't comment on that but on that form Hatton looks a little more beatable at 140 than I expected, benefit of the doubt though he has been campaining at a higher weight and come back down, apparently was ill in the build up so those should be taken into account. I think he should fight again fairly soon. On that form Hatton beats the Witter who lost to Bradley comfortably, Witter will have to show a fair bit of improvement in his next bout to rekindle interest.
If it were up to me I'd have Hatton in another warm up asap before the proposed Malinaggi date. He's not active enough but then again who is these days?

 

I don't agree on the clinches thing, it doesn't seem that way to me

Lazcano was clinching and the ref was trying to stop him at times, seemed fair enough. Of course Hatton would protest, Lazcano was smothering him.

However, Hatton smothers his own work too. Numerous occasions he'd get the first punch off, land on the way in, but when he got in, he'd lean on. This meant he couldn't land more than 2 or 3 punch combo's.

Of course this is his style but he seemed more spritely with it a few years back. He looks like he enjoys the rest the leaning on provides these days.

 

I thought Hatton did just fine, considering the heavy defeat against PBF. I did worry that he seemed to ship heavy shots a bit too often, but then he always does, and his opponent was actually a lot better than most people thought.

I thought that stamina would be the biggest issue through the later rounds, but I was quite impressed with how fresh he looked at the end.
It's clear that his best days are behind him, but he still has enough left to batter Maliganggi, and Witter was lucky he got beat on points by Bradley, as Hatton would have stopped him, IMO.

 

Firstly well done Juan Lazcano a warrior.Anyway thought Ricky looked nervous first 2 rounds and then grew into the fight and looked very assured.Glad he got some rounds in and the fight served the exact purpose it was meant to do.He will be twice as good next time and will blow Malignaggi away within 6 who as i suspected is well over rated.After that i dont know,all i do know is there is life in the Hitman yet and another memorable performance against a decent fighter is still in the locker. 7/10

 

Hatton performed at his best but we all know that is not to a great standard. 10/10.

 

Judging by last nights fight I don't think PBF will be having any sleepless nights. I think PBF will put on more of a show and do a better job than last time.

Very convenient for the lace to open in that round when Lacanzo rocked him.

 

don't insult your own intelligence mate.