Hatton is the only fighter who didn't quit against FMJ/Pac above 135

If Hatton would have quit after round one it would have been the most embarrassing loss ever, so i don't think we should really give him extra heart points for lasting til round 2 and getting slayed where he stood.

 

nice thread dummy

all the guys mayweather fought were shot to hell old, 2,3 divisions out of their element and OLD, zab has won maybe 3 out of 8 fights and baldomir was a robot with 9 losses
impressive

 

Hattons complete disregard for a gameplan in the Pac fight was bizarre.

 

I think the above is very true, regardless of the outcomes Hatton wanted to win until the left hooks landed.

The above fighters apart from Oscar knew they were in with men that were getting the better of them and just wanted to Survive.

I know it is to his own detriment by Hatton never stopped coming forward against both even though he was being outfought.

 

I think there's a difference between quitting and being befuddled and helplessly nullified (vs May) and being beaten into submission with no option but to try and stay on your feet (vs Pac). It's clear why they're consensus top two in the sport and it's not because they're only fighting quitters. I think this is a pretty unfair thread, mate.

 

good

 

Good article

 

In regards to fighting Mayweather, it's not that those guys (Oscar and Marquez) didn't take chances. Instead they tried to play more of a chess game with him. When doing this you're less likely to get knocked out. Unlike Hatton, who thought he could just bum-rush him face first.

To say those guys quit or gave up, is silly.

 

Agreed. He gave it his all. And got knocked out.

 

And look at what happened to him? Poor sod was knocked head-first into the turn buckle.

Playing a chess game is not quitting. Especially when it's pursued from the very beginning (which is what Oscar and JMM did). Would you say they quit from the beginning then? Of course not. And Oscar did pressure him. As did Castillo. They just applied a bit of intelligence in the process.

Oscar failed the way he did because he didn't have the stamina to keep up the gameplan (as well as Mayweather making a few adjustments), and JMM failed the way he did because he a) applied the wrong strategy and wasn't good enough to implement it, and b) he was a blown up light-weight.

They were out-thought, not made to quit.

 

And the fact that Ricky was sparked out by both these guys, isn't as simple as 'he tried to win and went out on his shield'. He got knocked out because he was stupid. Rushing in face-first is the only thing he had ever known. He was too limited to realize that he'll get sparked badly against elite opposition, to do anything different.

 

Befuddled and Nullified? You're having a nightmare.

 

Hatton didn't exactly have a choice.

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