hatton is well past peak at 31.

Hes coming back at 140 according to the BBC

"We're looking at the IBF champion Juan Urango, who I've already fought and beaten. It's got to be a top-10 ranked pound-for-pound fighter or a world champion of some sort.

 

I never cared too much about hatton. Once I saw him fight Collazo i knew he was overated. Good fighter but never great...not even close. I wish the best but his best days are behind him.

 

Hatton is not past it. He lost twice to p4p no.1's, very very good p4p no.1's.

Molsey has 5 losses to his record, against smaller competition than pac/floyd, yet he's still one of, if not the top dog in the sport today. What happens if Hatton makes his comeback and demolishes whoever he faces in the same fashion Mosley did to Margarito?

I'm not saying it will happen, I'm not even saying it's very likely, but to brand Hatton a has-been at this stage is far too premature.

We'll know where he stands if and when he makes a comeback, and how he performs in the respective bout.

 

:good Yeah it would be good to watch Joe close Froch's mouth!!

I am a huge fan of big same country fights, because quite often they are when a great fighter announces himself on the world stage!

The Bruno-vs-Lewis fight was a good fight. As for Haye-vs-Macc, before the bout the bookies had it 5/6 each of two.

Just out of curiosity how do you see Ricky Hatton beating Khan? In your previous post you wrote that only Pacquiao and Mayweather would beat Hatton if he came back but I envisage Khan to be a serious handful for Hatton. Of course, the fight may never happen, because Ricky is supposed to be returning at 147 and Amir will not be going anywhere near welterweight for quite some time!!

P.S A guy has posted that he is returning to 140, which is good news!! so Maybe Hatton-vs-Khan is a possibility.

 

140 is the weight I hope he returns at.

It is his "Best" weight by far and I really do not like his chances at 147.

 

Hatton has still 10 years to go ...
Hatton is somewhere near Mosley after his loses to Wright and Forrest
.....imagine if Mosley retired over then.

 

when he is allowed to use the rough house tactics he is very tough fighter to beat but other than that he is not that good. And his tactics doesn't work against top elite fighters. If mayweather and manny are A fighters, then Hatton is a B fighter. His victory of kostya are foul filled.

 

agreed but as has been stated before, he didn't always use those tactics. it's a shame that much like hamed, he was past his peak before making it big over here. ricky resorted to those tactics in part because his competition got drastically better but also because he lost a bit of edge in his athletic abilities. having said that, i see no reason he can't get back into top shape as long as he stops ballooning to 200 ****ing pounds. i'm a huge duran fan and that fat ******* was 190 at least just prior to the hearns fight; he likely never would have beaten hearns but the shape he was in was embarassing

 

The fights he lost were against the best in the WW division. I tip my hat off to him and hope can find maybe two more fights. He could probably move down to the 140 limit then retire.

 

Mosley is a great fighter. Not taking anything away from Hatton but he isn't a great fighter.

 

People aren't calling for Hatton's retirement. They're simply questioning where he ranks in the scheme of things, and he is clearly not an elite fighter. Also, most of the fighters you mentioned were heavyweights, and heavyweights have higher kayo percentages for a reason...one punch can end it. Hatton, on the other hand, has balls, but he has been consistent outboxed and outclassed by every elite fighter (in their prime) that he has come up against. That is not the same as a Heavyweight getting knocked out with a lucky or perfectly placed punch. :verysad

 

You are somewhere near madness, friend. Hatton never beat a fighter like Oscar in his prime. Yes, I know what you'll say, he beat Kosta. But Kosta was well past it and had already spoken about retirement before they fought.

 

Heavyweight or not if you're caught with a punch you don't see coming due to speed or serious power you will be hurt. This is boxing, we have one punch KOs happening in all weight divisions and I wasn't intentionally targeting the heavyweight division even though I do agree that one punches end things worse over there than lower divisions and is harder to recover from them which is why multiple knockdowns aren't very common in the division. There are endless examples of similar endings happening in ALL divisions and you will find MANY of them.

I'm not saying Hatton is ATG stuff but he's not a scrub either, he's a world class boxer who was in the top 10 P4P, deny it all you want, that's the truth. I wouldn't say he's a mistake being rated there like Margarito was or anyone similar to Margarito's limited predictable zero skill style. Hatton's style is actually very affective and he IS a smart fighter even with poor defense.

 

I wouldn't brag much about the Tszyu win, that was pure circus and bull**** from round one till the end ALL CLEARLY in favor of Hatton yet it still was nearly even after the 11th on most scorecards. Hatton was openly allowed to elbow, headbutts, hold and hit, rabbit punch, low blow, shove and almost everything whenever he wanted for as long as he wanted. He also nailed Tszyu INTENTIONALLY with a low blow that was BEYOND ridiculous and he admitted it was intentional. There were moments in the fight where Hatton would openly signal to the referee that he's done holding and hitting to get separated, that fight was a circus.