What do you guys think? I think he is too small, not strong enough, and not skilled enough. He wouldnt stand a chance against the top 10 welters IMO. All of the top 10 welters are either too strong or good counterpunchers. As you can see, Ricky can be hit extremely easily. All you need to do is be able to outhustle him. At welterweight, the guys would naturally be too big for him so it would be easy to do so. Floyd, Cotto, Margarito, Shane, Quintana, P williams, Clottey, Berto, Judah, and Kermit. All these guys would eat Hatton alive. This guys Lazcano is really hurting Hatton. If nothing else, this should show everyone, hatton fans & mayweather fans that floyd vs hatton 2 is completely unnecessary. Floyd BETTER not take another hatton fight after this terrible showing by hatton.
Yeah he's no WW but he's winning this handily and would handle Malignaggi after seeing them both tonight
i'm not a paulie fan and realizes he has no power, but seeing as how hatton always lunges in, i can see paulie giving him a lot of problems. lazcano was catching hatton easily. i can see paulie catching hatton with a left hook quite often especially considering paulie's left hand is his strong point. paulie is no slouch, he is much better than lazcano. i definitely dont think hatton would walk through him. i would actually pick paulie to win.
But Paulie is not exactly watertight in defence himself, so it comes down to who can wear the other down the quickest. And in terms of that power contest, I'd really have to back Hatton...Maggi seems to have very little inside game, especially when you get to the second half of a fight. I agree that Hatton should stick to WW though. The Collazo fight convinced me of that!
^He is a lot better at 140, Collazo isn't even an elite WW and he nearly KO'd Hatton, he seems to take punches worse and lacks the power he had at 140 at WW.
