Hatton vs. Cotto - Resume

Kostya is the difference at 140 but Cottos win over torres and the beating he gave malinaggi can swing it. After 140 theres no point comparing Cotto easily beats him here. Hatton was shook to his foundations against Lazcano so i think cotto could easily do it along with Ricardo Torres. I have wanted to see Torres vs Hatton for along time i think that is easily the best fight at 140 to make.

 

Torres isn't that good IMO, and his power is overrated.

He was taken the distance by the clubfighter that Witter chewed up in his 1st defence - after Witter.

 

There isn't that much difference between the two fighters any way you want to look at it . Quite similar career trajectories, i reckon Hatton may retire with the better record and legacy .
He never quit in a fight for one thing and as much as i like Cotto he ****in quit against Margarito

 

I'm surprised people rate Cottos win over Pauli, as greater then Hattons. Sure Cotto made a mess of Paulie, but that was a competitive fight - with Paulie in it. If it hadn't been for the 2 point knockdown - Paulie would have been in with a real shout of winning that.

Against Hatton he was, dare I say it, totally outclassed (yes by Ricky Hatton)- and never ever in the fight.

 

Harsh.

 

It felt harsh writing it but how would you view it ? He did give up.
Again, i'm a big fan of Cotto.

 

But true.

 

I maybe overrating the Holt KO and the Cotto knockdowns. I have only seen 3 of his fights 2 are the Holt and one is Cotto all 3 he showed good power. Did you see the Morua fight? Can you explain how it went?

 

Hatton out-classed him though. He was excellant against Malignaggi i'm surprised you can't give him the slightest bit of credit, instead acting like a GF kid who finds it hard to give credit and just focusses on excuses . ie, the paulie who fought Cotto was better than the one who fought Hatton, with no solid reasons for this point of view.

 

Hmmm.....

He gave up because he had nothing left - he was broken.

Hardly Gary Lockett style.....

'Enzo, please stop it!'

 

You can't tell the story of a boxing match by looking at the fighters' faces afterwards otherwise Gatti would have lost every fight he was ever in. Paulie was competitive in that one (8-4 x 2 and 7-5 in rounds), he wasn't against Hatton.

As for "what Cotto left" come on, one tough, competitive fight does not ruin a fit and healthy, prime 27 year old who has not had a tough career to date. If that's the case then Hatton was Mayweather, Tszyu and Collazo's leftovers and he still beat the **** out of Paulie.

Again, I feel Cotto may shade it in terms of overall resume here, Hatton at 140. However, in terms of losses, Hatton's loss to the p4p #1 does not harm him in the way that Cotto quitting against a fighter who was nowhere near the p4p lists does. IMO anyway.

 

Do you rate the Cotto win higher ?

 

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Just highlighting a small difference between the two fighters. I reckon Hatton would rather die than take a knee .