Hatton wants true Greatness? Margarito has just given him a lifeline...

I'm saying Cotto won't fight at 140 and Hatton has said 2 more fights at 140 and he'll retire. so Cotto-Hatton won't happen and Hatton shouldn't be pilloried for wanting to fight at his best weight, its a perfectly reasonable stance to take.

If you look through boxing history there are plenty of examples of very good (great) boxers not being as effective when going up 7lbs (or even less in the lower divisions) in weight, its not just Hatton.

But then again, maybe people don't have an agenda against them....

 

Its hard to justify rating Hatton as an atg or whatever you want to call him when his very last opponent at 140 may be Pacman who in turn will have moved up 30+ lbs

You get me?

Pacman is an extreme i know, but imagine if he culd/did stay at 122 lets say!!:shock:

 

Pacquiao will beat his ass anyway, so there will be no case for ranking him a great. Great fighters that proclaim that 140 and 140 only is the weight they fight at don't get beat by former flyweights.

 

Jeff I cannot see Hatton ever beating Margarito. This is nothing to do with the victory over Cotto. Hatton himself admitted a while back years ago that Margarito was not one he was looking for to be honest. I think he is to big and strong for Hatton.

Margarito has his limitations and has always had. I favoured Cotto to win and the 1st 5/6 rounds went pretty much to plan as I envisaged. Cotto clearly had the skills and tools to win this fight but I think it was lost in fight preparation. Cotto trained as usual and did not prepare for Margarito's incessant pressure. Basically Cotto I noticed started blowing after 5 rounds. Compare PBF's preparation for a pressure monster like Hatton he got a pressure monster like Ndou to spar with him. I love Cotto as a fighter but he got gassed out.

PBF would beat Margarito as would Paul William again, Zab Judah and Clottey would have a real chance and Ajose would definitely do him as well. In fact I quite fancy Oscar De La Hoya against Margarito as well I really do.

 

Ajose

Did I just read that? atsch

 

Who is this superman you keep posting about? When did he last fight and what was the result?

 

Margarito would definately have too much for Hatton. Having said that I think I saw what Jeff saw, a fighter with limited mobility and acres and acres of body for Hatton to go bombing at. I think the Mexican would be too strong for him though.

 

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=046606&cat=boxer ???

 

So you don't think Ken Buchanan should be in the HOF then?

 

Ajose wants a piece of Witter; or did.

 

Ken Buchanan never fought much above lightweight, and had he done he would have stood far more chance than Hatton. There is a good reason for this, he was not a rough house brawler that cheats/wrestles guys and loses all the advantages he has by moving up in weight. Far from it, he was a great great boxer.

 

Where have I called Hatton an ATG? He isn't. I merely said he will be inducted into the HOF in due course...

 

The criteria being put forward by you TFFP, and Healy was that those who only box primely at one weight are not HOF worthy.

Aaron Pryors another. There are many in the HOF, who only operated at one weight.

 

Bore my time if im honest, im not one of these people that dedicates myself to researching records and fights. Only being a huge fan since 2005..

All i know about him is he was a British champion that fought Duran and lost.

Thats honesty for you..