Hatton's poor lifestyle/habbits outside the ring caught up with him

bollocks.......he struggled more and more as the calibre of his opponents went up. Hardly rocket science to work out Hatton was just never as good as a lot of people were fooled into thinking.

 

1. Tszyu and Phillips were both past it when they fought Hatton.

2. Tszyu never ever really got off in the fight because of the disgraceful officiating.

3. Tszyu, even at his peak, is overrated by many boxing fans. He was the top man at 140 for several years, but his stiffest competition at the time came from the likes of Zab Judah and Sharba Mitchell.

 

It was the right and the left hooks that caught him that night not his life style, simple as that.

 

**** buddy, I was just about to post same thing..:yep

Life/fight style maybe slowed Ricky but those mean hooks of that little Beast caught him finally and put end of Manchester Brawler:good

 

Hatton has been aging, he has been fighting better opponents, he fought the best people in the business and he didn't make the cut.

His lifestyle almost certainly didn't help but I think the fact Pacquiao was the better man on the night had more to do with it.

 

Pac beats any version of Haton but it is also pretty obvious Hatton's punch resistance and even his stanima is not what it was. Most people from boxing writers, fans on forums and even the average bloke on street have pointed this out over the last 18 months or so.

Still, it was a fantastic performance by Pac.

 

Listen, beating Malinnaggi was the 2nd best win of his career in my mind because he unveiled a better still of fighter, and beat a legitimate titleholder almost every minute of every round outside of the first, while JLC was clear, clearly way over the hump after his weak displays against Reyes and Ngougo.
A guy doesn't fight like he did against Malinaggi and then turn up shot in his next fight. Hatton was rated by most in the lower half of the p4p top ten, and even if he wasn't at his absolute peak like against Hatton, he was every bit as good as he was in notching wins against Maussa, Collazo, Urango, Lazcano, Malinaggi etc.
He was clearly stunned badly early against Phillips in the first, down and shooked to his boots again versus Eammon Maggee, wobbled late against Ben Tackie, rocked multiple times to the body against Urango.
Lazcano was a really hard puncher against lightweight. Why does 5lbs make that big of a differance.
Manny beat a verson of Hatton who was no less than 95% of his peak against Tszyu.

 

This could very well have been in factor in his declining punch resistance.

 

Excellent post. 100% spot on.

 

No excuses. Dude got str8 whomped.

 

I think that lifestlye of Hattons is to blame for his performances but even if he wasn`t like that he would`ve still been out of his depth against this guy.Its either Witter next or retirement.