How come Ricky Hatton...

I agree, people say he "beat everyone apart from Mayweather and Pacquiao" but in reality he didn't, Hatton was a good fighter don't get me wrong but I think he would have been beaten a few times had he fought fighters such as

Zab Judah
Shane Mosley
Antonio Margarito
Miguel Cotto
Joshua Clottey
Ricardo Mayorga

even....Junior Witter

 

other than the Pac and Mayweather fights he really didn't fight anyone of note, Tzsyu is the only one and that's not enough imo.

they were happy getting 20,000 in the MEN for an easy nights work

it's why i have trouble rating hatton

 

Carefully matched in a time when the influential people behind him could get away with hyping 'poor' fights. Tad harsh but true imo

 

the judah fight i recall he ducked

 

Hatton was a 140 pound fighter, the names mentioned were all welterweights by the time he was fighting the best.

Hatton was never a welterweight, he only fought there to get the fight against Mayweather - who was p4p #1.

Mallignaggi was ranked #1 at 140 behind Hatton when they fought, so was Castillo. He fought everybody at his weight that had any interest to HBO where he was fighting.

Witter was a debatable #1 for one fight, after he beat Harris, at the same time that Hatton was fighting Mayweather. Witter lost his next fight.

 

The one fight he had at welterweight, against Luis Collazo, was a tough fight and one that showed he probably wasn't as good at 147.

Hatton had already beaten Tsyzu, who was p4p #2 at the time.

Mayweather was p4p #1, and worth the risk of fighting outside his best division I suppose.

 

Hatton maximized his earnings, I don't think that is up for debate, he timed things perfectly though clearly got decimated in the two biggest match-ups.

 

I hope to **** he does not make a comeback

sorry a bit off topic but that was my over riding emotion reading this thread

 

No need to be apologetic, I like many was a big fan upon his rise to fame, but it's done. I can't imagine him making it back down to 140 healthy and competitive, just no.

 

A) lots more money
B) After he left ****** Hattons relationship was with Golden Boy in Ameirca, Cotto, Margarito are Top Rank fighters, have you noticed how reluctant he is to match his fighters with guys who aren't in his stable?