How Good was Ricky Hatton?

Why thank you! (kidding), Hatton's just touched a lot of fans in different ways i guess.

 

I don't but lifes too short....

 

Aren't you supposedto be on my side??! (just kidding)

Ibrahimovic is **** by the way.

 

I know 'we' havn't done that well in the transfer market but Eto plus cash for that lazy ****er is something else!!!!

 

Seriously, 'lte's just let Real have the title this year', should have been the statement by Barca, madness. Mourinho sounded like he thought it was funny.

Anyway, we're thread hi-jacking mate!

 

He didn't really impress me all that much. He was a tall fighter, that would jab, body punch occasionally...rinse and repeat. He was pretty good, beat an aging Tsuzya, but other than that couldn't reach the elite of the elite level as he was beaten in the big money makers...

 

Are you sure you're thinking of the right guy? He was a short arse who didn't have much of a jab and who went to the body as often as possible.

 

In the old days I reckon he'd be around the level of Johnny Bratton, who he'd split a series with.

*Inevitable Ike Williams comment* - Ike Williams at 140lbs would cave him in.

 

teeto, I see what you are saying. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think we can blame Hatton for Witter's lack of opportunity. He's shown in other big fights to not be the real deal.

 

I must confess I haven't followed Hatton's career closely. So excuse my ignorant post.

However, I have watched his fight with Pacquiao and he didn't impressed me at all. I know that such a short fight is not a good measure of how good Hatton was/is, but the fact is that Hatton's defense was truly bad that night.

Not taking anything away from Manny, but if the way that Hatton fought that night was the same way that he fought his whole career, then it is truly a miracle that Hatton didn't become the poster boy for palooka

 

I liked him when he was coming up and wasnt to surprised he was poison for Tszyu given all the factors involved in that fight.

But agree with the point made that when he consistently stepped up the opposition his limited skillset became apparent..and he went from very watchable to almost unwatchable IMO.

 

I think he accomplished a lot for what he was.

he wasn't an 'inside fighter' but a brawler, and for a brawler he did okay. The Tackie fight is an obvious indicator that he could do more and was more rounded, but Tackie was decent in his prime but known as a 'gatekeeper' really.

The urango win was good when you consider he went on to win the title again; the asethetics of his performances just got real bad, too much holding.

I'll always be a Hatton fan, just not a fan of his style. Would like to see him retire now, I'd say in a post-war list he makes the top 10 British fighters.

 

Ricky is a good fighter, in his prime very good, but theres alot of guys in the history of 140 who would beat him.

 

I think he is an almost impossible fighter to rate.

 

I was a big Hatton critic and always complained about who he didn't face but we dont rate fighters by who they didnt face otherwise we wouldnt rate the Sugar Rays. He has a mighty impressive resume imo

Great Opponents

Tyszu - past prime version, but just put in a fabulous performance against Mitchell and was the no1 140lber of the prior 10years. Hatton outboxed, outbrawled and outworked Tyszu, this really is a great win for him

Castillo - KO4, JLC was semi-shot but its a great win because Castillo was the number 1 LW of the prior 5 years

Mayweather - won 3 rounds forcing the fight and landing some good body shots, Mayweather said it was his hardest career fight but could have just being polite about it. Best P4P of the prior

Pacquaio - people say this showed Hatton's level but did the Carter fight show Griffith level? The Duran fight. Pacquaio is a great fighter and was just all wrong for Hatton

Good Opponents

Phillips - ex-champ and the only other man to beat Tyszu, an old man but still sneaky with his powerful right hand, a good dominating win

Urango - Wide UD against a current and future titlist who is simply a massive puncher

Mallignaggi -I wasnt that impressed because I thought Paulie got a couple of gifts but the dominating nature of the win was good

Maussa - Maussa was a lucky titlist so not that impressive

Collazo - a good close win against a belt holder in his first fight in a new weight class, Collazo probably would deserve a decision against Berto and has some decent wins of his own

Decent Contenders

Lazcanno - considered a comeback opponent but has some quality wins

Tackie - considered top10, decent dominating win

Magee - fringe top10 type

Ray Olivera - finge top 10 had some decent wins coming in

He was protected but 45-2 looks very good on paper and its clearly not all fluff. He has those 2 big wins in Tyszu and JLC and some good wins to back it all up.

I don't like rating 140lbers because its such a modern division, which often the best only pass through it when going to WW. All the same I may put him on par with someone like Cervantes who I believe gets overrated