I have him at number 10. Sure Malignaggi didn't live up to expectations but that's his failing and no fault of Hatton's. He was the number 2 fighter at 140 and Hatton beat him dominantly.
His critics were too harsh when he lost but I think he has to partially blame himself for that. He built it all up to the Floyd/P4P fight so that when he lost, everyone thought that was the end.
as of right now, i officially dont care about p4p lists outside of the top 5.....anyone outside of that can change with there next fight top 5 1.Pacman 2.JMM 3.Calz 4.Bhop 5.Vasquez thats should be everybodies top 5, not necessarily the order, because some people believe Calzaghe should be #2...and thats fair and i dont know maybe some people beleive JMM should be #1...who knows, but those people should be in everyones top 5 even if the order is different but to answer the question, yeah i'd say Hatton could fall anywhere between 6-10
:rofl Damn dude, you should really go watch UFC or some ****, top 5 Beating Paulie Malignaggi who was nowhere near the P4P lists gets you from outside the top 10 to top 5 on your list?
i have him 11/12 and im a huge hatton fan. a win over de la hoya/pac/jmm would solidify his status in top 10 in my mind.
top5 is a bit much but he did dominate his closest rival at 140 to reiterate he is still the best 140 pounder in the world.
1 Pacquiao 2 Calzaghe 3 Hopkins 4 Marquez 5 Vazquez 6 Margarito 7 Calderon 8 Williams 9 Marquez 10 Darchinyan
Although he proved me wrong in the Paulie fight he is not in my top 10. Between 10-15 would be fair imo.
People kept Cotto in when he lost to Margarito ffs, who wasn't even in top 25. Hatton loses to p4p number 1 and boom gone forever. He's top ten for me.
I dont see anywhere near 10 guys who dominate their respective divisions like Hatton has done.I believe him when he says he wont be beaten at 140.