Nicolino Locche vs Ricky Hatton At 140

The obvious call—which I’m sure many will make—is that this isn’t a contest and Locche will just school Hatton.

But I don’t think it’s necessarily true: unlike Fuji, Hatton had fast feet, a good up jab, and was able to set his shots up well by working the guard with little shots hear and there.

Also, he was no head hunter, which bodes well as Locche’s head movement was supernatural!

Locche was no puncher, and his offensive variety was horrendous, a weak jab and that left-hook-cum-uppercut, which was basically all he threw for the majority of fights.

Hatton was quicker of hand and foot, he had better offence, he had little in the way of defence but he had a decent chin in his prime.

Both marked up and Locche’s slashing left might wreck Hatton’s sensitive eyebrows.

It’s a toss-up for me, because it’s going to the cards. Hatton would look sloppy at times because Locche was an effective blocker and of course his head movement was great. His legs were good too, but he was more a guy who took small steps and moved in semi-circles, so Hatton’s ability to close the gap quick will set him in good stead.

One guy will be very active, one guy less so.

Locche via close decision I guess. If it’s in Argentina it could be 12-0 Hatton with Locche doing nothing and Hatton wouldn’t win a round. In Vegas? Hatton takes the decision, he’d be more aggressive.

But seeing how Locche is the hipsters darling no doubt this thread will be ‘LOO’ and ‘Hatton doesn’t win a round’.

Watch the footage. Hatton and Locche were both world class and both had their deficiencies in terms of their all-round game. This would be very competitive.

 

Good post, but i say Locche takes a decision.

 

Yeah, I pretty much said the same mate.

 

Yeah, anyone who blithely says Hatton gets taken to school and doesn't elaborate is being lazy and biased. I'd favour Locche to win a competitive but indisputable decision where Hatton does quite well in the earlier rounds but ends up being figured out and frustrated as the fight goes on, though his engine, great feet, determination and Locche's lack of firepower/activity would see him trying like a bear til the end.

 

Locche takes the nod, even if he just woke up for the fight...unless it's an "out of cigarettes" Locche, and Hatton fights a clever, "just go for the body" type of strategy that Peppermint Frazier used to cop the title from Locche.

 

Hatton as always is being overrated on here.

He'd be competitive early, but make no mistake, Locche would pull away and never look back. By the late rounds, Hatton would be getting badly outclassed and hit at will.

Two different levels of fighters here. People on this forum need to come to terms with the fact that Hatton was a GOOD fighter... but nothing more.

Locche was out of Hatton's league.

 

Hatton as always is being underrated on here!

Locche is clearly greater when looking at a career. But we are looking at a H2H with a contrast in styles.

Hatton is a relentless swarmer not an aggressive stalker. Hatton is going to plant himself on Locche’s chest, and has the quick feet to do this all night. Locche is the superior boxer but will not get the opportunity to show case that. He does not have the power to make Hatton reluctant to wade in every second of this fight. Hatton won’t allow separation that Locche will need to use his defensive skills IMO.

Hatton takes a 7-5 or 8-4 type of decision.

 

Granted that Hatton had faster feet than the brutal hitting Fuji...I know all that...nevertheless, Locche would have had no trouble at all in soundly outpointing the Brit. With no showboating...showing the same purposeful seriousness he used in outpointing and outgutting Carlos Hernandez (AND NO...I'm not correlating the styles of Hatton and Hernandez at all)...Locche would have had at his disposal a myriad of tricks in his bag...with more left over...to outpoint the overrated Ricky Hatton.

 

You're my boy, but I gotta disagree.

Hatton didnt have what it takes to effectively pressure Locche all night. Chavez could do something like that, but you're overrating Hatton's ability as a pressure fighter.

Locche isnt Malignaggi.

I see Ricky fading against Locche, not getting stronger. Locche wasnt a huge puncher, but he had a very effective hook to the body, and Hatton was extremely vulnerable to the body. Given how frequently Hatton would miss, and how accurately he'd be getting countered, I think he weakens as the fight goes on.

You're making Hatton sound like some non-stop stamina guy like Duran, but he wasnt. Hatton did not have great stamina.

Locche would outthink him, survive his rushes, and gradually pick him apart.

In a 12 rounder, Locche by UD. In a 15 rounder, I wouldn't put it past Locche to score a stoppage.

 

Prime Hatton didn't really fade, and at 140 he was very strong. If your on about later Hatton then i'd agree, but I feel your underrating Hatton a bit. He was everything your saying he wasn't against Tsyzu, he got stronger as the fight progressed, missed some but he was intense and ruthless all the same. I'm not gonna lie, ive never seen Locche fight, but Hatton was a very strong light welter with a crippling left hook of his own. Prime hes a hard fight for most, especially if you don't punch hard !

 

For a very short time Hatton was an absolute monster at 140, hes tough enough and definitely strong enough to walk down better stylists than him and keep it up for 12..Only prime though imo, he went very vulnerable later on down to lifestyle

 

Aston, let's be honest, "prime" Hatton was fighting stiffs and has beens. Of course his stamina is gonna hold up well when it's not being tested.

Different ball game when Locche is making him miss consistently, and countering him each time he misses. And whenever Hatton is on the outside looking to reset, Loche would he nailing him with the jab and digging him to the body.

Any man who can school Cervantes and be competitive with Carlos Ortiz is gonna find a way to figure out Ricky freakin Hatton.

Hatton was never a "monster".

He loses big here.

 

Even with an English ref Hatton would still lose, Locche takes him to school. His defence was ridiculous best I've ever seen. While Locche doesn't do much in terms of damage to Hatton due to his lack of power he still wins a very wide decision.

 

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