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I'd also add Urango to that list, as he's a two time IBF champion.

As it stands now, he's a great 140lb fighter, and will become an all time great LWW fighter if he beats Pacquiao and Marquez. I'll exclude Mosely as I don't think that fight is particularly realistic. People may criticize him for not fighting Cotto (for example) at 140 - but he was willing to take on PBF at WW, and DOES deserve credit for that, especially considering that he has often been accused of ducking fighters.

He also deserves credit for answering his critics. Who said he had no chance against Tsyzu (and then claimed Tsyzu was shot, AFTER the fact), who said he didn't want to fight abroad (which he then went and did consistently, nearly getting sued by Frank Warren in the process) and who said he was a one dimensional slugger (changed his trainer, outboxed Maglianaggi comprehensively). He listens to the critics and answers them back - and that has to be respected.

If he beat all the fighters in your list, all of the critics who called him a 'stay at home' figher with a poor resume will be proved even more wrong then they already are.

 

Hatton is an excellent fighter, but I don't think a Pac or JMM win would qualify him as an atg. They are naturally smaller men. Now, if Hatton were to rematch Floyd and knock his ass out, that would definitely change things.

 

Hatton is a great fighter and fun to watch. I do believe he would need to beat other top shelf fighters (yes plural) after beating pac assuming he can get by him. However, this may be difficult unless he can get some of the big name WW's to come down to him. I do believe if he went back up to WW to fight PBF, the result would be the same. I see mosley on the list...again if he moved up to fight him...not good. Ricky just isnt as good above his fighting weight and there is no shame in that. There are some good JWW's out there for him to fight, but since ricky is at the point in his career where he wants the big $$ fights...who knows

 

Of course. Big 'ifs' though.

I think he'll beat Pacquiao, but he'd get murdered against Shane, and I think JMM would probably outpoint him.

 

bro, if mayweather is without a doubt an ATG, then ricky will most likely go down as one too....
mayweather rode what he did at 130-135 his entire career, ending it with a mile short of a bang.....so, if ricky does that, he's more than sure gonna be an ATG, i mean, he's already knocking on the door and it seems like he'll get in.....a lot of guys on his resume are way better than mayweathers recent opponents (recent meaning his stay at 140-147)....

besides that, you gotta look at attitude too...ricky, though lesser skilled then floyd, always wants to leave it all on the table for his fans...and that's something special, something they dont teach you in the gyms that comes so naturally like that shouldn't get overlooked when you're talking about ATG status....


just my .02 though, i dont wanna turn this into a floyd vs ricky thing.....

 

Yea i think he would be but in your scenario, he would always be an ATG jr.WW who could not perform against guys who were bigger than him.

 

- Castillo ; finished him with a devastating body punch , Castillos career was going down but still did the job .
- Tsyzu ; Great win and elevated Hatton into the spotlight. Yup Kosta was on the fall but none the less the victory was a pinnacle one.
- Malignaggi ; fight for me didnt prove much ..Hatton walked throo his punches and you could see from the fight Paulie was struggling with hand injuries. But hes never been stopped and Hatton outclassed him on the night .
- Mayweather ; well Pretty Boys a different class to everyone so no disgrace but superior defence and a brilliant PBM gameplan wore Hatton down . Hattons tactics on the night were very naive too and he knows that hence wanting this rematch .
- Collazo ; underated fighter and a close decision but a good victory .
- Urango ; good win against a bigger fighter who hurt hatton. Urango gone on and proved his quality since.

 

instead of fighting jmm, he should fight mosley and maybe berto or clottey. or even cotto.

 

save your swet..
hatton = :dead

 

I think for him to go down as an ATG, he either.....

Needs to move DOWN to 135 and beat guys like JMM

Or....

Up to 147 and beat Mosley

I don't see him moving down to fight Marquez, though the fight could happen.... whilst Shane would murder him. Up at 147 though, I think he would be a very live dog against Cotto, and I would favour him against Berto.

 

If he beats Pac he'll go down as a lower level ATG. Near the 100 mark. Listen, Hatton is already considering by many one of the greats at 140. People will always discredit him for not being a good fighter when he moves up in weight but that doesn't mean that he doesn't get respect for his other accomplishments.

 

I would slot Hatton into a top 10 at 140..... higher on H2H but lower on resume - though that could change.

A couple of big wins and he goes above Calzaghe - they are very close already.