Poll: Ricky Hatton vs Miguel Cotto

It took a fighter half the size of Hatton with pillows in his hands a couple of rounds to drop him. No way in hell that version of Cotto lasts against Hatton.

 

That was 147 cotto, a more durable version than the one at 140.. 140 cotto was not the same

 

Cotto >> Hatton.

 

Cotto. Hatton was never a monster KO artist at 140, it was pressure that broke his opponents. Cotto may be a little chinny at 140 but he was an excellent heavy hitter at the 140 limit as well. Hatton was always so easy to hit. Cotto would break him slowly and get him outta there by the 10th.

 

Hatton should have been deducted two points for that low blow against Tszyu.uppercut to the groin and quite obviously intentional.the low blow Tszyu dropped Hatton with was only slightly below the belt,so there should have beeen no need for such a retaliation on Hatton’s part.

 

Could've sworn I made a thread on this at some point, but just searched and couldn't find it to bump. Oh well.

This would be a brutal and possibly quite bloody grind for both. Competitive.

 

Cotto !!

 

In UK Hatton outwrestles cotto , anywhere outside of UK Cotto beats british fraud.

 

50/50 fight at 140. I would pick Cotto by SD in a fight that could go either way. As great as Cotto is, Hatton is so underrated it's truly unfair.

 

I agree with every word here. The only difference is I would have those symbols going the other way. Other than that I completely agree mate.

 

I couldnt agree more. I'd give ricky a good chance of stopping cotto at 140, especially if the fight took place at the end of cotto's stay there - he started to look q bit shaky. At 47 Hatton didnt look great, id pick cotto to win a ud at that weight.

 

Great fight. Hatton extremely underrated nowadays. Think people need to go back and watch his career from the early days. By the time he got to the very top his best days we,re behind him. Think the tyszu fight took a bit out of him as well. Brutal fight.

Take tyszu out and put cotto in instead at that point...i think hatton could have beat him. Especially when cotto was struggling at 140.

 

At which weight dumbass? Do you know what critical thinking is?

 

Anytime somebody mentions this fight I just automatically make the default assumption they mean 140lbs. Hatton was a dreadful welter.

On the flip side of that coin, sure there was a lot more obvious vulnerability to Cotto (both due to his greenness/defenses yet to be sharpened, and his punch resistance down there being much poorer, in part maybe from the drain of weight-cutting) but Cotto is still a better light welter than Hatton is a welter - and besides, Hatton wasn't ever a one punch KO artist, so Cotto's whiskers being worse shouldn't really come into play.

I don't think either can stop the other at 140, unless we're talking accumulation if one guy's engine sputters and there's lots of punishment shipped without much ability to protect oneself. So it comes down to Hitman's work rate versus the quality of Junito's strikes, with both having particularly strong body-punching game (Hatton up in the smother, and Cotto more at mid-range). I think it'd be close.

 

I reflex voted Cotto but if we're talking 140 (and we should be) I forgot how vulnerable Cotto was at that weight and Hatton's smother game was on point.

I still think Cotto (superior skills, better jab, more efficient, disciplined inside game) but much closer than I initially had it.