Prime Hatton would OWN today's LWW Division!

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  1. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    He would OWN Garcia. Jesus, can you imagine the plodding, slow-as-f*ck Garcia (the nickname 'Swift' has to be the most ironic nickname in all of sports) trying to beat Hatton? Ricky would have had him out of there within 6-8.

    No way Garcia can keep up that kind of pace.

    Everyone else would have gotten steamrolled, too.
     
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  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hatton was a tragedy. A wonderful, great prospect from '98 to '01 - foot speed, hand speed, angles, accuracy, swift side-stepping, body shots up the middle; no clinching, just clean output, in-and-out fighting, and concrete chin (as shown against Magee, Phillips, Tszyu). If he never started lifting weights (on stiff machines for bodybuilder reps) with Kerry Kayes or started fighting once a year for the WBU (allowing him to get out of shape on the **** and junk), he might never of lost. He was a future all-timer, but blew it.

    He really fought Tszyu, Castillo, Mayweather and Pacquaio when a mental and physical mess, and hardly disgraced himself!
     
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  3. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm damn sure he beats Danny Garcia
     
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  4. Scar

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    Garcia, Matthysse and Provodnikov won't be easy.
     
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  5. Brixton Bomber

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    Provodnikov would be a war due to Hatton loving that kind of fighter. The others?Hatton stops them both.

    Other than Pryor, nobody could touch him for work rate @ 140.

    @ Bulldog - I agree. He had way too many defences of the WBU belt. Kerry Kayes? He shouldn't be let near Boxers! Too much bodybuilding stuff going on when he has you under his wing.
     
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  6. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    I would disagree, but honestly I've never seen Hatton fight before Mayweather, and the Castillo body shot KO is kind of fuzzy and ended too fast.
     
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  7. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I agree, Hatton gets severely underrated alot on here.

    At his best he would give most fighters hell and win most.

    He was beating Sevchenko up until about the 7th round i think?

    Had he just stuck to an 6 or 8 rounder, that fight would have been in the bag.
     
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  8. PIPO23

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    Garcia sparks euro level ricky hugton.
     
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  9. Ilikeboxing

    Ilikeboxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    After Hatton laid into Danny's body with those shots he'd be speaking fluent Puerto Rican.
     
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  10. wayne189

    wayne189 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think provo and lucas stop him. And guys like herrera would give him prob just with their movement and skills
     
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  11. Jacory Harris

    Jacory Harris I'm a gorilla I'm a dawg! Full Member

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    Rickey was never the same after Money utterly destroyed him. Of course it was then, and only then, that PacROID chose to take on Money's leftovers.
     
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  12. lazarus20000

    lazarus20000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It was more to do with his binge eating and drinking that ended his career early than expected. Had he been more professional like Floyd or Hopkins, then he would have had another 3-4 years at the top. You simply can't put on 3-4 stones of fat after eating and drinking crap in between fights, and hope to fight at elite level. Sad end for a top LWW.
     
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  13. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    I could see Hattons flaws that Floyd and Manny exposed getting punished vs Garcia

    Hatton can walk himself into counters and keeps his chin in the dangerzone while in range

    He can probably beat Provodnikov in a fight like the Urango one and the Mattysse fight is tough to call

    algeri would be interesting
     
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  14. Constable

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    hatton only really got beat by pac and mayweather prime hatton today beats everyone at 140
     
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  15. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    prime hatton was still fighting washed up fighters after 37 fights....
    he was a good fighter but over rated. whats his best win at 140?
     
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