Question for the Hatton haters

If he beats Malignaggi and then Witter (should he regain his title) then I think he could retire happy as a great fighter.

Tszyu-Castillo-Mayweather - he's fought the great fighters.

Urango-Maussa-Collazo-Malignaggi - he's fought the champions.

Tackie-Lazcano-Magee - he's fought the contenders.

He's had a solid career.

 

Oh just what we need, another Hatton thread. This time with an aggressive, provoking title. Should lead to some more sensible, structured debabte.

To be honest I see no point in a return to 147 because, by his own admission, he is not effective there. Cotto would brutalise him & all we'd get is the "not his weight" excuse. Malignaggi, Witter if he regains his belt & Pacman would round off a fairly solid career.

I just wish Hatton had taken the Mayweather fight at 140 then after losing stayed there & cleaned up that way.

 

Maybe not but it is. I think we're all sick of the bitching on here it's beyind tiresome now. Anyway, what do you think of my assessment? Fair or not?

 

No, no shame but then if even a fan such as yourself can see he is not good enough to compete with those guys can you understand why we think a rematch with Floyd will only be a money fight?

 

i'm not a hater but can i still play?


hatton has a three fight deal with hbo, and i think thats realistically all he has left, so i can't see forsee a fight with junior witter in there. we'll have malignaggi, followed by pacman followed by a PBF rematch.

i think he'll have had a solid career by the time he retires, and i can see him being inducted into the HOF five years later (due to his popularity and not necessarily his achievements). he'll be considered a modern great in terms of british boxing, but not a world great.

 

**SIGH** But then this is the issue isn't it? I thought you said what fights give him a great legacy? Getting beaten up by PBF in a division which he says he's not effective in again does nothing for his legacy. Thats the problem with trying to debate this with you Hatton fans, you use two arguments. Firstly the one where you ask us which fights he has to take to be considered great then if that goes against you, you fall back on the old "who wouldn't want to make money" argument. Which is it? It's not fair for you to keep using two arguments.

 

So if someone disagrees with you they are always wrong?

 

I'm not really a hater per say, I just didn't like his ducking tactics and excuses over the years

He still has the chance to go down as a great at 140, if he comes back from defeat and unifies this division. I'm thinking if he fights Malignaggi, Torres and then perhaps Bradley. No world beaters, but he'd have a really solid set of wins at 140, including Tszyu, Urango, Castillo (albeit shot) etc

I'm not worried about him fighting Pacquiao, as I don't see a real contest there. It would be a nice farewell fight, but thats about all I can say for it. Mayweather/Cotto should be non-issues, he just gets beaten up

 

Fck malignaggi, witter and bradley, they mean nothing.

I rather see him fight the likes of Cotto. No way he ever beats PBF as that guy is something special. However he beat Cotto and he gets my respect, if he has his arse handed to him like PBF did then he is exposed.

 

"Exposed", the most over used word on EBS, along with "shot".

Hattons reputation/ legacy as a boxer does not rest on whether he takes, or how well he does in, a Cotto fight.