Brutal Anyone can look brutal crunching the ribs of tin cans. Ricky was capable. Achieved far more and made more money than his wildest dreams. But that's where his story ends. For all intents and purposes he was a glorified club fighter.
Jeez, you're local club must have some amazing fighters. You should go in and tell them they should go out and win 4 world titles at 2 different weights. And dominate a division.
You forgot to count the WBU and the IBO. Ricky made 15 defences of the WBU. That's a WBU world record. Ricky counts that belt as a world title...hmmmm yes he does.
Still hating Hatton i see. The post above was right, what kind of club fighters have you seen? Hatton was flawed but obviously world class. And his body punching was exceptional, everyone without some anti northern/white boy agenda could see that.
As far as lineal champions go he was incredibly average, in the same mould of a Carlos Baldomir or Zab Judah. As a strap holder, he was good.
World class indeed. Exceptional body puncher not even remotely close. If exceptional means beating up the likes of Freddie Pendleton and Joe Hutchinson to the tune of the WBU then i suggest you watch some of the sports better body punchers so you get to see what body punching is really about. And WTF are you talking about with this anti northern/white boy ****? Get your head out of ****ing ass and talk sensibly. atsch
Stop pretending to be american you weirdo . Laughed my head off at that washington thread . Thought you were " gangsta " .
Dropping a still game JLC in the 4th? IBF Light Welter champ WBA light welter champ WBA welter champ Beat the best in his division Only lost to the 2 best fighters of his era. Heck of a club fighter.
Riiiiiight..... When all else fails hurl ad-hominems and talk about the price of fish. Im talking abour Ricky Hatton you're blabbering on about im pretending to be American....:roll: If a trip to DC and my observation of the city means im "gangsta" in that tiny undeveloped down syndrome knuckle dragging small cranium of yours then yeah stupid im "gangsta". You fit to a Tee the typical mindless schill that Hatton had as fans. Actually why the **** am i bothering to even converse with you. Id get a more intelligent response from a can of paint.
Being your from England,and your tag is Hatton's Hook, I find it impossible for you to render a non-biased opinion. I've said it before, I'll say it again. Hatton got the fights he did NOT BECAUSE HE WAS GOOD. But because he sold tickets! Thats it. You Brits went ape **** when he fought. That's what promoters like. $$$$$$$ that's what a fighter wants in an opponent, someone who makes them $$$$$$$.