Ricky Hatton one of the most overrated fighters of all times.

Don't Sleep · Jul 2, 2013

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Who is Ricky Hatton? The short answer would be that guy from the UK that got koed by Mayweather and Manny.

But getting koed twice is hardly the sum of this fighters accomplishment during his career, so what else did he do while he was active?

Lets start at the beginning, Hatton first emerged on the scene as a fighter from the UK that really fought or got into give and take matches in other words. Soon after emerging as a UK prospect Hatton defeated some decent fighters as would be expected.

In 2005 Hatton was able to get a fight VS Kostya Tzyu. Hatton was Tzuy's mandatory challenger but considering what Hatton had accomplished up until that point it is very hard to claim that Hatton deserved his ranking. Most believed that Hatton would simply get slaughtered and they would have been right if not for Hattons undieing desire to win. Such a firm desire that he didn't care less if he was breaking the rules and hitting his opponent on the back of the head as if it was a legal area to land a blow. I don't ever recall not before and not after this fight seeing a fighter hit as many times on the back of the head as I did that night. I wonder what the referees problem was, did he not know that punches to the back of the head are not allowed?

A competent unbiased referee would have warned Hatton firmly regarding those blows to the back of the head and that would probably have been the end of them. Sadly for boxing fans and Kostya Tzyu this referee didn't give firm warnings and didn't disqualify Hatton for his dirty tactics. This was Kostya's last professional bout as he suffered bleeding from his brain that made ending his career an obvious decision.

So Hurray Ricky Hatton became the undisputed junior welterweight world champion. Given the way in which he won that title I think that buying any belt at walmart is a bigger accomplishment.

Hattons biggest win after the Tzyu fight was against Jose Luis Castillo at junior welterweight, Castillo's biggest accomplishments had been in the junior lightweight and in the lightweight division. At the time of the match Castillo was 34 years old had 7 losses 1 draw and 55 wins on his record.

There is no greatness in cheating your way to victory and winning against a 34 year old that has had 63 fights and lost 7 of them that's certainly not the stuff that legends are made from.
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I respect Hatton's career but the Tzuyu fight was a wrestiling match .... And though he won, he was getting peppered all night as well

box101 · Jul 2, 2013

Don't Sleep said: ↑

I respect Hatton's career but the Tzuyu fight was a wrestiling match .... And though he won, he was getting peppered all night as well
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he may have been gettn pepperd as you say but he didn't quit on his stool

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