This is why I admire Ricky Hatton...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by DINAMITA, Apr 5, 2009.


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  1. DINAMITA

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    The standard you are holding Hatton to is ridiculous. You are criticizing him for not fighting the world p4p#1 when he had only just won a world title... even though he did fight him later anyway! And at a weight he was not as effective at!!?!

    Seriously, that is moronic. :lol:
     
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  2. DINAMITA

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    No, I mentioned him in a series of names to make a point. He should not become the focus of the thread so that Rui can feel like he has won an argument.
     
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  3. Smazz20

    Smazz20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Must be embarrassing to lose to a guy like that, eh?
     
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  4. DINAMITA

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    I'm still waiting for Rui to address this.
     
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  5. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, it's nothing against Hatton. I was just pointing out a loophole in your argument, but not surprisingly, now you appear to be on the defensive and accuse me of being ultra biased against Hatton.
     
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  6. DINAMITA

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    Yet again, this doesn't make any sense. You have such a hard-on for trying to win an argument that you have forgotten what we are talking about, hence this childish and irrelevant rubbish about being wrong and arguing etc.

    The fact is that I think Hatton's attitude is commendable. You have not provided anything to refute that in my eyes, except some whinging about money and clinging to Manny Pacquiao.

    And you were wrong about Hagler, very wrong.
     
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  7. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think it's admirable when you decide to take on the best in boxing, even if it results in little to no increase in your purse.

    For instance, it would've been nice for Hatton to take on the likes of Junior Witter instead of relentlessly avoiding him. It would've been nice for Hatton to have stayed at welterweight to take on the best there instead of shamelessly moving back down to face the one-dimensional Juan Urango.
     
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  8. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nobody, at any point, has said that.

    I give in.
     
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  9. DINAMITA

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    A loophole in my argument? No, it's where your argument falls to pieces.

    If you can criticize Hatton for not fighting the p4p#1 right after first winning a world title, then you are criticizing 99/9% of boxers. Therefore, illogical and worthless.:patsch

    If you can criticize Hatton for not fighting the p4p#1 right after first winning a world title when he did in fact fight him anyway later on, then you are being utterly absurd.:patsch

    If you can criticize Hatton for not fighting the p4p#1 at 140 which was Hatton's best weight, when he then fought him at 147 where Hatton was not as effective, then it is difficult to see any other motive on your part than a bias against Ricky Hatton.:patsch

    Your points are becoming desperate and ridiculous.
     
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  10. DINAMITA

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    So you think it would have been admirable for Hatton to fight Junior Witter, but it wasn't for him to fight Floyd Mayweather.

    I can happily log off now, seeing as I have been on for too long as it is. What an absolutely ludicrous statement. You have undermined everything else you have tried to accomplish on this thread. Better luck next time Rui :good
     
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  11. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You see, when you bring up a point and I refute it as being inaccurate, you're typically supposed to concede the point in a civilized argument. Not ignore it altogether and pretend that it never happened. But your ardent refusal to admit that you might have made a mistake astounds me.

    How so? It's completely subjective in deeming as to whether or not Hagler would've accepted or rejected a fight with someone like Spinks or Qawi if he were offered a $10 million. You can't be wrong about something as arbitrary as this... Unless of course you're secretly Marvin Hagler.
     
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  12. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, I never said that. Who's to say that Hatton couldn't have fought Witter after he lost to Mayweather?

    But because Hatton made over $20 million against Floyd, it's hard to call his decision to push for the fight a badge of bravery -- rather it was a very smart financial decision.
     
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  13. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He's just delusional now... He's making up inane assumptions so as to boost up his own ego.
     
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  14. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Ridiculous statement. Hatton weighed the same on fight night against Mayweather who isnt a natural 147lber himself as he did in his fight against malignaggi. Mayweather was not the bigger man in the fight. Hatton came in around 152 and Floyd was at 147-148 as always. Hatton is talking out his ass as usual.
     
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  15. djm

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    And he provided counterexample evidence to that point, which you ignored.

    Years ago, Hatton made a conscious decision to not stay at home and defend against mandatories. Commendable and admirable.

    To think that his decision to fight Floyd, though, was not influenced by the money involved is hopelessly naive. Hell, maybe he would have done it for considerably less - I'd lean towards thinking that he would. But with things as they were, he'd have been crazy not to take the fight.
     
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