were hatton and calzaghe overrated

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  1. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Eh? Frampton vastly superior boxer in every way than Hatton surely? Maybe not tougher but that's about hat tons only edge over Frampton. McGuigan was a much better body puncher than Hatton too......
     
  2. Papillon

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    See you have just proven my point.

    If you truly believe that Frampton is better and achieved more then there's no more to say.

    Hatton has despatched of some very tough and good men.

    Don't even mention Finbar.
     
  3. Birmingham

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    He peaked for the Tsyzu fight imo and fights previous. I think it was down hill dedication wise after that. Hungry and Hatton was a handful for anyone, and at 140 I think he might of done Cotto too. Overrated ? Yes, a little, but he was in some great action packed fights
     
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  4. lencoreastside

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    Hat ton was fan-friendly and loveable ....no one is disputing that. But if anyone thinks Hatton was a better boxer than Frampton ....well all I can say is there's plenty of other sports out there to follow. Maybe boxing isn't for you.....:)
    Are you receiving me butterfly?
     
  5. Papillon

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    Well obviously ducking the top guy in your division and beating Scott Quigg and Martinez, all the whilst getting outboxed by LSC (unable to adjust to a plan B mud fight), must be alot better than

    beating a P4P top 2 fighter, unifying the division, being the number 1 in your division at a time that it was packed and most importantly wanting to fight the best. Plus Hatton has better wins.

    I know you are heavy on Frampton that's why I brought him up, if you think Hatton is overated and unskilled then I think it should be you who stops watching boxing and finds another sport.

    Frampton ducked Rigo....Hatoon fought Mayweather and Pacquiao
     
  6. stittyb

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    Cotto v Hatton at 140... man, it's up there with the best fights that never happened. That would've been an absolute peach!
     
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  7. lencoreastside

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    The left hook ko from cotto wudda been a peach!
     
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  9. Birmingham

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    I could see Ricky breaking his heart. At 140 Cotto was vunerable and definitely weaker than Hatton that fought Tyszu.
     
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  10. Papillon

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    As ive said it could be worse,he could have been outboxed by LSC.
     
  11. lencoreastside

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    Not sure what you mean here????
     
  12. Infern0121

    Infern0121 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    What I'm saying is nobody is saying "remember the collazo win" are they?

    You got losses and Tzsyu

    Someone like Froch you have loads of good wins you can discuss. Hattons resume lacks that.
     
  13. Papillon

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    It actually doesn't at all.

    Magee
    Tackie
    Phillips
    Rios
    Stewart
    Oliviera

    Then you had

    Tszyu
    Maussa
    Collazo
    Urango
    Castillo
    Mayweather
    Lazcano
    Malignaggi
    Pacquiao

    What's lacking about that resume?
     
  14. Papillon

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    Well considering Hatton is so technically inept and Frampton this genius you think that for 1, wouldn't have been outboxed easily by an alleged brawler and 2, he'd have had a plan B or at least be able to adapt mid fight but there you go.
     
  15. lencoreastside

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    Of course LSC 2 wasn't framptons finest hour. But even on a bad night he still only lost narrowly against a formidable foe. I'm sure ...against a similar level foe in his weight class and bixing in USA ..... Hatton wouldn't have done any better. So I'm not sure how you can use that to big Ricky up and knock Carl.

    I say Carl is a better boxer than Ricky either way.
    Maybe you should do a poll and see what others think????