whats with the excuse that hatton doesn't belong at 147?

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But I tend to like to think of Mayweather-Hatton as a 140 fight that took place at 147.

Hatton comes into the ring on fight nights at 154 when he fights as a Jr WW - When he fought Collazo he weighed about 160.

Mayweather has never put on a lot of weight in a fight since he has gone up to 140/147 - He put on about 5-7 lbs at 140 and normally puts on about a 1 or 2 lbs at 147.

 

Exactly, he is actually too much of a pigmy to even attempt a jab and his body doesnt hold the 7 pounds particularly well

 

Ricky Hatton is the first to say and for the second consecutive time in welterweight fights - " Floyd Mayweather is not the biggest welterweight in the world but I felt the difference, you know?..." So what is this supposed to say? Hatton gets disadvantaged in the strength department with world class opponents weighin under the 147 pounds limit in the official weigh-in, obviously they are going to weight more than that on fight night. The incredible punch-fest, no-holds barred match between Hatton and Cotto may be off permanently and who's the blame? Hatton for going after Mayweather with the sort of tactics and clash of styles that fight revealed. Hatton was right - what a fluke that was - when you could have had Mayweather-Mosley and Cotto-Hatton instead.

 

He's a midget yet Cotto is a half inch taller then him..


It's not that he's not tall enough, it's that his body isn't made to carry it and keep his advantages, but thats why he came into the ring against Mayweather weighing 154 (Which he normallys weighs in on fight nights as a Jr WW)

 

Cotto will lose to mayweather if the fight happens and it will be all over sooner than the hatton fight.

 

agreed

 

Just look at the picture of hatton next to floyd after the fight you can clearly see he is so much smaller in height width and overall frame.
But hatton lost because he hasn't got any evasive skill he would lose to any good fighter in their prime with a good evasive counter style.
I mean Collazo probably beat him i just think hatton hasn't the chin for WW power is all even though he did say mayweather wasn't the hardest puncher he fought i bet collazo was.

 

There's a point when you have to realise that the figures shouldn't matter. Hatton may only be a big smaller than Cotto, and weigh quite a bit, but using that same argument, you could probably say that Mike Tyson wasn't a true havyweight.

Hatton's body is probably more suited to 135lbs than 147lbs. Unlike Cotto, Mayweather etc., he has never tried to change his natural weight, so he is still a true 140lb guy.

His style relies far too much on his physical strength for him to be outweighed.

 

The same can be saiid for floyd in this fight as he didn't knock out or look like knocking out DLH and he couldn't carry any power over to 154.But against a natural 140lb fighter he can dominate i think both hatton and mayweather fit perfectly in 140 and 147 hatton can dominate 140lb fighters and mayweather can dominate 147lb fighters anything outside of that and they can't dominate.

 

For Floyd, Hatton weighed the same fight night weight that he is weighs 140.

 

Hatton must be the only boxer ever who goes from being a monster to being average by moving just 7lbs north.

of course, it's a load of bollocks...used by the Hatton zealots. Hatton is just a good fighter, not elite. He would struggle the same against a 140lb version of Collazo.
Basically, people ended up overrating him a lot after all those haldpicked fights.