Whitaker v Hatton at 140lbs

This is a bad style matchup for Hatton....I suppose he could pull out a slim UD depending on who the ref was and how much roughhousing he could get away with, but too many things would have to be right for him to pull off the upset-he'd have to have a near perfect gameplan, be in perfect condition, and be able to lure Sweet Pea into fighting his game- which hardly ever happened because of Sweet Pea's ring generalship. He'd also need to attack the body because that's the only way to try and slow Whitaker down, and Pea had great head movement and a solid chin which Hatton probably wouldn't be able to hit until late in the fight if everything else I mentioned happened. So while it COULD happen...my money would be on a clear Whitaker UD 9 times out of 10. RH could do some damage though, but Pernell would clearly win around 8 rounds or so.

 

I am shocked....ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED that not one person has chimed in and picked Hatton. He has a pretty big following on here. Of course if that were to happen, two things would have to be true.

1- They would have to ABSOLUTELY LOVE Hatton.

and

2- They would have never had seen Sweet Pea fight.

Even still, I am shocked.

 

That's a good point...also, going against a guy who's going to hit you alot (even if Pernell wasn't a knockout artist) is going to really put Hatton's skin to the test, literally speaking. Cuts could very well be an issue.

Like I said, Hatton would have to come in peak everything to make this a great fight- but let's not forget, Hatton would be motivated and I've yet to see him take his biggest fights lightly. I certainly wouldn't plan on it if this fight were to happen.

My final verdict is that this would probably be one of the most entertaining 8-4 UD's you'd ever see in the ring, but Whitaker's my guy in this one.

I do think that anyone putting down shutouts is really underrating Hatton in this one. As we can see, I'm not picking him to win- but to say that anybody shuts him out, I just don't see it. He's got the chin and the body attack to walk through Pea's punches and take some rounds in the process.

 

Why? If you picked Hatton based on his performances to date it would be an open admission that you've never seen Whitaker fight.

Hatton of Tszyu maybe takes 4 rounds and I'm being generous. Hatton needs to become a WHOLE LOT more consistent with his body attack, he needs to find himself a jab and certainly close up his defence. With about every adjustment there is we are still talk 7-5 either way. Why? Because when it comes to boxing, Pernell is arguably the best to have ever done it.

 

It's official Robbi, creating this thread verifies in my mind you are a sadist, it would be wrong to sanction this bout.

 

He's gotta learn to cut off the ring. Boys got talent though. I wish him the best.

BTW, 120 to 108....Sweet Pea. He doesn't even break a sweat.

 

Yes, because worse fighters than Hatton never won a round off of Whitaker. atsch

 

I had Mc Girt winning that fight by 2 points. Now the closest I could've saw that fight was a draw. It was certainly weird the way Whitaker was showboating in the last round. Just like he knew the judges would fix everything for a Chavez showdown. I am not downing your opinion but I certainly wonder how Whitaker received anything better than a draw. I thought that he lost.

I believe that the judges scored the Whitaker-Nelson fight a lot closer than you had it, but maybe they had the closeness of the fight wrong. I hadn't seen that fight in such a long time that I really don't remember how close that I had it. I did score it for Whitaker though.

 

I am not the only one that thinks it so does my friends and so did several publications that scored it for Mc Girt. I have never seen that fight scored better than a draw by any boxing publication. Most that I saw also had Mc Girt 2 points ahead. Whitaker did win the rematch though. By George I think he got it right.

 

I've asked you before about "most" of these boxing publications that you saw that had McGirt ahead and you never got back to me. Please name all these sources that had McGirt ahead.

 

I laughed at first when I saw this but then realized that Whitaker wasn't at his absoulte best at 140 and Hatton is.
Hatton would maul Whitaker THE ENTIRE fight.Hatton might just have the style to pull it off.