Kat never tires?? Did you watch his fight against shot Graham Earl? He was so ****ed by round 5 that he was landing flush time and time again and Earl was taking the punches and firing back. The same Earl who was destroyed inside a minute by Khan in his next fight. Kats power is good but overrated and it wanes if he goes deeper. He went 7 or 8 rounds with Sergio Liendo, before a hand injury made Liendo retire. Liendo was a blown up featherweight who got KOd COLD by Hamed in about 1994. He would have a punchers chance against Hatton and that is all, but going life and death with Graham Earl and being beaten by Casamayor does nothing to suggest he should be in the ring with someone who has beaten the people Hatton has. More anti British hate from Realizm...what a surprise.
It's unbelievable that Katsidis would be favoured over any top fighter, with a reasonable punch, or any top fighter period, though it's clear a top fighter with a reasonable punch takes care of him with little trouble, considering a shotty Casa with a mediocre punch took him out. And I don't mean to insult Casa, big fan here actually and I won some serious money on that fight, but the mans never been a puncher per say, a stiff hitter at his best and he's shot now, by all means, he's shot. Katsidis is a TV level fighter.
The Earl fight is the one that makes me think Hatton has an easy nights work with Katsidis. I remember that Hamed fight against Liendo at SBW I'm sure.
you asked for peoples thoughts and then accuse them of nuthuggery when their ideas don't match yours???? atsch
The Hamed vs Liendo fight may well have been at Super Bantam actually...in fact now you mention it I am almost certain it was. Liendo looked like a Super Bantam or Feather and he was out cold. Unconcious for over a minute, and recieving treatment in the ring for several minutes after. At two or (as you point out) probably three weight divisions up he takes everything Kat is throwing for 7 rounds and is not stopped. I know 1 fight is not a way to judge someone and direct comparisons are not totally reliable like that, but when you add in Earl taking flush bombs from Kat and coming back and the fact that kat has gone the distance with a guy who was stopped by Rabah and St Clair... I think his power is overhyped. It is clearly good power, but his opponents have by and large been very weak and he has failed to put away guys who have been destroyed by smaller men and by other prospects in his weight class.
hatton did look good when he fought castillo. and if your pathetic theory was correct, surely castillo would have wanted to beat hatton to be the man at 140, to ensure ots of future big money fights ahead.