Thread: Hatton vs Marquez

Ring Magazine reports Schafer said that this fight has begun negotiations and it will most likely take place in Manchester.

Any thoughts on this one? The fight will be held at 140.

Could be fun for a while, I'd go with Marquez by mid round KO, not much faith in Ricky's punch resistance.

I don't see anything wrong with this matchup. A big money fight for both guys and a chance at a possible bounceback from tough losses. Marquez is too heavy for 140 IMO, but Hatton has huge question marks at the weight himself now. I'm all for it.

I think it will look a lot like Marquez - Diaz, except that Hatton hits harder than Diaz but has a worse chin. I'd heavily favor Marquez to win, but if Diaz can hurt him than so can Hatton. I'd expect Marquez to try and outbox and counter Hatton as he comes in.

I was wondering about who would train Hatton too? Obviously after Floyd Sr. walking out on him, he would go else where. Does Ricky beg for Graham back?

I'd imagine it would be Lee Beard. I'm not really a fan of Beard though and see him as a Hatton team yes man more than anything else. I can't see Hatton ever working with Graham again after all that has now passed. A shame really because they did well together all things considered.

Originally Posted by CFH

I think it will look a lot like Marquez - Diaz, except that Hatton hits harder than Diaz but has a worse chin. I'd heavily favor Marquez to win, but if Diaz can hurt him than so can Hatton. I'd expect Marquez to try and outbox and counter Hatton as he comes in.

Do you think Hatton is better offensively and defensively than Diaz?

PAC-JMM III If Marquez wins

Punch resistance - This should be an official boxing forum term lol

fact : Duran got KTFO by Hearns at 154 yrs. later he was absorbing massive blows from an equally or even harder hitter in Iran Barkley.

so chin is now like a battery that runs out if you keep using it lol

If its in manchester i cant see anything other than a hard fought hatton points win that leads to him calling out the big boys once again.

It could be held in Hattons front room and all I could see is Marquez fucking him up bigtime.

Hatton needs to watch the Pac fight (his) as he apparently hasn't yet and it's said he still believes he was hurting Pac. he needs to accept what he is in terms of style and stop trying to BS the public about new styles etc etc

If he reviews that fight and thinks he has something left then he can focus and this could be a decent match up. if he is still harping on about PFP then someone should tell hm to stay out of the ring before he gets badly hurt, the problem is he probably doesn't have anyone in his own camp willing to be honest with him.

I lose more respect for him every time I see him between fights and for a guy who hasn't announced his retirement yet, it shows a lack of respect IMO for his trade. Does anyone know if he actually does any work at all between fight camps.(serious question)

Marquez will make him look like a complete mug. Hatton will get picked off so easily, and with his punch resistance dwindled, it'll be another early sparko loss.

on the plus side I get to dust off my Mexican flag and be hated by the people I sit by. Again.

At this stage it's an easy night's work fOR jmm

Originally Posted by jamiebhoy

Hatton needs to watch the Pac fight (his) as he apparently hasn't yet and it's said he still believes he was hurting Pac. he needs to accept what he is in terms of style and stop trying to BS the public about new styles etc etc

If he reviews that fight and thinks he has something left then he can focus and this could be a decent match up. if he is still harping on about PFP then someone should tell hm to stay out of the ring before he gets badly hurt, the problem is he probably doesn't have anyone in his own camp willing to be honest with him.

I lose more respect for him every time I see him between fights and for a guy who hasn't announced his retirement yet, it shows a lack of respect IMO for his trade. Does anyone know if he actually does any work at all between fight camps.(serious question)

good point

ricky can still comeback and prove he is up there with the great british fighters of the past 10-20 years ala:eubank, benn, calzaghe

But if he`s coming back with this whole "i wanna be the greatest fighter in the world" i completely agree he should just jack it in and stick to promoting.

Rickys a great fighter that brings shit loads of entertainment and could still quite feasibly pull in an 80`000 sell out over here and take another 25k odd to vegas.

But he has to accept his limits now and realise he doesnt neccesarily have to beat the very best to cement his legacy in this country at least!!