1st and foremost I gotta applaud PBF for his fucken brilliant performace.
If he could just shut his mouth and fight more often like last night he'd be more liked and applauded.
But anyway... What a fight that was....
I was thinking last night as the fight was on,
How in the world is PBF a better inside fighter then Hatton?
WTF? I could not believe my eyes last night. PBF was the one mugging and beating Hatton on the inside. This shit reminded of the way Cotto & SSM switched roles with Cotto outboxing SSM....
Now posters here wanna blame Cortezplease! this was a difficult fight to ref I think Cortez was a bit too aggressive early on but then calmed down later in the fight. For those who keep finding excuses stop it cause there arent any.
After last nights performance I gotta say I am FULLY convinced that no one can beat PBF. I am by far the biggest Cotto fan here back in 2005 when ROCKYMARSHMELLOW, JamesFatToney & some other posters here were bashing Cotto. I told all of them that Cotto was the future that within some fights he'd prove that he was someone to beat. Well guess what I don't think Cotto stands a chance against PBF.
Not Cotto
Not Margarito
Not Williams
Not Cintron
Not Forrest
Not Spinks
Not no one.....
I am alos fully convinced that PBF is withouth a doubt the BEST FIGHTER this era has produced and his skills in the ring are fucken mind blowing. The way in which he has evolved throught the years the way in which he can adapt to any style that any fighter presents. The way PBF caught Hatton with the left hook early in the fight was IMO an early indication of things to come. I turned to my friend and said if Hatton keeps jumping in like that hes gonna get caught with a right hand... Well to my and everyones surprise it was a left hook that did the job. I don't see anyone beting PBF unless PBF has the worst night of his life in the ring. I'd also like to say that last nights win IMO catapults PBF in the all time ranks & all time P4P rankings.
I think I had PBF somewhere around 20 I'm not too sure but this win surely gives him a few steps up towards #1.
IF PBF decides to continue fighting and IF PBF does face any of these opponents and wins he IMO will most defintely jump to somewhere in the top 10 all time list. In no particular order: Cotto, Williams, Cintron or Forrest.
Now I understand not all of them are big names but they are considered as some of the best today and IF PBF can defeat one maybe two of them that IMO will further more advance him in the all time rankings.
To the Hatton fans...Chin up man.. Your boy did 'ya proud. He chased the champion he went after the man got his shot at him. Theres no shame in loosing to the best in the world. Hatton needs to solidify himself at 140 as one of the best ever he is now but he needs some of the other names on his resume. Witter, Maliganggi, Torres IMO Hatton should go back out there and just take 140 by storm if he wants to cement his legacy.
Also I'd like to point out that this picture here below is a scan of something that has become one of my most prized posessions.
(Ring Magazine signed by PBF)
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