Thread: Hatton is lucky he never made it past Mayweather

I like Hatton, and I think he still one of the best fighters out there, but I shudder to think what Cotto would have done to him. Hatton doesn't defend his body which he has shown vulnerability to getting hit in the midsection, and I have no doubt Cotto would be able to time him coming in. I think Cotto would truly lay a beat down on Hatton.

At 147 no doubt but I think if they had met when Cotto was at 140 that Hatton would have won.

Hatton is still the best at 140, but I think any of the top 7-8 welters would beat him at 147.

If he rematched Floyd, I think he gets KO'd in 6 rounds or less, Cotto might KO him even earlier.

It would be quite brutal to see Cotto lay hands on Hatton. Cotto's jab alone would mess his face up badly. At 140 or 147 I would give it to Cotto; though Miguel was getting weak at the junior welter weight, correct?

Ricky's one of my favorite fighters, but that's a fight I'm glad won't happen.

I think that at 147 Cotto would savage Hatton, but at 140 it would be a very competitive fight. A weight-drained Cotto might have a lot of problems taking Hatton's body-punches, not to mention how exhausting it would be to be weight-drained and have to wrestle with Hatton the entire fight.

At 147 Hatton would get crushed.

Cotto wins at 147, hatton at 140

you guys are seriously not giving ricky the credit he deserves from saturday!!

I was pleading that Hatton fight Cotto at 140lb because Cotto was ready to go but at 147 Cotto would decapitate him which puts into perspective how idiotic a second fight with Mayweather is because he is not worthy of challenging him at that weight.

Bah Mayweather is smaller than Hatton naturally... look where they started their careers. Mayweather uses his great spead and defensive skills to compete at WW and LMW, but he isn't a natural WW at all. Who cares at 140? Cotto hasn't foughten there in years, and if Hatton had beaten MAyweather the fight would have been at 147... its like saying Roy Jones Jr would have beaten ALi at 175 after Ali came back after his 3 year ban. THere is no way ALi would have been able to make it back down, just like it would be impossible for Cotto to make 140 now. He's a lot bigger physically than he was at 140, and he's older by a few years.

Cotto would crush Hatton at any weight. 147 or 140. I wish they would fight soon. I would love to see Hatton get smashed again

Originally Posted by Taeth

Bah Mayweather is smaller than Hatton naturally... look where they started their careers. Mayweather uses his great spead and defensive skills to compete at WW and LMW, but he isn't a natural WW at all. Who cares at 140? Cotto hasn't foughten there in years, and if Hatton had beaten MAyweather the fight would have been at 147... its like saying Roy Jones Jr would have beaten ALi at 175 after Ali came back after his 3 year ban. THere is no way ALi would have been able to make it back down, just like it would be impossible for Cotto to make 140 now. He's a lot bigger physically than he was at 140, and he's older by a few years.

I don't think Mayweather is naturally smaller than Hatton. I think Mayweather started off in the lower weights mainly because he was under-nourished. Over the years he's filled out and gained sized without a problem.

People make the mistake of thinking Hatton is huge, because of how much he weighs in between fights. The reality is, he only adds fat. He doesn't have to lose muscle mass to reach 140. That's why he loses weight quite easily.

Hatton doesn't have the core strength to compete at 147. Core strength is very important. Mayweather obviously does.

Cotto would crush Hatton at 147. Hatton would be too much at 140 (even if they fought 2 years ago).

If Hatton had beaten Floyd he'd be fighting Oscar - they'd be carving up about $100 million

And Mayweather-Cotto would have probably happened. So for fans of this fight, unlucky.

Stupid post. If Hatton was good enough to beat Mayweather (He isn't) I'm sure he could beat or give a very hard fight to Cotto; So when you look at it if Hatton had beat Mayweather a lot of people would be confident that he would beat Cotto.

Originally Posted by piye

Stupid post. If Hatton was good enough to beat Mayweather (He isn't) I'm sure he could beat or give a very hard fight to Cotto; So when you look at it if Hatton had beat Mayweather a lot of people would be confident that he would beat Cotto.

Good point.

I also don't think for one minute Hatton would stay at 147. He would relinquish just like he did when he beat Collazo.

Hatton isn't a 147 fighter.....full stop.

Originally Posted by ono

Originally Posted by piye

Stupid post. If Hatton was good enough to beat Mayweather (He isn't) I'm sure he could beat or give a very hard fight to Cotto; So when you look at it if Hatton had beat Mayweather a lot of people would be confident that he would beat Cotto.

Good point.

I also don't think for one minute Hatton would stay at 147. He would relinquish just like he did when he beat Collazo.

Hatton isn't a 147 fighter.....full stop.

The guy won a world title at the weight - he cant be that bad.

Sick and tired of endless pro and anti hatton fans claiming the 7pounds makes the world of difference.

Of course slight adjustments have to be made - but its 7pounds not 77!!

Hate to admit it but the reason ricky dominates at 140 yet struggles at 147 is because the 2 guys he fought at 147 are much better fighters than those in LW (barring tszyu)