Gatti wants to go out with a bang - v Hatton!! Bwaaaaaaaaah ha ha ha!!!

gatti just can't take the punches anymore. He's gone down the road mike tyson has gone down. You get to a certain age and you just can't take the beatings anymore. He still has good defence, most of the time, but his offence has lagged in the fights against mayweather and baldomir. His chin can't keep him in the fights anymore. I love gatti, but even i see his chin can't handle it.

You gotta give props to both guys if this fight comes off. Gatti for acting like the warrior he is, & Hatton stepping up to what is certain to be a war. Gatti will perform better against Hatton than he did against Baldomir or Floyd, simply because his style is much better suited to how Gatti fights.

IF I was Hatton even if this could be a great match I wouln't take it because fighting with a guy that people already call him a hasbeen or shot ( I don't think that) and if he fights him and having a hard time beating him or even worse loose you would be out of the picture.(if you lost)

But if PBF watch that you had a hard time beating him he will want to fight you next. So hmm ::** now that I think of it, that could be something good.

I can't understand why people even talk about Gatti as a serious threat

In the last 8 years he is 11-7 - hardly impressive

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I can't understand why people even talk about Gatti as a serious threat

In the last 8 years he is 11-7 - hardly impressive

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EXACTLY!! Someone said IF thefight took place at 140 but it won't,read the article,the fight would only take place at 147. Gatti does not deserve a shot and Starr,explain yourself,I mean I'm accustomed to you saying crazy things but how te heck does Gatti knock Hatton out?

You have seen the difference in strength between a NATURAL WW and a blown up,plus the fact that Gatti has not carried his power up well...Hatton took Tszyu's shots,Tszyu hits much much harder than Gatti,simple as..

I know this fight will happen. It will happen at 147. and its happening because Hatton wnats to make Money before he hits 30.

SELL OUT! >:mad

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I think it's plain awful that Gatti's team are even considering him fighting on.

Besides Hatton and Gatti are great friends and have hung out together - Hatton was his guest at his home when he faced Mayweather.

We all know Hatton would flatten Gatti (even at his peak).

Billy Graham (Hatton trainer) was a commentator on the UK Gatti-Baldy fight and afterwards said it would be cruel for Gatti to fight on now - and anyone he fought him would be a bit sick really, that Gatti don't deserve that after what he's given boxing.

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Too right

But I guess Buddy is ruing, like Graham, the massive pay day he's missed out on.

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I think Gatti would knock Hatton out. Don't tell me that about Gatti couldn't stop Baldomir, Hatton doesn't take a punch better then Baldomir!!!

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You gotta be shittin me?!?!?

Hatton took probably the hardest shots Kostya could throw & Kostya threw it all.

No way that Baldo hits harder than Kostya.

Baldo hit Judah with everything he had & Judah stood up to it...Kostya cracked Judah for 2 rounds & nearly knocked Judah's brains onto Nady's chest...my point is...Gatti couldn't stand up to it for 9-10 rounds & Hatton has never been knocked out...hardly down...

Hatton would most likely batter what's left of Gatti's brains into a nice Betty Crocker like cake mix & would easily take Baldo's shots...IWHO.

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are you forgetting the fact that Collazo had Hatton on DREAM ST and STARRY EYED BLVD. Hatton canT take a big welterweight's punch. not a big puncher...just the weight it's self.....

This is a set up, to see if they can get hatton to bite. They stand a better chance at winning this thing that people give them credit for. The idea is that Gatti looked like crap against a guy that people barely heard of before that. Going relative reasoning, it looks like an easy fight for hatton. That The hitman will just tear through a worn down Gatti the same way floyd and baldomir did.

What people seemed to forget is Hatton felt the effect of collazos punches and collazo cant punch worth sh*t. Can Gatti box slicker than Callazo, probably not. But he can sure as hell punch harder and he can box enough to land some on ricky. Since Gatti started boxing, hes even switched to a southpaw stance on occasion which would only swing things further in his favor, considering Hatton isn't exactly an authority on fighting lefties. Add to that Gatti chin and body were good enough to last 9 rounds against Baldomir... who hatton is closer to stylistically than the super accurate, slick Mayweather jr.

Say for the sake of argument, we shave another 2 rounds off of gatti's tolerance level for getting hit.(due to physical deterioration) and ignore the fact that Baldomir was a big welterweight and walks through everything that thrown at him. That sets the mark at 7 rounds...The hatton that went the distance with feather fisted collazo would have trouble taking the punches that Gatti was chucking at Baldomir for 7 rounds. Gatti wouldn't have to be a tactical genius to land punches. The strategy that Callazo used to land on Hatton was relatively simple. Knowing hatton was lookin to parry the jab and counter with a straight right. (The weapon most orthodox boxers do against southpaws). Collazo simply started droppin 1,2's.. Hatton would parry the jab and get caught with the left before he could get the counter off. That happened more frequently as the fight went on and Hatton nor his corner,seemingly never figured it out.

I'm not saying that theres no way that Hatton can win, but at 147 its dangerous for him, as the odds are more stacked against him than people may think. Hatton really stands nothing to gain career wise from it. He can line his pockets but if he takes this fight and does beat Gatti, i think it will be a fight that Hatton wont be the same after.

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I think Gatti would knock Hatton out. Don't tell me that about Gatti couldn't stop Baldomir, Hatton doesn't take a punch better then Baldomir!!!

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You gotta be shittin me?!?!?

Hatton took probably the hardest shots Kostya could throw & Kostya threw it all.

No way that Baldo hits harder than Kostya.

Baldo hit Judah with everything he had & Judah stood up to it...Kostya cracked Judah for 2 rounds & nearly knocked Judah's brains onto Nady's chest...my point is...Gatti couldn't stand up to it for 9-10 rounds & Hatton has never been knocked out...hardly down...

Hatton would most likely batter what's left of Gatti's brains into a nice Betty Crocker like cake mix & would easily take Baldo's shots...IWHO.

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are you forgetting the fact that Collazo had Hatton on DREAM ST and STARRY EYED BLVD. Hatton canT take a big welterweight's punch. not a big puncher...just the weight it's self.....

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BigItalianSauce - Ragu.

Who went down in that fight? it weren't Hatton ! and after Collazzo unleashed his best - did Hatton crumple to the canvas? did he run for his life? no he carried on coming forward and throwing punches!

Yeah, Dream street ::**

Fact remains, Hatton went up a div, flew abroad and straight in with a champ - in 7 weeks - rather than take an easy fight.

If Collazo was so average - why did Don King sign him? Zab judah told him that he was one of the best welter's out there.

Your just a hater man ! ;D

Hatton would be sensible not to take up the offer

http://i3.tinypic.com/241qt11.jpg

The fight at 140 is not in doubt IMO....Hatton wins it handily...

But at 147 in Gatti's final parade and after Collazo....there isnt all that much in it really...Gatti was doing okay against Baldy and Baldy is a bit bigger than Collazo....

Would be a war, and like I say, it just isnt worth Hatton to risk it...

I would still love to see Gatti-Hatton I've been calling for it for YEARS!!!

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I would still love to see Gatti-Hatton I've been calling for it for YEARS!!!

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I too wouldnt mind seeing it....but if Hatton beats him handily the critics will say it meant nothing and if Gatti surprises then Hatton is left in a weird position...

I would love to watch it, but would feel weird about this one...