i cant blive anyone would think hatton would be anything other than a sparring partner for floyd
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i cant blive anyone would think hatton would be anything other than a sparring partner for floyd
He done better than your boy Gatti ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
not really --at least gatti tried to fight and not hump floyds leg
plus gatti showed heart and that he could take some shots and keep coming
ricky quit as soon as he got popped
You're clearly trying to get a bite. Pretty sad mate really.
Good luck anyway.
Nah he got a bite right here.
Hatton put up a good fight for the duration. He constantly came forward and never once backed down from Mayweather.
Let us compare this to Gatti who fought with so much "heart".
Is it a coincedence, that Gatti abandoned what he had done his entire career and decided to box on the move vs. Floyd? I think not. He knew he was beaten at the bell of rd.1 and decided to try and prevent contact. Ricky was of the opinion he could win and came forward relentlessly. Unfortunately to his detriment.
Gatti was absolutley destroyed by Mayweather-it seemed he had fought a Middleweight after the fight the damage was so great. Ricky was stopped, but he was still fighting back until he got caught.
Great to see another delightfully intelligent and informative contribution by Lawhoops.
Donny, ignore him mate. See his other posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Just out for a bite. Don't waste your energy.
I no your right.
I hope that im not giving the impressionnthat im bitter...I gained a huge amount of respect for Floyd last Saturday and lost none for my guy at all. Floyd boxed very well and confirmed what i wrote about two months ago, "he's the best boxing brain of our generation, perhaps ever,"
However, to see amateur posters offering such glittering strands of wisdom as this AFTER the fight is an annoyance.
Hatton is far from done and is the best at 140 pounds and stayed with Mayweather until being penalised. It all went pear shaped thereafter, but Hatton was in the fight for a good while. Hatton can fight better than he did and he knows it, but still no excuses here.
Floyd is that good. To insult Hatton is just to bring down the tone of Floyds abilities and lets face it...perhaps noone can beat Floyd and that doesnt make Hatton look so bad after all.
That was one of the dumbest posts I've ever read. Gatti got converted into hamburger meat, bludgeoned so bad his corner stopped it. That's worse than being kayoed in my opinion. At least when you get knocked out it was by your own effort. McGirt saw his boy being sliced up like a ginsu knife and stopped it. And people on the Gatti payroll were saying after the fact they knew he was going to lose. At least Hatton's people believed in him.
ill take a nibble at this one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
Being a big fan of gatti myself, hatton made a mistake, where as gatti was just outclassed.
Did you watch the fight? Did you see the straight hand that hatton went through? That myself made me one of the biggest fans of ricky hatton. That was pure Heart, right at that moment ricky became one of my favorites all time. Not because of his skill, but that boy has a brick chin, and a big heart. God i wish there were more like him, i really do.
please rickys camp knew he was gonna lose and so did ricky he didnt tru to win he tried to wrestle floyd and tie him up and try to go the distance...except floyd was too good and he ripped hatton apart and knocked him out easy----ricky cant take a punch one left hook and he was out lol lol at least gatti stood up to man sized beating
Lets all listen to Hoops he has made great predictions in the past.
:lolhaha:
1 gatti (after he beats pbf he trumps zoo who only has to whip lil ricky boy)--greatest warrior in history of boxing finally gets a chance to shine--would faltten hatton inside 5 rds
2 zoo --- gatti-zoo by the end of the year would be an awesome war --to settle it all at 140--should finish hatton quick in match coming up---my prediction is rd 2
3 pbf--should prob look at 147 pd judah or back down to 135 to face diego again--which may be a totally differnet fight this time around--it would be funny to see pbf get ktfo by gatti then move down and get ktfo by diego---would embarass ricky hatton worse then winky did tito and prob knock hatton tfo
4 viv harris--big underrated------dangerous guy nobody seems to want--apparently he was to young and viable for ricky hatton--would kayo ricky if ricky didint duck him
5 cotto---big for division good fighter--but very beatable as corley let us know--would kayo hatton in 1 rd though--too big strong and athletic--ricky would never go near him
6 witter--another guy like harris nobody wants to fight--another guy ricky hatton ducked --would blister ricky and knock him out
7 corley---give this guy some credit---close split loss against judah, rocked pbf and shook him while going the distance, and roughed up cotto a bit before a very premature stoppage prevented us from finding out if he could have upset cotto--this guy is tough and i think corley would beat hatton via close decision--lack of power keeps ricky in game
8 sharmba mitchell---looked pedestrian against zoo but good give alot of guys a tussle--still 3 yrs away from being an opponent for ricky hatton--hed box his ears off still at this point
9 lovemore ndou--tough vet who will give anyone a tussle ---alot like corley---not washed up enough for ricky--probably win a close decision against ricky
10 oktay urkal-gave harris a tough fight and is solid--another guy who would probably beat ricky hatton of course hes 35 so hes almost ripe for a hatton encounter--id give ricky a 50-50 shot in this one--but rememebr thi guy is underrated and tough--lost close md to harris and went the distance with zoo--which is 10 rds longer then ricky is gonna last
you didnt watch the fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
CC Deuce
Stood up to a beating?Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
He tried to box and run (ironic as thats what Floyd is accused of.)
Oh...and then got ripped to shreds. (AS HE DID AGAINST EVERY ELITE FIGHTER HE FACED.)
Do you no anything of Ricky's fighting style? he's a BodyPuncher....when he tied him up he was attempting to body punch. Id hardly say Floyd knocked him out easily. He tired him waited for his opportunity and the popped him beautifully.
This is the first time Lawhoops has got a prediction correct since 1935, so perhaps we should forgive him for revelling in his sad little moment here! :P ;D
Notice how Hoops was in this thread and quickly left ?? poor old Hoops :lolhaha:
My bad...Lots of frustration after Sat night.
the english cant even give him his own song they have to rip off winter wonderland
What a devastating comeback.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
The literal equivalent of a Pernell Whittaker counter Left Hook.
It may seem that you have been unfairly treated...everybody jumping on you like this and everyone with their own putdown, but you brought it on yourself. You blatantly know little about Hatton and make a bold statement without backing it up in any way.
To then make an arguement based on a song sang in unison by about 20,000 fans....
Thats just desperation.
what in the world does that have to do with anything? Thats just being ignorant.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
OH SADDO GODS please disable karma for 24 hours pls :feedme:
Poor Lawhoops ;D Even when he gets one right he gets a verbal beatdown.
CC. I was just gonna say that LawHoops is not exactly known for his mental capacities and let it go at that but you went out and actually found some proof.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
:thumb:
Well, at least Hatton lasted longer than Gatti did. Not to mention they didn't have to get a seeing eye dog to guide Hatton out of the ring, as his eyes were both open, unlike Gatti's. You better be glad Hatton didn't fight Gatti as Gatti would have gotten pounded. It took him 3 fights with a journeyman in Ward to figure out who was better, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
And you can't even attend one of the biggest if not the biggest fight of the year in your own country.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
Joe Calzaghe v Peter "No-Hoper" Manfredo sold 35,000 tickets, what does that say about the Brit's. ;D
gatti would have pounded hatton
ricky only looks good when he has dead bodies in front of him like zoo, phillips, jlc.....look at the live ones that he has fought recently---mayweather made him look so bad if ricky were his sparring partner he would have been fired, collazo beat him silly, and he barely squeaked by a bum like urango.........
The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is the revisionist history by Camp Hatton.Quote:
Originally Posted by liquid
Prior to the fight, Graham said - repeatedly and emphatically - that Hatton was the bigger man and the stronger man. I'm fairly certain many of you either saw or read the interview where Graham referred to Floyd's "girl hands" and his fine bone structure. Ricky himself consistently asserted that Floyd couldn't hold him off and that if they fought inside, "Floyd would be eaten".
Subsequent to the fight, Graham said "I always said that he wasn't a welterweight. We were moving up in weight."
If you are bigger than your opponent, what is the significance of the weight limit? The fight could have been at the 168 limit or heavyweight. Ricky is the bigger man. Floyd has never been a legitimate WW; he merely toils there for the bigger paydays.
Those inconsistencies from Hatton and Graham are troubling. And may be perceived by some as "an excuse".
Thoughts?
Collazo beat him silly ?? that was very close fight that could have gone either way. You haven't got a clue about boxing Hatton beat Urango 10 rounds to 2 easily i hardly call that barely beating Urango.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
Hatton won some rounds against Mayweather. Made it to the 10th Round.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
Gatti took such a solid beating every round that I doubt it'd been that far fetched to score all 6 rounds 10-8 Mayweather.
Had Ricky been in with your boy Gatti, Ricky would have raped him, hence why Gatti went and fought Baldo instead.
That's no different than any other camp...everyone tries to figure out why they lost and in doing so it sounds like they are making excuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by QUISQUEYA
Arturo Gatti and Ricky Hatton have styles meant to be together....a fight between them could have gone either way but as we saw vs Ward, Arturo was mighty open for body shots and he didn't take them too well.
Ricky - faster, sharper punches, better mover in the ring, hasn't had trouble with B and C level competition
Arturo - bigger (would swell up over 160 for fights at 140 and 147, ask Joey Gamache), better jab, had to dig deeper to win fights
They both have heart galore, I would have loved to see those guys brawl...they also had trouble carrying their power to 147
Are you implying Gatti is gay?Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
Gatti never pounded 1 elite fighter at any weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
He lost a round against Urango?Quote:
Originally Posted by LawHoops
Do you watch boxing?
Gatti did beat Tracy Harris Patterson who was a pretty good fighter, Tracy Harris Patterson beat Daniel Zaragoza.Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Patterson was good no doubt about it.
But can you ever account him as "one of the top fighters in his division" or a memorable fighter?
In my view Gatti may well be the most exciting fighter gifted unto us since the 50's and perhaps the Bravest O.A.T. However one cannot deny that he just couldn't make that final step to becoming a great.
Gatti reminds me of Bobby Chacon, if you have never seen Chacon fight check out his fights with Boza Edwards 2 and Rafael Limon 4, some of the best fights you will ever see.Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
gatti got raped.
hatton actually won rounds in his fight with mayweather.
Yeah I actually have seen a little of him although I found him slightly less sacrificial than Gatti!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez