havent had a hatton chat on here for a while

[HattonTheHammer]

May i be the 1st to start..


Hatton is god, greatest british sporting performance of the last decade was hattons performance over tszyu

was kostya beaten by the best 140pounder of his generation?
what would of happened had joe cortez not referee`d the mayweather fight??
should ricky fight on for 1-2 more fights?


All hatton haters please leave your contributions at the door

[kingfrnk]

Overrated

[skel1983]

Overrated

Frnk hows things mate?

I don't no man, I dont think he is over rated, I think majority of boxing fans no what Hatton is, he was a world class fighter who gives majority of fighters a good fight, he is not an elite fighter. Would of loved Hatton of 2005 to have been around now at 140 to see what would of happened.

[Kirkland Laing]

He's currently competing with Fat Mick for the title of Britain's fattest boxing promoter. He's also working on a drinking problem apparently.

[HattonTheHammer]

He's currently competing with Fat Mick for the title of Britain's fattest boxing promoter. He's also working on a drinking problem apparently.

care to provide evidence to back that up??

oh thats right...ricky hatton beer drinking boxer = alcoholic drunkard

[amat]

He would have still lost versus Mayweather but he gave him a good fight and really had nothing to be ashamed of unlike the Pacquiao performance which was a disaster. What does 'this generation' mean, Pacquiao and Mayweather both made stops at 140 and were better but Hatton could have stayed at 140 and been quite good. I have no interest in seeing Hatton fight anymore...

[Kirkland Laing]

He's currently competing with Fat Mick for the title of Britain's fattest boxing promoter. He's also working on a drinking problem apparently.

care to provide evidence to back that up??

oh thats right...ricky hatton beer drinking boxer = alcoholic drunkard

The guy who posts here who knows Hatton says his friends are worried about his drinking.

[Althugz]

He's currently competing with Fat Mick for the title of Britain's fattest boxing promoter. He's also working on a drinking problem apparently.

care to provide evidence to back that up??

oh thats right...ricky hatton beer drinking boxer = alcoholic drunkard

Isn't that Ricky Hatton in your avatar?

[mattboxingfan]

Overrated

Frnk hows things mate?

I don't no man, I dont think he is over rated, I think majority of boxing fans no what Hatton is, he was a world class fighter who gives majority of fighters a good fight, he is not an elite fighter. Would of loved Hatton of 2005 to have been around now at 140 to see what would of happened.

How would you define elite?


P.S After reading this thread i started worshiping my signed hatton glove man i love that guy!

[ono]

May i be the 1st to start..


Hatton is god, greatest british sporting performance of the last decade was hattons performance over tszyu

was kostya beaten by the best 140pounder of his generation?
what would of happened had joe cortez not referee`d the mayweather fight??
should ricky fight on for 1-2 more fights?


All hatton haters please leave your contributions at the door

1: No
2: Lost
3: No



Seriously, i like Hatton and he's been great for Boxing. His performance against Tszyu was great. Hatton had an effective style and decent skills. He struggled with speed and combinations and that's the one thing that stopped him from being elite. He'd struggle at 140 against Bradley, Alexander and Khan, and none of the others are worth coming back for. He should enjoy himself now. He's done so much more than he could have imagined possible, and he's set for life. He's nothing left to prove, and in any case 10 stone would most likely be a pipedream. That leaves him at 147, which is probably tougher than 140. He's the reason i joined the forum and for that i am grateful. He's given me many happy memories, and i doubt i'll ever feel as nervous about watching a fighter ever again.

[HattonTheHammer]

May i be the 1st to start..


Hatton is god, greatest british sporting performance of the last decade was hattons performance over tszyu

was kostya beaten by the best 140pounder of his generation?
what would of happened had joe cortez not referee`d the mayweather fight??
should ricky fight on for 1-2 more fights?


All hatton haters please leave your contributions at the door

1: No
2: Lost
3: No



Seriously, i like Hatton and he's been great for Boxing. His performance against Tszyu was great. Hatton had an effective style and decent skills. He struggled with speed and combinations and that's the one thing that stopped him from being elite. He'd struggle at 140 against Bradley, Alexander and Khan, and none of the others are worth coming back for. He should enjoy himself now. He's done so much more than he could have imagined possible, and he's set for life. He's nothing left to prove, and in any case 10 stone would most likely be a pipedream. That leaves him at 147, which is probably tougher than 140. He's the reason i joined the forum and for that i am grateful. He's given me many happy memories, and i doubt i'll ever feel as nervous about watching a fighter ever again.

some great sentiments there mate

Pains me to think of the situation nowadays, had hatton-khan of happened with both in their prime khan would of eat leather all night and probably been stopped inside 5-6 rounds

Id like ricky to have one more just so the fans can get to say their goodbyes. Not an elite level fighter but just someone who can bang and make ricky look good at doing what he does best (katsidis springs to mind)

[ono]

May i be the 1st to start..


Hatton is god, greatest british sporting performance of the last decade was hattons performance over tszyu

was kostya beaten by the best 140pounder of his generation?
what would of happened had joe cortez not referee`d the mayweather fight??
should ricky fight on for 1-2 more fights?


All hatton haters please leave your contributions at the door

1: No
2: Lost
3: No



Seriously, i like Hatton and he's been great for Boxing. His performance against Tszyu was great. Hatton had an effective style and decent skills. He struggled with speed and combinations and that's the one thing that stopped him from being elite. He'd struggle at 140 against Bradley, Alexander and Khan, and none of the others are worth coming back for. He should enjoy himself now. He's done so much more than he could have imagined possible, and he's set for life. He's nothing left to prove, and in any case 10 stone would most likely be a pipedream. That leaves him at 147, which is probably tougher than 140. He's the reason i joined the forum and for that i am grateful. He's given me many happy memories, and i doubt i'll ever feel as nervous about watching a fighter ever again.

some great sentiments there mate

Pains me to think of the situation nowadays, had hatton-khan of happened with both in their prime khan would of eat leather all night and probably been stopped inside 5-6 rounds

Id like ricky to have one more just so the fans can get to say their goodbyes. Not an elite level fighter but just someone who can bang and make ricky look good at doing what he does best (katsidis springs to mind)

I disagree with that. I see Hatton struggling big time no matter what shape he's in. I don't think he's that different from what he was in his prime. He's just been in with speed and he's struggled. He's never been hard to hit and it's a myth that he once had a great chin. He just wasted a lot of time fighting guys who were beneath him talent wise, so on the odd occasion where he was hurt (Magee, Phillips etc) the guys were either not good enough, or too long in the tooth to really finish him off.

Don't get me wrong, he could rattle Khan early because Khan is and probably always will be vulnerable, but i think it's more likely that Khan's speed and combinations have Hatton in a lot of trouble.

That's just my opinion and i can totally see the argument for Hatton ko'ing Khan.

[killersheep]

I thought this thread was going to be about some competitive eating competition between him, Naz and Vargas. Since it's just a historical debate, I'll just let myself out.................

[Gandalf]

I think Hatton is done. He's never been out for this long before and it seems that he has let himself go a fair bit. The Pac fight appears to have knocked him for six, he won't bounce back from it now. The "I'm coming back" and then the silence and apparent lack of comeback makes me realise that he just doesn't have it anymore. If you haven't got the mental self belief then you've lost already.

He had a good career, just a shame about the end. But that's boxing.

[Andre]

May i be the 1st to start..


Hatton is god, greatest british sporting performance of the last decade was hattons performance over tszyu

was kostya beaten by the best 140pounder of his generation?
what would of happened had joe cortez not referee`d the mayweather fight??
should ricky fight on for 1-2 more fights?


All hatton haters please leave your contributions at the door

1: No
2: Lost
3: No



Seriously, i like Hatton and he's been great for Boxing. His performance against Tszyu was great. Hatton had an effective style and decent skills. He struggled with speed and combinations and that's the one thing that stopped him from being elite. He'd struggle at 140 against Bradley, Alexander and Khan, and none of the others are worth coming back for. He should enjoy himself now. He's done so much more than he could have imagined possible, and he's set for life. He's nothing left to prove, and in any case 10 stone would most likely be a pipedream. That leaves him at 147, which is probably tougher than 140. He's the reason i joined the forum and for that i am grateful. He's given me many happy memories, and i doubt i'll ever feel as nervous about watching a fighter ever again.

some great sentiments there mate

Pains me to think of the situation nowadays, had hatton-khan of happened with both in their prime khan would of eat leather all night and probably been stopped inside 5-6 rounds

Id like ricky to have one more just so the fans can get to say their goodbyes. Not an elite level fighter but just someone who can bang and make ricky look good at doing what he does best (katsidis springs to mind)

Rematch Kostya out here.