Analise Ricky Hatton.

[Gandalf]

Hatton does clinch way too much. Im hoping we see a return to the sharp boxing we saw for the first 6 against Urango. That was lovely to watch.

[ono]

Positives:

1: Tremendous heart
2: Fast footwork
3: Good handspeed
4: Very strong at 140
5: Excellent body puncher

Negatives:
1: Lacks head-movement, especially in 2nd half of fights
2: Open to straight right hands
3: Struggles badly with quality southpaws (who doesn't?)
4: Cannot fight at 147
5: Smothers his own work sometimes


I could go on with the positives and negatives. He's a great fighter all in all. A very likeable guy.

I noticed a few posts saying he holds a lot at 147 because he has a questionable chin. That's not true. At 147 he doesn't have the natural core strength of the natural welters. If he doesn't hold, he will get pushed back. That's why Collazo and Mayweather were such struggles....amongst other things.

I have alos noticed he changed his style for the Kostya Tszyu fight and it worked perfectly. However he hasn't really gone back to his old style......other than the first half of the Urango fight. His old style was fantastic to watch and very effective.

By the way he doesn't hit and hold, What he actually does is he uses one arm to move his opponents arms out of the way.....to enable him to land a punch. It's stil wrong imo but apparently its legal.

[Fenster]

I think he has slipped. I used to love watching Hatton but now find him an ugly messy jarring fighter.

Maybe it's just the classier level of fighter that has slowed him.

But it must also be down to his lifestyle and the ridiculous amount of filthy lucre he demands these days.. which i guess is understandable.

[Kel]

I've never seen a fight where Hatton didn't hold and hit. Can you please post a video that has an entire round where he doesn't hold and hit?

Not calling you out bro, but I've never seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDDWdCKzZg

Fair enough, that guy fought a bit like that body bag thing Billy Graham wears. That was a very different Hatton than I have see admittedly I have only see his fights from Tszyu on, and before that only clips.

You asked for a round without holding, now your on about the guy he fought and then admit you never seen him prior to Tszyu. LOL

[killersheep]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDDWdCKzZg

Fair enough, that guy fought a bit like that body bag thing Billy Graham wears. That was a very different Hatton than I have see admittedly I have only see his fights from Tszyu on, and before that only clips.

You asked for a round without holding, now your on about the guy he fought and then admit you never seen him prior to Tszyu. LOL

And..................I asked to see it, because I have never seen him do that before, you had to go back more than 10 years to dig up a clip that he doesn't hold and hit. I do appreciate you taking the time to dig it up.

[RozzySean]

Positives:

1: Tremendous heart
2: Fast footwork
3: Good handspeed
4: Very strong at 140
5: Excellent body puncher

Negatives:
1: Lacks head-movement, especially in 2nd half of fights
2: Open to straight right hands
3: Struggles badly with quality southpaws (who doesn't?)
4: Cannot fight at 147
5: Smothers his own work sometimes


I could go on with the positives and negatives. He's a great fighter all in all. A very likeable guy.

I noticed a few posts saying he holds a lot at 147 because he has a questionable chin. That's not true. At 147 he doesn't have the natural core strength of the natural welters. If he doesn't hold, he will get pushed back. That's why Collazo and Mayweather were such struggles....amongst other things.

I have alos noticed he changed his style for the Kostya Tszyu fight and it worked perfectly. However he hasn't really gone back to his old style......other than the first half of the Urango fight. His old style was fantastic to watch and very effective.

By the way he doesn't hit and hold, What he actually does is he uses one arm to move his opponents arms out of the way.....to enable him to land a punch. It's stil wrong imo but apparently its legal.

Spot on post. I also think his short arms hurt him at WW. He has lousy reach for even at LWW, but the weakness comes into play even more at 147. He gave up 7" to both Collazo and Mayweather. It's harder jab his way in and once he is gets in, he's not physically stronger.

[Kel]

Fair enough, that guy fought a bit like that body bag thing Billy Graham wears. That was a very different Hatton than I have see admittedly I have only see his fights from Tszyu on, and before that only clips.

You asked for a round without holding, now your on about the guy he fought and then admit you never seen him prior to Tszyu. LOL

And..................I asked to see it, because I have never seen him do that before, you had to go back more than 10 years to dig up a clip that he doesn't hold and hit. I do appreciate you taking the time to dig it up.

Thats all I could find on youtube. If your in UK maybe I can send you my Hatton career set for a couple of weeks

[killersheep]

You asked for a round without holding, now your on about the guy he fought and then admit you never seen him prior to Tszyu. LOL

And..................I asked to see it, because I have never seen him do that before, you had to go back more than 10 years to dig up a clip that he doesn't hold and hit. I do appreciate you taking the time to dig it up.

Thats all I could find on youtube. If your in UK maybe I can send you my Hatton career set for a couple of weeks

I'd take you up on it IF I was in the UK.

[OumaFan]

he was an exciting fighter at one point, back when he used to fight on Showtime before the Tsyzu fight. The way he'd get a guy on the ropes and kind of slide to the left and the right throwing bodyshots. Guess that did all change with the Tsyzu fight.