Well we may as well move on to Hatton vs Castillo now

[BIG H]

Yea! Exactly thats what I say! 28 years old hes primetime right now! ! !

Hatton never recovered from the Tszyu fight - anybody who has seen his last 2 fights knows that he is past his best and that the years of blowing up between fights has probably taken it's toll.

If Hatton never performs aswell as he did against Tszyu, then by definition he is past his prime, do you think he will ever perform like that again??

So his "prime" consisted of one night? Like I said, that's a great way of explaining away any loss he might ever have. "Well, sure, but he wasn't in his prime. He was undefeated in his prime (1-0-0)."

His prime was about 2002 -2005 and peaked with Tszyu. He barely lost a round in his first 38 fights, that is a peak - Is it ok for me to say he may be past his best - good thanks

Ok, so like I said, you've got your non-rebuttable excuse in place for whenever Ricky loses a fight. It's very convenient. He was in his prime for a period in which he beat a bunch of C-grade bums, peaking with the one and only notable victory of his career. Once that happened, and there was actually demand to see him, and to see if that Tszyu fight was a fluke or whatever, he was already past his prime, so a loss wouldn't prove anything either way.

Saying that his "peak" (as opposed to his prime) consisted of a single fight is just another way of saying that he fought at above his real level for a night.

I don't make excuses!!

I am basing my opinion that he is past his prime on the FACT that his last 2 performances have been his worse!!

He has NEVER run out of steam before, NEVER been hanging on at the final bell and NEVER had a 12 round fight where the decision was even slightly likely to go against him

These are FACTS that make me feel he is past his best.

Do you think he is as good now as he was 2 years ago, based on what you have seen recently?
If your answer is no, then you agree he is probably past his best