Quote Originally Posted by dasamm
Ok, obviously this will upset a lot of Hatton fans, but it's not like eagle is hating..he brings up legitimate points. Not that anything can change but that's what forum's are for, debate right?

To add to eagle's points...

KT was also battling a chronic shoulder injury AND when he was considering a comeback not long ago he mentioned that he felt he lacked some of his previous fire before he fought Hatton.

I always feel that Hatton was at his absolute best that night..maybe at an apex he will never reach again. And he needed to be at his best against a Tszyu that obviously didn't have all the pieces fitting perfectly in place. Still, most fighters never have everything "perfect" when they fight.


That was a great fight, let's not forget how close it was! I think KT would've pummeled hatton out in Austrailia or the US..I remember that cheer Hatton got when he bashed KT in the balls..the brits went crazy...they loved it! How often do you hear such applause for an illegal blow?

You see everything you have said there shows me that you haven't seen a great deal of Ricky hatton fights. Hatton was not awesome on that night. He was effective and disciplined with the game plan he and billy graham set. I have seen him box ten times better than that. It was Kostya's mentality that let him down and that has nothing to do with age. He let hatton turn it into a macho contest and that took Kostya away from his game. Simple as.