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will he have beaten every fighter placed in front of him?...... Yes
will have defeated the reigning P4P No1?....Yes
Has he beaten other P4P fighters?....Yes

It's a pretty convincing case tbh.
What people are forgetting is that you do not have to be the most technically gifted fighter to get the number one spot. You just have to be able to beat everybody in your weight class and for that weight class to be regarded as full of brilliance.

also, Hatton would be fighting above his naturally best weight, which gives him an even bigger shout for the number one spot if he wins.
So Hatton's weight class is "full of brilliance"(140) he has yet to fight some of the better WW at 147. And he would be fighting one weight class above his natural weight. Manny Pacquiao started about 3-4 divisions below where he is now,Floyd 5 weights etc etc.


I just don't believe wins over Mayweather,JLC and Tszyu would make him pound for pound number one.

If he KO's Mayweather then that would make 3 P4P's past or current that he has ko'd........

JT has beaten B Hop twice when he was P4P number 1 and drawn with Winky.

and has failed to live up to expectations since.. hasnt ko'd any of his less threatening other opponents since and all three bouts against Winky and b-hop was disputed....Hattons big wins Kostya, JLC was dominate KOs, and ko'd champ maussa in a unfication bout...

Bernard has 20 plus title defences and beat Tarver and may beat Winky.

he LOST TWO DISPUTED MATCHES RECENTLY... i like b-hop but you cant lose twice recently and have a claim at #1 p4p even if they were disputed... taylor won the second pretty easy IMO ..fat tarver wasnt near his best either

Winky beat Tito,Shane twice.

an uninspired, overweight tito, and winky lost to harry simon and vargas.. and drew to taylor

Rafa Marquez has beaten more RING top 10 than all of them and is a multiple weight champ.

?? name them!!!! he has good victories over good opponents but has never ko a p4per and hasnt been in the ring with more than any of the above...

All these names mentioned would still be just as impressive if not more so than Hatton IF he were to beat Floyd.
none of the fighters you mentioned are undefeated.... none have fought their best in ALL of their big fights....

R. marquez could easily be #1 but winky, taylor, and hopkins are all about equal, none of them are clearly better than each other which in my view hurts them greatly.. i'm not sure they are better than kessler and calzaghe...

but pac, marquez, and hatton are clearly better than anyone in there divisions and would all have a good claim to #1 if hatton beats mayweather IMO..
An 0 is just that,an 0. It does not make you a better fighter. It can mean anything,it's open to interpretation.

Is Hatton better than Hopkins,Winky etc P4P just because he is undefeated? I don't think so. And if the fight is at 147,Hatton is not top 5 at the weight so he wouldnt be the best at the weight.

Also, you are way way off with the highlighted. Winkys best performances came in his biggest fights,so have most of Floyd's.So has Rafa Marquez(Johnson,Austin,Vazquez) etc.

Like I said,JT didn't go straight to number despite beating B Hop twice. Tarver didn't go to number one when he KTFO RJJ. And Hackey,I think you replied inside my posts? You say Tito etc were over weight,lazy,I could say Tszyu was inactive and JLC old? It's easy to do that to EVERYONE's opponents.
i messed up my first post had to revise it..

above i tell the reasons i think hatton will be better than winky d-hop and taylor..

winky lost to vargas and drew to taylor,... floyd is the best didnt mention him....., b-hop lost to taylor twice, taylor hasnt ever had a ko in a big fight THOSE WAS ALL BIG FIGHTS.. not that off on the statement...

NO ONE IS SAYING HATTON SHOULD BE #1 JUST BECAUSE HE BEAT MAYWEATHER.... WHY DO YOU ALL KEEP ACTING LIKE THAT is A DISCUSSION POINT... if i thought that is all it took i would have even started the thread... he would undoubtable be #1 p4p if that was the case... there is no point in saying that...

hatton is currently #8 ring p4p.. obviously its more than one victory that will make hatton p4p #1 if he becomes #1...

as far as being critical of opponents...no one has had there opponents critcized more than hatton and calzaghe




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