Quote Originally Posted by leftylee View Post
Here goes.

Ricky Hatton is a natural 140 pound fighter, always has been and always will be.

At 147 he is limited, his strength, power, speed. He isn't the same fighter WHATSOEVER.

Floyd Mayweather started at what ? 130 pounds ? Whatever. He (Like Manny Pacquiao, David Haye etc) are able to move up divisions and still retain the speed, power etc while maybe adding more to the game.

Mayweather fought a number of times previousley at 147 and even was competitive at 150. There was no indication whatsoever he stuggled at the weight.

Hatton on the other hand did. He fought Luis Collazo in 2006 and won a decision only by a couple of points. He looked lackluster, it weren't the Ricky Hatton we had seen previousley.

In contrast when he cams back down to 140 in his next fight he destorys Jose Luis Castillo (Shot ot not, had never been knocked out before) in the 4t round of there fight and looks exceptional in doing so.

THIS FIGHT WITH CASTILLO WAS AN INDICATION 140 POUNDS IS WHERE HE BELONGS.

He says he's a natural 140 pounder and so does his trainer.

Then all of a sudden he agrees to fight Mayweather, stating the chance to become P4P number 1 is too hard to resist. The bout is at welterweight, which suits PBF. Hatton again looks poor with the added 5 pounds.

My point is Ricky Hatton can only be "Ricky Hatton" at 140 pounds and nowhere else. When Ricky fights at welterweight he in totally ineffective and cannot bully opponents like he does at 140.

Unlike Floyd Mayweather who can jump through several divisions and can still bully opponenets, Ricky can't.

A fight at 140 would be totally different.

Hatton would be comfortable (The weight loss is not a problem) and would be able to bully Mayweather.

Would he win ? Totally honest: probbably not but I can GUARANTEE he would be much better than he was at 145 pounds.

I read through this and agreed with everything until you said "A fight at 140 would be totally different."

After watching Floyd Hatton it finally made me appreciate Floyd Mayweather as a fighter, his ability it to be able to read another fighters style and adapt his to suit this is what he did with Hatton.

I am a Big Hatton fan but there is no shame in getting beat by PBF he may be one of the greatest fighters to ever put on gloves

Floyd Beats Hatton at any weight in the same way