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Hatton was chinny? That's ridiculous. He was peppered by a million punches before being stopped by one of the greatest fighters in history - and anyone on Earth that fought Pacquiao like they'd just stepped out of a nightclub at 4am would get wiped out. Fact.
In Hattons fight with Lazcano (a career lightweight), I was really shocked at how many times he got wobbled and had to fight through. I was almost in disbelief about the way Lazcano fought and how easily he hurt him with short shots. I think he was very resilient around the waste, but he has a spark zone that is a little light for a world class fighter. He had no lack of heart or recovery ability either.
He was noticeably buzzed twice in that fight. He never went down. He never stumbled around like a drunk. He carried on coming forward. It was coming to the end of his career. And hardly a fighter in history hasn't been buzzed.

His style meant he always took a ton of shots. If he was chinny he would have never made it through 40 odd fights without getting stopped.

Did he have a granite chin? No. Did he have a weak chin? No. He had a solid chin that allowed him to only ever be stopped by two greats. That don't make him chinny. Fact.