How good was Rick Hatton?

[porkypara]

His 2 loses were agains the number 1 boxer in the world at the time.

He could have gone on for many more years if he had wanted but made the right choise to get out when he did.

Also he gave a good 5 or 6 years of great action for British fight fans.

[ross]

He beat Tszyu and Mayweather didnt

[Fenster]

Hatton was a proven great fighter for his day.

He was good enough to become the lineal lightwelter champion, P4P ranked by America's Ring Magazine, be paid millions by America's HBO TV company and be voted the "fighter of the year" by the boxing writers association of America.

How many foreigners achieve those accolades in America? Exactly. Fact.

[porkypara]

Hatton was a proven great fighter for his day.

He was good enough to become the lineal lightwelter champion, P4P ranked by America's Ring Magazine, be paid millions by America's HBO TV company and be voted the "fighter of the year" by the boxing writers association of America.

How many foreigners achieve those accolades in America? Exactly. Fact.

I think Hatton s 4 or 5 years at the top were a miny golden era for British boxing.

Never again will 30000 brits from all parts of the UK go to watch a british boxer in such numbers again.

[captainanddew]

His 2 loses were agains the number 1 boxer in the world at the time.

He could have gone on for many more years if he had wanted but made the right choise to get out when he did.

Also he gave a good 5 or 6 years of great action for British fight fans.

please don't only point to those losses. I'm a Yank and I enjoyed every his career. But he lost to Collazo. If you don' think he only won that fight because he is the MUCH BIGGER NAME, then you are very naive.

He was very good. I don't agree that he would have beaten Bradley, hands down.

[Scrap]

He was a very good Lt Welter