Hatton and wasted talent

[palmerq]

tune up or no tune up... i dont know.... in my opinion hatton has more than enough(still) to beat senchencko and have a very interesting fight v mallignaggi... I tihnk he could beat mallignaggi if he did certain things... but to me it looks like he doesnt have the mental abilty to change his style... he needed to fight like he was 35 he still has a lot of strengths but he threw them all away with the way he fought and it just looks like he cant change.. So in my opinion he has had all the physical attributes to be one of the greatest he just didnt have the mental attributes to go with it... I think he had the career his overall ability justified..

[Greig]

Good points palmerq, but I reckon he could have achieved more had his training camps not been so heavily geared around cutting weight. Let's say he shows up to camp only 10 pounds above fighting weight, instead of two or three stone - he could immediately get down to working on new techniques. He could always be learning, rather than just doing the things that got him success when he was younger, stronger and fitter than everyone else.

Hatton had to torture himself in training because his lifestyle was so bad IMO. I don't believe in being born with gifts and then being stuck with them throughout your career. Hatton had the potential to be a very, very good boxer, and I think - had he been able to hone that side of his fighting and not abuse himself with fatty foods and piss between fights - his career could have been a lot different.

People will say there is no way Hatton could ever be as good as Floyd or Pacquiao - I say, Hatton gave Floyd a pretty good fight for a few rounds.

Imagine, if Hatton was as dedicated to the sport and had as clean a lifestyle as those two had?? He might not have beaten them, but imagine what kind of machine he would have been if had a cleaner lifestyle, given how fearsome he was anyway??