Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by shza
Cotto KO 4. I'd give Ricky 7 rounds before getting KO'd if they met at 140.
LMAO,you are either a big Cotto fan OR have a seveer disliking of Hatton/think he is over rated,I think I can guess which one it is. How do you think he would win?
I think Hatton is severely overrated, as you infer. I do like Cotto a lot, but just objectively I can't imagine Ricky hanging with him. Yes, Ricky hung with Tszyu, but even at his prime Tszyu didn't have power like Cotto, and Tszyu was far from prime when Ricky got to him. Cotto is more of a boxer than Tszyu is too. Not to mention considerably bigger and stronger.

For me the question is not whether Cotto could keep up with Hatton's pace, but for how long Hatton could keep up any reasonable pace while getting hit and pushed around by a much bigger and stronger man. Hatton's success depends on bullying his opponents, which he couldn't do with Cotto.