It would be intresting to see how his future unfolds.
As for Hatton i really want to see how this fight goes for him. I feel if he goes the distance in a boring match up maybe staying at 140 wouldnt be wise. I know he is out of his depth at 147 but he could make real cash there. What do you feel about Hatton returing to 147 if this fight dont work for him? I do feel that Hatton has promised a lot at 140 and if he dont deliver imo i feel that this would not favour him. In the long run he might stay undeafted and be a champ. But he would be forced to do his mandatorie fights and this will only weaken Hatton because he is getting older. If he didnt take those fights he would lose his belt and its back to square one again. I just dont feel that going back to 140 has done him much justice because the level of competetion isnt so great.
Looking back to Hattons 147 phase, he was unpreped we know that. He also and we didnt no much about Luiz and didnt expect it to be so close. Therefore Hatton took him lightly and paid the price imo. But at the end of the day he did win the fight and beat another world champion at a different weight. It wasnt too bad of an effort imo. If Hatton had stayed at 147 i feel his name could only have grown. I feel Hatton should have stayed there and fought his mantatore fight and that could have given him more experience at 147. He would have prepared for 8 weeks and had a full camp etc etc. I feel after a couple more fights and maybe even giving Colloza a rematch it would have boosted him enough for going for the bigger names and getting the big wage etc etc.
I really do not feel Hatton should have gone to 140, when he had a long way to go at 147. He will leave it too late and all the big names would have moved on.
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