Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by yoitsdan
I think for 8 out of 12 rounds he was yes. In that fifth round he took some hefty body shots that really, really hurt him, so from then on he did what he does best, controlld the range, and yeah that meant focusing on the head more than usual. He was still snatchin that body like he always does, but only sporadically, tonight we had the unusual situation where the head was easier for Hatton to hit than the body, so what did he do? He was keeping himself much safer than usual, and was much less of a heart-stopper to watch, I ain't used to that S***! He adapted, and he certainly wasn't HEADHUNTING F*** me, I thought the day someone said "He's a headhunter," about Ricky Hatton was the day the sky turned purple, and I became tee-total.
Wow, we must have been watching a different fight. I didn't see Hatton working the body at all.
A great body puncher doesn't pick and choose which fights he wants to work the body. Marco Antonio Barrera, Oscar De La Hoya, those guys dig left hooks to the body of their opponents every single fight.
Hatton just spent 12 rounds throwing left hooks and right crosses, while paying no attention at all to left jabs or left hooks to the body.
He is a flawed fighter.
Granted he's flawed, but who ain't?. The wires are crossed here Pea, there's no need, Hatton is not a headhunter, you know it, I know it, just admit it. If you do think Hatton is a head hunter, watch some more fights, or even better watch this one again. I haven't seen compubox figures but I would bet that Hatton landed at least 100 body shots in this fight.