Unless there was a major problem (i.e the body shots broke his ribs) then I think the criticism he has got is fair enough. He went from boxing beautifully to hitting and grabbing......why?

There was a time in the fight also where Ricky bullied Urango to the ropes and started to rip into the body, probably the one and only time he really attacked downstairs. Yet he was unable to maintain any of his early rhythm into the second half of the fight.

For me the sudden panic in the corner and the distress signals given off by Haton would indicate that something went wrong in there. If it was a gruelling fight I can understand him taking the last couple of rounds off but it was nothign like that, he was always in control and shouldnt have needed to apply the tactics that he did.

I gather that Hatton pretty much conceded to Merchant that the between fights balloning has got to stop? Someone correct me if Ive heard wrong on that score.

If Ricky simply started to run out of gas in there in a fight where he didnt expend an awfull amount of energy then questions need to be answered.