Quote Originally Posted by Bigsexy
Remember Taylor not being competitive at the weight he was meant for because he could no longer make the weight and moving up and getting destroyed by terry norris i am afraid the same faith awaits little Ricky. If only his people would have not try to protect their investment by wasting what he had fighting tomato cans he would have looked awesome against any of the major players if he had fought anyone of them a year ago, but its too late now his conditioning at 140 has betrayed him and at 147 hes like a fish out of water. Meldrick was like a shooting star and so was Ricky its just too bad when he was at his best he was'nt allowed to face the tough comp and i dont mean the 1 fight he had with a past his prime Kostya. U know how Vargas was pushed too quick and it did not pay off, well the opposite would have happend to Ricky if he was pushed too quick, he would have conquered a few of the elite comp. Everyone has to realize when your strength is your work rate and conditioning, you dont last very long in this sport and they should definitely move u along a little faster than others with different strenghs.
i love posts like this; when someone is totally clueless to what the hell is actually happening, hears a snippet of a convo here and there and then posts garbage.

Before you think I'm some hatton lover, read the threads from the last couple days, iv been highly critical; Hatton has never had a problem making 140, he has just come down from, what was most likely the heaviest he has been in between his fights (around 180?) and one week ago he was weighed at 137! his nutritionist ordered him to put weight on! he has Castillo lined up for June, a small week brake and he will be back in the gym, there is no time for him to fuck about this time, he wont have an option to balloon up - when hatton does train he is fairly strict and trains freaking well

What elites are these then? after Tszyu he looked good, but in now way ready for mayweather! he wasn't big enough for gatti just then, gatti wanted to look up at 147, cotto was by no means an elite then, Cotto has been respected but his stock has trebled since hitting 147 - one of the top dogs at 140 was Vivian Harris, thats who hatton was going for, wanted everything was pretty much set in stone until Harris got him self beat, was Ricky's fault was it matey?

He is 28 years old, he is far from past it, he is far from being in trouble and the 'damage' of his in between life style is far from irreversible. He has something like 14 weeks for Castillo, by then he will be a hell of allot fitter, and his body allot stronger and allot more durable, you can bet your freaking house on that.

cleary have a problem with Hatton and clearly clueless about him