I guess I'm in the minority here. I got a lot more out of Hatton then I expected. I was blown away the first part of the fight. Never before has Hatton been in and out like he was in this fight. Typically the battle is just getting inside and maintaining control on the inside as was the case with Collazo. But he showed a whole nother dimension in the first 4 rounds. He was getting in and out landing combinations without being touched.
Then he got rocked. And then Urango started coming forward a little bit more and Hatton slowed down a bit, got hurt to the body. So he changed his attack and got him coming in. Urango was coming in and not doing anything. Hatton was initiating the tie ups but Urango wasn't doing to much to stop it. It was an ugly fight towards the end but just because it wasn't as watchable as Hatton used to be goes nowhere to say he is on the downside or a shot fighter as I've seen a couple people say. Anyone who was expecting a spectacular performance was expecting a little to much imo. It's fair to expect more then what we got but still, he still did what he had to do to win the fight. I think people are being a little to hard here.
The fact that he had a diversified attack, and adjusted on the fly should speak to something. Wasn't FOTY by any means but it was still a solid performance. To be honest, the Hatton backlash is surprising to me. He looked better then I expected him to even though the fight wasn't quite as good for quite as long as I thought it would be.
I think that he could have gotten Urango out of there, but he would have been putting his ass on the line so he opted not to. I think he pressed a bit in the 10th, but I think Hatton was more then content with a lopsided UD at that point.
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