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he is not an all time great and is vastly overated. Floyd Mayweather has also beat no all time greats. in his last four bouts ricky hatton has won world titles of defending champions.
DLH is not an all-time great and yes, he is overrated. I don't think he's "vastly" overrated, but slightly overrated. You could make an argument that DLH went 0-3-1 in the Whitaker, Quartey, Trinidad and Mosley I one fights. DLH's legacy will be that he was a very very good fighter who was willing to fight the best of the best year after year, and that's very impressive in its own right.
You're right, Floyd Mayweather has not beaten an all-time great.
If your last sentence is meant to imply that Ricky Hatton is somehow better than DLH and Mayweather, then you're out of your mind.
CC.....I agree. It's no secret that I'm not a fan of either Floyd or Oscar but to say Hatton is better is insane. I don't recall the last time Either of the two got chased back down in weight after just one fight.
Hattons a natural 140lb fighter who stepped up to the plate and beat a natural 147lb fighter. He then admitted he wasnt a natural 147lb fighter and went back down to 140lb and outboxed urango. dela hoya moved up in weight because his body grew naturally as did mayweathers and they could no longer make the weight. I beleive mayweather could still make 140lb and should box hatton there. Mayweather shouts his mouth of all the time about hatton. But the fact is hatton has more appeal than mayweather and has not let fame change the person he is. Mayweather says he'll box hatton in england. They should box @ the millennium stadium in wales and ricky would kick the over hyped bums backside back across the atlantic.