Hatton : Mayweather must make light-welter to fight me

[silent assassin]

I have to disagree a little in that Hatton with his ability to close the gap, and fight the exact fight that gives Mayweather problems means he is a more dangerous fighter to face Mayweather than Vargas(who can't get down to 154), Mayorga(who I doubt can get down to it anymore), Ouma(who isn't good enough), Karmazin(who isn't wellk known). I think Hatton also gives Mayweather more troubles than Margarito.

I think the hardest fight for him is Spinks, but Spinks would have had to win the 160, and come back down for that to happen. I felt he beat Taylor, but he didn't on the scorecards.

Disagree here with the points in bold. Hatton is not the type of fighter who can give Floyd problems at this point, in fact, he's the exact antithesis of the type of fighter who can beat Floyd. Hatton is short, with short arms, and no jab. This is the type of fighter that can be picked apart by a fighter like Floyd.
It's been proven over and over again that the weapon that neutralizes a great speed/defense fighter like Floyd is a long authorative jab. Hatton doesn't have the ability or the body type to beat a Mayweather-type fighter.

I agree completely I think Floyd would destroy Hatton, it wouldn't even be a fight. For me big strong guys like Margarito, Williams and even Cintron would present a far bigger challenge to Floyd as he'd stuggle to get close enough to do damage and then get away.

Hatton with his stubby little arms wouldn't even get close to landing in a 100 rounds let alone 12.

It's a complete mismatch imo.

That could very well be the case. And again for the record I see PBF puttin it on Hatton if this fight were to happen. But we do have to consider that this is still a business. And protected or not, This is A guy that has strung together 43 consecutive wins & 0 losses. IMO it's a hard argument to win that he doesn't deserve the shot. It also doesn't hurt that he has a whole damn country buying tickets to watch him fight.

As far as the Gatti-Hatton comparison IMO it's a bit unfair. Gatti's fanbase was big. But not close to Hatton's. Gatti had also already established a pattern of losing when he stepped to the top echelon guys. Hatton had IMO only had 2 cracks at top echelon guys, Kostya & Castillo. Although in hindsight it seems that both of their better days were behind them, he was succesful when he got the chance. It was the opposite for Gatti.

If we are just talikng about who may be able to take PBF out. IMO Mosely & Cotto would have the best chances of that. But it is a business & like it or not this fight makes sense & is good for boxing.

For people to suggest that Cintron & Williams should be fighting PBF before Hatton. Well IMO that's just waayyy off at this point.

A good post and I agree with you. I wasn't saying that Floyd shouldn't fight Ricky, on the contrary it would be a huge a fight. My point is that as champion it's not for Floyd to do all the hoop jumping to make this fight happen. Hatton needs Floyd not the other way around.

For Floyd right now commercially the biggest fights have to be a battle with Cotto or a rematch with Oscar. In terms of proving his legacy I'd say a fight with Mosely or even a move up to 160 would be better than fighting Hatton

I agree Hatton deserves a shot more than Williams and Cintron but I still think they would give Floyd a much tougher challenge than Hatton could.

Can you even imagine Hatton fighting Williams or Cintron? He'd get battered.

#973 Back 2 u. I agree that Hatton needs PBF. PBF does not need Hatton.

As far as Cintron & Williams vs Hatton I'm not sure. They both have the tools but 4 me the jury is stiil out on Cintron to beat Hatton because of what happened with Margarito. Williams just hasn't shown how he would react in a knockdown/dragout fight. The tools are there but I would have to see a little more from those 2. I would pick Cotto to put a beating on Hatton & Mosely to beat him also.