Quote Originally Posted by skyler
I'm not saying he will physically beat him so bad that he will ruin him like Chavez did to Taylor, but Floyd is about to destroy Ricky Hatton's career for these reasons:

1. He's going to ruin Ricky's perfect record and have naysayers coming out of the woodwork saying Hatton's career was built on beating hasbeens.

2. There's no way after a loss that Hatton can AGAIN decide to run back down to 140 (he'd look like a total coward for doing that twice), so he will now be forced to stay at 147 and fight at a weight where frankly I can't see a single top fighter (Mosley, Cotto, Williams, De la Hoya) who Hatton can beat, thus he'd likely lose his next fight and more naysayers will jump on board saying Floyd ruined him and his confidence.

3. He vehemently dislikes Floyd, just as Hagler vehemently disliked Leonard, and losing to the person you despise the most will eat at you for the rest of your life as we all know it's done to Marvin.
I disagree.

1) Hatton might yet surprise you with his performance. Even if he loses then he loses to the best fighter in
the sport. Its not like he is losing to a bum and then his record is being reevaluated. Hatton has some very
good fighters on his resume.

2) Again you are jumping to conclusions by saying Hatton loses. But even if he does lose and he feels 140 is
his weight then so be it. By fighting Floyd he is fighting someone that is arguably not a true welterweight
either.

3) Hatton doesnt dislike Floyd to the degree you are suggesting. Hatton just thinks he has a style that
Floyd will have difficulty with. And he might be right. After the fight you can be sure that Hatton will be
the first to congratulate Floyd on a great fight. If Hatton loses then he will get over it.