Quote Originally Posted by Gyrokai
Thanks dasamm and ono for the reply.

To be honest, Ricky doesn't spar. At all. I think that's his undoing.
And the reason why he wrestles and imposes his size on other fighters.

And if he's started to, he's just started to. But he doesn't spar.
He lacks certain technical skills, but makes up for it in pressure and stamina.

I believe a pressure fighter must spar. That's my philosophy.
It helps a fighter learn to adapt to styles.

When Collazo put the beating on Hatton.......
Hatton had NO answers....... I mean NO answers other than getting hit.
I've never seen Cotto, Mosley, Margarito, even Williams in that position...
all fighters mentioned always adapted.
Mosley's been in that position before, but it wasn't like he was hit at will.
Luis had Hatton "OWNED."
Before the Castillo fight Steve Forbes was in amp for three weeks sparring.
Matthew Macklin constantly refers to valuable expierience he gets from sparring Ricky.
Matthew Hatton has accredited his picture perfect last performance entirely to the spars he's had with Rick' and noted how they've made him much more defensive minded.
Michael Gomez spars Ricky in Training camp, which was one of the reasons he was even a prospect.

How can you validate your statement?

Joe Calzaghe doesn't spar, Ricky Hatton spars, check the interviews from the past couple of weeks on Sky sports.com Theres one in particular wher his right eyebrow is red as a beetroot and nearly as swollen