Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
Im not saying Mayweather was a saint in the fight, but what makes me laugh is that all these *Hatton fans* were saying Cortez was one of the best refs for Hatton. But now Hatton got outclassed its *suddenly* different. Hatton was also doing his fair share of rabbit punching and illegal blows if i had the amount of time Danny had on his hands, then i could do a video showing all of Hatton's illegal tactics which were just as bad.

Why is it harsh ?? most people on this site were saying Castillo was shot. Your not going to tell me that he didn't like a shot fighter against Herman Ngoudjo are you ?? plus Castillo's best weight was at Lightweight, so i would consider that a shot fighter.

What has Tszyu's P4P ranking got to do with anything ?? first off he was P4P number 3 not 2. and second just because he was ranked high in P4P rankings doesn't mean he wasn't shot. Pernell Whitaker was ranked P4P number 1 when he was struggling with the likes of Diosbelys Hurtado and Wilfredo Rivera and i considered Whitaker shot at that time and he was P4P number 1, so it doesn't matter where you are ranked in the P4P Ono. Its just common sense that when your 35 years old, and you have only fought like 3 times in about 4 years, you will no way be able to perform at your best nowhere it. 35 years old is old in boxing and top that off with all the inactivity.

Well of course thats what people thought Ono, it was supposed to be a easy title for Hatton to make a good start at Welterweight, no one had heard of Collazo im glad you agree with that.
Would you care to elaborate on that? Still don't see how one bad performance against very tough opposition makes you a shot fighter. Bernard Hopkins best weight is middleweight and he's over 35. If calzaghe beats him at super middle will B-Hop be considered shot? I'm just not following your reasoning. Any fighter regardless of age can struggle against tough opposition on any given night. Wasn't Castillo fighting at 140 because he could no longer make lightweight? Therefore you'd expect him to be more comfortable at 140 then he would have been at 135.

I still disagree with you believeing Tsyzu was shot. At no time in the fight did he look shot. He certainly didn't look shot 7 months earlier against Mitchell and regardless of inactivity, that's what we have to judge him on.

ODLH was 34 when he fought Mayweather and he had been inactive for around a year. So was he shot? If so, how is it the p4p number 1 fighter on the planet only managed a split decision? The reasoning makes no sense.

And while i agree Collazo was an unknown, he wasn't picked as an easy opponent for Hatton. He was the only opponent left for the May 13th date that Hatton had with HBO.