Would Hatton have beaten Forbes on Saturday?

[killersheep]

I thought Hatton on points but wouldnt it be just like the Colazzo fight. If Hatton has any more close 1s I dont think he will get any favours off the judges now. Magee wasnt known as a particularly hard hitter but he gave Hatton nightmares with his speed. I just think if Forbes had a pick of a superfight with a realistic chance he should go for Ricky . Zab Judah is a another big name I think Forbes might beat . Hes there for the taking IMO .

but why exactly would an established champion like hatton opt to fight a steve forbes when their are much bigger paydays out there for much easier work!!

I give lazcano slim to none to beat hatton, i give malinaggi a fighters chance but no more than that and i expect that hatton will stop him late on.

As for steve forbes vs ricky hatton = a hard fought grinding UD for hatton that offers nothing but more questions about whether he is now a spent force and should consider hanging up his gloves.

It's not as if Hatton has an endless number of big paydays to choose from though.. 140 is actually a pretty scarce division at the moment. I also wouldn't be surprised if based solely on his fight against Oscar this weekend, Forbes brought a bigger payday to the table than anyone else at 140 besides Ricky. I mean Malignaggi has very little drawing power that I'm aware of, he easily could have lost his last fight on top of that, Witter is obviously far to unknown for Hatton to consider fighting(), doesn't leave many other options. Stevie Forbes would have been a much better fight than Lazcano, surely you'd have to agree there?

Malignaggi has a decent fanbase at MSG, but not really outside of there.
Lazcano was on FNR3, but most people still don't know anything about him.
Forbes would do well to challenge Hatton if everything else falls through.
Could be a decent payday for both.

[p4pking]

Yea I know Malignaggi is semi popular in NY, and I could be wrong, I just think the fact that Forbes as much as gave a decent account of himself against Oscar on saturday makes him more markatable than Paulie or anyone else Hatton could fight, by a stride. He lost the fight, but Malignaggi almost lost his last fight against the very unknown Ngoudjo, he's not much more of an appetizing opponent imo. Also I think Paulie would probably have a better chance to beat Ricky. Hatton-Forbes is probably pretty likely right about now imo. I guess they do have Malignaggi fighting on the Hatton undercard though, have to see how he looks there.

[DaxxKahn]

Hatton by UD, it's all about workrate. Forbes is pretty slick has good eyes and good defense, but he's a tad trigger shy. Even if he blocked everything Hatton threw, the judges would have to go with Hatton for effective aggression because Forbes would be hardly throwing anything back.

I thought Hatton on points but wouldnt it be just like the Colazzo fight. If Hatton has any more close 1s I dont think he will get any favours off the judges now. Magee wasnt known as a particularly hard hitter but he gave Hatton nightmares with his speed. I just think if Forbes had a pick of a superfight with a realistic chance he should go for Ricky . Zab Judah is a another big name I think Forbes might beat . Hes there for the taking IMO .

but why exactly would an established champion like hatton opt to fight a steve forbes when their are much bigger paydays out there for much easier work!!

I give lazcano slim to none to beat hatton, i give malinaggi a fighters chance but no more than that and i expect that hatton will stop him late on.

As for steve forbes vs ricky hatton = a hard fought grinding UD for hatton that offers nothing but more questions about whether he is now a spent force and should consider hanging up his gloves.

Hatton stop Malignaggi...Whereb di you come up with that?....Paulie would not stand still long enough for Hatton to land more then 1 shot at a time....Paulie like or not has a cast iron jaw

[DatsiK]

I don't see why so many people under rate hatton. Sure, he got beat by Mayweather, but mayweather is the p4p king.. Hatton deliviers some of the most lethal punches in the sport, he's done something Floyd wasn't able to do, KO Castillo. I think Hatton will bounce back in great style and maybe even give Floyd a better rematch should Floyd decide to come out of retirement once again.

I think it'll be malignaggi first though, which I can see hatton winning by a points decision.

[killersheep]

I don't see why so many people under rate hatton. Sure, he got beat by Mayweather, but mayweather is the p4p king.. Hatton deliviers some of the most lethal punches in the sport, he's done something Floyd wasn't able to do, KO Castillo. I think Hatton will bounce back in great style and maybe even give Floyd a better rematch should Floyd decide to come out of retirement once again.

I think it'll be malignaggi first though, which I can see hatton winning by a points decision.

Who's under rating Hatton?

[killersheep]

Yea I know Malignaggi is semi popular in NY, and I could be wrong, I just think the fact that Forbes as much as gave a decent account of himself against Oscar on saturday makes him more markatable than Paulie or anyone else Hatton could fight, by a stride. He lost the fight, but Malignaggi almost lost his last fight against the very unknown Ngoudjo, he's not much more of an appetizing opponent imo. Also I think Paulie would probably have a better chance to beat Ricky. Hatton-Forbes is probably pretty likely right about now imo. I guess they do have Malignaggi fighting on the Hatton undercard though, have to see how he looks there.

I agree Hatton's best option cash wise is probably Forbes and behind that Witter (I'm sure 90% of the UK would be there to support Hatton in that one) Then Malignaggi, then Torres. I really wish Judah would have gone back down to 140.

[p4pking]

I don't see why so many people under rate hatton. Sure, he got beat by Mayweather, but mayweather is the p4p king.. Hatton deliviers some of the most lethal punches in the sport, he's done something Floyd wasn't able to do, KO Castillo. I think Hatton will bounce back in great style and maybe even give Floyd a better rematch should Floyd decide to come out of retirement once again.

I think it'll be malignaggi first though, which I can see hatton winning by a points decision.

Who's under rating Hatton?

I think he's easily the worst 140 lber in the Ring rankings. No way he belongs in the top 10 in that division.

[DaxxKahn]

I don't see why so many people under rate hatton. Sure, he got beat by Mayweather, but mayweather is the p4p king.. Hatton deliviers some of the most lethal punches in the sport, he's done something Floyd wasn't able to do, KO Castillo. I think Hatton will bounce back in great style and maybe even give Floyd a better rematch should Floyd decide to come out of retirement once again.

I think it'll be malignaggi first though, which I can see hatton winning by a points decision.

Who's under rating Hatton?

Wondered that myself when I read it...

Last I checked just because you don't think a fighter will KO a guy that took 12 rounds of abuse from one of the sports hardest punchers P4P did not mean you were underrating him...

Then again everyone has different opinions on what under rating is

[DaxxKahn]

I don't see why so many people under rate hatton. Sure, he got beat by Mayweather, but mayweather is the p4p king.. Hatton deliviers some of the most lethal punches in the sport, he's done something Floyd wasn't able to do, KO Castillo. I think Hatton will bounce back in great style and maybe even give Floyd a better rematch should Floyd decide to come out of retirement once again.

I think it'll be malignaggi first though, which I can see hatton winning by a points decision.

Who's under rating Hatton?

I think he's easily the worst 140 lber in the Ring rankings. No way he belongs in the top 10 in that division.

Hatton or Malignaggi?

[Gandalf]

Forbes gave a relatively decent showing against Oscar but Hatton would have his way with him at 140.

Hattons plan of Lazcano, Malignaggi......and then possibly Mayweather is the right way. Gives him something to aim for and the tricky Malignaggi fight would be ideal for making a few technical adjustements.

I know many are opposed to a Mayweather rematch but I still prefer it to an Oscar rematch. Just the way it is for me.

[Puya]

Forbes by KO. Great chin fast hands and he is stronger than Collazo with much better boxing ability

[Kel]

Forbes by KO. Great chin fast hands and he is stronger than Collazo with much better boxing ability

Add power and I might agree with you lol

[HattonTheHammer]

P4PKing:

to answer your question, malinaggi at MSG is a far bigger draw than steve forbes will ever be and command a much bigger pay day.

Then you have the potential fight with witter which if he does dispose of bradley and perhaps one more opponent will be forced on rickys door and he`ll have no alternative but to fight junior.

ricardo torres and carlos ortiz should both be established contenders by the time hattons seen off malinaggi.

Hatton has plenty of better options out there than fighting forbes which is why i firmly believe the fight will never go down or ever be close to happening.



As for the guy that questioned hattons ability to stop paulie:

The only way you can diminish hattons relentless approach is to hit him hard and force him into fighting with a more withdrawn approach. Malinaggi posseses no real power to possibly make that happen and hatton will be clambering all over him for 12 rounds.

Eventually the realisation that paulie has never felt the kind of relentless pressure hatton throws up will lead to a late stoppage!!

[donnydarkoIRL]

Hatton has employed Forbes as sparring partner on numerous occasions.

[LawHoops]

hatton would have been easily outpointed or posibly ktfo