Analise Ricky Hatton.

[ono]

Positives:

1: Tremendous heart
2: Fast footwork
3: Good handspeed
4: Very strong at 140
5: Excellent body puncher

Negatives:
1: Lacks head-movement, especially in 2nd half of fights
2: Open to straight right hands
3: Struggles badly with quality southpaws (who doesn't?)
4: Cannot fight at 147
5: Smothers his own work sometimes


I could go on with the positives and negatives. He's a great fighter all in all. A very likeable guy.

I noticed a few posts saying he holds a lot at 147 because he has a questionable chin. That's not true. At 147 he doesn't have the natural core strength of the natural welters. If he doesn't hold, he will get pushed back. That's why Collazo and Mayweather were such struggles....amongst other things.

I have alos noticed he changed his style for the Kostya Tszyu fight and it worked perfectly. However he hasn't really gone back to his old style......other than the first half of the Urango fight. His old style was fantastic to watch and very effective.

By the way he doesn't hit and hold, What he actually does is he uses one arm to move his opponents arms out of the way.....to enable him to land a punch. It's stil wrong imo but apparently its legal.

[RozzySean]

Positives:

1: Tremendous heart
2: Fast footwork
3: Good handspeed
4: Very strong at 140
5: Excellent body puncher

Negatives:
1: Lacks head-movement, especially in 2nd half of fights
2: Open to straight right hands
3: Struggles badly with quality southpaws (who doesn't?)
4: Cannot fight at 147
5: Smothers his own work sometimes


I could go on with the positives and negatives. He's a great fighter all in all. A very likeable guy.

I noticed a few posts saying he holds a lot at 147 because he has a questionable chin. That's not true. At 147 he doesn't have the natural core strength of the natural welters. If he doesn't hold, he will get pushed back. That's why Collazo and Mayweather were such struggles....amongst other things.

I have alos noticed he changed his style for the Kostya Tszyu fight and it worked perfectly. However he hasn't really gone back to his old style......other than the first half of the Urango fight. His old style was fantastic to watch and very effective.

By the way he doesn't hit and hold, What he actually does is he uses one arm to move his opponents arms out of the way.....to enable him to land a punch. It's stil wrong imo but apparently its legal.

Spot on post. I also think his short arms hurt him at WW. He has lousy reach for even at LWW, but the weakness comes into play even more at 147. He gave up 7" to both Collazo and Mayweather. It's harder jab his way in and once he is gets in, he's not physically stronger.