Typical moronic TysonBruno.... Makes a retarded comment and then dosent back it up with anything substantial
Typical moronic TysonBruno.... Makes a retarded comment and then dosent back it up with anything substantial
Im not a Hatton fan at all but i don't get why Hatton is getting so much stick for his last fight. He was just coming off a loss and he was probably really nervous with all the fans coming to see him, and mentally his confidence would of been shook after the Mayweather fight, taking all that into account i think he done well. I thought his combinations were good, and his body punching looked to be back to its old sharpness considering it wasn't there in the Mayweather fight. I think he got caught because he was too over anxious to please the fans IMO. But he does need to work on his defense when he leaps in and leaves his chin in the air he is playing dangerous game, and he won't be able to get away with that all the time like Mayweather proved, but other than that i think it was a solid performance.
I make Hatton the favorite against all the title holders at 140 except against Torres which is 50-50 based on Torres power and Hatton's leaky defense. Lets take a look at these so called "top 140 title holders" shall we ?? Paulie has looked garbage in his last two fights he struggled against a fighter he shut out the first time, Paulie has no power and hasn't showed any of his old form in sometime, i really don't see how you can't have Hatton the favorite in that one. Bradley is just goodish at best he hadn't fought anyone in the top 20 prior to the Witter fight, and i didn't think he looked that good in Witter fight IMO. It was just Witter was so bad rather than Bradley was good, Bradley is a tough fighter but limited and i can't see how someone as green as Bradley is going to beat Hatton at this stage in his career. Kotelnik is a tough fighter like Bradley but again goodish at best im in disbelief if you have Kotelnik as the favorite against Hatton. The only real title holder i see Hatton losing to is Torres, because like i said earlier he has the power to turn out Hatton's lights so it will be interesting, and Hatton will have to seriously tighten up his defense if he faces Torres.
Last edited by ICB; 05-27-2008 at 06:36 PM.
Well im not just basing it off Cotto fight i've seen few of Torres fights and yes he is a big puncher, and has the kind of power to put Hatton in serious trouble. Well lets put it this way Ono he is the only 140 fighter that has the power to possibly to stop Hatton, im not saying he will but its good possibility considering how leaky Hatton's defense is. It doesn't matter if most of Torres KO's are from Columbia, some of the greatest P4P punchers of all time had a lot of padding as well but you cannot deny there power, Carlos Zarate comes to mind.
I'll have to agree with you. I honestly haven't seen much footage of Torres. I really can't comment too much on his power. You're normally pretty much spot on with stuff so i'll take your word for it.
He is the only 140lber i'd be wary of Hatton facing tbh.
I'd expect hatton to wear him down and break his heart....like Cotto did. But yeh the risk is there, especially when Hatton commits himself to an attack.
I will Rep anybody that Negs this oxygen thief![]()
I'll echo some of the comments made earlier.
I must say that I think we have seen the best of Hatton now, he was inspired against Tszyu and showed some real grit against Collazzo.
The trouble is, that pressure fighters like him don't have really long careers because they take a lot of punishment usually, and Hatton has also not been a real KO puncher ..... it's the volume of Hatton's offence that wears down his opponents (though he has been a very very good body puncher in the past, it is just that his opponents are better now, and don't get kayoed by body punches easily)
Hatton's issues are now the general wear and tear of 20 years in the ring, plus the hard hard training he's got to do to get into shape (which I think cannot be good for you). He has also lost a lot of head movement and can now be timed coming in, especially with the left hook .... more worryingly, he is also slower to clinch when he is hurt and he did get caught in 'no mans land' a couple of times, hesitating, just in punching range with his hands down stumbling forward into a clinch .... a sharp operator will punish him more that Lazcano did.
But fair's fair, he won a wide points decision and knocked Lazcano around the ring for at least 9 of the 12 rounds. He was coming off a devastating knockout loss in the most hyped British fight of the year, in his hometown .... in front of 55,000 people. Plus he had the cameras following him 24/7 for that documentary. He coped very well with the pressure and he was fit and sharp at the weight.
I donlt see paulie beating Hatton for at least a coiple of years (though I think Ricky will get old suddenly, just like barry McGuigan did), but this thread is too one-eyed and myopic.
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