
Originally Posted by
ono

Originally Posted by
hattonthehammer
The guy won a world title at the weight - he cant be that bad.
Sick and tired of endless pro and anti hatton fans claiming the 7pounds makes the world of difference.
Of course slight adjustments have to be made - but its 7pounds not 77!!
Hate to admit it but the reason ricky dominates at 140 yet struggles at 147 is because the 2 guys he fought at 147 are much better fighters than those in LW (barring tszyu)
You don't understand how important that 7lbs is. He struggled with Collazo because Hatton's core strength was nowhere near what Collazo's was. That's why he couldn't push him back so easy.
Core strength is so important. Unfortunately it can take a few years to build the required core strength to be effective at a weight. Ricky only had 7 weeks and thats why he struggled.
He doesn't have the reach or punching power to be effective at 147 either.
Your making bad excuses... Hatton never was a huge puncher, he wouldn't have to be if he still had good stamina, used his skills more. THere have been other successful pressure fighers who didn't hit really hard. Hatton just needed to utilize his speed more, and the biggest problem he had with Collazo, except him being southpaw, and MAyweather is that they were quick enough to counter him in no man's land whereas everyone else he fought didn't have the speed to make Hatton pay for his mistakes.
Same thing to a smaller degree with Hopkins vs Calzaghe, while Hopkins was fresher he was able to catch Calzaghe in situations where nobody else was able to, and Roy JOnes Jr would have been able to as well.
AS for Cotto I am saying that the style matchup is absolutely horrible for Hatton, not that Cotto is way better even though he sort of is.
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