Why doesn't Hatton keep his hands up?

[littlebif]

As said before i think its just his natural way of fighting through his opponents that ricky has come to adopt the style of occasionally leading in with his hands waist high.

Hattons got a pretty solid chin that he really doesnt get enough respect for, i remember seeing jon thaxton and eamonn magee pepper him with some beautys that hatton always seemed to be able to take.

Sure it would be better for him to fight hands up ala cotto, de la hoya etc. But its the old cliche of old dogs, new tricks and who can honestly question someones style when they are a 2 weight world champion and ranked number 1 in their division by a considerable distance

Thaxton and Magee arnt world class and never have been so Hatton should be able to walk thro them although he got hurt against Magee he won every round after that.

[HattonTheHammer]

As said before i think its just his natural way of fighting through his opponents that ricky has come to adopt the style of occasionally leading in with his hands waist high.

Hattons got a pretty solid chin that he really doesnt get enough respect for, i remember seeing jon thaxton and eamonn magee pepper him with some beautys that hatton always seemed to be able to take.

Sure it would be better for him to fight hands up ala cotto, de la hoya etc. But its the old cliche of old dogs, new tricks and who can honestly question someones style when they are a 2 weight world champion and ranked number 1 in their division by a considerable distance

Thaxton and Magee arnt world class and never have been so Hatton should be able to walk thro them although he got hurt against Magee he won every round after that.

You sure about that??

Hatton won the fight by 2-3 rounds, to suggest a near shutout is absurd.

Magee can crack a punch and had hatton on the canvas with his 1st real shot of the fight, ricky knew the only way he was gonna beat eamonn was to be brave and take his punches head on so he could pop a few of his own.

Thaxton bullied hatton for parts of there fight and while i dont suggest that wasnt partly due to ricky being cut from ear to ear, he again had to face up to thaxton in order to beat him.

[Rican]

Because he sucks!!

Now, the politically correct commentary:

Hatton is a limited fighter who makes up for this fact because of his physical superiority over all opponents at 140 (and 140 only) and because of his toughness and relentlessness. Other than that, I have never enjoyed a Hatton performance. They all seem too sloppy and too much grappling and although I do enjoy some of the brutality he inflicts on some (ahh those body shots!!), Hatton is just a technically sloppy/limited fighter, who, the more he fights, the more it becomes evident that his chin is glass-like.

[No Contest]

If he kept his hands up he couldn't hold now could he? Duh.

[Salty]

Does he spar like he fights? If so he is not going to have a brain in his head for his life after boxing.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ricky suffers from hypr extension of the elbows on both arms, as a result it's elbows out hands at chest height, full steam ahead.