
Originally Posted by
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
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