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Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post

And no judging by records Hatton comes out behind.

Except for Mayweather (which Hatton lost to)
Mijares has fought higher rated (by the ring) fighters and been more successful against them. Period.
Not trying to enter your little debate about Hatton or Mijares, but I'll just point out the flaw in the logic here - you cannot really compare the ring rankings across divisions, and think that #7 in one division is necessarily better than #9 in another.

Beating the third best at 135 (Joan Guzman) is helluvalot better than beating the third best at 130 (Luevano), while beating the fouth best at 147 (Margarito) is even better still.
The point is Mijares is fighting the best competition available to him and doing well against them. Hatton is not fighting the best competition available (except Mayweather where he lost).
That may or may not be a good point (I'm not sure actually). Shouldnt a boxer be judged solely on the merits of who he beats (and not by who he does not beat (or face))?

I still dont want to get into the argument over Hatton or Mijares, though.