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I like Hatton, but I don't think most American's like to see a minature John Ruiz. Don't sad click me for this, you wanted the truth. And he has been doing alot of hugging since he has gotten exposure in the states I think.

Besides English fans are so over-the-top that even if they wanted to like Hatton, the fans turn them off.
I wont sad click you at all. Its all about opinions. I'm not a massive Hatton fan but he seems to get a lot of negative press stateside.
You have to remember to the general public in the states, the first taste of Hatton was vs. Collazo. This was billed as something the Hatton will clearly show his elite status. This was not the most stellar performance for him and I believe when you have your first showing on HBO people are going to galvanize their opinions around that. They don't care about the weight difference or how he looked years ago against Kostya, they were expecting a dominant performance. I did have ricky winning 6 rounds a piece but the knockdown won it.