Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
You need help? Alright. Hatton. Fighter with a great chin, poor defense, decent power. His stamina is probably his best trait. Has an aggressive/fouling style. He's a good, solid fighter. Unfortunately, he's made out to be a god by his home country and his loyal fans/groupies. Who ignore the fact that he seems to get favorable treatment from all referees. His biggest win was over an aging champion (Kostya Tyszu) who had fought a total of 2 rounds in 2 years. Hatton had always refused to fight anywhere but his hometown, until recently. Looking to make a name for himself in America, Hatton decided to fight in Boston. With the 140 division in court proceedings, Hatton decided to move up to 147. He challenged Luis Collazo a title holder with only 12 knock outs. Easy work was expected for Hatton. But Collazo proved he was no push over and fought Hatton head to head. It seemed Collazo did enough to keep his title in a close fight. But Collazo doesn't have Hatton's following and hadn't just recently signed with HBO. So Hatton was giving a "welcome to HBO" win. The hype goes on. Can't really blame Hatton. He's a good fighter. But he's being made out to be more than he is.
I'm thinking to go a little deeper. I wanted to disect certain things about him and relay them to the sport of boxing and other things.

For example, if I wanted to start with comparison to Hatton's nickname "The Hitman" I could go something like this (just an example)

Suffering is nothing new in boxing, it is a sport that seems built on the suffering of another human being, or the suffering of the fan due to the lack of…

In order to get into this club of suffering one must possess a killer instinct…a blindness to morals, a willingness to risk his life or take another’s in the most subtle way. One cannot develop this instinct, it must be imbed into their mind…it must be cerebral. After all, all boxers put in the ring can potentially kill their opponent. You sign for a fight, it’s a contract of potential death. Being a boxer is like potentially being a contracted assassin, or as I like to put it ‘a Hitman’.

The word Hitman is defined as someone who accepts a contract killing. A contract killing is a murder in which the killer is hired by another person for a material reward, usually money. Thus is the system of boxing. Boxing is the contract, the promoter is the hirer, the boxer is the killer, and the money is the reward. To be a boxer, you must be a hitman.

I could do that but I'm not very sure, I'd like to do a more straight to the point article about Hatton, writing an article is an underrated challenge You can want to go one way but then completely change your mind to the point you want to make.

So I really have to work hard on this... thank you though.