Ricky Hatton has irritated me as of late...

[leftylee]

The way he keeps banging on about the winner of Hoya-Pac.

Remember when Hoya was being lined up after Mayweather ?

Well he got beat and something tells me he could get beat tommorow.

Foucs on Paulie for fuck sake. Yes he has looked shit as of late but he is 100% determined and is a slick fighter with speed.

Every slick, speedy fighter Ricky Hatton has faced he's had trouble with.

Maussa (Eventually catching up to him)
Collazo
Mayweather

This fight is 50-50 IMO.

Take notice of Junior Witter, he looked past Bradley and wanted bigger things, yet got beat.

And if Hatton loses, he only has himself to blame.

[Memphis]

I read someone else call Carlos Maussa a slick speedy fighter

Made me laugh anyway.

Mad, awkward maybe, but slick and speedy.......

[leftylee]

I read someone else call Carlos Maussa a slick speedy fighter

Made me laugh anyway.

Mad, awkward maybe, but slick and speedy.......

Arkward then. Paulie is awkward you could say as well.

You get the point Memphis

[Fenster]

I'm sure Sky described Mauusa as slick the other night too

You have a point though, lefty. From the build-up shows, looks like powderpuff is treating it like the fight of his life (which it is), Ricky seems ultra relaxed like he has it in the bag already. hmmm...

[yvonne]

Yeah if Hatton loses this one im afraid he'll have to retire,but i cant really see Hatton losing this one really!Hatton has got into the zone of smashing Paulie all over the place!Hatton has got the fire burning bright again in his belly.Paulie will test Hatton no dought about that,but i bet all of this new guard training from Mayweather snr goes out of the window as the fight goes further in the rounds.This fight will be a FIGHTespecially as the fight goes further!I see Hatton,if not Paulie too to recieve bad cuts during the slug fest!!

[Tysonbruno]

Well Ricky has had 45 fights and now ive decided to be a fan for the first time ever i will be rooting for him C'MON RICKY!! he will stop Paulie in 8

[Gandalf]

Im nervous about this fight. Paulie does seem really up for it. Malignaggi is talking up a fight and there's Ricky talking about wanting to be friends afterwards.

Hatton looked good for half against Collazo and then faded. The same happened against Urango. He got Castillo out early so we dont know if he was ready for 12 hard rounds. And then Mayweather stopped Hatton and Hatton was really no longer a threat after 5 rounds anyway. And then we have Lazcano getting to Ricky twice. That was supposed to be a gimme after the Mayweather knock out.

There are big question marks surrounding Ricky Hatton. Has he still got it in him?? Paulie is definitely going to make Hatton fight, so he really needs to be in tip top condition.

I actually think Hatton boxed superbly for the first 6 rounds against Urango. Thats the kind of thing he needs to do for 12 rounds here. Use his footwork to dart in and out of range and utilise that jab a lot more. I can see this fight being a boxing contest for the opening rounds, if its working Hatton can try and maintain it, if he needs to rough Paulie then he can revert to that. But the key is having the lungs to fight 12 hard rounds and we havent seen that since Kostya way back when.

Stamina and output is what I will be hoping for. If Hatton is able to show us that then I think he can pull through.

Malignaggi has a difficult style though.

[Gandalf]

Well Ricky has had 45 fights and now ive decided to be a fan for the first time ever i will be rooting for him C'MON RICKY!! he will stop Paulie in 8

I hope he manages this.

I agree with Lefty that Ricky needs to shut up about fighting Oscar and Marquez and just concentrate on this. This is a bloody tough matchup.

And I want Oscar to piss off too. I saw an interview earlier where he was talking about fighting Hatton at "The Wembley". "The Wembley"? Since when has anybody ever called it "The Wembley". Its like calling "Anfield" "The Anfield". Its just retarded.

I hope Pac manages to at least rough that silly suit and tie John up!

[yvonne]

Does anyone now what time the weigh-in of this fight will be for over here in the U.K?

[ono]

I read someone else call Carlos Maussa a slick speedy fighter

Made me laugh anyway.

Mad, awkward maybe, but slick and speedy.......

The compubox analysis on boxingscene (i think) came up with the idea that Maussa was a slick speedy fighter. Fuck knows why because he clearly isn't.

Plus i'm pretty sure Paulie isn't even on Collazo's level. Hatton couldn't land jabs against Collazo and continually walked into shots. Can't see that happening against Paulie. I believe he is much easier to hit and he isn't a stronger southpaw.

The only thing that winds me up with Hatton is his insistence on referring to himself in the 3rd tense.

[Gandalf]

I read someone else call Carlos Maussa a slick speedy fighter

Made me laugh anyway.

Mad, awkward maybe, but slick and speedy.......

The compubox analysis on boxingscene (i think) came up with the idea that Maussa was a slick speedy fighter. Fuck knows why because he clearly isn't.

Plus i'm pretty sure Paulie isn't even on Collazo's level. Hatton couldn't land jabs against Collazo and continually walked into shots. Can't see that happening against Paulie. I believe he is much easier to hit and he isn't a stronger southpaw.

The only thing that winds me up with Hatton is his insistence on referring to himself in the 3rd tense.

Yep, the habitual use of the third person tense is quite peculiar.

[ono]

I read someone else call Carlos Maussa a slick speedy fighter

Made me laugh anyway.

Mad, awkward maybe, but slick and speedy.......

The compubox analysis on boxingscene (i think) came up with the idea that Maussa was a slick speedy fighter. Fuck knows why because he clearly isn't.

Plus i'm pretty sure Paulie isn't even on Collazo's level. Hatton couldn't land jabs against Collazo and continually walked into shots. Can't see that happening against Paulie. I believe he is much easier to hit and he isn't a stronger southpaw.

The only thing that winds me up with Hatton is his insistence on referring to himself in the 3rd tense.

Yep, the habitual use of the third person tense is quite peculiar.

He should at least be consistent with it.

One minute it's 'Ricky Hatton' the next it's 'I'....in the same sentence.

I've heard all his jokes about 9 or 10 times over aswell. It's getting as painful as the old Peter Kay stuff people used to come out with all the time. Like people would come up and hit you with a Peter Kay joke presuming you hadn't ever heard of him....but you had.....and you just wanted to throw them off a cliff.......but you didn't.....you politely laughed at them and said 'yeah it's good that one'



Anyway....apart from that....GO RICKY

[Mr140]

Why is it that you do not like Oscar so much just to ask there Miles.

[Gandalf]

Why is it that you do not like Oscar so much just to ask there Miles.

There is just something about him. Whenever he speaks he just comes across to me as so fabricated and cliched. I think a decade ago he was a serious and hungry young fighter. But these days its obviously only about the money. Forbes was a poor choice of opponent and now fighting Pac in a weight class way beyond what he should be fighting. And if he wins this then a possible fight with Ricky. Another smaller guy.

And he will talk this rubbish about having the desire back in his belly?! Well, if you are so hungry fight at WW against any of a number of very credible opponents then. Oscar IMO is a phony who wears a suit better than boxing shorts these days.

Others might disagree with my perceptions and perhaps Ive got him all wrong. But I find it hard to listen to him without a grimace and a shake of the head.

[bambamdaddio]

Im nervous about this fight. Paulie does seem really up for it. Malignaggi is talking up a fight and there's Ricky talking about wanting to be friends afterwards.

Hatton looked good for half against Collazo and then faded. The same happened against Urango. He got Castillo out early so we dont know if he was ready for 12 hard rounds. And then Mayweather stopped Hatton and Hatton was really no longer a threat after 5 rounds anyway. And then we have Lazcano getting to Ricky twice. That was supposed to be a gimme after the Mayweather knock out.

There are big question marks surrounding Ricky Hatton. Has he still got it in him?? Paulie is definitely going to make Hatton fight, so he really needs to be in tip top condition.

I actually think Hatton boxed superbly for the first 6 rounds against Urango. Thats the kind of thing he needs to do for 12 rounds here. Use his footwork to dart in and out of range and utilise that jab a lot more. I can see this fight being a boxing contest for the opening rounds, if its working Hatton can try and maintain it, if he needs to rough Paulie then he can revert to that. But the key is having the lungs to fight 12 hard rounds and we havent seen that since Kostya way back when.

Stamina and output is what I will be hoping for. If Hatton is able to show us that then I think he can pull through.

Malignaggi has a difficult style though.

I think Rick will have the stamina because he has to train like a b*****d to make light welter, he needs to be all over PM like a rash, and punching too..not posing ... its the other things that worry me ie Mayweather training him, and about a month ago he didnt even know if Kerry Kays would be working with him anymore .. whats that all about in the build up to a world title fight ?