Hatton VS Cotto

[the_PRODIGY]

What is with these weight limits and catch weights? I just don't get it when people say Hatton is not the same at welterweight. Maybe he is not as sharp at 147 but he doesn't have to weigh exactly at 147. If the diet and training of making 140 makes him the best he can possibly then why not train like a junior welter. If he's a couple of pounds over 140 he'll still be a welterweight. In that way he will be at his best shape during weigh-ins and at fight night the weight would be pretty much the same with Cotto as Ricky gains 13-15 lbs.

Or you folks think the other way around? do you think this welters are too big for Ricky that's why they have to shed some muscles to make it a more even fight? That's just not right..I think it's just an unfair and unreasonable thing to do.,Ricky has a 7 pound margin to work with. If he wants he can drop all the way down to 140 and eat a box of pizza before the weigh-in cuz he's gonna feast himself with food after it anyway. But for Cotto to starve himself is just unfair. He wouldn't be the same fighter.

I think the best Ricky against best Cotto is a helluva match. Both has KO power but I give Cotto the advantage because he has a good jab to keep Ricky at bay.

Good point.. This is what Mayweather did against Oscar.. he weighed in at 149 or 150 for the 154 limit.. just because you're moving up doesn't mean you have to meet the limit.. Granted if you are a fighter with a decent enough sized frame that you can gain some muscle and use it to your advantage, then that's what you would want to do.. but the smaller guys who need speed, have to be smart about it. YES, you're fighting someone who is probably in general a bit bigger than you, but bulking up and losing speed is not the way to put yourself in the best position to win the fight.

I'd say the lowest Cotto would ever go would be 145 for a catchweight.. That would be more than reasonable i would think.. You would still hear the Hatton fans saying, "Hatton just wasn't big enough!! Give him a break" As if the entire universe didn't know that BEFORE the fight..

True..But I don't agree with the catch weight thing. 145 would take hell for Cotto to make. I mean, I think he's starving himself bigtime to make 147.. I just think there's not much size difference between Hatton and Cotto. Only that Ricky is able to reach his peak physically at the training he gets at 140. While Cotto having a bigger skeletal frame its much harder for him to shed weight.

I will say it again..all that matters is the weight at fight night. Remember it's the weight you put into your punches. If they weigh the same that night, there's not much to complain about the size difference.

[HattonTheHammer]

Cotto would smash the fuck out of hatton as he would pacquiao and any other light welter/welter around at the moment

[Master]

Hatton would have beaten the light welter version of Cotto but would get beat by any decent Welterweight.

He should fight mayweather at 140lb this time.

[CFH]

Hatton would have beaten the light welter version of Cotto but would get beat by any decent Welterweight.

He should fight mayweather at 140lb this time.

Not this again. Mayweather would beat Hatton handily at any weight class. I've yet to see a single reasonable explanation for why the fight would be any different at 140 (unless making weight completely drained Mayweather).

[Gandalf]

Hatton would have beaten the light welter version of Cotto but would get beat by any decent Welterweight.

He should fight mayweather at 140lb this time.

Not this again. Mayweather would beat Hatton handily at any weight class. I've yet to see a single reasonable explanation for why the fight would be any different at 140 (unless making weight completely drained Mayweather).

I disagree. Take off that 3 and a half kilos and you are seeing a different fight. Even then Mayweather had the refs luck to help him out.

[Daim]

Hatton would have beaten the light welter version of Cotto but would get beat by any decent Welterweight.

He should fight mayweather at 140lb this time.

Not this again. Mayweather would beat Hatton handily at any weight class. I've yet to see a single reasonable explanation for why the fight would be any different at 140 (unless making weight completely drained Mayweather).

I disagree. Take off that 3 and a half kilos and you are seeing a different fight. Even then Mayweather had the refs luck to help him out.

IMO there is no way Hatton would beat Mayweather. Just take it out of your head. He just said that he wants a career finish "open-air" rematch with Floyd at Wembley....LOL... for what so Floyd smashes his big ass noggin into the post even harder and a louder OOOOHHHHH from ya'll.

[body head banger]

Yeah, like most, I'm not crazy about seeing this fight go down. But on the other hand, if Hatton gets this fight because he had put away Pacquaio, I wouldn't count him out of beating Cotto.

[Kel]

Yeah, like most, I'm not crazy about seeing this fight go down. But on the other hand, if Hatton gets this fight because he had put away Pacquaio, I wouldn't count him out of beating Cotto.

If Hatton puts Manny away it would be a huge fight, massive pay day for both guys, Cotto is the bigger man but he is one of the smaller Welters out there.

[TheChosenOne]

Hatton and Cotto would be a great fight with the edge going to cotto IMO
with the whole margarito debachal going on i think cotto confidance is up
maby margarito had plasterd his hands vs cotto we will never know but the beating he gave to him might suggest that but who knows. but i think cotto will hang in there for a close sd win