Was Ricky Hatton weight Drain at 140?

[bzkfn]

I'm hearing this excuse on why he lost his last fight in brutal fashion was that he was weight drain at 140. The Hatton fans are saying that it was Ricky Hatton's eating habits and balooning in weight so much and then taking it down affected his performance and that he looked drain.

So was Ricky Hatton weight drain or is this an excuse by his beloved fans after they predicted an ko in favor of their man but it was the reversed?

Discuss.

I'm a huge Hatton fan. Never heard this excuse. He's a 140 fighter. If he aint fighting at 140, he should probably retire because he can't compete with the top dogs at 147. Never in a million years should he have taken the Manny fight. I didn't see him winning. He doesn't deal well with Southpaws, and fighters with speed kill him, because he doesn't defend himself well. He lost because he wasn't good enough. I still don't think any less of him as a fighter though.

[BoxingGorilla]

Making any weight is draining when you swell up like a dog tick between fights.

Seriously...

[Hunter]

Yeah - I agree, he could have taken care of himself better in between fights.

But even if he was I dont think he really had a choice. He cant really compete at 47 with his skills and style...

[Swice]

I have never heard this excuse used before. Don't think it holds water for a fighter who has had almost all of his fight at 140. In fact I heard people saying how much of an advantage it was going to be for him, and how Pacquiao was going to have to deal with a real top tier 140 pound fighter.

[CGM]

I swear I've never heard so many excuses for losing as I've heard with Hatton.

His chin left him
unable to move up a division
Joe Cortez
his opponent cheated (used his elbows)
too much Guinness
weight drain
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.
.

If it wasn't for all of these things, he'd be an ATG for sure.