I think some people confuse offering a reason for his defeat as making an excuse. I am a Hatton fan but was straight up in praising Pac for doing the job. Ricky tries to be one of the lads and be 'normal' but doesn't realise that he simply can't.

Was he weight drained, maybe, regardless of that he didn't last long enough for it to be an issue as someone else has stated. There may have been to odd person trying to ecuse Hatton but I think even most of his fans on here were simply critical of him. In the end it wasn't a weight issue that got him it was simply not being able to change his ways in the ring.