Even if hatton could take the power of cotto, it would be punishment. He would either be put out cold or would be brutally tkoed. Not a fight he should even dream about, hell if hes dreaming about it then it would be a nightmare.
Even if hatton could take the power of cotto, it would be punishment. He would either be put out cold or would be brutally tkoed. Not a fight he should even dream about, hell if hes dreaming about it then it would be a nightmare.
4 years ago at 140 it may have been competitive (basically due to Cotto being tight at the weight) but Cotto has always been all wrong for Hatton and I wouldn't see the fight going past half way if it happend
Hatton at wembley needs to happen before he calls it a day. Ricky is huge in manchester but the demand for him is so massive nationwide it is actually quite feasible that hatton alone could pull in 100,000 fight fans at £50 a ticket.
Dont listen to all these cotto would kill him shite. Cotto got knocked out by margarito (wraps or no wraps) taken down by torres and made to look extremely ordinary against corley
Rickys only fall from graces have been to the best 2 fighters on the planet. Id lay money on cotto at anything above 140, but it would still be an extremely close fight that if fought in britain under BBoc rules would probably result in hatton winning by stoppage
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A few years ago, I think it would have been possible, I remember an era where I and my friend Ben who's as much into boxing as me were pondering a cotto-Hatton fight and we thought it would be a superb competitive fight, even thought that Hatton had some chances at his stage of his career. NOw... I think Hatton is shot, all this weight gaining and sudden lost did play on his metabolism and I think that for the sake of his family and England, he should call it a day.
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Dude...hes lost both of his fights by knockout within the last 2 yrs. One was to pac (not the biggest jr welter) and once to floyd. Even if cotto came down in weight, hes still bigger then hatton and make no mistake...cotto was powerful at 140. Yes he got rocked by a few guys but hes a much better boxer now then what he was. Hattons face first approach to boxing would get him battered senseless in this fight. Even if hes not knocked out cold or even knocked out, i would say he either doesnt come out for a round or he is tkoed.
Maybe if he's thinking of fighting Jose Miguel Cotto instead of Miguel Cotto he might have a chance.......NAAAAAAAAH
You dont watch much boxing do you??
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Really? you genuinely believe the miguel cotto that took 7rounds to see off jennings and just scraped past clottey is a better fighter than the man who stopped zab judah and beat sugar shane mosley??
As ive said all along you dont suddenly become a bad fighter once you beat by the 2 best on the planet. Both occasions were a step too far for hatton but he is still more than capable of competing and winning world titles at the very highest level.
Hatton-Cotto at 147 in vegas is cottos to lose, too big and too strong for ricky. Hatton-Cotto at a 143/144 catchweight at wembley/manchester sways massively towards hatton because he`ll have a far smaller ring and bigger crowd on his side which you may think doesnt play much part in a boxing contest until you enter an arena surrounded by 50`000 roaring fans!!
You cant keep using the "hatton would only win in manchester" excuse because thats just ridiculous kind of like me saying floyd can only win in vegas or kessler in germany. The boxing world is far wider than the MGM grand and the sooner you realise that the better!
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If Hatton decided to use his hands to block punches instead of his chin, then I would say Ricky would have a decent chance of winning it. We all saw how Cotto dealt with a come forward fighter, he started well but in the end was broken down by Margarito's constant pressure. But then again he also took every shot Cotto had, and kept coming forward.. something which I think Hatton wouldn't be able to do at this stage of his career.
I think it would be a competitive fight going to a decision, which Cotto would win, but who knows.. he hasn't looked his old self since big tony beat him up, I guess we'll find out in november.
First off mate took Cotto five rounds to see off Jennings who was running all fight, he wont have to look far for Hatton he would be there in front of him, Cottowould destroy him. He is far to big for starters has far better skills, Hatton should fight Marquez imo good name who he might have a chance of bullying under a uk ref.
Not a chance in hell Hatton beats Cotto. Also Hammer you think a smaller ring would suit HattonHe is fighting Cotto not Mallinaggi Cotto is a bigger stronger better body puncher better skills basically a more polished stronger fighter I dont understand how you think a smaller ring benefits Hatton
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Cotto is'nt what he was before Margarito fight.But Hatton has gone down hill even more since Floyd got to him.
At 140 3years ago i would of made Hatton a slight favourite but now at what everweight they fight there is no way Hatton is winning or stands a chance at winning.
Hatton is now past his prime and would stand no chance.
Hatton clearly hasn't got the chin for it anymore and his brain is too wrapped up in Hatton mania to think tactics. He gifted those wins to FM and MP (especially MP)
He'd try walk through Cotto and he'd get knocked out.
I think Hatton will only return for a mega money match,but even that looks slim now he's enjoying promoting so much.
If he did come back in a couple years he'd prob have to fight at heavy weight anyway! He's always boxed way below his natural weight and the older he's got the weaker it's left him at the lower weights
I dont know watch much boxing? Do you? How many guys do you know that have the chin to come back as good as they were after getting knocked the fuck out twice the way ricky was? You cant teach an old dog new tricks and that was evident when hatton went face first into pac. If he does that to cotto, he gets fucked up ok. Dont start questioning my boxing knowledge just because hatton looked ordinary vs luzcano and didnt look too bad against a feather fisted paulie. You cant seriously mention those fights and go well he didnt look too bad there so he can probably beat cotto who is still fighting the best competetively. Not getting knocked the fuck out in 2 rounds. Hatton doesnt have it anymore, he has the same boxing ability he once had...dont get me wrong on that but that ability needed to have sturdy chin behind it and i dont think he has that anymore.
If he fights again it'll be JMM. Hatton knows what would happen if he fought Cotto.
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