Hatton coming back for one fight only

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Think people tend to forget that Marquez isn't even a 135 fighter, just went there to chase Pac. Diaz and old Casa were no where near elite at the time, but were considered great wins because he was fighting bigger men so late in his career.

IMO JMM is the most winnable fight out there for him which would give him actual kudos (though again skewed cos the guy is considerably smaller, yet fits right in with Hattons misunderstanding of the p4p system.). JMM did NOT carry his speed and power up the weight and would prob be munched by Cotto, as wopuld Hatton.

Yes they were. Both guys were considered the best in their weight-class at the time or the best after Marquez. I think that counts as elite. Marquez may have chased Pacquiao, but he suited the weight fine & was pretty ripped at it. 140 is his usual fight night weight & I think at that he has enough speed & power to beat most of the the Top 10 at Light-Welterweight.

JMM is one of my favorite fighters but Joel Casamayor, was considered to be on the slide by many boxing fans. He got a gift off Santa Cruz, and scored a lucky KO against the one dimensional Michael Katsidis. Plus he hadn't been terribly active after the 3rd Diego Corrales fight.

As for Juan Diaz i agree he was considered one of the top Lightweights, at that time although he had lost some of his aura after being beaten by Nate Campbell. He did comeback with a dominant points win over Michael Katsidis.

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Casamayor was the lineal lightweight champ when Marquez beat him. He may have been past his best but he was still THE man