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To be honest, I felt the Mayweather fight finished him. He took a lot of punishment & losing that 0 must have had an effect. However, I still think he could be competitive, but just probably not with the best. I wouldn't mind seeing him in with Marquez or Khan just for the level of publicity it would bring the sport over here. Otherwise he could fight someone like Zaveck at 147 & easily take his belt. He's still too good for guys like that.
so on that ethos marquez, de la hoya, gatti, judah, baldomir etc were all finished fighters the night they got beat by floyd??
You misunderstand me. I'm not saying he was finished pre-fight, but I think he took some major punches & the psychological effect of losing for the first time may have been worst the physical effect. I'm also not saying that it's to do with Mayweather, I personally think that Hatton actually fought about as smart & effective a fight as he could, he simply came up against a far more talented foe. I think a better way of saying what I meant was that he left something in the ring that night & to me in his subsequent fights he hasn't looked the same fighter.

In contrast, against Pacquiao I felt he fought a truly stupid fight, however even if he fights to his best, Pacquiao probably wins. The point I'm making is he can still be competitive, but people shouldn't expect the Hatton circa 2007, he's not the same level of fighter any more.