Quote Originally Posted by bigragu
Quote Originally Posted by Snakey
Well hatton can retire but he will be unproven in my books. Yeah he beat kostya...but as far as im concerned that aint enough considering the way he did it and as it has come out that kostya had trouble making weight. He won...but it wasnt a good win in my books, too many things were there to stop it being a good win. If he was to fight kostya in vegas and win by just plain beating him without so much wrestling....and less fouling then i would see the win as very good one. Hatton has the potential its just that if he wants to make it big in america he needs to change his style, he cant continue to hold and hit and foul because american fans wont accept it and the referees wont allow it as we saw a glimpse of against collazo. The one thing that bothered me is that he has trouble making weight for 140...but 147 he makes weight easier but he cant handle it. He doesnt have the same stamina and obviously the extra weight means he will face naturally bigger guys then him and maybe with more power and collazo wasnt even a power puncher yet he still had hatton on queer street in the last round. Or who knows, the tszyu win wasnt a walk in the park for either of the fighters and maybe that had an effect on them both. So to conclude, if hatton retires now then he will always be remembered as the guy who beat the great kostya tszyu...questionably and then retired without facing anyone else of significance.
cc for this comment....makes perfect sense to me and I couldn't have said it any better....
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