Just another one of Wacko's Drunken Round by Rounds...Hatton vs Collazo

[Wacko3205]

I hate to disagree with you, your Wackness, but on variable number 4, Hatton HAS fought in the US... 3 times, to be exact... and although they weren't on the grand stage, he DOES have experience training and getting ready for a fight across the sea.

My mistake...but I still believe that it's going to be a factor.

Oddly enough...I really didn't know that he had fought stateside. Oh well. He's gonna be on the world stage & if this kid he's fighting is everything that they say he is...he better be tip top.

for the info.

[Wacko3205]

CC Wack,I'm telling you man,that analysis beats that of the professionals in magazines etc. I did not even take into account some of your variables!!! Genius! Anyhow,I see a late stoppage for Hatton but my predictions have been soooooooooo off target as of late,it'll probably be a UD for Hatton instead. Is there a good undercard? I wonder what will happen if Hatton does not impress? Will he still get the big fights>

Glad you enjoyed the variables...but then again babe...I aint an expert on Hatton or Collazo. I'm pretty sure some of tha big wigs on here can kick those into different perspectives...but that's what wer'e all here for...points of view.

That being said...if he wins...but doesn't impress...which I doubt...I think that he still get's the big fights.

He'll be fine as long as he keeps all ten toes on the flo!

[Tam Seddon]

wat time is the fight on in england?

[SalTheButcher]

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Q & A WITH RICKY HATTON
Excerpted from May 1, 2006 Pre-Fight Conference Call

QUESTION:
Ricky, how is training going and are you getting excited about your HBO debut and your first fight in six years here in the United States?


HATTON:
Yes, very much looking forward to it. It's been a long time coming. And I've sensed for some years now that I was looking forward to topping the billing in the United States and China to come. I feel like a household name in the United States and the long wait is finally over.

I've got very good sparring partners. You know could not be going better, and I'm very, very excited to not only have the opportunity to try and become a single weight world champion, but I don't think it will be --could become any more popular in Great Britain.

The next move is to - is to become as popular in the United States and the British fight fans certainly have taken to their heart under. I'm hoping that I can and I'll put on a very good for the match for certain.

QUESTION:
I know there's been some questions about moving in up weight. Do you feel you're prepared at this point for the challenge for a welterweight title without any type of tune up or is this something that gets you even more excited just going for a title right away?

HATTON:
Yes. It gets me more excited. You know I like the challenge. I've had a few performances in my career where I've been favored but where I've maybe underperformed, but I think when I was at the top of the class coming against the bigger challenge, the better I was really and that's what I want now.

I want big names. I want big challenges. You know, and I think if topping the bill for the first time in the United States wasn't a big enough challenge, and if I could be world champion to boot, this shows you what type of fights I am all about really. So yes, I'm very much looking forward to it.

I'm a very big and strong junior welter and along with the certain training methods that me and, you know, the team of I'm sure I'll be, you know equally as strong if not stronger - in fact certainly will be stronger.

QUESTION:
Are you prepared for a south paw like Collazo? He throws a lot of punches like you, but he can also box and move a bit.

HATTON:
Yes. I watched Collazo's performance when he won the title. He has shown he can take you out, deep down, he's very good and tricky on the move but he can also stand and fight. His style will make for a very good fight. He's one of those opponents.

So I think it will be quite difficult to lock against. But I've very well got a reversal style of fights. Again, you know if it relates to boxing, I can box and if it relates to, punching, you know, obviously I don't have a problem in doing that.

So, yes, I think, you know he looks like a fighter and he - that can adapt but I'm sure I can to. Well, my training comes along good. You know, I'm very, very confident.



QUESTION:
Real quickly, do you put more pressure on yourself to really impress the American audience or do you believe they'll be able to recognize a really quality performance that you'll put on?

HATTON:
Well, yes, obviously entertaining the fans is always, you know, so familiar an agenda because I think that's why I get the support that I do get, you know, certainly in Great Britain. I think it's because of the way I fight and I always try and put the show on.

But yes, I mean generally I'll try to put a show on for the fans and impress. And, you know, to this point I think I've been able to do that. You know, so yes, it is a lot of pressure to perform in the United States. It's a big night for me but, you know, obviously I've got to cope with the pressure well.

With all that expectations on my shoulder that, you know, trying to fight in the states for the first time but I really do believe it will make me a far even better than I. I think whenever I've had a challenge put in front me like the Tszyu fight, you know, I've is obviously the main example.

I think I've been, you know, so I expect America to be the same.

QUESTION:
You're a guy who has a great motor in that you're able, you know, to keep up a very, you know, fast paced for all 12 rounds. You know obviously conditioning goes into that but that are a lot of well conditioned fighters that don't seem to have that sort of motor and to be able to stand it for, you know, as long as you do. Can you kind of explain why that is?

HATTON:
It could be a number of things. Heart has a lot to do with it. A lot of times in my career a lot of people have said that you know.

So you know that - you know wanting to prove people wrong makes you strive more. Obviously it's huge having your training methods. Having a good trainer that is great in certain training methods - on the body belt, the bag and things like that. Also is balance, you know, to nutrition and general slim weight training and stuff like that. And it's still a round picture really. You know and it's knowing your body, knowing when it's time let your body have rest.

It's just a number of things really. You know it's not one thing in particular. Also it could be some thing you might be born with because since the age of maybe seven I've been fighting. I mean I started boxing when I was 10 but was doing kick boxing since I was seven and I've been playing soccer along the way.

So, I've always very active. It could be a number of things really.

QUESTION:
Hey, you know you're such a fan friendly fighter, just curious when you sit back and watch fights on TV who are the fighters now a days that you say to yourself I like watching this guy fight or I'd pay to watch this guy fight?

HATTON:
I'm a big fan of Barrera, you know, because he's a very, very clever thinker in fights.

Barrera is one of these fighters who is very, very exciting to watch but he doesn't just run away although he can box. He doesn't just stand there and go toe to toe although he can do so.

He's very versatile and he can make a fight as easy as he wants to or as hard as he wants to but he can do pretty much everything and that's what fans like to see. They like to see a lot of talent, a lot of boxing ability and also they like to see some smoke coming and I think that's what Barrera does.

There's a lot of great fighters. I think I admire Winky Wright, although he's probably not the most exciting fighter in the world technically he's absolutely fantastic. I think Luis Collazo tries to do a little bit of that. You know he likes to get them elbows in low below the inside, choke up and sometimes he's very hard to hit.

But yes, I mean at least I'm a big fan of Barrera and I think the heavyweight division is pretty - you know, pretty weak. You know at the minute I don't really watch too much heavyweight boxing but if I had to pick a fighter in the world who I really most admired at the moment I would say Marco Antonio Barrera. Yes.

QUESTION:
Ricky I have a bit of a philosophical question for you here. I know that awards are very nice and they're all well and good but when you look back on the end of your career how do you want to see yourself in terms of greatness? I guess I just want to get inside your head and find out what you think greatness means from of a fighter?

HATTON: I mean people will make their own decisions, you know, what I do line the gloves up but you know I'd like to think greatness is like being a champion of old fighting regular, which is what I have always done so that's why I have 40 fights in me - in my career.

Fight the best man out there and I think I've done that in beating Kostya Tszyu. Then it went straight to a unification match and I fought Carlos Maussa, then I've gone straight to an immediate fight after that against a welterweight - tougher to do in the states for the first time moving up a weight and challenging a world champion to boot.

So I think that shows what type of a guy Ricky Hatton is and I think you know the fight should end - the fighters you fought - you know the wars you mean you've - I mean I had a great win with Tszyu and that was cast as one of the greatest British wins in a British ring.

So, you know going along the same names of Donald Curry and stuff like that so but I think all the great champions of old like my heroes Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, people like that they've all had five or six fights like the Tszyu fight.

So as well as I've done so far now I'm still not happy with what I've achieved so far. I expect 2005 was a good one, you know, with all the achievements of one. I except next year to be better because that's what you want to do you I think the minute you start being satisfied with what you have achieved that's when you get beat and I'm not ready for getting beat yet.

So hopefully in years to come I'd like - I'd like to be up there with some of the best names that British boxing has had and you know obviously if I can beat Floyd Mayweather who's on the top of the pound for pound rankings and then hopefully maybe go down in the United States history books but only time will tell.

But I think that is what makes a good champion by the people you run against, your regularity, you know, and the way you conduct yourself outside the ring as well.

[gyrokai]

" Also it could be some thing you might be born with because since the age of maybe seven I've been fighting. " Hatton on his undying energy.
I'm glad he said that, because I feel that some fighters have an extraordinary amount of energy advantage.
Pacquiao being one of them.



"So, I've always very active. It could be a number of things really." Hatton on his energy.
Agreed, it also has to do with heart and determination.

[SalTheButcher]

the one thing i love about hatton (besides the fact that he KTFO kostya tszyu) is that just when he stands still and looks dead tired, and you think he is gonna pass out, he starts jumping up and down again

[Purist]

I hate to disagree with you, your Wackness, but on variable number 4, Hatton HAS fought in the US... 3 times, to be exact... and although they weren't on the grand stage, he DOES have experience training and getting ready for a fight across the sea.

My mistake...but I still believe that it's going to be a factor.

Oddly enough...I really didn't know that he had fought stateside. Oh well. He's gonna be on the world stage & if this kid he's fighting is everything that they say he is...he better be tip top.

for the info.

Any Hatton fights in the states before this one mean about as much as any of Kessler's fights outside of Denmark

[The_One77]

thank you Wacko

[Mr. Cosell]

I hate to disagree with you, your Wackness, but on variable number 4, Hatton HAS fought in the US... 3 times, to be exact... and although they weren't on the grand stage, he DOES have experience training and getting ready for a fight across the sea.

My mistake...but I still believe that it's going to be a factor.

Oddly enough...I really didn't know that he had fought stateside. Oh well. He's gonna be on the world stage & if this kid he's fighting is everything that they say he is...he better be tip top.

for the info.

Any Hatton fights in the states before this one mean about as much as any of Kessler's fights outside of Denmark

Yeah, I know... I guess I just felt like being a little bit of an ass with the technicalities... but it's all in good fun .

[NorthSideX4]

INO Hatton is gonna blow thru this guy like the 38 other bums he's fought! But he wants PBF and that is gonna be the fall of Hatton!!!! He should take on Judah, Margarito or Gatti

[amat]

INO Hatton is gonna blow thru this guy like the 38 other bums he's fought! But he wants PBF and that is gonna be the fall of Hatton!!!! He should take on Judah, Margarito or Gatti

Yeah, Tszyu is a bum

[SalTheButcher]

INO Hatton is gonna blow thru this guy like the 38 other bums he's fought! But he wants PBF and that is gonna be the fall of Hatton!!!! He should take on Judah, Margarito or Gatti

Yeah, Tszyu is a bum

im sure that would have been the consensus if he rematched judah who would have K him TFO

[amat]

INO Hatton is gonna blow thru this guy like the 38 other bums he's fought! But he wants PBF and that is gonna be the fall of Hatton!!!! He should take on Judah, Margarito or Gatti

Yeah, Tszyu is a bum

im sure that would have been the consensus if he rematched judah who would have K him TFO

Sal. Why do you make me do this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2o7A3rMN6Co&search=Tszyu

Yet it never gets old

[SalTheButcher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPA2u1iLNE

[amat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPA2u1iLNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnpdF...earch=Baldomir