I'm doing a Hatton article for Saddoboxing.com

[Wacko3205]

I promise Smash I will try my hardest to make it unbiased, It won't be a "Hunting the Hitman" article

Damn.

[Purist]

That could be a good Title.. "Hunting for the Hitman" But I promise it won't be a bashing Hatton article.

sorry wacko

[B@rr3r@]

Do a article on Mayorga and De La Hoya

No wait you would prolly do it all wrong......

[Wacko3205]

That could be a good Title.. "Hunting for the Hitman" But I promise it won't be a bashing Hatton article.

That would be a good title...no shat...& it'd be a Yank's outlook.

[Wacko3205]

Do a article on Mayorga and De La Hoya

No wait you would prolly do it all wrong......

No shat...can you seriously give this crap a rest.

The majority of us are getting good & bored with it & no one here likes this witch hunt crap.

Post about something worthy instead of bashing someone that's been here a lot longer than you & someone that actually gives something back to this forum.

Please. Seriously. Get back to what you were before all this bullshat.

[Purist]

You need help? Alright. Hatton. Fighter with a great chin, poor defense, decent power. His stamina is probably his best trait. Has an aggressive/fouling style. He's a good, solid fighter. Unfortunately, he's made out to be a god by his home country and his loyal fans/groupies. Who ignore the fact that he seems to get favorable treatment from all referees. His biggest win was over an aging champion (Kostya Tyszu) who had fought a total of 2 rounds in 2 years. Hatton had always refused to fight anywhere but his hometown, until recently. Looking to make a name for himself in America, Hatton decided to fight in Boston. With the 140 division in court proceedings, Hatton decided to move up to 147. He challenged Luis Collazo a title holder with only 12 knock outs. Easy work was expected for Hatton. But Collazo proved he was no push over and fought Hatton head to head. It seemed Collazo did enough to keep his title in a close fight. But Collazo doesn't have Hatton's following and hadn't just recently signed with HBO. So Hatton was giving a "welcome to HBO" win. The hype goes on. Can't really blame Hatton. He's a good fighter. But he's being made out to be more than he is.

I'm thinking to go a little deeper. I wanted to disect certain things about him and relay them to the sport of boxing and other things.

For example, if I wanted to start with comparison to Hatton's nickname "The Hitman" I could go something like this (just an example)

Suffering is nothing new in boxing, it is a sport that seems built on the suffering of another human being, or the suffering of the fan due to the lack of…

In order to get into this club of suffering one must possess a killer instinct…a blindness to morals, a willingness to risk his life or take another’s in the most subtle way. One cannot develop this instinct, it must be imbed into their mind…it must be cerebral. After all, all boxers put in the ring can potentially kill their opponent. You sign for a fight, it’s a contract of potential death. Being a boxer is like potentially being a contracted assassin, or as I like to put it ‘a Hitman’.

The word Hitman is defined as someone who accepts a contract killing. A contract killing is a murder in which the killer is hired by another person for a material reward, usually money. Thus is the system of boxing. Boxing is the contract, the promoter is the hirer, the boxer is the killer, and the money is the reward. To be a boxer, you must be a hitman.

I could do that but I'm not very sure, I'd like to do a more straight to the point article about Hatton, writing an article is an underrated challenge You can want to go one way but then completely change your mind to the point you want to make.

So I really have to work hard on this... thank you though.

[Wacko3205]

I could do that but I'm not very sure, I'd like to do a more straight to the point article about Hatton, writing an article is an underrated challenge You can want to go one way but then completely change your mind to the point you want to make.

I do that all the time...midway through the write up...I convince my self to go in the opposite direction...that's the fun of writing it.

[Purist]

Yes. But I'm starting to like that example a little more now

[Hairdoo]

I think you'll do fine starr your a natural

I like the Hitman piece but it leads me to think you are writing a book lengthy article

[Purist]

I think you'll do fine starr your a natural

I like the Hitman piece but it leads me to think you are writing a book lengthy article

That gives me an idea. I may want to create seperate articles and make it different parts to it. Part I Part II Part III. Concluding with the Collazo fight.

Part I can go as far as one fight, Part II can go to another and Part III will conclude at the Collazo fight.

So I'll be writing 3 articles

Perfect... /sarcasm

[X]

Starr - have you read 'On Boxing', by Joyce Carol Oates?

Not to copy or anything, but it is really quite well written and might be helpful to you in arriving at a writing 'style' that suits you?

I think (?) she is a psychologist (but may be wrong) and she approaches the sport in quite a different way than most writers.

I though it was a great book, and it won't do any harm to have a look?

[Purist]

Starr - have you read 'On Boxing', by Joyce Carol Oates?

Not to copy or anything, but it is really quite well written and might be helpful to you in arriving at a writing 'style' that suits you?

I think (?) she is a psychologist (but may be wrong) and she approaches the sport in quite a different way than most writers.

I though it was a great book, and it won't do any harm to have a look?

Nope I havent I'll have to look into it thn. But after I do these articles with my own view

Thanks very much for the book recomendation