Gatti v. Hatton

[BrooklyniteQueen]

Please note that Hatton and Mickey Ward have similar styles its just that Hatton bullies in with his head and holds more.

[El Gamo]

Even IF he managed to do that at the beginning of the fight,give it a few rounds,when Hatton gets on the inside and watch the fight turn into a war.Gatti is not skilfull enough to keep Hatton at bay for long.I see it like this,Hatton has the advantage in every area except maybe heart,so that's speed,power,skill,defence etc etc and I don't think at this stage in his career that Gatti could handle it. We shall see from the Baldomir fight but I fully expect Carlos to come away with the W.

[killersheep]

Even IF he managed to do that at the beginning of the fight,give it a few rounds,when Hatton gets on the inside and watch the fight turn into a war.Gatti is not skilfull enough to keep Hatton at bay for long.I see it like this,Hatton has the advantage in every area except maybe heart,so that's speed,power,skill,defence etc etc and I don't think at this stage in his career that Gatti could handle it. We shall see from the Baldomir fight but I fully expect Carlos to come away with the W.

I agree with everything you just said, except I believe the ratio I showed earlier leads me to believe they are equal in power and Hatton's speed is greatly diminished at 147.

I wouldn't mind seeing Hatton face Baldomir either, but that's a differetn story for a different thread.

[BrooklyniteQueen]

Even IF he managed to do that at the beginning of the fight,give it a few rounds,when Hatton gets on the inside and watch the fight turn into a war.Gatti is not skilfull enough to keep Hatton at bay for long.I see it like this,Hatton has the advantage in every area except maybe heart,so that's speed,power,skill,defence etc etc and I don't think at this stage in his career that Gatti could handle it. We shall see from the Baldomir fight but I fully expect Carlos to come away with the W.

You think Hatton hits harder then Gatti? And has better defense?

[benjamming554]

That would be too good of a fight for me to predict!! I would just have to watch it and see what happens! It's hard to think of a more exciting match up!

[El Kabong]

(Cotto-Hatton is more exciting)

Hatton would pressure Gatti into a battle. Arturo might not have enough left in him to hang with Ricky but Ricky's power has DEFINANTLY come into question since the Collazo fight, the good news is perhaps the body will be open more because Gatti won't expect the punches to hurt that much...also Arturo cuts so that too could draw the defense away from the body.

I see this battle going the distance as tough as that might be to comprehend

[cockey cockney]

Hatton would be too much for Gatti imo as he is younger and with better stamina now. Hatton 9th round stoppage.

[Galaxy]

9th is being a little generous, but sounds about right to me