Over the last few weeks various comments made by members on this site have got my back up a little bit. Comments relating to Hatton being 'over the hill' or 'he doesn't perform well abroad or he's 'past his prime.' These sort of phrases are basically cliches that are not really specific to Hatton's situation. The very simple reason for Hatton not looking good is because his last 2 opponents were southpaws. He never ever looks decent against southpaws. Especially strong southpaws. He always struggles. Everything about the southpaw stance gives him trouble.

Against Urango, Hatton was circling him the wrong way....like he was fighting an orthadox fighter. During the training for that fight, Billy Graham was caught a lot of the time training Hatton like he was due to be fighting an orthadox fighter.

Eamon Magee, a natural welter southpaw also gave Hatton a lot of trouble, not quite as much as Collazo but much more than Urango.....2 years later Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu.

I'm not saying that some criticism is unwarranted because it is......he gains too much weight in between fights, his style is borderline legal at times, he gets careless when he feels he is better than his opponent, he doesn't have that one punch KO power to end a fight early at world level, he doesn't seem to go to the body so much anymore....i could go on.

Hatton isn't anywhere near a perfect fighter but he's also not anywhere near 'past his prime.'