Ricky Hatton

nacho libre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sport_relief/7232441.stm

I'd say he was hard live with for a while after the fight by the sounds of it.
Anyway, he's fooling himself if he thinks he can beat Mayweather in a rematch.

cowzerp

He has to say that! im sure he knows there is a gulf in class between them, he'd lose 10 out of ten fights if they where to do that unless he land a lucky shot..

walshb

A lucky punch that Hatton doesn't possess...

The first fight was poor and I think any rematch
would be very similar, unless Floyd this time decides
to actually stand his ground. He was IMO the harder hitting
and stronger man...

I think if Floyd was to fight Hatton again and stand his ground, he would KO
Ricky earlier....

Ricky has no advantage at 147lbs over Floyd

Big Ears

Hatton's going back down to Light-Welterweight and Ricardo Torres is thought to be the opponent of choice .

I'd like to see it come off , a decent defence of Hatton's(true) Light-Welterweight title and he also would add the WBO bauble to his collection if he won .

akindoc

Big Ears wrote: »

Hatton's going back down to Light-Welterweight and Ricardo Torres is thought to be the opponent of choice .

I'd like to see it come off , a decent defence of Hatton's(true) Light-Welterweight title and he also would add the WBO bauble to his collection if he won .

I would love that fight to happen.

I think Torres isn't the best but he has power and he might be able to get Hatton out of there. I'd be backing him to win by KO but I would expect Hatton to beat him.

jayroyal

why doesn't he just fight witter oh ye he'll get sparked again:D

LegacyUser

No reason for Mayweather to take it, money won't be right, people rather see mayweather-cotto,

De la Hoya next time around more of a threat than Hatton imo

Big Ears

jayroyal wrote: »

why doesn't he just fight witter oh ye he'll get sparked again:D

Actually the word going round is these two will meet before the end of the year(early next year at the latest) it's just a matter of clearing the rest of the 'Champions' and building up the fight .


Why didn't Witter ever fight Eamon Magee , oh ya he'd have gotten sparked :rolleyes:

LegacyUser

Big Ears wrote: »

Actually the word going round is these two will meet before the end of the year(early next year at the latest) it's just a matter of clearing the rest of the 'Champions' and building up the fight .


Why didn't Witter ever fight Eamon Magee , oh ya he'd have gotten sparked :rolleyes:

I take it that's a joke, ricky said he'll never fight witter because he doesn't want to give him the payday, I think at this stage in their careers witter beats him

pacman murphy

nacho libre wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sport_relief/7232441.stm

I'd say he was hard live with for a while after the fight by the sounds of it.
Anyway, he's fooling himself if he thinks he can beat Mayweather in a rematch.

Mayweather is differnt class and would seriously hurt Hatton in a rematch.Roger was right about Hatton how the **** was he gonna beat Floyd without a jab.

jayroyal

Big Ears wrote: »

Actually the word going round is these two will meet before the end of the year(early next year at the latest) it's just a matter of clearing the rest of the 'Champions' and building up the fight .


Why didn't Witter ever fight Eamon Magee , oh ya he'd have gotten sparked :rolleyes:

well magee fight might have not been a great fight styles don't suit but of course magee wouldn't have a chance but now witter looks more relaxed and confident these days, i always thought hatton would suit witter i just feel ya can run at witter when he's throwing bombs from all angles.
Lets hope it happens but i think there mad to make te big money in states torres fight will be enteraining cause he can bang an old time dust up.

Big Ears

jayroyal wrote: »

well magee fight might have not been a great fight styles don't suit but of course magee wouldn't have a chance but now witter looks more relaxed and confident these days, i always thought hatton would suit witter i just feel ya can run at witter when he's throwing bombs from all angles.
Lets hope it happens but i think there mad to make te big money in states torres fight will be enteraining cause he can bang an old time dust up.

In one sense Hatton is suited to Witter . However on the otherhand Witter has a very low workrate and terrible stamina which are two great strengths of Hatton .

I think Magee in his prime(which is when Witter avoided him) would of offered Witter a very good test and would have had a real chance of winning.......of course nowdays the fight would be pointless .


Crosdale Hatton also said a fight could take place if Witter puts himself on the same level and wins a title(he did) but then of course Ricky put himself onto another level again facing Mayweather , now that he has lost Ricky is back down at the same level as Witter again .

Witter is a very good fighter but many tend to overate him because of a dislike for Hatton . Colin Lynes gave Witter terrible problems for a World Class fighter and this was before Lynes got his act together and became a good solid European level fighter .
Many feel Andreas Kotelnik should have got the decision against Witter aswell and who knows they may rematch when Kotelnik beats Rees(if Rees wins that I will fall to my knees and proclaim enzo Calzaghe as the messiah) .

jayroyal

Big Ears wrote: »

In one sense Hatton is suited to Witter . However on the otherhand Witter has a very low workrate and terrible stamina which are two great strengths of Hatton .

I think Magee in his prime(which is when Witter avoided him) would of offered Witter a very good test and would have had a real chance of winning.......of course nowdays the fight would be pointless .


Crosdale Hatton also said a fight could take place if Witter puts himself on the same level and wins a title(he did) but then of course Ricky put himself onto another level again facing Mayweather , now that he has lost Ricky is back down at the same level as Witter again .

Witter is a very good fighter but many tend to overate him because of a dislike for Hatton . Colin Lynes gave Witter terrible problems for a World Class fighter and this was before Lynes got his act together and became a good solid European level fighter .
Many feel Andreas Kotelnik should have got the decision against Witter aswell and who knows they may rematch when Kotelnik beats Rees(if Rees wins that I will fall to my knees and proclaim enzo Calzaghe as the messiah) .

i know i seen the lynes fight it was crap but he wasn't up for it at all cause it took him so long to get his title shot i wouldn't say witter is best of te light welters but he hits the hardest and chin seems to be solid i think might beat witter but i think witter would just ae too much one punch bang in him.

By the way don't ya think mccloskey would beat colin lynes, also i hope rees holds on to the belt for a while cause think mccloskey would beat him for the title maybe getting ahead of myself but it might just happen.

Big Ears

McCloskey v Lynes is very interesting , Lynes is so one-dimensional it's unbelievable but what a dimension . Lynes' jab is World class and up there with any Light-Welterweight , he also has very good lateral movement when on the back foot and can be difficult to pin down .

It is all about McCloskey being able to slip Lynes jab , and with his head movement I give him a great chance of that . If Lynes can't find McCloskey with the jab he will be forced into throwing shots he is not comfortable with , Lynes can't hook or through uppercuts very well and is pretty slow throwing those shots making him easily countered .

I would fancy McCloskey to win a hard fought close decision , but I give Lynes every chance of succesfully defending his title , he is a much improved fighter who has found what he is good at and is sticking to it .

theone

would love to see hatton/witter aswell ,hatton will win easy if he fights like he did pre tzsu,it'll be a bit closer if he doesnt stop the hugging and holding but hatton still with the win.witter looked impressive beating harris but I don't think he has the beating of hatton.

Witter thinks he could knock mayweather out he thinks if they fought it would be 60/40 in his favor a little bit delusional me thinks

joepenguin

Big Ears wrote: »

Actually the word going round is these two will meet before the end of the year(early next year at the latest) it's just a matter of clearing the rest of the 'Champions' and building up the fight .

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hmm, do you think hattons team are holding out to see if mallignaggi-witter happens so he only has to fight one of them.

Big Ears

joepenguin wrote: »

Big Ears wrote: »

Actually the word going round is these two will meet before the end of the year(early next year at the latest) it's just a matter of clearing the rest of the 'Champions' and building up the fight .

QUOTE]

hmm, do you think hattons team are holding out to see if mallignaggi-witter happens so he only has to fight one of them.

I think after Malignaggi's last fight no top Light-Welterweight(or their management) is that afraid of losing to Paulie . However it may transpire that Witter is the one to take on Malignaggi as he is the one who needs to improve his profile in America and a win over D-Hop and then Paulie would do that .

It is worth noting that out of a shortlist of 4 fighters which Hatton's team have narrowed the next opponent down to , Torres is just one , Malignaggi is another and the other two are unknown(although it is believed one is Welterweight Isaac Hlatswayo) .

joepenguin

yeah just seen that,

"Hlatshwayo, 27-1 (9), the No. 10 rated Welterweight according to the ring magazine, could face Hatton 43-1 (31), the No. 1 rated Junior Welterweight."
taken today from:
http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=23809

at this stage id like to see hatton - torres,
and witter (ones he gets past d hop) - mallignaggi

then the winners to fight each other

jayroyal

joepenguin wrote: »

yeah just seen that,

"Hlatshwayo, 27-1 (9), the No. 10 rated Welterweight according to the ring magazine, could face Hatton 43-1 (31), the No. 1 rated Junior Welterweight."
taken today from:
http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=23809

at this stage id like to see hatton - torres,
and witter (ones he gets past d hop) - mallignaggi

then the winners to fight each other

I read on ricky hatton forum WITTER- D-HOP is OFF did anyone else but they had bits from papers to back it up so maybe it is true.

ODD-JOB

hmmmmm......... it could very well still go ahead.
Somethings happened between D-hop and B-hop , aparently they had a massive public falling out .

It seems that D-hop is being screwed for the finances of the deal...


I reade that there is another top replacement on stand-by to face Witter in the event that....
A fight will still go ahead,.....