He isn't and never has been in my eyes, but if you remember a few fights ago there were a number of people, even boxing experts, that thought Mayweather was boring.
The whole Hatton fight came about because Fatton said something about more action in 4 rounds than in Floyd's career.
Apart from the obvious Ruiz/Hopkins/Audley I have to agree that post the Oliveira fight Hatton has been pretty dire to watch - especially since he claims he is an exciting fighter. Hit and hold, hold and hit. But the annoying thing is he never did this excessively until he fought Tszyu. Ive always found Mayweather great to watch but then again I'm a bit of a connesieur in that I prefer good boxers as opposed to sluggers - though I enjoy a slugfest as much as anyone else!
black panther wrote:Apart from the obvious Ruiz/Hopkins/Audley I have to agree that post the Oliveira fight Hatton has been pretty dire to watch - especially since he claims he is an exciting fighter. Hit and hold, hold and hit. But the annoying thing is he never did this excessively until he fought Tszyu. Ive always found Mayweather great to watch but then again I'm a bit of a connesieur in that I prefer good boxers as opposed to sluggers - though I enjoy a slugfest as much as anyone else!
For the first 6 rounds vs Urango I thought Hatton was exceptional. People seem to be forgetting the first half.
black panther wrote:Apart from the obvious Ruiz/Hopkins/Audley I have to agree that post the Oliveira fight Hatton has been pretty dire to watch - especially since he claims he is an exciting fighter. Hit and hold, hold and hit. But the annoying thing is he never did this excessively until he fought Tszyu. Ive always found Mayweather great to watch but then again I'm a bit of a connesieur in that I prefer good boxers as opposed to sluggers - though I enjoy a slugfest as much as anyone else!
For the first 6 rounds vs Urango I thought Hatton was exceptional. People seem to be forgetting the first half.
But, its a 12 round fight, he should have been thrown out for that, worse than Ruiz.
Ricky Hatton
Junior Witter
John Ruiz
Bernard Hopkins
Audley Harrison
Matt Skelton
Kevin Johnson
Antonio Tarver
Zsolt Erdei
Winky Wright (now and again)
Cory Spinks
Daniel Santos
Zahir Raheem
Jermain Taylor
His jab is Holmes-esque (Johnson was even trained by Larry to begin with). Shame he's got nothing else to go with it. No right hand at all. No hook. No urgency to do anything else but jab.