The Last Stand of Ricky Hatton (Merged)

[Poncey]

I'm praying for Judah. I'd sell your soul to go to see that.

[DavidPayne]

Yes if Judah could pick off a player or two at 140 it would be fascinating to see.

But he needs to earn some stripes again to turn it into a rich fight.

Needs a N'Dou type or to stop an Urango or sommet. Did I miss the N'Dou v Cintron fight?

By way Em. Tube was sent today.

[Poncey]

Yeah, think it was 2 weeks ago. It was okay. Similar to the Feliciano fight. Nice to know you're on the ball. If I get a PS3 for Xmas I'll let you know so we can play together. In our pants.

[DavidPayne]

Oooh. The anticipation.

[THEBUTCH]

Regardless of who said what prior to the fights, I fail to understand how Hatton's loss to Mayweather was embarrassing. He made it competitive for a large part of the fight against a boxer at the peak of his powers and generally considered the best boxer in the world.

If Lockett's loss was being described at embarrassing, yes, I could understand that becuase he got brushed aside with Pavlik hardly breaking sweat.

[Captain Hook]

Regardless of who said what prior to the fights, I fail to understand how Hatton's loss to Mayweather was embarrassing. He made it competitive for a large part of the fight against a boxer at the peak of his powers and generally considered the best boxer in the world.

If Lockett's loss was being described at embarrassing, yes, I could understand that becuase he got brushed aside with Pavlik hardly breaking sweat.

Agreed.

Some of the comments on this thread have been ridiculous. Floyd Mayweather is a level above any other fighter today and Hatton's loss was not as embarrassing as people make out.

Look at what he did to Corrales for example. A world class fighter who was knocked down again and again.

Ricky was competitive for the first 3/4 rounds.

[frankwarrenfan]

i think ricky himself is embarrassed by the nature of his loss to mayweather

let's not forget that the fight ended with him falling over and the ref stopping proceedings

that's how badly beaten he was

[banjo]

let's not forget that the fight ended with him falling over and the ref stopping proceedings

Quite a lot of fights have ended that way, it's called being knocked out

[frankwarrenfan]

he moved away from the ropes and fell over, there was no punch involved

poor sod

[banjo]

his legs were gone from the first knockdown, the stoppage was always coming once the ref let the fight continue and I think that left hook which sent him reeling into the ropes finished him off

[Carbo]

Dear God! There are some ignoramuses here.

Hatton was soundly beaten by the best fighter of his generation. He was above his best weight division, and against, I'll repeat it, the best fighter of his generation.

At least he had the guts to give it a go, unlike plenty of others.

Some risible comments here.

[mark thompson]

Regardless of who said what prior to the fights, I fail to understand how Hatton's loss to Mayweather was embarrassing. He made it competitive for a large part of the fight against a boxer at the peak of his powers and generally considered the best boxer in the world.

If Lockett's loss was being described at embarrassing, yes, I could understand that becuase he got brushed aside with Pavlik hardly breaking sweat.

finally some one who agrees with me

[mark thompson]

The knockout loss to Mayweather was embarrasing. Hatton got totally schooled at his own game, before being ko'd by a man not known to be a big puncher, in the biggest fight of his career. Hatton didn't land a meaningful shot in that fight. It was very embarrasing.

Im nominating you for worst post of the year ! shocker

your posts leave a lot to be desired mate

if you agree with the post then i put you on par with boxerbob

[Dioufy]

I would hate for Hatton to go in with Cintron. If Kermit was a decent sized 140lb'er then Hatton would have a massive chance as he has a decent chin. But going off Hatton's two fights at welter it doesn't bode well - it just seems like he struggles against bigger/more natural at the weight (147lbs) fighters. If I had to pick a verdict of this hypothetical fight then I would have to go with Cintron breaking Hatton down for a 5th or 6th round stoppage. Now bare in mind that I love Hatton so there's no bias in my opinion at all.