Fighters beaten as a shell of there former self.

[littlepug]

also honeyghan shot to pieces against breland

[stujones]

also honeyghan shot to pieces against breland

Yeah, horrible although Breland very underated.

Honeyghan went on to compete at a lower title level, but was completely done against Dodson on Benn vs McClellan undercard.

[wadey]

Danny Williams V Del Boy Chisora

I thought Danny would win this, but he was completely shot to pieces.

[n1ebf]

Kahn vs Barrera

I was at that fight. Barrera reminded me of a bouy on the sea. He was just bobbing up and down the whole time, never remotely looked like going under, never looked in any distress at any point -even tho Khan was coming after him a lot, them it's got to the end of the magic-numbered round and it's all over - for Barrera's safety etc......Barrera was second best in terms of his reflexes but he had a huge amount of experience and composure under pressure. I think that fight could have been interesting if Barrera hadn't been cut.
He was welcomed in and bowed out of the arena like the legend that he is.

[n1ebf]

Brodie vs Crolla
Harrison vs Walsh

worst one I've seen in a while though....

Ayers vs Honney

I saw some footage of Brodie's earlier fights. He looked like a KO machine, what an amazing athlete. Says a lot about the sport that you can possess such power and cat-like reflexes, yet come up short at the top level.

[mickey1975]

Brodie vs Crolla
Harrison vs Walsh

worst one I've seen in a while though....

Ayers vs Honney

I saw some footage of Brodie's earlier fights. He looked like a KO machine, what an amazing athlete. Says a lot about the sport that you can possess such power and cat-like reflexes, yet come up short at the top level.

If you watched the Jorrin fight you would know he didn't come up short, just got robbed blind.

[banjo]

As good as Hatton was, I don't really believe Mayweather vs Hatton should ever been considered a genuine 50:50 fight. Still amongst Mayweather's better opponents and hardest fights on paper - but its a sign of how good Mayweather is that people should not really have been giving Ricky much of a chance.

I agree in hindsight but I remember at the time strongly believing it was 50/50. I was only 17 though and may well have got caught up in the media hype.

I think Floyd was a clear betting favourite, but then that is not a lot to go by. The previous thread about how slow our prospects are got me thinking about Hatton's career. One of those ones I am torn about - should Hatton have stepped up around 2001/2002 mark to fight for a version of the world title or should have waited 3 years and then fight the man. It certainly shortened his length of time as a leading attraction - but would he have ever fought the man.

Often think about what would have happened to Hatton had he fought the likes of Mitchell, Harries, Gatti etc just after the Magee fight. Would he have been just a Ricky Burns / Joe Calzaghe esque champion -never fighting the marquee names, or would he have got the Tszyu fight quicker - then would he have beaten Tszyu in 2003/2004? Was he managed perfectly or did he miss out on a longer career fighting for more recognisable belts than the WBU bauble that he had.

He'd have battered Gatti, Harris wasn't all that either, Mitchell could have given him fits though.