Ricky Hatton has gone from beating a legend -Tszyu - to falling off Mayweather's radar. That's a serious dip in form.
We can correlate this with Hatton moving from Warren's expertise to Fight Academy's uneasy steps into carving out a world class niche...But I see the dip in form starting with the Collazo fight myself.
Hatton performed better than credited for vs Maussa, as I see it. You could argue things went tits up with 1 piece of hard luck...Juan lazcano pulling out of Hatton's US world title debut.
Aggressive Lazcano would have showcased Hatton's impressive pressure tactics, but Ricky wound up at welterweight with his confidence in his own strength seriously dented after Collazo adjusted to Hatton's attacks and stung him back repeatedly...
Since then, we have seen poor judgement in getting Ricky another strong southpaw, Urango, a listless performance, and paying sanctioning fees for a title that was vacated straight away as well as diminishing fitness.
How different would things have been if Lazcano hadn't hurt his hand?
Hatton's career if Lazcano hadn't pulled out....
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Twinkle Toes
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Who knows where we would be now, but Lazcano was a pretty decent match, and I agree it was a pull out that appears to have had a major influence on where Hatton is now at.
Collazo was an eye opener, and Hatton did well to handle that foray into the welter division.
The Urango match wasn't a great match up either - I'm not sue where Urango is at on the world stage. We'll need to see when he next fight's a name opponent, but we all saw what happened to Collazo after his fight with Hatton.
Hatton really does need to put on a show against Castillo.
Collazo was an eye opener, and Hatton did well to handle that foray into the welter division.
The Urango match wasn't a great match up either - I'm not sue where Urango is at on the world stage. We'll need to see when he next fight's a name opponent, but we all saw what happened to Collazo after his fight with Hatton.
Hatton really does need to put on a show against Castillo.
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Phenomenal-Nutrition
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I think it simply showed that Hatton is not comfortable with faster boxer types. It wasn't a size thing because they weighed the same come fight night.
Against Lazcano he would have won, but against another reasonable skilled pressure fighter who knows how it would go, it could be closish
Ricky Hatton has declined somewhat and tis nothing to do with lack of confidence. Collazo was just better than given credit for or Team Hatton expected. This was 1 of Hattons better post Tyszu performances, he had far more stamina, boxing ability than against Urango. But that could be because Urangos body shots which had Ricky wincing in pain
Hes also fighting a higher calibre of fighters these days. Urango for his limitations was a physical beast, with brutal power, Collazo has more stamina and is slicker than anyone hes fought before.
Against Lazcano he would have won, but against another reasonable skilled pressure fighter who knows how it would go, it could be closish
Ricky Hatton has declined somewhat and tis nothing to do with lack of confidence. Collazo was just better than given credit for or Team Hatton expected. This was 1 of Hattons better post Tyszu performances, he had far more stamina, boxing ability than against Urango. But that could be because Urangos body shots which had Ricky wincing in pain
Hes also fighting a higher calibre of fighters these days. Urango for his limitations was a physical beast, with brutal power, Collazo has more stamina and is slicker than anyone hes fought before.