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knightshadeau wrote:It's kinda funny how you all hold Ricky up as the next best thing since slice bread. He signs a fight with some one who, not too many of you have seen fight and you say the kid has no chance of beating Ricky. Well if that is the case, how do you call this fight a stepup on the world stage? I have seen Pinto fight a couple of times and I think you are under estimating him and you might be in for a surprise come fight time.

What are you talking about? No one is suggesting Hatton is going to walk through Pinto, that's what all the fuss is about. It a genuinely competitive fight, which almost everone accepts is a 50/50.
People are either slightly favouring Ricky or Pinto, not one post predicts confidently as Pinto is such a un-known over here.
The ONLY thing that would be a surprise come fight time is if Hatton ended it quick. A quick win for Pinto, or a points win for either, or a cuts win for Pinto are all un-surprising results as far as I am concerned.

G'day Priff,

In responce to your question

What are you talking about? No one is suggesting Hatton is going to walk through Pinto

Below are just a few quotes just from this thread, (there are plenty more on the forum) that seem to suggest the oppisite.

So it's difficult bouts with guys like Gatti, Tszyu, Zab......or an unproven guy like Pinto: no contest really, and worth the risk

PINTOS record is pretty hollow. Frank isnt stupid unless HATTON is in there with a 80-20 chance the fight wouldnt happen.

Actually Bennie after speaking with a few people it seems that of all the possible opponents this Pinto looks like the easiest on paper.

So Frank has seen a video of Pinto and he's crap then?

What I have seen is the surface area his ribs present. The guys like 30% ribs!!. This has to work in Hatton's favour

yeah thats the thing that annoys me about this fight, that wbo interim tag, so that means hattons gonna win that bloody wbo title, and is never gonna take on the big fish in the division he'll just end up making god knows how many defences in the men arena.

G'day jamesmcdonnell,

In responce to your question, I was not talking about his stlye of fighting, but was suggesting what he does when approached by a fighter with a top ten ranking.

What the ????? Sure, Ricky is going to be running, that's really his style

G'day J,

you seem to be knocking hatton and praising Pinto in the same breath

More of an observation really, based on what has been said in this thread. In reference to him being protected, it seems to me (could be wrong) that when a boxer is challenaged by a rated fighter in the top ten or twenty and avoids, ignores, won't comment on, etc..., and instead takes an un-ranked fighter, that the preception of being protected is justified. (JMO)

knightshadeau wrote:G'day Priff,

Below are just a few quotes just from this thread, (there are plenty more on the forum) that seem to suggest the oppisite.

So it's difficult bouts with guys like Gatti, Tszyu, Zab......or an unproven guy like Pinto: no contest really, and worth the risk

Ok..........let me spell it out for you mate: "no contest" in Frank's mind - as in: which fight should I take for Hatton? Obviously, if you're a betting man, this one gives him at least a shout. It's called playing the odds.

So Frank has seen a video of Pinto and he's crap then?

That was a joke by the way..................

All clear now?

Warren is a joke and all you people are falling for it, Pinto is nowhere near the best at 140 and after 30 odd fights Hatton should be fighting a legit 140 pounder. Hatton should win this fight if he is as good as you brits think he is, then he will do the same as Calzaghe and never leave England and claim he is the best in the division while fighting hand picked opponents. He will probably retire having never fought a world class opponent, but you blokes will say all the good fighters avioded him but really Warren offered them less money than they already get to fight.

Any of the top 5 140 pounders will easily beat Hatton and Warren knows that . That is why you lot are being fed this crap about Pinto being a great fighter who might just beat the overhyped Hatton.

thanks knight Shadow for the clarification dude, Ben when you say any of the top five would beat hatton who exactly? As posted previously Gatti is made for hatton and is past his prime, Cotto wont fight hatton yet, Kostya is injured and possibly finished we dont know yet, reckon he will fight mitchell by the end of the year so who are these great top five fighters who are ahead of hatton in the picking order, witter? gimme a break, I think hatton would be Zab cos we have seen Zab has got a glass jaw and dont like it when it gets real hard , Chop chop corley?
OI really want to know who these top five guys who are gonna bash Ricky up, no-one really thinks they would have an easy night against hatton and I for one think he holds his own with the best up there and I think you will find out over the next 18 months you do forget guy is only 25 and I recko he is moving along nicely.

knightshadeau wrote:G'day Priff,

In responce to your question

What are you talking about? No one is suggesting Hatton is going to walk through Pinto

Below are just a few quotes just from this thread, (there are plenty more on the forum) that seem to suggest the oppisite.

So it's difficult bouts with guys like Gatti, Tszyu, Zab......or an unproven guy like Pinto: no contest really, and worth the risk

This quote says that when choosing an opponent out of Gatti, Tszyu, Zab, Pinto. There's no contest. You have to pick Pinto. It makes NO suggestion on how the fight will pan out, just that Pinto is the weakest of the 4 on paper, and surely this is beyond question?

PINTOS record is pretty hollow. Frank isnt stupid unless HATTON is in there with a 80-20 chance the fight wouldnt happen.

You're right, someone here does think Hatton is strong favourite.

Actually Bennie after speaking with a few people it seems that of all the possible opponents this Pinto looks like the easiest on paper.

See the 1st comment

So Frank has seen a video of Pinto and he's crap then?

This comment is clearly sarcastic. If you are non UK based, you are forgiven for not seeing this.

What I have seen is the surface area his ribs present. The guys like 30% ribs!!. This has to work in Hatton's favour

This quote outlines an area that will work in Hatton's favour. Pinto is tall, and Hatton likes tall guys. It doesn't suggest how the fight will pan out.

yeah thats the thing that annoys me about this fight, that wbo interim tag, so that means hattons gonna win that bloody wbo title, and is never gonna take on the big fish in the division he'll just end up making god knows how many defences in the men arena.

This only suggest Hatton's gonna win.

I guess we all read peoples posts in different ways. But I think the excitement about the fight is that the majority know how competitive a fight it is.

The only reason I bothered will all this is that I am at work, and getting paid for this.

Regards.

J wrote:thanks knight Shadow for the clarification dude, Ben when you say any of the top five would beat hatton who exactly? As posted previously Gatti is made for hatton and is past his prime, Cotto wont fight hatton yet, Kostya is injured and possibly finished we dont know yet, reckon he will fight mitchell by the end of the year so who are these great top five fighters who are ahead of hatton in the picking order, witter? gimme a break, I think hatton would be Zab cos we have seen Zab has got a glass jaw and dont like it when it gets real hard , Chop chop corley?
OI really want to know who these top five guys who are gonna bash Ricky up, no-one really thinks they would have an easy night against hatton and I for one think he holds his own with the best up there and I think you will find out over the next 18 months you do forget guy is only 25 and I recko he is moving along nicely.

Tszyu, Mitchell, Judah, Spadafora, Gatti, Lieja, Corley, Harris, Urkal, Cotto, i have probably forgoten some more but i can't think of any more off the top of my head

Out of all these fighters he would only have a 50/50 chance against Harris,Lieja, Urkal and Corley the rest would beat him hands down.
Who can you say that Gatti is made for him isn't it the other way around, Gatti would KO Hatton within 4-5 rounds, Tszyu would retire him and the rest would completely out box him. Judah has a soft chin but only one man has proved that and Hatton aint in the same league as Tszyu.

Cobblers.

Ben Keilty wrote:

J wrote:thanks knight Shadow for the clarification dude, Ben when you say any of the top five would beat hatton who exactly? As posted previously Gatti is made for hatton and is past his prime, Cotto wont fight hatton yet, Kostya is injured and possibly finished we dont know yet, reckon he will fight mitchell by the end of the year so who are these great top five fighters who are ahead of hatton in the picking order, witter? gimme a break, I think hatton would be Zab cos we have seen Zab has got a glass jaw and dont like it when it gets real hard , Chop chop corley?
OI really want to know who these top five guys who are gonna bash Ricky up, no-one really thinks they would have an easy night against hatton and I for one think he holds his own with the best up there and I think you will find out over the next 18 months you do forget guy is only 25 and I recko he is moving along nicely.

Tszyu, Mitchell, Judah, Spadafora, Gatti, Lieja, Corley, Harris, Urkal, Cotto, i have probably forgoten some more but i can't think of any more off the top of my head

Out of all these fighters he would only have a 50/50 chance against Harris,Lieja, Urkal and Corley the rest would beat him hands down.
Who can you say that Gatti is made for him isn't it the other way around, Gatti would KO Hatton within 4-5 rounds, Tszyu would retire him and the rest would completely out box him. Judah has a soft chin but only one man has proved that and Hatton aint in the same league as Tszyu.

50/50 with Leija.

Ben, him funny man.

Ben sorry mate but you dont know what you are talking about, spadafora, lieja, jesus h, who else you gonna dig up. And due if you read my earlier posts all the guys you are putting up there, wont fight due to injury etc Ive addressed this so why dont read it dude rather than just quoting, the rest of them arent in hattons class or are on the slide, seems to me theres a lot of people here who are just out to knock hatton, if he fights seasoned pro's they are on the slide over the hill (spadafora would be one example). Or if he fights up and comers he is fighting no hopers to be honest if that is the way you are thinking then nothing anyone says or argues is gonna change your mind. Try opening up to others opinions a little more try it go on I dare ya.
Blue didnt think you liked using ratings.
To be honest bored of discussing this one, watch and learn Hatton will unify the belts before his career is out. heard it hear first.

if anyone is interested this is what our mr mguigan has to say on it, and I know he works for sky but he usually is quite fair in my view.

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/arti ... 79,00.html

I agree with dynamite dean, pinto is the easiest fight out there for hatton, alot of the people pinto has fought have poor records, the ist time he stepped up he went the distance, when pinto goes into the men arena he'll freeze, pint is a tall kid, hatton will keep his chin down and smash his body to pieces, hatton ko round 5.

easier than spadafora a lightweight who cant punch?


anyway nice weekend all 8) 8) 8)

Exactly, spadafora would probably have gotten beaten resoundingly, anyone with no punch is in trouble against Hatton, as he has a stout chin, closes the gap quickly, has fast hands, a good workrate, and seemingly thus far at least, fantastic stamina.

Against a light puncher Hatton doesn't need to win by KO, as his aggresive non-stop punching style is tailor made to win round against defensive fighters with little pop.

He reminds me of a young Tyson in that respect, though nowhere near as big a puncher of course, Tyson even when he was taken the distance never came close to losing a fight, because his opponent's offence was negated by them having to cover up and move most of the time.

the type of fighter who beats hatton will be one who outguns him.
i cant see no one outworking him in a big fight.
a lot of these fighters at 140 wont relish rickys bodypunching, fighters who seem invincible can crumble under a sustained assault on the torso.
especially the guys in this division over thirty. believe me ben, kostas and the rest wont be looking forward to meeting hatton.

J wrote:easier than spadafora a lightweight who cant punch

Agreed Spadafora is overrated, Hatton would have little trouble taking care of this overhyped fighter.

I like Hatton and hope he does well, but i suspect Warren has an alterior motive here or at least knows something we don't. If Pinto is as has been suggested (by his record for starters!) so dangerous then why the hell is Frank bringing him over here against (Nasty's words) his cash cow. When Calzaghe fought big punching Byron Mitchell we knew who he was, the casual fan knew who he was as he had exposure here after his fights with Sven Ottke (Eurosport) and Julio Cesar Green (SKY Highlights) were both shown. But Pinto is an unknown to the causal observer here, a damn near unknown to me in fact! Before he was due to fight Witter i frantically e mailed some American posters and alas they knew precious more than me about this Brazilian puncher. So if Hatton wins the fight against a guy that Colin Hart has probably never even heard of then will it propel him in the British media like a win against say a Judah or Tszyu would? No, so why is he being given this everything to lose risk fight? Well it takes me back to my original question, does Warren know something we don't?

steve689 wrote:

J wrote:easier than spadafora a lightweight who cant punch

Agreed Spadafora is overrated, Hatton would have little trouble taking care of this overhyped fighter.

I'm tired of hearing all his countrymen blabbing about who he WOULD beat - if he's so damn great, let him actually prove it in the ring against one of these "overhyped" guys.

At the moment, his career path is distressingly similar to that of Calzaghe's - get a cheap WBO title (the ONLY reason he's facing a "dangerous" guy like Pinto, BTW), then defend it only against fringe contenders and washed-up formerly-world-class guys well past their primes.

It's OK to support your own, but to let it blind you to the fact that they've yet to prove they're really world-class by beating world-class fighters is silly. Y'all make fun of the Germans for lapping up the bogus "world title" fights their protected local champs routinely engage in, but you engage in exactly the same kind of charade. Just substitute Warren for Kohl, Calzaghe & Hatton for Ottke & Michalczewski - the underlying equation is the same. Guys like Warren are of course just being smart businessmen by taking the least risk for the most money. They continually talk about how their fighters are gonna take on the Tszyus, Hopkinses and Joneses of the world, and meanwhile what they actually feed the fans are the Tackies, Phillipses, Veits and Mkrtchians.

How many guys currently in the top 20 at 140 has Hatton beaten, exactly? How many in ther top 10? Any in the top 5? He's in his seventh year as a pro, is about to have his 35th pro fight, and his fans are still talking about him like he's some 20-year-old prospect, who still needs another 10 or 20 or 30 fights before it's safe for him to take on the established world-class guys - more for their protection than his, of course.

I think that maybe by speculating whether or not Hatton would beat Spadafora was wrong and i withdraw that comment, however i was really making the point that overhyped Spadafora is the epitomy of the protected hometown fighter and has beaten no one of note to earn his status as a world rated fighter.

steve689 wrote:I think that maybe by speculating whether or not Hatton would beat Spadafora was wrong and i withdraw that comment, however i was really making the point that overhyped Spadafora is the epitomy of the protected hometown fighter and has beaten no one of note to earn his status as a world rated fighter.

Spadafora has at least been in with the the likes of Dorin, and whether you agree with the decision or not (probably the latter,) at least he was competitive. But if Spaddy is overrated at BoxRec #6, Hatton at #1 is simply laughable, based on who he's actually fought. If Ricky were to actually take on and beat someone like Spadafora, well, then I'd give him some props. But just saying stuff like "he certainly would beat the overhyped Spadafora" (I'm not quoting you, just paraphrasing many of the wild claims by Hatton fans in this thread) is bullshit, based on the fact that he's yet to prove anything of the kind.

Note that I'm not trying to ruin anyone's enjoyment of HAtton/Pinto - I hope it's a rip-roaringly entertaining fight - but don't make it out to be some undisputed world title bout when it's nothing of the type. Instead, go bang on Fast Frankie's Warren's door and make him give you the real thing next time around - if you keep rewarding him for giving you second-rate contests, he has absolutely no incentive to try to do better.

Yawn.....Get over Witter, he blew his wad ages ago, he was fighting the fred kinuthia's of this world whilst calling Hatton out.

The fact is Hatton has been moved carefully but well, and you will see how good he actually is in the next year or so, sure he has his limitations, but he's a much better boxer than people give him credit for, and isn't such a crude slugger.

Hatton took three HUGE uppercuts from Phillips, and stayed on his feet, the shot Judah took was no harder than those shots. Hatton has a better chin than Judah, and Judah might look good against Jaime Rangel, but he didn't look so bloody good against Chop Chop.

Let's see how good Judah looks when he's getting his ribs caved in and being harried all over the ring shall we?

J wrote:Ben sorry mate but you dont know what you are talking about, spadafora, lieja, jesus h, who else you gonna dig up. And due if you read my earlier posts all the guys you are putting up there, wont fight due to injury etc Ive addressed this so why dont read it dude rather than just quoting, the rest of them arent in hattons class or are on the slide, seems to me theres a lot of people here who are just out to knock hatton, if he fights seasoned pro's they are on the slide over the hill (spadafora would be one example). Or if he fights up and comers he is fighting no hopers to be honest if that is the way you are thinking then nothing anyone says or argues is gonna change your mind. Try opening up to others opinions a little more try it go on I dare ya.
Blue didnt think you liked using ratings.
To be honest bored of discussing this one, watch and learn Hatton will unify the belts before his career is out. heard it hear first.

if anyone is interested this is what our mr mguigan has to say on it, and I know he works for sky but he usually is quite fair in my view.

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/arti ... 79,00.html

I think you are mistaken Hatton is a decent fighter but he is far from world class and fighting the likes of Pinto is not proving a thing. The day he fights a Judah or Tszyu or Mitchell or Cotto or Gatti he will get some respect, After 35 fights he is still only a prospect, After 4 fights Tszyu fought an ex world champ.

jamesmcdonnell Posted: 21 Feb 2004 01:45
Yawn.....Get over Witter, he blew his wad ages ago, he was fighting the fred kinuthia's of this world whilst calling Hatton out.

Whose fault was that? Frank "The Protector" made sure he got no respect. :x
It’s the oldest trick in promoting. Sign em up & freeze em out.
Don’t the football teams battle it out to see who the champion of England is?
Where’s the pride in being the best?
I guess bragging rights mean nothing in Britain then.

The fact is Hatton has been moved carefully but well, and you will see how good he actually is in the next year or so, sure he has his limitations, but he's a much better boxer than people give him credit for, and isn't such a crude slugger.

Pleeze…we been hearing that song for the last two years, It’s getting kind of old & worn. Ricky’s gona, coulda, woulda, shoulda…

Hatton took three HUGE uppercuts from Phillips, and stayed on his feet, the shot Judah took was no harder than those shots.

Phillips was too far passed his best (Had only won 5 of last 10.) to follow up on those uppercuts. Judah didn’t have a hometown referee who delayed the action like Hatton did in his knockdown by Magee either.

Hatton has a better chin than Judah, and Judah might look good against Jaime Rangel, but he didn't look so bloody good against Chop Chop.

That’s debatable, 8) at least Judah didn’t run and hide from Chop Chop like Hatton did.

Let's see how good Judah looks when he's getting his ribs caved in and being harried all over the ring shall we?

Let's see how good Hatton looks when he's facing a live body and is getting his face chopped up being beaten to the punch every time he telegraphs his round house body shots.

U seem to forget that Ricky’s style is to wear U down…he’s not a one punch KO artist.
When he meets a top level puncher, your dream will be over.

Ben Keilty wrote:

J wrote:Ben sorry mate but you dont know what you are talking about, spadafora, lieja, jesus h, who else you gonna dig up. And due if you read my earlier posts all the guys you are putting up there, wont fight due to injury etc Ive addressed this so why dont read it dude rather than just quoting, the rest of them arent in hattons class or are on the slide, seems to me theres a lot of people here who are just out to knock hatton, if he fights seasoned pro's they are on the slide over the hill (spadafora would be one example). Or if he fights up and comers he is fighting no hopers to be honest if that is the way you are thinking then nothing anyone says or argues is gonna change your mind. Try opening up to others opinions a little more try it go on I dare ya.
Blue didnt think you liked using ratings.
To be honest bored of discussing this one, watch and learn Hatton will unify the belts before his career is out. heard it hear first.

if anyone is interested this is what our mr mguigan has to say on it, and I know he works for sky but he usually is quite fair in my view.

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/arti ... 79,00.html

I think you are mistaken Hatton is a decent fighter but he is far from world class and fighting the likes of Pinto is not proving a thing. The day he fights a Judah or Tszyu or Mitchell or Cotto or Gatti he will get some respect, After 35 fights he is still only a prospect, After 4 fights Tszyu fought an ex world champ.

I have made this point before but I'll say it again. Whay does Hatton have to fight Cotto to prove HE'S world class. Come on Hatton has done far more than Cotto to prove that he's a world class fighter. I agree with the other names their just not Cotto, he has still got far more proving to do than Hatton.