Posted: 16 Jun 2005, 08:03
Talk about hyperbole, you are talking out of your arse. It was a rough and tumble fight, but I have seen many dirtier fights.search wrote:Hatton vs Tszyu was one of the dirtiest fights of all time. Hatton held and hit numerous times. He was bull rushing head first butting tszyu at ALL times. Throwing the shoulder, elbows, intensional headbutts, intentional low blows. Hatton did everything but take Tszyu down. Is this the only way he can beat Tszyu?
To his credit, Tszyu never CALLED IT but hatton was ridiculous. Hatton did what he had to do but one wonders about his innapriopriate communications with the referee. If you wat in round 3 and round 9 Hatton is seen looking at the ref to break them and nodding.
And tszyu's low blows were hardly low blows. Tszyu fought as cleanly as he could.
You would have to be blind not to see the illegal shit Hatton was doing and getting away with. Disgusting.
When they were BOXING, Tszyu was owning Hatton. On the outside Hatton was getting owned but he was coming in head first fighting illegally most of the time. He wouldn't get away with that shit in the good ol USA.
Hatton should have been deducted for the intentional low blow. he should have been counted for that beltline low blow. Tszyu should have been up on the cards.
Hatton did what he had to do to win, but he did it illegally.
And to your question, what has witter done to "EARN" a shot at Hatton? BRITISH, EURPOEAN AND COMMONWEALTH TITLES
You make it sound like Tszyu lost because Hatton cheated, he lost because he ran out of steam from Hatton's inside work. Yes there was a lot of holding and wrestling, but Hatton was working on the inside too.
When they were boxing, it was because Tszyu was able to throw enough shots to deter Hatton from steamrollering him, it wasn't because of some incredible tactics from Tszyu, he did was he always does, times his opponents with big shots if they try to rush him. It worked for a few rounds and Tszyu looked on his way to winning the fight. Hatton just kept on coming forward and rushing Tszyu though and eventually Tszyu ran out of gas and couldn't maintain the workrate neccessary to stop Hatton closing the gap.
Tszyu took a big risk in fighting Hatton in Manchester, but he was gambling on the fact he would be able to hurt him, the reason he lost was Hatton took his best shots and kept on coming.
I agree to a degree about the body shots. The first from Tszyu was borderline, and it should perhaps have been a count, depends on whether the ref instructed them if the beltline was ok, which depends on how high the shorts are worn usually. Bear in mind though, it's not easy to tell just how low a shot is in the heat of the action. The ref doesn't have the benefit of slow-mo replay, and if a shot looks suspect and someone goes down wincing, it's generally going to be given as a low-blow.
I guess you've also forgotten that Tszyu hit him twice in the nuts just before Hatton retaliated, and Tszyu also threw Hatton to the canvas at one point. Tszyu is a veteran and knows plenty of tricks of his own, he's a pretty dirty fighter himself, but he wasn't able to play those tricks against Hatton. Tszyu's first fight with Harris was foul filled, as was his fight
It was perfectly acceptable to warn Hatton for the low blow, it's very very unusual to deduct a point for just a single deliberate low blow. Usually a fighter will receive a couple of verbal warnings first.
It's clear from your comments you have little or no respect for Hatton or what he has achieved, I don't know what axe it is you have to grind, but you're clearly a sad bitter individual whose life is a gaping chasm, a lone voice pissing in the wind who cannot even be happy for one of the nice guys of boxing who has brought home the bacon against one of the best fighters in the world.
Personally, I'm proud that Hatton achieved what I thought he couldn't, and I'd be happy to see him face Witter somewhere down the line. However, like it or not mate, boxing is a business, and promoters are businessmen.
With regard to whether Hatton is avoiding Witter, I would say Hatton is now looking beyond Witter, but I think there was a time when he would have been happy to face him. I think it's likely that Warren wasn't too keen on putting that fight together, especially after all the talk from Witter and the acrimonious words between Ingle and Warren regarding Witter.
If Wittter makes a name for himself, which is very much possible given Hennessy's upcoming ITV coverage, and gets nimself into contention, I can see the fight happening, but right now Hatton has so many other options, and fighters are literally beating a path to fight him.
Corralles, Harris, Gatti, Mayweather, all of them are willing to come to Manchester, and you know why, because they see a lot of money. Of course, they aren't the ones with the bargaining chips now, so they may not get what they would have expected, and that's the only stumbling block I can see.
or Flintoff does well in the Ashes their odds will come down, but Radcliffe 3/1 why?
