Which win do you rate higher?

Floyd's over Hatton or Pac's over Hatton?

 

Pacquiao's was more impressive in real time for me: I honestly thought he had killed Ricky for about thirty seconds or so; and he did so at Hatton's best weight where he had reigned pretty much supremely for half a decade. But Floyd dominated an unbeaten, supremely confident Hatton by beating him to the punch and being stronger on the inside, which surprised me at the time. But that fight was at 147, not 140, which detracts from it IMO (despite the claims of others to the contrary).

Tough one...I'm not sure to be honest

MTF :dunno:

 

Floyd's definitely.

Hatton was an undefeated highly confident top 5 ranked P4Pder when Floyd finished him off.

 

Floyd beat him first, Pacquiao destroyed him in 2 rounds at Hatton's best weight.

I'd put them close to equal.

 

If you followed boxing, Floyd's win over Hatton was no surprise. Although I thought Manny would probably beat him, I wasn't totally sure like I was for Floyd/Hatton. Seriously, if you picked Hatton over Floyd, boxing probably isn't your sport.

So I'd go with Manny, slightly. Slightly, because Floyd beat Hatton when he was considered an elite fighter. A lot of the shine was gone by the time he fought Pacquiao.

 

Same fighter, both won convincingly. Split hairs.

 

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I have to agree.

 

I dunno about that.

Did Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Young beat the same fighter in George Foreman?

 

It's totally unacceptable. That was a really, really, really easy fight to pick.

 

Floyd's. People forget too fast. They were both legitimately in the top 5 P4P at the time.

 

word. Battle of undefeated P4Pders.

Hatton was coming off stoppage victories of Castillo, Tszyu (and Maussa gaffaw gaffaw). He was on a roll.

After Mayweather he (and his chin) finally realized that he wasn't indestructible.

 

Not in my books they weren't.

 

Floyd's.

Weight was irrelevant, neither of them came in at more than they would have come in if the fight had been at 140. It just saved both fighters cutting that much more water.

Much like every other name on Pacquiao's resume post 130, Hatton was not the same fighter by the time Pac got to him.

 

When did Floyd get to Cotto? When he retired? :dunno: And Margacheato too? These are guys Floyd RETIRED to avoid whilst they all cut each other to shreads...

MTF

 

Tszyu KO1 Hatton

MTF :scratcher:

 

both were impressive... I give a slight advantage to Pac, because Hatton was NEVER a WW, EVER

 

Hatton's undefeated status (in over 40 fights) plus stoppage wins over Tszyu and Castillo rightfully earned him that status IMO...

 

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We could say that Duran was never a Welterweight ever when Leonard beat him in the re. Shit...there's a bigger natural size difference between Leonard and Duran than with Floyd and Hatton.

 

no, you couldnt say that because Duran had already performed vivisection on a big welterweight named Carlos Palomino and had already beaten Leonard!!!!

What the hell are you talking about???

 

Ah screw you!!! :giggle:

 

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Hatton was never in my top-5, pound for pound.

 

Understood. Not in my books, though. :nono:

 

Speaking of your books, what would be your all time great list of hockey players by position?

 

Whiskey, man.... that is probably the hardest thing anyone has ever asked me to do.

 

Maybe we should replace your avatar with a salad?

 

Maybe we should replace your left eye with my right thumb?

 

This is where I'm at.

Had they happened in reverse order, Pac's win would take this by a mile. As it was, the win itself was more relevant given what was at stake and its aftermath.

But because Floyd got to him first, it kind of evens up the score a bit.

 

You probably have a bunch of Leafs on your list and know you'll be made fun of.

 

I don't think I'd have any Leafs on there.

 

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