Hatton @ 140

Whilst we all now should be fully aware that Hatton cannot operate at the very highest level at Welterweight, I for one would still have no compunction in rating Hatton as the clear number one at 140lb, with Witter his main challenger.

It seems some disagree:

http://www.boxrec.com/ratings.php?country=&sex=m&division=Light+Welterweight&status=A&SUBMIT=Go

Did Hatton's defeat to the best fighter in the world at 147 mean he also lost his ranking at 140?

MTF :dunno:

 

Hatton-Witter is the #1 fight to be made at 140 lbs.

 

NOBODY DISAGREESS....Hatton is still #1 at Jr. Welter

follow by Witter...Malignaggi....and whoever..

 

No doubt about this whatsoever. Who you picking? opcorn:

 

I'll need to watch more Witter and analyze more, but I'll be rooting for Hatton to "liquidate" Witter.

 

Hatton cannot possibly be ranked #1 at 140lbs until he fights Maliggnagi, Witter and stops ducking "Vicious" Vivian Harris!! ::

 

:laughing:

Stop following me around the boards with this nonsense Stafford!

MTF :laughing:

 

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Thanks to a certain someone, I think most people will be hoping the same ::

Witter is quite similar to Floyd in style; he is quick (hands and feet) and 'silky' with good movement and a decent punch (esp left hook), but whilst he is similar to Floyd in style the comparisons end there IMO- he is a good couple of levels lower than PBF.

Then again, I suppose Hatton is too :dunno:

 

140 is a weak division.

 

Hatton-Witter sure seems a very logical fight right now. :clap: I guess we'll find out now if Hatton was scared of Junior all along.

 

i thought hatton did better than most opponents have against mayweather. it wasn't until the 7th or 8th round where it was apparent that mayayweather was taking over.

hatton's still a very good fighter imo and if he didn't leave much in the ring in that KO loss, he should still be the best guy at 140.

 

hatton will be washing dishes in a month

 

hatton can fight some hasbeen like lazcano or randall bailey in his next fight and still sellout any stadium in the UK.

 

I think he fought a great fight. I give Hatton ALOT of credit for that performance for one important reason - he GENUINELY tried to win and genuinely believed he could. That may sound banal, but 95% of opponents against Floyd (and prime Roy) go out and give their all for one or maybe two rounds then either blatantly or subconciously give up. They might continue coming forward but you can see it's without any real conviction.

Hatton went out on his shield like a true champion.:bears:

 

Going back to 140 now won't be the expected cure-all that most think it will be for Hatton. He now knows that he is not an elite fighter. He now knows that all the effort in the world can't beat superior skill.

In a nutshell, his much-ballyhooed image of invincibility has been destroyed. He will never be a major factor again at any weight.

 

:: Your list of elite fighters must be very short. I think diddums is still upset that his national anthem was booed.

 

I hope in his next fight Hatton get's KTFO

 

I hope Floyd gets KTFO. But how can he? He don't want none of no real welters, he wants to go to his acting/rapping/dancing career now.::

 

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keep Hoping Hanzy.. Floyd has skills..

Floyd is a nice guy though.. Hatton is a POS and I hope he gets dominated again like a bitch

 

Notice Floyd is ducking guys like Shane, Vernon, Margarito, Punisher Williams, Cotto, Cintron, etc? The true welters of the division? Instead he fights inactive shot fighters like DLH who only fights once every 2 years or so and little men coming up like Hatton or bums like Bumdomir who've lost like 11 times and only has what, 13 KOs in his 40+ fight career?
What a farce! :: Floyd is a genius, he can actually manipulate people into thinking he's all that when really he ain't sh*t other than a handpicking fraud looking for big paydays.

 

Don't take it so personally. As I said in a previous post, I am basing my thought here on history. I am not aware of many fighters that went undefeated as long as Hatton did; get brutally knocked out; and then recover to regain elite status.

I am open to suggestions of such fighters, but I can't come up with many.


And regarding the national anthem, we can put that to rest. Mayweather exacted all the revenge necessary for that rudeness.

 

Hatton will have a better life than Floyd. Floyd will end up dead and broke in a pool of his own vomit after overdosing on cocaine.

 

he is?::

nonsense..

he moved up and fought DLH who was much bigger and is a legend.. people thought DLH was way too big.. Floyd schooled him
then people though mr 43-0 Hatton was invinceble and he got knocked out like he was a drunken bum

Floyd will continue to impress and suprise people because he is a master.. a real boxing master

Hatton will continue to get drunk with his "lads" and talk about black people and act like an asshole

Hatton will probably pass out one night walking home from the pub and fall through a plate glass window and cut his neck and bleed to death

 

Nah, its not personal, I'm only laughing at your trashing Hatton on the one hand and big upping Floyd on the other. Either you were implying that he was never elite ("he now knows he is not an elite fighter. He will never be a major factor again at any weight") or you are indulging yourself in some asshat psychology based upon wishful thinking. If he was never elite, if all he had was a "much ballyhooed era of invincibility", then it can't be much of a win for Floyd then :dunno: .

My opinion is that its just jingoistic rubbish on your part, not too different from that simpleton Lok except with a higher IQ

 

Yeah, those 8 figures he made will send him straight to to a dishwasher job.

 

It's tough to say how an undefeated fighter will recover for a loss. When Corrales was completely dominated by Mayweather, he seemed ssoooo devastated after the loss. You wouldn't think he would recover all his confidence by the way he reacted and was talking after it. But 3 years later, he beats one of the top guys @ 130, and then the next year becomes the top dog @ 135.

When Wilfredo Gomez moved up in weight to challenge Salvador Sanchez, he took a worse beating than Hatton did on Saturday, but still was able to reign a little longer at 122 and win that good battle with Lupe Pintor.

Marco Antonio Barrera reached the top again after his two losses to Junior Jones, the first of which was a brutal TKO (DQ technicality aside), and later took a terrible beating against Manny Pacquiao, and still was an elite fighter after that,=.

Working against Hatton, however, is his fight style in the ring, and lifestyle outside the ring.

 

You continue to question my thought process on this one, but as of yet, you've offered nothing to counter it.

But I have no issue addressing your question. I think the win over Ricky Hatton is less of a boost to Mayweather's standing in retrospect than it was viewed before the fight. That happens all the time.

For example, leading up to Hopkins-De La Hoya fight it was perceived that Oscar was a formidable challenge for the aging Hopkins. It seemed, at that point, that a win over Oscar would be huge for Hopkins portfolio of work.

However, in retrospect, with knowledge of the outcome, we can claim that Oscar wasn't a good middleweight; Oscar wasn't in the same class as Hopkins, and it was a safe choice of opposition for Bernard.

That is the same deal with Hatton. He is less of an achievement for Mayweather than I thought he would be before the fight. As it turns out, Hatton wasn't what I thought he was nor will he ever be.

 

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Thats about the extent of it. :bears: