Calling out fighters you thought got a pass
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04-13-2012, 09:41 AM
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Calling out fighters you thought got a pass
ROLLDEEP Wrote:Good post. The bottom line is with his fan base and PPV revenue, Hatton WAS the money and the power at 140. And he STILL left to take on challenges in America. He could have stayed in the MEN arena and still got massive fights for massive money, but he didn't. I honestly don't know what more Gandalf thinks he could have done to not warrant a place in this thread and i'm now leaning towards thinking hes just trolling.Gandalf The Black Wrote:Youre missing the point....it doesn't matter if he won, lost, got ko'ed in 5 seconds or whatever. We're not defending Hattons skills as he was a limited fighter who done the very best with his limited skill set.blackbelt2003 Wrote:Ok. Great. If you want to give Hatton props for fighting a few time off his home turf in the earlier and latter part of his career...cool. If you want to give Hatton props for beating a 36 year old Kostya Tszyu...cool. If you want to give him props for fighting nobodies for a majority of his career except the last portion where he got pummeled by Collazo, Floyd and Pacquaio that's fine also.Gandalf The Black Wrote:I did look it up. Lewis' SECOND fight was in the U.S. Hatton had almost 30 fights before leaving the UK. He almost lost(did in my opinion) to Collazo in his American debut!!! He then manage to get dropped by Floyd and Pac. He rarely travelled outside the UK because he wasn't a very good fighter and was protected. You have an advantage over your opponent when they fight in your territory.Just thought you might like to know that Hatton's 2nd fight was at Madison Square Garden, too. I'm pretty sure he fought in Atlantic City early on, and Germany, too. 140 lb fighter travels to Vegas to take on the 147 lb champ and recognised p4p number one. Protected????? |
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