Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton: I Feel a Little Bit Cheated in Loss To Floyd Mayweather!

[archiemoore1]

You, Ricky weren't just infighting. You mixed karate, jiu jitsu, and pulling arms out of their socket

[BodyBagz]

You, Ricky weren't just infighting. You mixed karate, jiu jitsu, and pulling arms out of their socket

Golota certainly was impressed.

[Ant1979]

I know hindsight is a wonderful thing but looking back he should have been prepared for Cortez to referee like that.

No way was he going to referee the fight that allowed Hatton to use his rough house tactics that worked so well against Tszyu. I remember the look on Cortez's face when the Brits typically booed the US national anthem and thinking that doesn't bode well.

[BodyBagz]

I know hindsight is a wonderful thing but looking back he should have been prepared for Cortez to referee like that.

No way was he going to referee the fight that allowed Hatton to use his rough house tactics that worked so well against Tszyu. I remember the look on Cortez's face when the Brits typically booed the US national anthem and thinking that doesn't bode well.

Was the guy who ref'd Horn vs Pac not available ?

[pasawayako]

They were both fighting a little dirty, but no referee should have let Hatton fight like he normally fights. Holding/wrestling is against the rules. Those types of fighters have always been my least favorite. Hatton/Hopkins/Jeep Horn...unwatchable imo..

Yes they both fight dirty but cortez shouldn't also let floyd do his dirty tactics.

[Ant1979]

Was the guy who ref'd Horn vs Pac not available ?

You're missing my point, I'm not not justifying Hatton and his style. It's a criticism for not being prepared and for being one dimensional.

He was never going to out-box Mayweather but should have had a plan B, as looking back Cortez was kinda predictable.

[BodyBagz]

You're missing my point, I'm not not justifying Hatton and his style. It's a criticism for not being prepared and for being one dimensional.

He was never going to out-box Mayweather but should have had a plan B, as looking back Cortez was kinda predictable.

A ref who allowed dirty tactics was Hatton's only hope.

[lion33lit]

Hatton's Tszyu strategy was an intentional smotherfest - it wasn't clean infighting as he would like to believe. Hatton would constantly clinch & hug everytime Tszyu would land clean on the outside. Hatton is nuts if he believes every ref should encourage his one sided frenetic grab-a-leans.

This is boxing, not a one-dimensional freedom pass to please a scattered few hometown fans that happened to show up. PS4 aint even got that much grabbing, you've got to box at a comfortable distance to score - which includes infighting.

[BrotherDudeJack]

Yes they both fight dirty but cortez shouldn't also let floyd do his dirty tactics.

That's true. I'll have to watch the entire fight again. It's been a while. I remember some forearms and maybe an elbow or two from Floyd. Haha

[lefthandtruth]

Hatton's Tszyu strategy was an intentional smotherfest - it wasn't clean infighting as he would like to believe. Hatton would constantly clinch & hug everytime Tszyu would land clean on the outside. Hatton is nuts if he believes every ref should encourage his one sided frenetic grab-a-leans.

This is boxing, not a one-dimensional freedom pass to please a scattered few hometown fans that happened to show up. PS4 aint even got that much grabbing, you've got to box at a comfortable distance to score - which includes infighting.

Since I first watched the fight with Tszyu I was disgusted at what I saw.
I couldn't watch after so many rounds. It was clearly a bias ref letting Hatton get away with so much holding and hitting while holding. I don't even count that as a victory. Tszyu should have no bad feelings about that fight. It wasn't a fair fight.
Of course when Hatton comes to the USA without the bogus hometown ref, look what happened.