fins2923 said:How exactly can you give a guy too much credit for humiliating and dominating Kostya Tszyu thus forcing him to quit? He's only been one of the 5 best fighters of the last 10 years. And who's overhyped him in the states? HBO signed him to a big contract, just like they did when guys like Shane Mosley, Tito Trinidad, etc.. became true champions at their respective weight classes in and around the 140 range. HBO also has had contracts with Cotto, PBF, Gatti, the other moneymakers at that weight. Collazo is a smart, techinical SOUTHPAW who is natural at the weight, raised at Gleasons who can in with a better plan that Ricky. Still a razor close fight that Ricky won. People seem to forget that at Floyds natural and best weight class he was in 2 close, controversial fights with a slower-footed pressure fighter. I heavily favor FLoyd if and when he gets into the ring with Hatton but that has nothing to do with the Collazo performace, bc the fights will be in no way similiar.
I hate to tell you but you CAN GIVE to much credit for winning one fight, remember Buster Douglas? HBO gave him a contract after he beat Tyson, did that mean he was worthy? Hasim Rahman was offered an HBO contract after he beat Lewis the first time (which he turned down), did that mean he was worthy? If you know anything about boxing you would know that one big wins always gets everyone on a boxers bandwagon and Hatton is no exception. You can say anything you want about Floyd, he has had a few tough matches but # 1, Floyd HAS NEVER BEEN BEAT UP LIKE HATTON WAS LAST NIGHT, and # 2, one of those fights were against Jose Luis Castillo, one of the best fighters in his division (and the world today), not Collazo who is ranked 24th on boxrec.com welterweight list (and he moved up because of last nights performance). By the way, if you read my post, you would see that I never said Hatton wasn't worthy of his HBO contract, what I said was I EXPECTED MORE FROM HIM because of the the hype. And I stand by what I said about Hatton. He will never be a dominating welterweight and can't beat guys like Margorito because he's simply to small. He's a perfect jr. welterweight but anything above that he's going to have trouble dealing with size. I'm not taking anything away from Collazo, he's a solid opponent but the way he took it to Hatton and hurt him badly (which he did) that raises concern. Last night Hatton got away with one because of who he is. He got the close rounds last night because he's Ricky Hatton. He didn't win that fight last night, he got by. And for you to say Kosta is one of the best 5 fighters the last 10 years is a joke. Oscar, Floyd, Bernard, Roy Jones, Lennon Lewis, Winky Wright, Tito Trinidad, MAB, Eric Morales, and a ton of others would have something to say about it. I mean go look at who Kosta's fought, his only big victories aside from the Judah fight are against guys who were way past their prime. Do yourself a favor man and watch some more boxing. I'd venture to say you've probably only seen Hatton two or three times before last night (if that) meanwhile, I watched 8 just this week that I got on DVD so I could see more of him. My point, how can Hatton call out any of the big names after last nights performance? I think it's back to the drawing table for him!