Does Juan Manuel Marquez beat Ricky Hatton?
January 20th, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: If 31-year-old Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) does choose to face WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) in his next fight in 2010, does Hatton have enough left to beat him? Hatton wants to have one or two more big fights before he goes into permanent retirement and he doesn’t appear to have much interest in taking on any youngsters at this time like WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan. Would Hatton have enough left to beat Marquez if he does decide on fighting him?
Many boxing writers feel that Hatton’s punch resistance has deteriorated in the past three years since his 10th round knockout by Mayweather in December 2007. It’s obviously only a theory because the only two fighters that have knocked Hatton out have been Mayweather and Pacquiao, perhaps the two best fighters in all of boxing.
There’s nothing wrong with being knocked out by fighters in that class. But Hatton hasn’t been in the ring since his 2nd round knockout loss to Pacquiao in May, and has put on a lot of weight which he’ll take off. More worrisome has been Hatton’s reluctance to get back in the ring. Up until recently, Hatton was undecided about his career, saying he needed to think about and wanting to wait to get an itch to keep fighting.
In the past month, Hatton has finally come and said that he does want to continue fighting, at least for one more fight depending on how well he does. But instead of doing the normal thing for a fighter who has just suffered a knockout loss by fighting a tune-up, Hatton has mentioned wanting to possibly fight Marquez or Juan Urango. Hatton already defeated Urango in the past in 2007, but that would be a tough fight for someone that was knocked out as badly as Hatton was in his last fight.
It’s doubtful that Urango will be the one that gets picked by Hatton to fight next because Urango, who holds Hatton’s old International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight title, is facing WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander in a unification bout on March 6th. Urango very likely will lose that fight.
Alexander would, a wily fighter like Junior Witter, would likely be not the type of fighter that Hatton would be eager to fight. This leaves Marquez, who is coming off a one-sided 12 round decision loss in September. Marquez doesn’t look at welterweight, and I imagine he would probably look not much better at light welterweight if that’s the weight that Hatton decides to fight him at. Marquez moved up last year from super featherweight to lightweight and he really had to struggle to beat Joel Casamayor and Juan Diaz.
He did beat them, but he took a lot of punishment in both fights. If Marquez were to fight Hatton at light welterweight (140), Hatton might be too big for Marquez and end up beating him. But then again, Marquez has stayed in shape his entire career and hasn’t ballooned up in weight like Hatton has. He also wasn’t recently knocked cold like Hatton was against Pacquiao.
On the contrary, Marquez fought Pacquiao very closely in his bout with him in March 2008, even staggering Pacquiao at one point in the fight. This could be a huge mismatch if Hatton fights Marquez, because if Juan can get to Hatton’s chin with anything hard, there may be lingering effects from Hatton’s loss to Pacquiao and we could see Hatton dropping for the 10 count again. My guess is that Marquez would be too good for Hatton and would likely stop him. I think Marquez is a class above Hatton, even if he’s smaller.
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marquez and hatton are both sucks…. manny is the d best and you know dat… mabuhay pinoy
marquez hes the best
Lennox Lewis is your best UK champ. Hatton will never come close to him. Lewis is a boxer and Hatton is a wrestler.
From Manchester Oli?? Well you must have been walking around the City with your eyes closed!! Hatton is far too strong for him. Give the guy a break and instead of verbally bashing a British hero, try getting behind him. He has done more for British boxing than most fighters in the last 20 years!!
Clint- im from manchester you burk. You just dont get it do you, Hattons not in this league. Now it was the trainers fault hahaha excuses excuses excuses.
Marquez Kos hatton in 5
Oli you idiot!! You will be laughing on the other side of your face when Hatton does a job on Marquez!! Yes Hatton will be far too strong for him at 140 and will hurt him with every big shot that lands. To put the record straight I never said Hatton would beat Pacmanbut it would have been a lot closer had Hatton had a decent trainer. I dont think it would have changed the outcome but it wouldnt have ended inthe 2nd and in the dramatic fashion it did!! Now get off Hatton’s back and give the guy some credit for what he has acheived. You dont get to be Ring magazine champion if you are just an average fighter!! Wake up Oli and get in the real world!!!
Why not Maliggnaggi!?!
Oh wait, Hatton already destroyed him.
I think Hitman versus Edwin Valero is a Wonderful idea!
Marquez will outclass Ricky at any weight. Too many skills, and a real warrior attitude. Marquez could get caught with something, but I would pick him to beat Hatton 9 times out of 10.
Whats the obsession with fighting marquez anyway? hes clearly not a light welterweight, hes barely even a lightweight. Fight someone your own size, another top lightwelter. Mayweather gets criticized for doing exactly this.
Clint- are you stupid? Hatton too strong for marquez…stop marquez in the 10th?? Idiots like you were saying the same about the pacquiao fight.
Hatton isnt elite level marquez would destroy him even at 140. Get over it and use your brain before you write.
He should fight at a lower level instead where he has a chance to win
all i got to say is that hatton wouldnt stan a chance against the aztec worrior jmm.marquez in my eyes is faster and stronger than hatton and another thing marquez beat Pacquiao in those two fights they had
What a joke all of these so called boxing writers/pundits are!! Nobody knows what Hatton has left but my guess is that he has 1 more top level performance in him. If he is 90% the fighter that he was in his prime then he is far too much for Marquez. Marquez is the more skifull and rounded fighter but Hatton would be too strong and would hit far too hard for Marquez. It will likely be a war with both fighters taking a fair amount of punishment but I see Hastton winning around the 10th in what would be a great fight and an ideal way for Ricky to leave boxing!!
Sometimes, I do not want to read what other people think. Jrez posted something like historical facts. It is not difficult to segregate illusion from reality but too many people delve on insisting what they think rather than post what happened. Folks, it is not right to over-analyze boxers’ capability. Please cease and desist from childish imagination.
im a huge fan of both guys and think it would be a war of a fight,but i think hatton should have a warm up fight before jumping straight into a fight with marquez because if he doesnt i think he could end up getting kod baddly again,but styles make fights and if marquez feels hattons power he may decided not to trade with hatton and may decide to pick him off with counter punches simaler to his 2 fights with pac then i think ur looking at a close 12 rnd decision win for marquez.
it’s two guys with a lot to prove: that’s why it’s a good fight. who wins? probably the guy who wants it more on the night. i’m leaning towards hatton on slightly dubious decision…
if you get a northern ref hatton will destroy him tho…it’s disgraceful how much mauling you can get away with in the north. the cards hatton promotes are borderline unwatchable because of that.
Why in the hell are you still always comparing Pacman-Marquez fights to what PacMan can do today? PacMan now is NOT THE SAME when he fought Marquez years ago. Are you blind??? Only Marquez’s fans want PacMan to fight him again, the rest of the boxing fans consider it boring, for sure Marquez will get knocked down for his retirement’s sake. Show respect to Marquez by not urging him to fight PacMan again.
At the topic, Hitman and Marquez will be a good fight. Hatton only needs to improve his defense and head movement, and he is aware of it now. Can’t wait to see this fight if it ever happens.
I think MARQUEZ will beat hatton he is much better boxer. I dont know how he got schooled by floy when floy was too big for him . If you guys saw 24/7 floy said that he is ready even if the fight was that day………lies,lies,lies he knew that to beat marquez he had to be bigger he didint school marquez and beleive me if they were to fight at the same weight we would of have a total diffrent fight. IM not saying that JMM would of won but it would of been a diffrent senerion. I hope manny stops running oway from him JMM is a warior he has taken some big competticion just like manny , AND IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME ONE GETTING SCHOOL THATS MANNY JMM MARQUEZ SHOWED HIM THE SCIENCE OF BOXING VATOS thats why manny dosent want to fight him again. MANNY you are grate but dont be scared.
Hmmm, this match-up could be interesting. I agree with some things you guys are saying. I find the phenomenon of predicting when a fighter should retire quite strange and fascinating at the same time. So we see Ricky on the canvas twice, once to Floyd once to Manny. People start screaming Ricky is done.
Marquez looks a bit awkward in the opening rounds of the Diaz fight but comes back in stunning fashion, gets in the ring with Floyd at a higher weight and gets schooled. People start screaming that Marquez is getting old and Marquez is done.
Ricky is a fine boxer but perhaps we should see what happens and who he chooses to fight before we go further with our communal speculation as to whether he is shot. Besides i have heard it said he balloons between fights all the time, maybe not as bad as this time and still loses the weight.
Marquez may have lost comprehensively to Floyd but i think he still has some things to prove, to himself of course. Technically these guys have nothing to prove to fans, only to themselves and if they succeed then the fans will follow.
hatton will get killed they weight is the issue marquez rules at 135 to 140 hands down.. marquez the way better boxer and stronger puncher. hatton is done… just stay retired.. too much competition in the welterweight division.and talent!!!!
Yes! end of story.
MARQUEZ WON BOTH PAQUIO FIGHTS . AND IF YOU DID WATCH THE MAYWEATHER FIGHT IT MIGHT OF APPEARED “RIGGED”. MARQUEZ DID NOT FIGHT HOW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO FIGHT. HE LET HIS GUARD DOWN THE ENTIRE FIGHT, SO MAYWEATHER CAN POUND ON THE BEST FIGHTER IN THE WORLD TO GAIN SOME RESPECT. WHAT DID HE SAY WHEN HE RETIRED ” I LOST LOVE FOR THE SPORT ” . SO TRUELY MARQUEZ WOULD BEAT MAYWEATHER, AND PAQUIO. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’LL DO TO HATTON ? HATTON NEEDS TO FIGHT AN AMATEUR, WIN BIG AND RETIRE. HE DOESNT NEED ANY HUMILIATION. MARQUEZ NEEDS TO FIGHT PAQUIO OR MAYWEATHER AGAIN WHO ARE SUPPOSEDLY “THE BEST” , WIN AND RETIRE.
Hatton is over the hill but appears very detrmined to win. In my mind hatton wants Marquez as he feels he can win due to size. There is little doubt that Hatton is not the fighter he was and being a pressure fighter has not helped. Having said this, pride appears to play in his mind and i think it is a fight that is achievable. Hatton hopes for one final shot at glory and a win would put him up domestically against Khan or internationally against mayweather (via revenue). with this in mind and the determination for the Hatton brand i see a win followed by a loss. Notwithstanding this boxing is a funny game!
Hatton is over the hill but appears very detrmined to win. In my mind hatton wants Marquez as he feels he can win due to size. There is little doubt that Hatton is not the fighter he was and being a pressure fighter has not helped. Having said this, pride appears to play in his mind and i think it is a fight that is achievable. Hatton hopes for one final shot at glory and a win would put him up domestically against Khan or internationally against mayweather (via revenue). with this in mind and the determination for the Hatton brand i see a win followed by a loss. Notwithstanding this boxing is a funny game
Hatton is over the hill but appears very detrmined to win. In my mind hatton wants Marquez as he feels he can win due to size. There is little doubt that Hatton is not the fighter he was and being a pressure fighter has not helped. Having said this, pride appears to play in his mind and i think it is a fight that is achievable. Hatton hopes for one final shot at glory and a win would put him up domestically against Khan or internationally against mayweather (via revenue). with this in mind and the determination for the Hatton brand i see a win followed by a loss. Notwithstanding this boxing is a funny game and with the crop of the light welters and welterweights reaching the ends and peaks of their career upsets are possible. For me though i would like to see a domestic dust up between Hatton and junior Witter. Aftr all it has been years in the making with a lot of bad blood, even more excitingly, despite being a Hatton fan i believe Witter would cause Hatton lots of problems being a switch Hitter. Obliged guys first time on so much respect to you all!.
Marquez wins by a large margin of points or a ricky hatton gets cut.
Hatton is taylored made for Juan Manuel Marquez not only does he go foward and lunges with his punches. but he has no defense and doesnt use a jab.
Easy fight for Marquez and a good pay day as well for easy work.
marquez by wide points decision
I was always a huge fan of JMM’s, and still am. That being said, he looked awful at 142. He was bloated and carried the weight badly. I cannot help but think 135 is his limit and that he will not be a factor at light welter.
Are you stupid? Manny has 50 wins 38 (k.o) Mayweather has 40 wins 25 k.os Marquez has 50 wins 37 k.o and you say he doesnt have the power? its harder to knock some one out counter punching…
Well, since Ricky Hatton has never proven he is a great fighter, No! He will get destroyed by the legend EASILY!!!
Seeing as to how hatton got knocked out by both pac and mayweather, and marquez went the distance with both those fighters and many believe(including some boxing analysts) he actually beat pac(some say twice), I really dont see this going well for hatton.
If age has taken a hold of marquez then I believe hatton may have a shot at winning this fight. But marquez’s technique is second only to mayweathers, so it still doesnt look good for hatton.
But hell, I hope hatton proves me wrong and gives marquez a war so they both can retire in glory. I believe it will be marquez UD.
I love Ricky Hatton but I pray he doesn’t take this fight, Marquez is too skilled and smart for Hatton, he should go after Bradley or someone like Juan Diaz.
Hatton vs bradley= Bradley by UD as he is really really slick
Hatton vs marquez= Marquez ud since marquez is a worldclass counterpuncher and really fit
Hatton vs urango= Hatton KO
at least i think
I want Hatton to fight Bradley, I think that is a big enough fight and it will prove a point to many doubters. Hatton though has already stated that it has to be a P4P Top 10 boxer, which means it’s going to be Marquez.
It’s a good match-up and i though Marquez did well against Matweather considering he moved up two weights. Hatton will have to be top of his game to beat him though.
I think Marquez will win by a mid-round stoppage, it wont be as one-sided as Mayweather and Pacman but I dont think he has the punch resistance to take Marquez’s punches.
I want Hatton to win though
marquez will destroy hatton anytime.
marquez knocks out hatton. floyd showed everyone ricky is a sucker for a counter left hook. marquez has got a solid hook and a right cross that would put ricky’s lights out. i’d rather see marquez fight bradley at 140.
does hatton still have enough left? He’s been a great champion but i think thats a little disrespectful to marquez. I dont think hatton ever had enough to beat a fighter like JMM.
weight would be the great equaliser and id hate to see marquez lose this fight because he needs to get back down to lightweight and grow into that division properly.
He should take on edwin valero and take away his 0.
Marquez would win easily. Theres no doubt about that. I can see Hatton taking this fight though. Marquez is the biggest name he could get and therefore the biggest payday. Plus, I don’t think Marquez would knock him out. 9-3 or 10-2 rounds for JMM. A big fight and a big payday and he finishes his career on his feet. A good choice for Hatton.
hatton a certainty bet your life on it
ricky hatton as seen better days,its over.
Win or loss Hatton all the way. He needs to know that the last fight in his career was a fight that he was in great shape in coming inside ring and fought at the best of his abilities giving his all for the fans to enjoy.
Ricky wins that fight. He’s too big and strong for Marquez. He’ll close the distance really well and be able to rough Marquez up.
The reason why that strategy didn’t work on Pac and Mayweather is because Mayweather is a genius and Pac didn’t let Ricky in close enough for Ricky to rough Manny up.
Marquez lacks the foot speed and physical strength to keep Ricky off of him. Hell, Mayweather had a hard time keeping Ricky off of him until he solved him in the middle rounds.
Ricky Hatton by late stoppage. Unless he’s terribly out of shape. In that case, Marquez by close decision.
Ricky just wants a pay check…. Marquez will finish Hatton for good… and he will never box again!!
Much as i love Ricky i’m pretty sure if he fought Marquez, Marquez would stop him mid to late rounds. Like i said i love Ricky and really hate to say that but ever since he got rocked by Juan Lazcano it was obvious his punch resistance had gone. Ricky should retire graciously now while he’s still got his health.