Is Erik Morales too tough for Ricky Hatton?
April 18th, 2011
By Sean McDaniel: The talk is that Ricky Hatton discussing with his rather Ray Hatton the possibility of making a comeback to fight 34-year-old Erik Morales in a fight that could bring Hatton a huge payday of as much as $4 million. Not bad for a fight against someone that no longer has much pop his punches, as Morales showed in his loss to Marcos Maidana recently. This is a very winnable fight for Hatton. Morales looked to be only able to fight in brief spurts and gave away a lot of rounds through inactivity.
One thing that Hatton has going for him in a fight with Morales is that Hatton would be able to see the shots coming. Morales didn’t look all that fast in the Maidana fight, and didn’t seem to be all that powerful either. The Hatton from two years ago beats Morales all day and all night long. But after two years of inactivity and soft living, rich food and lot of drink, it’s unknown whether Hatton would be the same fighter he once was if he can get himself into reasonable shape. In recent pictures, he didn’t look grotesquely overweight like he was earlier last year. But he does need to trim off around 30 to 50 pounds of blubber to make the 140 pound weight. I think that would be Hatton’s best weight. If he comes in at 147, he might be too sluggish and could end up tiring out and losing.
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If hatton fights again it wont b about money, it will b 2 put his demons 2 rest and 2 give his fans 1-3 more good fights, just to prove his critics wrong, & he needs 2 do it in my opinion, or he could end up with a lifetime of regret, people say he`s finished, BOLLOCKS!! 6 month back in the gym and full on back into his monastry mode as he use 2 call it!! i think he would destroy morales, with the men in his corner, a good set of corner men thats not gonna try and change his style 2 much, i would like 2 see him have 2 good testin warm up fights then get a bout on with cotto, coz they r taylor made for each other and would be a fittin end to his career, ill b backin him all the way, if he does, coz he`s a true legend in my eyes!!
At astar…completely agree with u morales only fought with one eye for 11 rounds, morales showed the world he can beat the bes out there coming from retierment and only a few fights of preparatio, with his age an inactivity and in my eyes almost come out with a win against a man who nearly had the champion khan ko. This writter is a joke who provides this retards wit no boxing experiene employment…
Lol @ king unwittingly exposing his fantasy…u need to hear hatton screaming aah aah aah aaaah?…someone needs to get a missus
Morales almost beat the hardest puncher in the division, with only one eye for 11 rounds.
Hatton’s never had a fight that tough except the one with the bottle.
No disrespect to Ricky but he has no need to entertain a fight with anyone.
Live smart, stay retired.
I agree with counterpunch, Rich people dont need to box, and thats what has killed Hatton’s passion.
He’s not like JLC, Morales, Jones Jr, Holyfield etc, he invested his money wisely and is a wealtyh man.
khan coudnt beat hatton u clown hatton is too strong an would catch him easy with a left hook
hatton would definitely consider this fight, for one reason only, THE MONEY. the home coming fight againt lazcano was suppost to be for the fans, except the venue was just short of 50,000. half of us couldnt even see the fight. if he tastes one more fight he will fight again and thats only gonna be against khan where he will get destroyed. that would be tragic for the white race.
Affirmative,most likely.
VERY EASY FIGHT FOR MORALES, WHY EVEN COME BACK TO FIGHT MORALES, HATTON NEEDS A FIGHTER LIKE MARDIANA
morales is too accurate a puncher for hatton he would beat him. hatton if he got back in the ring now would have to lose 40 pounds and tbh he is totally shot now you would have to think
Ricky Hatton has admitted that he is now retired, so there’s no point in discussing a fight that isn’t going to happen.
Next article please!
@ The king, good comment, just reading it sent shivers of nostalgia down my neck but let’s not completely destroy Hatton’s legacy… Judging by Morales’ performance Vs Maidana Hatton would would come unstuck maybe by KO.
ricky hatton struggles against technical boxers and although im british i think he gets nbeat and mabey even knocked out.who agrees
this writer again has totally showing that he knows anything about boxing. morales’s eye was closed from the 1st round, if morales had both his eyes he would have beat maidana.
i can see this fight happening!! no boxer really wants to finish their boxing days on a loss even if it was to 2 of the greatest if ricky has the hunger he could win !! problem is he has hunger for burgers and chips lol
This pis*es me right off. Hatton is being used as a marketing tool to earn more people alot of money. They dont care about his health or wellbeing its all about the £. Leave the man alone to enjoy his retirement he has earned it. Nothing to be ashamed of in losing to 2 of the best fighters ever,
Stay happy Ricky. Tell them to F*OFF
I’m not really sure if I wanna see this fight or not…if Ricky was to make a come back then it would be good to see him fight morales who has just made a come back but I’m not sure Ricky could keep up with Eric because to be fair he boxed better than most ppl thought…Ricky doesn’t look like he’s been in a gym since getting smashed by pacman so is he fit enough? hell no!! Plus he’s only just admitted on sky his career is finally over so I doubt it will ever happen
Still dreaming of a hatton return maybe cuz there ain’t anybody like ricky, its the big night thing and the build I love its like the uk is behind him! I do think if ricky can get into shape then I think he could beat morales of now cuz ricky has great footwork and power in his punch and is not wild like maidana and hatton wouldn’t just throw punches like maidana and I think that’s where morales was able to counter him a lot but I expect an all out war and morales is in with a shot cuz you can never count him out!!! Come back hatton
This fight’s NOT gonna happen!.
I love Hatton… top fighter… but in his day… You say Morales was gassed by round 10… well guess what – Hatton would be gassed by round 4… Morales is too much of a warrior – its in his blood – doesnt matter how much time he has taken off from boxing – you simply cant get rid of that kind of warrior spirit…. Hatton has it too – but not in the abundance that Morales has it – which is more than enough to see Morales dig deep and punish Ricky immensely…. If Ricky wants the payday – then great – awesome to see him fight Morales – would be a classic… but Ricky has no chance in my opinion of winning (judging by Morales performance against Maidana)
I would be very interested in seeing this fight.
lets see what will happen if they will fight, both of them were victim of pacquiao…
hoya dosent want ricky he wants rickys name to sell ppv an tickets
Ricky Hatton can’t beat Morales, Ricky has lost his taste for boxing. Rich people don’t have to get hit in the face 100 times.