Hatton (prime) v Bradley (current)

headbutts and cuts might play a factor

 

People (brits) like to forget how shockingly average Hatton was.

I'd bet the house on Bradley.

 

bradley all day.

 

i believe a prime hatton would out-mawl timothy and win a scrappy affair

 

Yep. We've seen Hatton take his tests against the elites and fail. We've seen him fight everyone under that and win. Bradley, we've only seen him win against lesser championship names, good as he's been, like Hatton. We've got to see this test to really know him. This is it for him. How he performs here will define him.

I've said this before but Tim Bradley easily proved a good fighter early in his career, recently proved a very good fighter, distancing himself from good fighters like Peterson and Alexander, decisively, and now he gets the chance to go from very good to great. He's one fight away from having an elite ATG on his resume, becoming a two-weight class world champion, swimming in more money than he can imagine and probably getting a shot at 2-3 more huge, mega-fight paydays at that. If he can't make it up for this moment like he has for his other times on the big (okay, medium) stage then we learn quite a lot about how to properly evaluate him and rate him against guys like Hatton.

 

Hatton would get ripped apart. Another overrated brittard who punched above his weight to gain a delusional fanbase.

 

If Hatton is allowed to fight like he was against Kosta....im picking Hatton ALL DAY!

 

Ppl. should really watch Hatton pre-Tyszu. Disregard opposition just look at his skill level, movement, quickness, intensity and ability to apply pressure, anything after 2005 is slower and more limited due to alcohol (and probably cocaine) abuse plus unnatural gain and loss of weight. Bradley is a superb fighter and may raise his level vs. Pacquiao for the win, but prime Hatton cuts down any version of the Bradley I've seen easily and manhandles Timbo up close. Hatton is not the fighter Bradley wants to go to the trenches with.

 

Technical draw in 8 after Hatton receives a cut from a Bradley headbutt
76-76

 

To be fair, there wasn't much going on in those pre-Tszyu years, internationally. Wish ****** unleashed Hatton 3 years earlier, not necessarily vs. Kostya. Now he fought some quality fighters in the IBU days, but the level he should've wasted much of his prime on.