know that we have a good idea what bradley is about. who would win if ricky hatton fought tim bradley at 140lbs and 147lbs? prime of coarse,and how would the fight go?
I think Bradley has better skills, hatton has a bit more power and strength. Close fight probably who ever gets home advantage wins. Id favour Bradley just but its not a forgone conclusion either way.
Both are excellent fighters, but Hatton only fought one way most of the time whereas Bradley has more variety IMO. Bradley has shown he can mix it up differently and still get results, so Bradley wins this fight especially if he sticks to what he's good at being a counter puncher and uses his boxing skills instead of getting to macho with Hatton. Good fight Tim Bradley UD.
If Bradley fights like he did vs Prodnikov I reckon Hatton would have a chance. Tim has backed up against the ropes more than usual against fighters who have come after him recently and once hatton has you there your not getting him off you with out taking punishment. I think Tim is the better fighter overall but Hatton would hold his own A tim SD/UD is probably a sensible call
Bradley decision i was never that impressed with hatton. He was good but not good enough to beat a slick boxer like bradley. Hatton was a good body puncher but after the kosta fight he used it a lot less
I'd pick Bradley. Wouldn't be confident though. Bradley has the better skills and has the chin to take Hatton's power.
Ricky Hatton has not ever beaten an elite boxer in his life Past prime Tzyu, and C level Malignaggi are his "best" accomplishments How coincidental, the only time he ever fought 2 top level opponents he was absolutely dismantled
Kostya Tsyzu was still ranked in the top 3 pound for pound when Hatton beat him and had destroyed Sharmba Mitchell 6 months earlier. Malignaggi a C level fighter? He's won world titles in 2 weight classes and only lost to big names in Cotto, Khan, Hatton & Broner.... I'm not counting his loss against Diaz as we all seen he was absolutely jobbed in that fight, the rematch was made which he won handily and as for Broner, he arguably won that as well. The two best 'top level' fighters Hatton fought as you put it, also happen to be the two best fighters of there generation, one of which he went up in weight to fight. In fact he'd only fought once at 147 before when he beat Collazo in a tough close fight... the same Collazo who 8 years later has just took Victor Ortiz out in 2 rounds and is now facing Khan in an apparent eliminator for Mayweather. Now not making out Ricky has the best resume out there, but it's definitely not to shabby. He ruled 140 for a good few years and was a 2 weight world champion.
Hmmm, Bradley does seem to have a decent defence and a good counter puncher, I could see Hatton diving in a bit too much and getting countered but not sure, Bradley can also take punches seems strong, I reckon it would be a good fight but slightly favour bradley.