With the same ref there would be no doubt Hatton would win no problem. With a fair ref? tough to call but I would probably lean toward Hatton if he survives the early rounds.
Prime Hatton is against Tszyu. I havn't seen him perform like that since. Hatton was unstoppable that night, very few fighters would have coped with him (except Mayweather and Pacquiao). Hatton would steamroll Judah in my opinion.
I think Judah wins it and out classes Ricky. When has Ricky looked good against anyone that has quick hands, and movement?? and don't say Paulie cos Paulie was utter garbage that night and didn't do anything. the 2 slick guys Ricky took on in Mayweather and Pacman, took him apart. Also if it took place in the US and had a ref that didn't allow the wrestling and grappling that Ricky used against Tszyu, I think Judah would have done the cleaner workl and kept out of the way. I never quite bought the hysteria surrounding a prime Hatton. Aside from out wrestling Tszyu, looking bad against Collazo, beating a washed up Castillo and a Malignnagi that was off form, Ricky never actually showed he could mix it with top level, slick fighters. Just my opinion.
Pretty much. That's the standard. Judah doesn't live with that kind of pressure. Nope. Not on his best night.
I see a pretty decent argument for either guy here...Ricky is just to damn hittable to totally write off Zab, whose one punch power has proven to be more then decent on several occasions. Kostya had slowed enough at that point that he was essentially getting beaten to the punch for a lot that fight, I dont really see that happening for Ricky against Zab. Ricky likes to get to work from the start..and Id put money on Judah reacting to that more like Manny did reather then how Mayweather did. He wont bide his time and be patient like Floyd, he simply lacked the skill and ring IQ for this to be his preferred method. If Ricky pressures him hard I think he will get all swashbuckly and start swinging for the home run. I reckon Zab is the one who lands first, from there I dont really know where this fight goes. I sort of lean towards Hatton weathering it and outworking a discouraged Judah down the stretch...but he might not make it out of the early fireworks.
So you dismiss Malignaggi as 'off form', but don't give any thought that it might have been down to his opponent that he was unable to do anything? I mean really, you could dismiss any dominant win as the loser being 'off form'.