If Khan beats both Maidana and the Bradley/Alexander winner

How will he hold the lineal title?

He didn't beat Pacquaio, did he? Winning The Ring belt isn't the same as linearity.

 

No. A combination of Maidana and Alexander/Bradley will still leave Khan work to do. I personally think Khan should walk through Maidana; the follow-up fight will be the real challenge.

Hatton only ever lost to the two greatest boxers on the planet. For Mayweather, he stepped up to a weight he never truly suited. Khan was floored inside a round by Prescott.

Khan is ahead of Hatton in terms of his age. At 24, Hatton was still mixing with the likes of Thaxton, Rowsell and Pendleton in England.

Khan can do it, but two more fights will not fit the bill. Hatton dominated the weight for a considerable amount of time. He fought the best of the best, beating many good fighters along the way. Khan is still very early on in a long, long journey.

 

Castillo was considered the number 2 in the division when they fought; Malignaggi was considered number 2 in the division when they fought; Urango was a belt holder; Lazcano was consistently ranked in the top 10 of the division.

Witter wasn't going to happen as we all know; Bradley came to prominence late into Hatton's career; Holt and Bailey were contenders - nothing too dissimilar to the likes of Urango and Lazcano.

 

It largely depends on what Maidana, Bradley and Alexander go on to achieve afterwards, as it is i have Khan getting caught by a wild Maidana swing and getting stopped by Alexander. I do believe Khan can beat Bradley and he does have a shutout victory over Kotelnik who has victories over Maidana and looked very good in defeat to Devon.

 

kinda depends on the manner that kahn wins in as hatton retired tsyzu, stopped malignaggi and dominated him for 10 rounds, won pretty much every round against urango, ko'd castillo and ko'd maussa

 

Castillo was ranked 2 by whom? The IBO?
Always wondered why getting beat by Vivian Harris was good enough for Lazcano to earn a crack at Hatton.... :huh

So what is the window of Hattons dominance?

And I forget about Torres as well.

 

Castillo was ranked as the number 1 contender by the Ring mag :good

Lazcano was a 'comeback' fight of sorts for Hatton - a hand-picked opponent who was out of his natural weight class - but he was still a decent fighter who had a name.

Torres was just another contender in the division. Did Hatton have to beat every contender to prove his 'dominance' in the division?

 

How can he rule it when Cotto was in the division during 2005 and 2006. He wasn't the best LWW then, Cotto was.

 

Hatton beat the 'man', hence why he was ranked ahead of Cotto at the time and was the Ring champion. You can easily rank Cotto ahead of him on ability, but after Hatton beat Tszyu there was no doubt that Hatton was the top guy in the division. Mayweather was also in the division at the time, but the same thing applies.

 

I remain convinced Khan will be exposed again.

That said he has done fantastic since the Breidis Prescott fight.

 

How can you be exposed when you are the WBA 140 champ with 2 defences and you've beaten 3 champs in your last 4 fights!

Khan got caught but learnt and has evolved. Losing just means he lost, it don't mean he was exposed.

 

In terms of styles it undoubtedly would be a better win. Hatton would have been an overwhelming favourite against Urango; its generally recognised that Hatton was on **** form that night (due to kebab/beer consumption or flu), yet he still won handily despite a scare or two. Khan v Maidana is much closer to call (for some), taking into account that Maidana, despite his sloppy technique, is the first serious banger Khan has faced since Prescott.

"At least five" is an understatement.:good

 

Hatton on his pro debut could have stopped Salita inside a round, let's be honest here.

I'd quite confidently stick Stephen Smith in with Salita and expect him to win by KO, size disadvantage or not :yep

 

That's a good point, yet with that logic should we rate Hatton's win over Malignaggi that much more than Khan's due to the style match-up? I know plenty at the time thought that Malignaggi would outbox Hatton, but hardly anyone was giving him a chance against Khan.

Very true :yep