I think Camacho could and should outbox him and win a comfortable decision. But if Ricky employs those roughhouse tactics and frusterates him and stays close and turns it into a sloppy contest (like Chavez did), it could go either way.
i don't know, im inclined to agree that he'd find a way to lose. he was well above hatton in terms of skills, not even close. his heart and his chin were beyond question after later career loses but there's a difference between showing heart in making it to the final bell to prove a point (ie: vs. chavez) and showing heart to actually WIN the fight (ie: marciano vs. charles, saad muhammad vs lopez). camacho showed heart in staying on his feet but when he was pushed to the brink, he usually did what he had to to survive, but not win. the only exception i can think of is the rosario fight and we know how that went.
Even at 140, I think Camacho has enough to beat Hatton. Camacho still had enough foot movement to avoid the majority of Hatton's unrefined rushes forward and jab him to a tight points win. 7-5 I'm thinking. As an aside, I'd probably even take the Camacho that fought Tito over Hatton at 147.
Well I think Haugen had some strenghts...but at his best he wasn't in the same league as Hatton at his best. But Haugen held macho to a close fight...
The Camacho that fought Howard Davis at 140, and was still close to his prime would comfortably outbox Hatton to a UD. The more faded Camacho that fought Haugen, Ricky would beat by decision.
i dont believe i saw the davis fight, that was a very short window of time.the camacho i was referring to was i guess the latter that fought the majority of his 140lb fights.