Didn't Hatton have an operation on his facial skin to make his skin less susceptable to cuts I wouldn't call Thaxton 'scrappy'
That would be an interesting fight because of the styles, Hatton likes to fight on the inside and the Wards specialty, it may come down to how well Hatton can take Wards Body Punches.
What a cracking fight this would be! wow..... Micky is in my top 5 favorite fighters of all time, period. However, if one is to remain unbiased, and look at the fight rationally, Hatton just has too much class for Ward to overcome IMO. To make a long post short, Hatton would capture a well earned UD over Ward. But it would have been a FOTY style fight im sure....
I would take the Ward that fought Gatti the first time over the Castillo that Hatton fought, also i would take Ward all day over Maussa, and ill take him over Urango as well. Your badly underrating Ward, also the Gatti that Ward beat in that first fight was better then these fighters as well.