in their primes: Ricky Hatton vs Zab Judah @ 140

Only Elite's beat Hatton at 140 in his peak of 2003-2006

Has never actually lost in his prime at 140.

 

Ricky's ability to make it an ugly, grueling encounter > Judah's heart & mental strength
I'd hardly ever pick a fighter like Hatton over somebody as technically good as Judah, but it's Judah we're taking about.

 

That wasn't his prime tbf.

 

Zab Judah was a skilled boxer but not mentally strong. Ricky Hatton was physically as strong as an ox and would take Judah's heart. Judah would look good in patches, at range, but when Hatton finds his grove, and gets inside, and is smacking the **** out of Judah's body, the going would get too tough for Judah who'd probably find some way to quit or implode.

 

It's not an excuse at all, he just wasn't in his prime by then and while he was still a competitive fighter he didn't have the punch resistance he had from his prime days which made his come forward style work so well for him.

 

Judah.

Hatton always struggled with Southpaws. He would get hit hard and often.

 

What makes you think that was prime Hatton?

 

Zab's prime was at 140 and he never faded.
If Zab lands that left hand he landed on Tszyu he would knock out Hatton.
Zab KO in the first 5 rounds with a counter left. Ricky would never see it coming.

 

Hatton quite easily.

Judah was a decent boxer, good physical attributes, but he would crumble against the type of fight Hatton brought. As soon as he realized he wasn't knocking Hatton out, which he couldn't, he would submit mentally and take a beating. Once those body shots start to land, around the fourth, the remaining heart would be taken away from him.

Judah gets stopped in around 10.

C-class fighter, who wasn't capable of beating quality brawlers, which Hatton was. I'm sure Judah himself would rather face a guy without the ferocity of Hatton, who let's him tee-off and then, a day later, his fans can proclaim him to be a great boxer who could realistically beat the best at 140.

 

So do you think Hatton should make a comeback then and put the Pacquiao knockout down to being caught cold, like Khan vs Prescott?

Beating the **** out of Paulie means nothing to his punch resistance as he was never going to get hurt and I've already said he was still competitive.