I mentioned this on another thread. Bradley isnt featherfisted at all, he might not be knocking guys out but his punches get respect, he hids hard enough to get respect.. He doesnt have that snap where kos come from but hes strong and his punches are heavy.. As for Castillo well we all know that was a zombie Castillo, much like the Oscar that fought Pac... Not to say Hatton wasnt a good puncher but dont act like that was the Warrior Castilo from a copule years before.
I think the votes will pickup for Bradley in about 4 or 5 hours when the rest of the americans wake up. I notice most of the posters right now are from the UK.
The fact that Hatton would not have to go looking for Bradley would stand him in good favour in this fight.
Hatton beat Tsyzu and gave PBF a much tougher fight than Tim is ever capable of. Hatton is faster, more skilled, faster hands, more experience, I see him winning by KO as he wins the inside game. That is unless Tim headbutts Hatton and causes a few cuts..
Well, Bradley can switch styles, if you watched his fight against Lamont Peterson, Bradley's movement kept turning Peterson and he had trouble finding Bradley. Not necessarily saying Bradley would win, just saying he might not just stand in front of him. It would be interesting if he stood in front though, two strongass jr welterweights.
I also think Hatton would have a chance. Don't let morons who hate Hatton on here sway your judgement. If you asked 90% of people at boxing gym what they thought they'd give Hatton a real shot, he just has people who unfairly hate him on here. I would say a prime Hatton at 26 probly wins, but he did often cut and Bradley is good at doing that to people. Hatton came in with the head alot like Bradley aswell. I think Hatton can only safely make 147 now though. Bradley is still probly getting better aswell but I don't think he'd easily get past the Collazo Ricky faced at his age. Ricky was good at presuring boxers before they could adapt though that's why I'd like him in this. The fight everybody wants though is Bradley-Khan. I think that will be an amazing fight and it's 50-50 in my veiw. Khan is the more athleticaly gifted but he isn't as good techniquecaly and he also struggles to stick to a game plan.
a fighter who tested himself in his career against a fighter who is 'undefeated' but hasn't yet...give it a break
Wow people are favouring Hatton. I'm genuinly surprised because he used to get a lot of stick on here. It's a shame they were not at their peak at the same time.
hatton got stick for not bettering himself. he set a precedent by changing that. and why are you giving bradley credit here? he's still fighting contenders.
haha why is hatton so rated here? tune into friday night fights and tell me hatton isn't just marginally better than those guys any decent boxer with speed and ring generalship qualities kos/tkos hatton (except for paulie who didn't have the power to earn a pressure fighter like hatton's respect) his chin and punch resistance faded quickly due to his poor diet and his reflexes were far to slow to be truly elite seriously all the brits need to stop clinging on to legends of their own creation and realise the true quality fighters they have e.g khan,de gale,brook