Which of these guys do you think Hatton could beat now at 140?

Don't I know it :yep

 

I remember it being in the Malignaggi fight - 2nd round I think?

Plus many other punches he landed throughout the fight which would have put fighters with, lets say, weaker punch resistance on the floor.

 

Lazcano + PM, and one right hand that he landed against Pacquiao which was a good shot. But he didn't exactly have a lot of time to display his offensive capability against Pacquiao, he was too busy exposing his glaring defensive errors.

I still think he has it offensively. He still moves as he always did, he's still got the same punches he always had in the locker. Physically he's questionable.

 

I disagree. Entirely.

He looked good against malignaggi, but paulie himself admits he was ****. There was absolutely nothing coming back. Khan ain't a BIG puncher, but he's fast, accurate and weighty enough to make any fighter think twice about just walking onto his shots. And I'm saying that as someone who doesn't particualrly rate Khan.

Surely his physicality is the point. Like I said, Hatton/Tzsyu all over again (with the roles reversed). Yeah he might be able to get inside and deliver a bit, but as soon as he moves away he's toast. With Khan and bradley particularly.

 

That has always been the case with Hatton. Why do you think he's held on to his opponents for dear life in his career? It's a defensive method as much as anything, it means he spends less of the time forcing his way inside, which is when he's so easily hit. The more of the round he spends in close the better, and it also has the added benefit of wearing his opponent out.

So his defensive issues are nothing new, his seeming inability to take punches definitely is. Along with the fact he seems to gas earlier in the fights.

 

ITS A DISGRACE THAT RICKY HATTONS BEIN LAUGHED AT IN COMPARRISON 2 THESE GUYS,HE GOT PISSED WITH THE REF IN THE FMJ FIGHT AND SEEN RED RAG WITH PAC,CANT WAIT 2 SEE HIM BACK,PAY PER VIEW SMOKES BOTH THOSE GUYS,......KHAN WILL GET MURDERED V HATTON IF IT HAPPENS,,DOUBTERS.COMatschatsch

 

The Paulie/ Khan "comparision" isn't a good one, Khan punches a LOT stiffer than Malinaggi but he also doesn't have anywhere near the chin. Hatton would get close and stop Khan early IMHO.

 

I just can't agree with that right now. IMHO Hatton wuldn't get inside enough with Khan, It would be Khan in *pit pat pit pit pat* run away. Hatton tries to move inside Khan *pit pat pit pit pat* rinse and repeat for 12 rounds or till hatton falls over,

 

If Hatton doesn't get inside then he'd get stopped late on, if he does get inside then Khan gets stopped early.

 

Kotelnik caught Khan a few times and he is not a pressure fighter at all.

 

Yes he did, and what was the outcome?
errrmmm... Khan by massive UD as I remember it.

I was there, and I was as surprised as anyone to see Khan just move away from some solid shots.

 

That about sums it up.

The question is how many stiff shots does Khan land before Hatton just can't get inside anymore. The mind is willing but the body is weak and all thay. I'm no Khan fan, but his handspeed is very, very good. And I'm doing him a dis-service by just calling them pit pats.

 

Khans power is fine (but no more than that) when he sits down on his punches but I think it will be easier for Hatton get inside than it will be for Khan to stop him doing that.

Kahn had a lot of problems with Gomez inside, and even a poor version of Hatton is better than Gomez....

 

Hatton is a bigger puncher than Kotelnik though and he would be hitting Khan more consistently.