No way Prime Hatton KO's Alexander. Hatton was a beast against Tszyu but a young, hungry, powerful fighter like Alexander is a different proposition altogether.
I predict that Hatton would win by U.D. His pressure would be too much for a green Alexander to handle. But Alexander would have his moments and make a fight out of it.
Prime Ricky was relentless, quick and clever. I think Devon would do fairly well for a while but by the mid-late rounds Ricky's pressure would wear Devon down and he would likely KO him. Devon just wouldn't be able to keep Hatton off of him, and those body shots would be very wearing punches IMO
devon has great feet and boxes in sharp angles.
he'd be the matador in the ring and ricky would be reduced to swinging at air while eating southpaw jabs and uppercuts.
devon UD. hes just too skilled for ricky.
Devon Alexander would work him. Hatton has and will always be Hatton. Wide and open for punches. Magee was even working him and hes about the closest I could compare to Devons style.
Who wins and how?
Pre-Mayweather Hatton would beat Alexander. Lotta people consider Hatton just a brawler but he was very effective and had sneaky quickness when he would come in.
That version of Hatton, especially fighting in England where the ref would typically let him get away with a lot of grappling, dirty tactics etc. would be damn hard to beat IMO. Devon's a young fighter. I liked the way he handled Urango, but look no1 could really tell whether Devon could keep that up against prime Hatton, Ricky keeps coming and coming and he'd be a bit too rough and ready for Alexander I reckon... It would take a dedicated performance akin to Whitaker's against Chavez. Hatton UD