They are both over rated. But I think Hatton could probably take it.
Hatton was a very good inside fighter. I think he would get inside and out hustle and hurt Matths.
But they are both over rated for sure. Hatton is not as good as people think. He went life and death with Collazo.
Put a title on the line and Matthysse will find a way to lose the fight. If the Peterson fight was a title fight Peterson would’ve ducked and Matthysse would’ve knocked himself out.
Matthysse knocks Hatton out. Those body shots would kill him and unlike the guys Matthysse has struggled with, Hatton will be in front of him all night
Kostya was a massive puncher Hatton walked through his shots. Problem with casuals is they've only seen past prime Hatton and base their opinion on that.
prime hatton was a wild sloppy fighter!! prime or past does not change anything because hatton style stays the same! where as for lucas, 140 early lucas was a beast!!! and like i said, lucas can actually box! against a guy like hatton, lucas will tee off on him. perfect style to make lucas look good. a wild face first no head movement hatton!
posters really shiieting on lucas because of what he did in the pac fight but before that fight, some mofos was even saying he was gonna knock manny out!!! say what!!!!
Problem for Hatton is that his style depended on taking a fair amount of shots and a prime matthyse did have a lot of power but I'd still be pretty confident Hatton could beat him
hatton is a guy that takes shots to win fights. he takes the punishment to deliver his own and most of the time his opponents will fold before him but against a guy like lucas at 140 who has more power, hatton will get flatten'd!
lucas knock the dog shiiet out of face first hatton!!! who the fook are yall kidding saying hatton will win??? yall must really have forgot who lucas was at 140!!!!
at one point mofos on here was making comments like fighters will die against fighting lucas!!! yall people is some really disrespectful no good individuals. yall move onto the next guy faster than a hoe does in a month.
just because he quit against postol and then pac doesnt erase who he was at 140!! hatton was always a very sloppy aggressive fighter with ZERO defense!! lucas can actually box! against sloppy fighters like hatton, lucas boxing skills would shine.
lucas only loss to guys who were great counter punchers. the pac loss dont really count to me since he was on his way out. but in his early career at 140, he was a beast! yall some funny fools on here!
Hatton makes him quit. Prime Hatton at 140 was a monster and overwhelmed fighters like Matthysse. The Tzsyu that Hatton beat was still better than any version of Matthysse ever.
Lucas at his best was a hard fast accurate combination puncher. Hatton was an attacking clinching mauling hold and hit fighter who was easy to hit coming in and his chin was average. Lucas was strong enough to push Hatton off of him. Lucas was fast and accurate enough with his punches and combinations to hit Hatton when he came charging in to clinch and hold and hit. If the fight was anywhere but England I think a prime Lucas KOs a prime Hatton.
Lucas knocks him out, people overrated Hatton for beating a past prime Tzyu and then getting outboxed and out mugged and then stopped by Floyd and put to pastures by Pacquiao!
Lucas was robbed in 2 of his losses and had a clear case to get a DQ win from Postol who was constantly clinching him and doing dirty tactics all fight!
He pushed Danny Garcia to his limit and only loss by 2 points on the judges scorecards!
Beat prime Lamont Peterson better than anyone has
Beat high risk and low reward monster Provodnikov,
Beat Soto who was a 2 Division champ!
It would be a war in which Matthysse’s punching power and technique would prove too much for Hatton! 10th round stoppage for The Machine!
Hatton wins a war, I think 7-5. Close but clear winner. Some might even give the win to Matthysse due to the competitive nature of the fight. There would be calls for a rematch and none would complain when it gets made again. Hatton once again edging another fight of the year candidate.
I think hatton was severely overrated. Lucas would give hik a tough fight and maybe beat him. Itd look alot like the kosta tzyu fight. 50/50 fight for me. If manny and even floyd can knock him out then lucas sure as hell has a chance