How would the Hatton that beat Kostya have done against Pacman?

[DarchinyFAN]

No, he really didn't actually. He looked a bit better in the Malignaggi fight but that was simply the type of fighter that Malignaggi was. He has never been as good as he was pre Tszyu.

exactly..... Hatton felt no threat from Malignaggi's power, so he didnt do as much of the clutching and mauling routine he had come to rely on in previous fights. Also, Malignaggi runs hot and cold, and Hatton caught him on a bad night (for the record Hatton still would have beat him on an "on" night).

[MANGLER]

He woulda got KTFO anyway.

[nujabes77]

punch resistance and pre tsuyu seems to be the excuses nowadays...

[Puntoyhauf]

Yeah I know, it's just that he's had almost no fights at this weight lol
I could say that he never destroyed Morales or Barrera with one shot but that was at a lower weight and they both have Jay Leno chins.
I just don't think he has the power to do that to a healthy Hatton.

LOL!!!

*Jay Leno was the guy who said bad things/bad jokes when Filipino Soldiers decided to pull-out from Iraq to save an innocent civillian's life.

[T-97]

Does he get multiple free shots at Pacquiao's nuts like he did at Tszyu's?

Fight definently would have been more entertaining, because it was before Hatton started his "hit, fall in, grab, hit while holding, let go, & repeat" routine he fights with today.

Actually, that fight was the start of it....

[aether]

999 out of 1000 fights, manny ko's hatton..... get it through your thick head.

[Google_It_Bitch]

This aint a bait/hate thread i honestly think the fight would have been a lot more competitive. I rate Pacman as the best since SRL (Yeah, even above Sweetpea) so id say Pacman UD but id like to get everyones take on it. Maybe i'm wrong, who knows?

Thoughts?

That version of Hatton might have done better because of Hatton's mauling that he did on KT. Yes Hatton was a mauler but against KT he was mauling and hugging the shiet out of KT. I personaly think that KT was on his way out. He was having a lot of problems before the fight and he retired right after.

It would have been the mauling and the excesive hugging and hitting that PACMAN would have had a problem with, kind of like when Duran brought it to Ray Leonard. Duran was just all over Ray that night.

Of course none of this is neither here nor there now. Roach would have still exposed Hatton and it would have taken Manny a little longer due to the hugging and mauling.

But the fight we saw three weeks ago, Roach knew it would be the same old Hatton and he anticipated it. Roach did not get fooled into to thinking we would see a new and improved Hatton. A leopard cant change his spots, nor a tiger his stripes.

[boojee]

He would got KTFO cold in 3 instead of 2 rds.

[Vivid Intent]

Kostya is more powerful obviously but it was the combinations and speed that killed Hatton. Pacquiao would be alot more slippery than Kostya aswell and not allow Hatton to use his hit and hold tactics. Pacquiao TKO 9

[boojee]

He would got KTFO cold in 3 instead of 2 rds.

that being said, Freddie would still be correct on his prediction of KTFO in 3 rds.