I doubt it, many people thought it was a mismatch but Hatton was undefeated at the time so it was legit enough a challenge taking into consideration Baldomir & Gatti. It would have been in Floyd best interest to make it look like it was indeed a mismatch due to Floyds superior skills.
I think Floyd was suprised early by Hattons speed, as he almost went down in round 1 I believe when he was backing up to avoid Hattons attack.
Hatton was also not allowed to fight his fight, and became more and more careless and as a result Floyd was able to do his thing more and more which is defense and counter. He was probably capable of beating Hatton in a more impressive fashion but its not his style.
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