Ricky Hatton v. Garcia/Matthysse

[Bushidō]

Prime Hatton ....perhaps would beat both. He was just relentless and wouldn't let either guy get off. His body work would take the steam out of these power hitters.

People like to think Hatton was just a plodding fighter but he really had some pretty fast feet.

[TGD]

Prime Hatton smashes both of them to bits, 100%.

[Toby 1991]

Both beat him.

[Weebler I]

Does either Garcia or Matthysse have an inside game? If they have I haven't seen it and without one, they're not beating Ricky Hatton.

There's no fighter either Lucas or Danny has beaten that Hatton wouldn't dispose with.

Anybody thinks that Hatton would get the Pacquiao treatment if caught by the GARSH?

Hatton would take him to the ropes and work him over. Garcia isn't beating or outworking Hatton. Hell I'm not even sure he could outbox him in the centre of the ring. Garcia would have a puncher's chance.

Matthysse has a much better chance of beating Hatton due to his 1-punch power in both hands but if the likes of Olusegun and Alexander are going 10-12 rounds with him, best believe a prime Hatton would too. He would smother Matthysse's work.

[FrankieBruno]

I don't know, I want to see more of Garcia and Lucas to really make my mind up

At the moment I am not sold on both fighters, however after Sep we will know which one is the real deal out of the two

Hatton was damn devastating until Floyd finished his career

He had power and speed and great work rate.

Lucas power however looks very scary, not sure if Hatton would want to go to toe to toe with that, but then again I don't know how good Lucas is, knocking out Peterson wasn't really a great achievement, given Khan (who desont hit hard) floored him twice

I think both Lucas and Garcia might be a tad overrated

[BG_Knocc_Out]

I think everyone forgets that Hatton was quite great at spoiling an opponents style. He would constantly disrupt an opponents rhythm, hold them, rough them up on the inside. Very seldom did Hatton allow his opponents to get off. Aside from A++ elite fighters like Pac and Floyd, no one could really overtake Hatton's generalship and pace-setting style. He was very high energy, physically strong. I've followed quit a bit of his career, and the leverage he was able to garner on a lot of his attack to the body is very note-worthy.

I honestly feel he walks through Garcia. I have yet to see a fight (outside of Morales II) that Garcia was able to take full grasp on the pace and able to make his opponent fight his fight. And honestly, I don't think he has enough power or precision to keep him from coming in and taking absolute control. I mean, he took some freaking monstrous shots from Tszyu and walked straight through them. But, all everyone remembers from Ricky are the fights with Mayweather and Pacquiao, which I think is a bit unfair.

But, against Matthysse, I feel it plays out a lot like Matthysse-Soto

[FrankieBruno]

Hatton wud mos def beat Garcia, I can say that

Unless Garcia shows me something amazing come sep

[Jack Napier]

prime Hatton ****s Garcia and gets KO'd by Lucas
Hatton now gets smoked by both

[Bushidō]

If you ask this question when Garcia and Matthysse get a couple of losses on their record then you'll get a totally different answer.

[Bushidō]

Does either Garcia or Matthysse have an inside game? If they have I haven't seen it and without one, they're not beating Ricky Hatton.

There's no fighter either Lucas or Danny has beaten that Hatton wouldn't dispose with.



Hatton would take him to the ropes and work him over. Garcia isn't beating or outworking Hatton. Hell I'm not even sure he could outbox him in the centre of the ring. Garcia would have a puncher's chance.

Matthysse has a much better chance of beating Hatton due to his 1-punch power in both hands but if the likes of Olusegun and Alexander are going 10-12 rounds with him, best believe a prime Hatton would too. He would smother Matthysse's work.

Agreed.

Hatton had this underrated ability to be 2 or 3 steps away from his opponent then all of a sudden hes smashing them with body shots. He had very underrated foot speed and it always threw the opponents rhythm off. If you watch the Mayweather fight, it seemed like it took Mayweather a while to adjust.