Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton Explains Why He Would Have Beaten Amir Khan

[Ant1979]

Would have taken something very special to beat Hatton on the night of the Tsvyu fight.

I'd favour a Hatton KO victory, might have been behind on the cards but his relentless pressure would have been too much for a tiring Khan late on.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Ricky Hatton is being hit and cut badly, but eventually I think he would stop Amir Khan in a war 'I actually think Ricky Hatton vs Amir Khan was a bigger fight than Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury'.

[RossW]

Hatton had a big engine, decent chin and respectable power. I reckon those body shots would have taken a toll and Khan would get stopped mid to late.

[umarmalik]

Ricky

Great man he is

[-Kev-]

Prescott and Conelo damn those were brutal

And I miscounted. It was actually 3x by DSG not 2x.

I was honestly very surprised Maidana and Judah couldn’t drop him. I know Maidana hurt him bad, but couldn’t drop him. Roach and Ariza were the best team for Khan. I think that was the best run of his career until DSG derailed it and forced Khan to fire Roach. His wins from Barrera to Judah were the best he’s ever looked in his career. Including surviving that one round that could’ve been worse and edging Maidana with a first round KD body shot.

[BoloShot]

"The Battle Of 2 Greatest Glass Jaw Of All Time"

Hatton steamed through Tszyu's shots and he's one of the best punchers ever at 140.

[5000boxing]

"The Battle Of 2 Greatest Glass Jaw Of All Time"

Lmao!! Glass everywhere!! Ringside Fans would have to wear goggles!

[5000boxing]

Hatton steamed through Tszyu's shots and he's one of the best punchers ever at 140.

Yea.. But the way Manny koed him in the second.. Meant that tszyu's shots put a lot of cracks in that glass... Manny threw one rock.. And the entire house came crumbling down! Lol.

[-Kev-]

Would have taken something very special to beat Hatton on the night of the Tsvyu fight.

I'd favour a Hatton KO victory, might have been behind on the cards but his relentless pressure would have been too much for a tiring Khan late on.

Tszyu hit him with some bombs that Hatton took and kept coming but I don’t think Tszyu ever adapted to Hatton’s clinching, wrestling and body punching. It was a great gameplan by Hatton. Who woulda knew that all you had to do to beat the powerful Tszyu was just wear him out physically with clinching and inside fighting and just hope you have a good enough chin to take his power punches. Hatton did, it was his night. But that Hatton was not an unbeatable Hatton, it was a stylistic nightmare specifically for Tszyu.

I think at that time Hatton could’ve been beaten by 140: Mayweather, Cotto. 147: Williams, Mosley, Margarito.

I don’t think Judah, Spinks, Witter, Gatti, Corley, Cintron or Baldomir could’ve beaten that 2005 Hatton.

Not too sure about Quintana either. I don’t think that Quintana could’ve beaten Hatton in 2005.

[Ant1979]

Tszyu hit him with some bombs that Hatton took and kept coming but I don’t think Tszyu ever adapted to Hatton’s clinching, wrestling and body punching. It was a great gameplan by Hatton. Who woulda knew that all you had to do to beat the powerful Tszyu was just wear him out physically with clinching and inside fighting and just hope you have a good enough chin to take his power punches. Hatton did, it was his night. But that Hatton was not an unbeatable Hatton, it was a stylistic nightmare specifically for Tszyu.

I think at that time Hatton could’ve been beaten by 140: Mayweather, Cotto. 147: Williams, Mosley, Margarito.

I don’t think Judah, Spinks, Witter, Gatti, Corley, Cintron or Baldomir could’ve beaten that 2005 Hatton.

Not too sure about Quintana either. I don’t think that Quintana could’ve beaten Hatton in 2005.

That performance (although not one for the purists) was genuinely inspired. He also made weight with the help of Kerry Kayes for the first time and I'm fairly sure eating 5-6 times a day gave him the strength he needed to support such a strategy.

It's a shame the Cotto fight never came off, that would have been a war too and difficult one to call. I can see why you'd favour Cotto but on that night in Manchester with that atmosphere, I'm not so sure.