Re: who could beat the hatton that beat tszyu
At lightwelter Hatton is the man, although I think at the time that Hatton beat Tszyu, Castillo if he had in fact been at 140 would have had a great brawlers chance, PBF would have been too slick and his skill combined with his reach as well as his power at that weight would have posed MAJOR problems for Hatton. Cotto is another fighter that would definately put the screws to the hitman. While Cotto at that time was still young and learning you need only to look at the faces of his opponents around that era to see how powerful he was (and indeed still is today) compare the the way Kostya looked after he fought Hatton compared to how Abdulev, Malignaggi et. al. looked after Cotto.
At 147, I don't think Hatton would be able to stay competitive there are too many guys with HUGE reach advantages and natural power advantages, I can't see Ricky getting inside against say Paul Williams, or even Margarito for that matter, the only fighter that Ricky wouldn't have a overwhelming disadvantage against (talking top tier welters mind you) is Cotto as their reaches are near the same. Cotto would destroy Ricky IMO.
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