Who wins? Khan now or the Hatton that beat Malignaggi?

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I chose a slightly shopworn Hatton because I think prime Hatton flat out slaughters Amir Khan. A brutal stoppage in 6. Hacking to the body and then a knockout to the head.

I second this as well, Hatton at his best was a hell of a pressure fighter, it took Mayweather a good 5 or 6 rounds to really soften him up and start to pull away. I just don't see anything Khan has that would have kept Ricky's head off his chest for however long it lasted. People are really underrating Ricky to make out like Khan has an outright speed advantage, his hands are faster but footspeed is close and Hatton had a lot more method to his approach. Khan still has yet to show any infighting skills really, I don't see how this would even be much of a fight tbh.

I think people are over-estimating Hatton to be honest. At his best he was still an inconsistent fighter. For every Tszyu performance, there was a Pedersen performance, or for every Castillo performance, there was a Collazo performance.

At his best, Hatton was very good against fighters who threw one punch at a time. But he has never excelled against fighters with fast hands who throw punches in bunches. Infact, the 3 who he has fought have either knocked him out or nearly knocked him out. Granted you have Pacquiao and Mayweather in there, but the manner of the Pacquiao loss suggests that he is far too open to excel against this kind of fighter.

Warren kept him away from this type of fighter for a reason.

Ricky Hatton was having alot of problems outside the ring coming into Manny Pacquiao fight, granted he wouldn't of beaten Manny Pacquiao at anytime. But he was clearly not mentally ready for a fight like that, plus Manny Pacquiao is a Southpaw which Ricky Hatton always had problem's with since an Amateur which you already know, but i don't see what Pacquiao or Mayweather have in common with Amir Khan at all. One is a southpaw offensive machine, the other is a defensive genius, both things which Amir Khan is not.

You say about Ricky Hatton's trouble's what about Amir Khan's ? almost KO'ed by feather fisted Willie Limond, floored against Michael Gomez and hurt to the body aswell. Went to hell and back with both Maidana, Peterson.

Amir Khan has had problem's with pressure fighters, and has shown more vulnerability than Ricky Hatton ever did.