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Initially I thought, mismatched Pryor EASY

but then I sai to myself, Hatton beat Tszyu, and Tszyu deserves to be mentioned in the same company as Pryor, so would it really be that clear cut

...and then I thought again and yes it would Pryor wins EASY
Id have to say pryor too. Even though Tszyu is probably the best 140 champion EVER i think pryor had a better style for hatton. But also one thing i might point out, prime tszyu never needed space for his punches, he threw them like nothing else and i think hatton would of been lucky to last the firdt 4 rounds against a prime tszyu. Prime Pryor kos hatton for sure.
Tszyu hadn't been in many wars, had had less fights than Hatton, had about 3 rounds in 2 years and looked pretty prime against Mitchell!! Don't think you can use the prime argument on this one mate, Tszyu just got outstyled and out hustled. Don't get me wrong Tszyu will got down as the better fighter imo, but he lost fair and square, no exuses, he even said so himself!!
Tszyu is too much of a good man to make excuses. However, he did have lingering shoulder problems and admitted he had lost some of his fire/desire before fighting Hatton. It also must have fun fight hatton in Manchester where the crowd goes wild (in a good way) when hatton nailed Tszyu with that vicious low blow. It WAS a close fight and I think Tszyu could have still won it under different circumstance, even lacking his desire. IMO hatton reached his peak that fight and with everything going against Koysta he still managed to make it a very close one.

I would say the way hatton's momentum is going Pryor would win via KO in the later rounds