Khan v Mathew hatton!

[Kev]

Khan should fight Kell Brook IMO, domestically its a much better and challenging fight. Khan would beat Hatton faily easily I think.

This fight would not be fair on Kell Brook. He needs a challenging fight in the top 10 before he takes on the elites of a devision.
I agree that Matt Hatton would be a waste of time. Khan should go straight to the top and fight Berto, Ortiz, Mosley or Mike Jones.
What should realy happen is that Khan and Bradley should fight and whoever wins should take on either Pac or Mayweather.

I think for a fighter like Kell Brook he could do with fighting Khan for a high risk fight which potentially could go either way for him. He has got talent, and if he risked that to try and land a big fight with khan you never know how it could go. As a 147 fighter he is good and for the uk fans it would be a much better fight than a Hatton showdown.

I do understand what you mean that it wouldnt be fair for Kell Brook to take a big risk, because Amir Khan is a very good fighter and the loss could potentially ruin his career because he does have the capability to grow stronger in the 147 weight class. But if Amir is planning on having a UK fight I would prefer it to be against Brook not Hatton.

But Kell is a top ranked 147 fighter now and he should be reaching high.

I don't understand how the risk would be worth it for Khan either.

He's only been at 140 for a few fights, and if he moved to 147 it would be for one reason...Floyd Mayweather.

It would be a stupid move imo to fight a really live guy as a tune up for Floyd. Why risk getting derailed and seeing your multi million pound payday go up in smoke?

For what exactly? If he fought Brook and won, well Brook was unproven, probably not world class after all. If he fought and lost, then no Floyd fight.

I don't understand the logic of some fans on this site. What they really want is for Amir to lose. And thus they want him to face the guy that they think poses the biggest threat to upsetting him. Hatton is no good, Khan will easily win that, so let's go with Brooks, more chance of an upset.

But Khan doesn't want to be upset right before a megafight with Floyd. It would be a pointless risk. He can fight Floyd, and then fight Brook after.

To his absolute credit however Amir has never ducked any fighter. He took on the biggest puncher in the weight class in Maidana. He then offered Bradley an unprecedented 50/50 split to fight him even though he generates around 80 percent of the income and now he's fighting Peterson, in Peterson's back yard.

He's more likely to go for Brook anyway, as his heart overules his head.

But Hatton would be a sensible choice for a test the water fight at 147. He has the rest of his career after a Floyd fight to take on Kell Brook.