The best i have seen Hatton (since the Kostya fight) was the 1st 6 rounds against Urango.

That's how he used to fight. He was very good. Ok Urango is limited but he was the champion and he was dangerous with his strength and power.

I just feel that he has been weary of his opponents power at world class level. That's why he has altered his style.

He's just closed the distance as quickly as possible which has led to a lot of tying up and holding.

This is for 2 reasons i believe

A) He doesn't want to stand off against more skilled fighters (collazo, mayweather)

B) He's wary of his opponents power and doesn't want them to get any leverage on their punches (Tszyu, Urango, Castillo)


While he's still fighting world class fighters, we won't see the old Hitman which is a shame because the old Hitman was a better fighter imo.