I'll echo some of the comments made earlier.

I must say that I think we have seen the best of Hatton now, he was inspired against Tszyu and showed some real grit against Collazzo.

The trouble is, that pressure fighters like him don't have really long careers because they take a lot of punishment usually, and Hatton has also not been a real KO puncher ..... it's the volume of Hatton's offence that wears down his opponents (though he has been a very very good body puncher in the past, it is just that his opponents are better now, and don't get kayoed by body punches easily)

Hatton's issues are now the general wear and tear of 20 years in the ring, plus the hard hard training he's got to do to get into shape (which I think cannot be good for you). He has also lost a lot of head movement and can now be timed coming in, especially with the left hook .... more worryingly, he is also slower to clinch when he is hurt and he did get caught in 'no mans land' a couple of times, hesitating, just in punching range with his hands down stumbling forward into a clinch .... a sharp operator will punish him more that Lazcano did.

But fair's fair, he won a wide points decision and knocked Lazcano around the ring for at least 9 of the 12 rounds. He was coming off a devastating knockout loss in the most hyped British fight of the year, in his hometown .... in front of 55,000 people. Plus he had the cameras following him 24/7 for that documentary. He coped very well with the pressure and he was fit and sharp at the weight.

I donlt see paulie beating Hatton for at least a coiple of years (though I think Ricky will get old suddenly, just like barry McGuigan did), but this thread is too one-eyed and myopic.