That KT he fought was still good, could have beaten a lot of people at 140.
Hatton just was a bad matchup for him. Not really a good infighter and too slow on his feet to keep distance with footwork, he just had to catch Ricky coming in with a right and he wasn't able to land a fight changing punch. Once Hatton got inside he could rough him up and KT didn't have the distance to throw that right hand.
Not a Hatton fan, just the way I've always seen that fight.
I said back then, while I was giving Hatton credit for that fight, that I wouldn't have minded seeing a Corrales fight and that Diego matched up better with him. He didn't have to create distance, he could go to war on him on the inside with short hooks and uppercuts and I think its possible he could have gotten to Ricky and stopped him.
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