Hatton vs Khan – Why Ricky wins all day long
August 7th, 2009
By Liam Santiago: I was delighted to see Amir Khan crowned WBA champion last month. He proved any critics wrong and won very comfortably, however, he did show flaws and weaknesses that other fighters would have capitalised on. After the win, once again we heard Khan and his trainer claim they would ‘relish’ a fight with Manchester legend Ricky Hatton. This is the first time I have to strongly disagree with Freddie Roach. Khan is no Pacquiao and Kotelnik is no Hatton.
So you can imagine Khan’s reaction to the Manchester Hitman’s pressure, which is clearly the most effective we have seen in years. Kotelnik was not actually even putting pressure on Khan, he was simply chasing. Hatton would cut Khan off and not allow him to move. He would aim to pin the Bolton man in the corner and work away at him with thunderous body shots. Hatton even had Pacquiao pinned in the corner at certain points.
I can’t see how Khan could handle that kind of pressure, especially as his chin is very suspect. The way Hatton fights is very like that Panamanian, Roberto Duran who is one of the greatest boxers to ever live. Khan’s new style that he has adapted to protect his chin is of pitter patter shots and jabs, in and out with very little power. The claims from certain pundits that Khan could stop Hatton is laughable. Mayweather and Pacquiao have tremendous power but Amir Khan does not. As Enzo Calzaghe has stated, ‘Khan doesn’t punch hard enough, I see Ricky stopping him in round eight or nine’.
Okay, Hatton has been defeated twice by the two all time greats, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. In the first few rounds against Mayweather, Hatton had him off balance and Mayweather was struggling with the ‘Manchester Mexican’s’ pressure. If Floyd Mayweather struggled, how would Khan find it? I do not see any close comparison in quality of the opposition Hatton has recently fought and the opposition Khan has fought.
Khan is certainly no Pacquiao, and if he thinks he is he might be in for another huge shock. Did he not claim once before that he would stop Briedis Prescott by round six. We all know how that ended up so I won’t bother going there. Even Hatton’s long time rival Junior Witter has tipped Hatton to stop Khan easy if the fight ever happens and John Murray has claimed Hatton would knock the Bolton man out even if he had only 10% left.
If this dream bout was ever to happen, Hatton would do exactly what he did to Malignaggi. Khan would try and box Hatton from the outside and jab away but Hatton would smother him in pressure and stop him. If Khan’s management team think this is the right fight for Khan then he really needs to change his promoter. The list of the names that think Khan would come up short against the Hitman are endless, they include, Joe Gallagher, Brain Lawrence, Brendan Ingle, Enzo Calzaghe, Junior Witter, John Murray, Billy Graham, Carl Froch and Johny Nelson. Need I say anymore.
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The only cards khan has as an advantage is Coach Roach and that ricky may not have the most efficient training programme for this fight should it happen as he will be with a new coach for the first time.
Also i fully acknowledge manny’s skills and rickys lack of defence in that fight but that punch would of knocked out a light heavy weight. it was a pure skill but a freak punch. I wouldnt say hattons chin is gone just yet as anyone would of been KO’d and his chin looked fine against lazcarno who can punch his weight
* following on to my last msg was meant to say “left hand body shot” hatton to KO khan then retire
R U INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!! khan might well be fast but he aint no pacqiao or mayweather look my argument is this he got KO’D by Prescot so what do you think ricky might do to him?, i am a ricky fan i agree hes pat his best but he isnt a spent force just yet if he had the right tactics against pacqioa i think hatton would have beat him he ran into pacqiao an got caught by a shot that would ov flattend anyone, but i cant see khan having the power to trouble hatton as he will walk through kahn and take him out in the 10th round by stoppage or a left hand body shop
dear matt porter
what planet r u living on????????? hatton is finished, did you daddy never tell you “”speed kills”" khan is 2 fast 2 slick, he has the accuracy. to get knocked out in 54 seconds and 3 fights later then to win the world chaampionship, that is talent, heart of a lion, if that had happened to any other BRITISH fighter game over…carl froch would get murdered by calzaghe..
listen mate, im all for articles being made. However, all you have done here is lifted straight from boxing monthly magazine. pathetic.
i hope this fight happens. it would be a great fight for ricky to come back too. both great boxers of our generation! get the deal signed n done!
The article is what you would expect from someone who considers Hatton as the fighter of the decade and thinks he would beat both Floyd and Paccy if they rematched.
Enough said really…..
liam u r so obssessed with khan cos he got knocked out once …come on pacqiuao got knocked out twice in his life …..mostly every one gets knoecked out some point at their career….let khan do his thing which is to box and entertain….why to criticise him…. at least he is world champion
Dont mean to be offensıve good artıcle but all the quotes were taken from boxing monthly !
It a tough one.
Am I witnessing insane hero worshiping of Hatton, or mindless hatered for Khan?
Probably both!
lol amir kon p4p what are you smoking
cuz id like some.
hatton would rip him apart
JUST TO AFF I THINK UVE HAD ONE UR THE CNT KHAN COULDNT BEAT AN EGG.KHAN has had his carer built for him against people who prob SHOULDNT HAVE PRO CONTRACTS he didnt hurt gary saint clare .got floored by willie limond who if u look at that fight should have had the win and gomez who wernt natural lightweights .He couldnt even take prescotts jab and then got knocked the f;;k out in 31 seconds top p4p superstar i think u have tommy hearns jockstrap on ur head when u watch the biggest joke in boxing history u tit
Well said Freddy Roach.
After getting humiliated and pulverised by wee Paccy, I doubt Ricky has the heart to lose 50lbs to make the weight.
Still the opening line made me laugh! “I was delighted to see Amir Khan crowned WBA champion last month”
I can tell it still hurts deep ya muppet!
your too bias, i agree that i think Hatton could beat Khan but stop slamming Khan. I’m a Hatton fan like you but even i question some of his opponents e.g Paul Malignaggi, a feather fisted opponent who had poor performances previously and who’s best performance actually came when he lost to Cotto.
kahn would get destroyed by hatton! but i can see kahn throwing fast shots and running. but ricky will chase him down and kahn wont live with them furocious body shots1 as for preaty boy floyd 2 words JOE CORTEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Freddy Roach knows more about boxing than any of you care to dream. If he sees something in Hatton that Khan can expose, then I’m pretty sure there’s a good chance of that happening.
I’ll certainly take Roaches word over Witter, Enzo, Murray, and the Khan obsessed Liam Santiago.
Hahaha …. listen, Ricky Fatton would not last 6 rounds with ferocious Khan
and LETS NOT FORGET THE FREDDY ROACH FACTOR, this author clearly has now insight into boxing
lee you have no clue about boxing, Hatton would ko khan in 5.
ur all mugs amir kahn would ko hatton or should i say fatton so easily khan is better then manny and mayweather so shut up dissing him give it a yr and khan be p4p number 1
Excellent article, well pointed out that although Amir boxed great against Kotelnik, THIS WAS ONLY KOTELNIK, light puncher, used to fighting on the back foot and very slow footed, what will he do against the Hattons, Bradlays and Kendall Holts who have more speed and power to go with their NATURAL come forward style. How about Ricardo Torres for his next fight, he has put down Holt and Cotto in the past but has been stopped before?
I LOVE AMIR khan. hes an awsome fighter. but you seem to dismiss the hitmans skills becuase he got beat by the 2 greatest fighters of this era. Hes 30 years of age. and you call him “washed up” hes still a kid! hes got some left. and well enough to put away khan. simple as that.
khan would demolish whats left of a washed up hatton,hes finished t elite leval.pacman slaughtered him and khan will do similar damage,i see it being a tough fight for khan in the first couple a rounds,hatton rushing in low blows ,elbows,lots of holding,but once khan sees an opening iys goognight vienna for the so called hitman,can anyone answer why hatton should be deserving of that nickname,the great atg hof er tommy hitman hearns?hatton could not carry tommys jockstap wannabe p4p bollox.amir khan is the new superstar get used to it u sad cnts
i am a hatton fan. he is a legend. look at the fights i have on him on youtube under the profile name hinduw but im sorry to say, khan wins this all night long.
khan can punch just look at what he did to Earl but the he wont dare plant his feet anymore because he knows how week his chin is he is super creful now he may win fights but its gonna be boring
Kotelnik might not be a pressure fighter but his defence is MUCH better than Hatton’s. He gave very few openings in the fight and still Khan was able to find gaps and land punches .
Hatton with his brawling style , bad habits and appalling defense would leave LOADS of openings for Khan to counter-punch.
Khan is NOT a big puncher and never will be but he is lightning fast and is improving every other facet under Roach.
I admit I too want to see how Khan does now against a more aggressive big-punching opponent!!!
DUDE WRITE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT GOOD FIGHTERS RATHER THAN THIS RUBBISH KHAN AND TELLY TUBBY HATTON. YOUR BORING
Liam are you retarded? Mayweather is miles above the skill level of ricky hatton and he wasn’t troubled for a second. He stumbled because he lost balance not because of a punch :X
Floyd doesn’t have “tremendous power” but he has the speed, impregnable defence and outstanding reflexes that beat hatton. The reason hatton got knocked out was because he was running into mayweathers shots throughout the fight. And pacquaio well he nearly killed hatton.
If hatton wants to live a healthy life he should retire now because I see him getting knocked out again.
Amir Con is today’s most overrated boxer.
hatton is a body puncher while khan is protecting his chin he is exposed to the hitmans body punches (which he is famous for) khan wouldnt last two rounds.
spot on, i dnt see how anybody can argue with that, khan got no power. even if worst came to worst and khans speed was too much and he was doing the same thing he did to kotelnik i still think hatton would win as at a few points during the fight he would land bombs and khan would go down. simple as that
All day long? at the very most it will be 36 minutes (12 x 3 mins).
But your right Hatton would win. Khan would not dare unleash any power like he didnt against Kotelnik or Barrera cuz hes too busy protecting his chin. And that leaves Hatton to walk in and demolish Khan cuz he wont be able to block everything and he cant take power.
Such a shame for Khan cuz he has every single tool to be one of the best in the business but his chin and the fact he now has to really protect it and lose alot of power and angles has really handicapped him.
As for Hatton im sure he aint shot yet but his peak is certainly behind him. Other than that we know what hes all about.