Hatton vs Khan: The fight I want to see

By Dennis Broadhurst: Okay boxing fans of America this one is probably not for you so I would suggest not reading on. This article is for the Brits, I want to explain why Hatton vs Khan would be a good fight and also good for the career the winner. Starting with Ricky, with two losses in his last four fights, both by knockout, it would seem that Hatton may have ended his career by going after the best. Hatton has taken time over deciding whether to return to the ring but it seems like he is going to, going on what he has been saying in recent interviews.

Despite us all saying that we will respect him if Ricky decides to retire we all have something in us that wants to see his style which always makes an exciting match-up. After the two losses Hatton has been exposed to have been overrated but also now underrated. It is clear that in terms of skill men such as Mayweather are worlds away from Hatton and in terms of speed so is Amir Khan.

Hatton does not have good defense but he can move his head a little when he is on the right game plan, it is clear that everyone in America thinks that Hatton has a glass chin but lets face it, if Mayweather was caught with the punch that put Ricky out then he would have at least gone down. So we have that in terms of skill, Hatton was perhaps overrated but in terms of courage and even chin to some part he has recently been underrated.

Hatton’s weakness is his defence, he just tends to try to walk through punches before landing his own which does not work against juggernauts such as Pacquiao or slickers such as Myweather. Hatton as all boxers do has his strengths, he has a decent chin, he has bags of courage, quite good power and he is a very good body puncher. At this stage in his career Haton could rebuild it with a win over Khan but it may not happen because of Frank Warren.

Now lets look at Khan, he is simply a fast puncher with a good trainer and has bags of determination. Roach has given Khan decent defence but Khan still has that wobbly chin. Khan could beat Hatton over twelve rounds with his fast hands but only if he could keep his hands up. I think that with his killer training camps that if Khan built a little more power then he would be able to do an okay job of keeping Hatton off him.

Khan could also be the man to be destroyed by Hatton, his weak chin and untested body may along with ihs lack of big fight experience could lead him into a late round stoppage from The Hitman. The reason that Khan could do with a win on his record of Hatton is that it would be the old British war-horse on his record, of course some would say Hatton was finished or the Mancunians would hate Khan but at the end of the day if Khan beat Hatton then he could be on the road to success.

I think that in the early rounds it would be Khan constantly moving and hitting Hatton but with Hatton getting in close a couple of times per round with vicious body shots (a little Rocky Balboa style). I do not think that Khan would keep a determined Hatton off him for twelve rounds and I would predict an 11th round stoppage in favour of Hatton as he got his hard shots in more frequently. Of course there is the chance of the opposite with Khan out-boxing Hatton and taking his shots but lets face it, Khan will not KO Hatton as he is not Pacquiao with crazy power and we have seen that he does not have great punch resistance.

Despite picking Hatton to win I still think it would be a great fight as Hatton would be trying to walk through Khan’s soft but fast punches and then land his bombs. The two fighters would have more respect for each other afterwards and the British fans would be rewarded with a great fight.

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