posted May 15, 2008

Hatton is kidding himself.Even if he does beat this guy ..the only way he can redeem himself is unify the division and fight witter. I dont care what anyone says Witter vs Hatton will sell.

Many may say Hatton was brave to go up a divison but he was BRUTALLY EXPOSED AS AN OVERRATED BRIT BY THE BEST BOXER THE WORLD HAS SEEN MAYWEATHER.

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posted May 15, 2008

no goals?I don't think he is thinking straight, he could offer to fight witter with one arm behind his back, that would be a good fight.

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posted May 16, 2008

Hatton has always said that he wants to bow out in the next couple of years so he is looking to (a) make himself financially sound for the rest of his life and (b) try to create a legacy as one of the greats, in that order. He will fight in the States because his paymasters will demand it of him, he can clean up Malignaggi who has done nothing so far in his career and maybe fight one more Bradley perhaps before trying again at Mayweather in a career finale fight it's win win for Hatton if he wins he has his legacy if he doesn't he still has his payday. He should not step up a weight to fight Cotto he can't beat him, he is too small, Cotto may not be as good a boxer as Mayweather but he is capable of inflicting a lot more damage. Cotto-Mayweather is the fight we all want to see, we could be waiting a while.

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posted May 16, 2008

I don't think the Cotto v Mayweather fight is that far away.
If Cotto beats Margarito in July then his next fight has to be Mayweather, who else is there in Welter that would interest him.
Margarito was superb against Cintron so the July fight is set to be the one of the best fights this year. I personally can't wait!
Del La Hoya wants another crack at Floyd and seeing as he controls almost all the Vegas fights will probably get it in September/October. Thats leaves the scedule open in Dec/Jan for the fight we all want to see.

Going back to Hatton and his goals, I can see him fighting Malignaggi the calling out Floyd but with Mayweather probably having two fights lined up wont get another shot until mid next year.
In the meantime he should go for Bradley post Malignaggi (if he still has the WBC) as this is a belt he's always wanted. After these two fights then maybe bow out with the big money Vegas fight he wants.

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posted May 16, 2008

Ricky went up a division to fight Mayweather who many claim to be to days greatest pound for pound boxer, and got stopped after 10 hard rounds which was no disgrace.
We will see after his next fight how badly this affected him.
I think if he and Mayweather were to meet again it should be at light welter weight and here in Britain.
That would only be fair. Ricky fought him on his home ground at his weight. It would be only fair, if Mayweather aggreed to the above terms.
The question, is can Mayweather make the light welter weight limit?

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posted May 16, 2008

even if he had a week off i think the fight would still have gone on and with the same result! a Hatton win

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posted May 16, 2008

I doubt Mayweather gives a damn about fairness he is the welterweight king and the p4p king he isn't going to make concessions for anyone.

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posted May 16, 2008

Lordatomic doesn't understand the weight game. Fighters get heavier and move up, they don't generally go down, unless they are on the cusp naturally, Mayweather will stay at his weight, Hatton will have to move up again to fight him, and it might well be FMJ vs Gatti again. But Hatton... if he goes down again, will go down in flames, and there's no shame in that.

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posted May 17, 2008

I know it is tough to go down in weight.
If Ricky went up to welterweight, I don't think he would stand a chance against Mayweather.
I still think the two meeting at lww would be fairer.
If Mayweather is as great as he thinks he is, then he should be able to make the weight.

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posted May 19, 2008

Mayweather could easily make light welter, he has to bulk up to fight at welterweight. He is a natural light welter who's skills allow him to operate in a higher weight class.

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