'Vicious' Vivian calls out Hatton

'Vicious' Vivian calls out Hatton

http://www.secondsout.com/usa/lusal....s=473&cs=20037

Following his seventh round win over Stevie Johnston last weekend former WBA junior-welterweight champion Vivian Harris has called out Britain's undefeated Ricky Hatton.

In n open letter to the WBA welterweight king from Manchester, England Harris said: "Hatton has made it clear that he is coming back to the junior welterweight division and who can blame him after my Brooklyn homeboy, Luis Collazo, nearly beheaded him in Boston?..

We can fight at 147, where you hold the WBA title, or at 140 or even in-between. The weight doesn't matter. I just hope you don't make me wait, lol.

Every week it seems there is another press release coming from promoters Dennis Hobson and Arthur Pellulo about how Hatton is being ducked and dodged by so many people. Let's make this crystal clear, I am not ducking Mr. Hatton.

I will fight you Ricky in Manchester, England, or Manchester, New Hampshire. The venue does not matter. I respect you but I want that title belt you have and, if you are the man I think you are and your fans in both the USA and the UK think you are, you will give a positive answer to my challenge.

If you think you are more vicious than me, you know what to do. Instruct Mr. Hobson and Mr. Pellulo to ring up Big Gary Shaw (Harris's promoter). They know his number. This would be a fight fan's dream matchup. Let's make it happen, Hatton!

July 31, 2006.

Beat a guy who comes in on two weeks notice that is clearly in the wrong weight class...& you think you own the world! ::**

Get 'em Vivee!

Hatton would destroy Harris. The only thing that would be vicious would be the pummelling "Mr" Vivian has to endure...

I can just see Hatton delivering a bodyshot to that frail little frame of Vivian's. If this is at 140 sweet mother of god it'll be a slaughter.

i think hatton can take out vivian but will he get any more respect from all the hatton haters if he did?

Harris reminds me of Margarito. Always running his mouth, but proving nothing.

Hatton wud snap him in 2......seriously. It would be nice to watch but i doubt hatton would get loads of credit for it. Stil its a better option than Urkal.

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Originally Posted by ono

Hatton wud snap him in 2......seriously. It would be nice to watch but i doubt hatton would get loads of credit for it. Stil its a better option than Urkal.

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It is definitely a better option than Urkal. Cotto or Castillo are the Hatton fights I'd most like to see.

Hatton would knock him out

yeh i dunno whats up with the hatton haters they must know that styles make fights and hatton just had trouble with collazo's style, and hes tough no doubt but ricky out punched him and out boxed him, check the punchstat. but this gimp vivian has no chance hatton would smother him from the off and he'd spend the rest of the night on a knee sucking wind.

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Originally Posted by body head banger

yeh i dunno whats up with the hatton haters they must know that styles make fights and hatton just had trouble with collazo's style, and hes tough no doubt but ricky out punched him and out boxed him, check the punchstat. but this gimp vivian has no chance hatton would smother him from the off and he'd spend the rest of the night on a knee sucking wind.

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your dam rite

Funny, you try to diss Vivian in some way but you neglect to look at Hattons next opponent, the Urkal who Harris beat years ago and knocked out in the rematch, definately the lower tier of 140 that Hatton is fighting ::**

Agree with wacko on Harris though, he may have "looked" impressive if given the right opponent..

*cough* Calzaghe *cough*

WOW bit of a statement there bout calzaghe! lol time will tell bout him i guess, well i dont know bout ukral i havnt checked him out yet but u know how it is with mandatory challengers. . . rarely do you get an upset

I'd pick Hatton to win but even with as bad as Vivian looked against Maussa he's a contender at 140 with the talent having dropped off a bit with people like Floyd moving up. Its a more intriguing fight than Urkal or Urango.

Didnt Harris have to opportunity to fight Hatton along time ago for a very handsome pay packet?

yep i think he did it was mayb a year before the kostya fight i think cos hatton had a spell where a few of his fights fell through i think it was harris sharmba mitchell and another geezer