Not only who, but more importantly... WHERE is Hatton's next fight going to be?

ok thanks for ur reply galaxy

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ok thanks for ur reply galaxy

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Bro you didn't tell me what you thought of my dream series, please don't tell me you think Margarito should be in this mix?

i think its good dream series and no i dont think margarito should fight floyd yet he hasnt proved himself yet floyd has.

i think it would be better for margarito to beat better opponents that way he will be better when he fights floyd

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i think its good dream series and no i dont think margarito should fight flyod yet he hasnt proved himself yet floyd has.

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I think Margarito has proven himself especially when Corley & Bruseles got to fight Floyd. But I think the top guys have bigger fights on there minds right now, & Margarito doesn't play into their plans right now. Maybe down the line... who knows

OK, so Hatton v Collazo was very close, and I only has him up by virtue of the 10-8 first round but in my honest opinion he JUST did enough.

Fact is his team got it all wrong that night, but I think after hardly losing a round in his career he could be afforded one mediocre night!!

What I mean by him getting it wrong is that they tried to increase his weight too quickly and on fight night he was a MIDDLEWEIGHT!! 160 lbs. Now think about some of Hatton's strengths!! Mobility, speed , stamina contant pressure - possible could've been affected by being so heavy don't you think. ???

This aint an excuse its his team's own fault - but it is a fact - lets see him back down at 140 as his old self and see what you doubters have to say!!

well said totally agree

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Hatton has never been in a war.

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Is that a joke? please tell me thats a joke.

Rematching Collazo wont cut it with HBO, neither will Urkal hopefully. Im sure he will fight in the States, who he fights is a different matter. We are all too impatiant and should wait for the announcement to come, he isnt fighting until December so as long as he knows by September that will leave enough PROPER preperation time.

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He's never been in a war like Gatti, Castillo, Coralles or even Cotto. Apart from the Collazo fight when he has ever been really hurt? Coralles gets fucked up and hospitalised at least once, usually twice a year, Gatti also.

Don't get me wrong I'm a Hatton fan, but I'm disappointed in him not giving Collazo a chance to avenge what the majority thought was an unfair decision.

If it was Gatti or Coralles, then you just know their pride would force a rematch. Tell me if I'm wrong?

its actually better if u dont get in loads of wars ;D

too many wars can make ur fighting spirit go and end ur boxing career early

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Hatton has never been in a war.

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Is that a joke? please tell me thats a joke.

Rematching Collazo wont cut it with HBO, neither will Urkal hopefully. Im sure he will fight in the States, who he fights is a different matter. We are all too impatiant and should wait for the announcement to come, he isnt fighting until December so as long as he knows by September that will leave enough PROPER preperation time.

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He's never been in a war like Gatti, Castillo, Coralles or even Cotto. Apart from the Collazo fight when he has ever been really hurt? Coralles gets fucked up and hospitalised at least once, usually twice a year, Gatti also.

Don't get me wrong I'm a Hatton fan, but I'm disappointed in him not giving Collazo a chance to avenge what the majority thought was an unfair decision.

If it was Gatti or Coralles, then you just know their pride would force a rematch. Tell me if I'm wrong?

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I think Hatton has had more stitches than Gatti, Corrales and Castillo put together.

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He is fighting in the US. The next 2 fights t least are in Boston. That's what he said pre-Collazo.

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??? Bullshit-o-meter is going off the scale.

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I'm not lying. I remember reading an interview or an article on the front page of this very site that said he is going to fight 3 times in the U.S. and I'm pretty sure he said Boston. That was part of his big American camaign. It was being talked about a lot on these boards. Not going to expend the effort to find a link from so far back right now but I'm 100% positive that was the plan going into the Collazo fight. Remember he said he wanted 3 fights before he fought Floyd? He said part of the reason was to get accustomed to America. Maybe his intentions have changed since but I know this was the case pre-Collazo.

And the BBC link says that the fight would be in America.

I say let him and Mayweather go at it so it can silence everyone once & for all! PBF one-sided fight

I expect Ricks next fight to be at 140lbs and dont think it will be in the UK ;)

Cotto?

Scrap that, Urango?

Urango would be a waste of time, Castillo or Cotto it Hatton is moving back to 140 are the only fights I wanna see

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And Tito Fan - mmmmm i bet you dont slate Hatton on the Cotto forum do you? Boricua?

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That's where you're wrong, COG. After watching the Hatton-Collazo fight, I salivate at the thought of a match between Hatton and Cotto. Of course, it'd be in a neutral place like Las Vegas, of course.

Oh.... and it's Mr. Boricua to you, COG-boy.

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He flew over the atlantic and beat, yes BEAT this guy in his own country (well snakey??) - he threw more leather, landed more punches and put this kid on the deck and took a unanimous points descision of a DON KING fighter in the states. No fluke there..

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See, that's what separates the true boxing fans from the blind ones. Even some of Hatton's biggest fans on this site admit that Hatton may have gotten away with one against Collazo.

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Hatton beat this kid and its onto the next guy - Get over it !! ;D

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Yes, but back to the original point. WHERE will it be? In England? Where Hatton was allowed to maul and brawl his way to victory over Tszyu, who at his peak had twice the boxing tools Hatton will ever have?

Or... in the States? Where the creeping shadow of doubt that surfaced after his tightrope act against Collazo needs to be either dispelled or ratified? I, for one, would rather see what Ricky's got in the States, against credible opposition.

His next fight will probably be in the states, doesn't really matter to me, as long as he fights a worthy opponent

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His next fight will probably be in the states, doesn't really matter to me, as long as he fights a worthy opponent

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It won't be a worthy opponent. I reckon he will try and get Urango to pick up another belt.

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His next fight will probably be in the states, doesn't really matter to me, as long as he fights a worthy opponent

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It won't be a worthy opponent. I reckon he will try and get Urango to pick up another belt.

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All I can say is lets hope not.

Cant see it being Urango to be honest, going back to beat Urango for a belt he had previously won from Tszyu makes no sense at all. What I want to happen (what I really want to happen is for Hatton to stay at 147) is for Cotto to vacate the WBO and move on to a weltereight fight which he is reported to be doing and for Hatton and Castillo to fight for the vacant belt.

Cotto is scheduled to fight on Dec 2nd with no opponent named yet :o

Witter and Corley are fighting for the WBC belt in Sept.

Which leaves Urango for the IBF strap or TBA (Castillo) for the WBA

I would prefer Castillo but maybe Rick could fight Cotto on the 2nd ? :-\

well Hatton would beat Urango easily

Urango would obviously be the easiest fight of the three and you could argue that Rick deserves an "easy" fight but i dont think HBO or the fans will favour missing out on Castillo or Cotto.

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Cant see it being Urango to be honest, going back to beat Urango for a belt he had previously won from Tszyu makes no sense at all. What I want to happen (what I really want to happen is for Hatton to stay at 147) is for Cotto to vacate the WBO and move on to a weltereight fight which he is reported to be doing and for Hatton and Castillo to fight for the vacant belt.

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Hattons still the champ @ Jr.W. if he fought Castillo it would be a defense of his title.

Castillo? I thought everybody was hating him for the Corrales fiasco

Doesnt stop him being a tough fucker though does it ;D

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Castillo? I thought everybody was hating him for the Corrales fiasco

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All he did was not make weight... sure it was dissapointing not to get the third fight, but it was Corrales who chose not to fight.

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Cant see it being Urango to be honest, going back to beat Urango for a belt he had previously won from Tszyu makes no sense at all. What I want to happen (what I really want to happen is for Hatton to stay at 147) is for Cotto to vacate the WBO and move on to a weltereight fight which he is reported to be doing and for Hatton and Castillo to fight for the vacant belt.

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Hattons still the champ @ Jr.W. if he fought Castillo it would be a defense of his title.

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No he isnt?? ???

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Cant see it being Urango to be honest, going back to beat Urango for a belt he had previously won from Tszyu makes no sense at all. What I want to happen (what I really want to happen is for Hatton to stay at 147) is for Cotto to vacate the WBO and move on to a weltereight fight which he is reported to be doing and for Hatton and Castillo to fight for the vacant belt.

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Hattons still the champ @ Jr.W. if he fought Castillo it would be a defense of his title.

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No he isnt?? ???

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Yes he is, tell me who he lost his title to, & he ain't relinquished it yet!

Well this is the letter he sent to the IBF :-

Dear Marian Muhammad & The IBF Team,

It is with the greatest regret that I must surrender my IBF Light Welterweight Title. Winning the IBF Championship was without doubt the greatest night of my life and to have to give it up outside of the ring is truly a painful experience. Much worse than the punches I had to take to wrestle the title from Kostya!

It has NEVER been my or my team's intention not to defend my title against the IBF's appointed challenger but sadly due to outside influences, legal problems and problems meeting TV schedules, it seems that this is the situation I find myself in.

I have worn my championship with pride and I hope that in winning the unification bout with Carlos Maussa, I have also made the IBF proud of their champion.

I hope that in the near future I will get the opportunity to become an IBF World Champion again and that I will have the chance to defend my title. Like all fighters, we take great risks in the pursuit of our dreams of becoming World Champions and I hope that in the future I will only win and lose titles in the ring.

Once again I would like to thank you all for the time I spent as your champion and look forward to becoming one again soon, although in my heart I will remain your champion!

Ricky "HITMAN" Hatton

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Well this is the letter he sent to the IBF :-

Dear Marian Muhammad & The IBF Team,

It is with the greatest regret that I must surrender my IBF Light Welterweight Title. Winning the IBF Championship was without doubt the greatest night of my life and to have to give it up outside of the ring is truly a painful experience. Much worse than the punches I had to take to wrestle the title from Kostya!

It has NEVER been my or my team's intention not to defend my title against the IBF's appointed challenger but sadly due to outside influences, legal problems and problems meeting TV schedules, it seems that this is the situation I find myself in.

I have worn my championship with pride and I hope that in winning the unification bout with Carlos Maussa, I have also made the IBF proud of their champion.

I hope that in the near future I will get the opportunity to become an IBF World Champion again and that I will have the chance to defend my title. Like all fighters, we take great risks in the pursuit of our dreams of becoming World Champions and I hope that in the future I will only win and lose titles in the ring.

Once again I would like to thank you all for the time I spent as your champion and look forward to becoming one again soon, although in my heart I will remain your champion!

Ricky "HITMAN" Hatton

:-X

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But did he give up the title he won from Maussa as well?

I feel sorry for a lot of you guys who care what certain bodies say. Hatton won his championship from Tszyu, & hasn't lost it yet. Sure he moved up to welter but still has his Jr. welter title. He has not given his championship up.

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Well this is the letter he sent to the IBF :-

Dear Marian Muhammad & The IBF Team,

It is with the greatest regret that I must surrender my IBF Light Welterweight Title. Winning the IBF Championship was without doubt the greatest night of my life and to have to give it up outside of the ring is truly a painful experience. Much worse than the punches I had to take to wrestle the title from Kostya!

It has NEVER been my or my team's intention not to defend my title against the IBF's appointed challenger but sadly due to outside influences, legal problems and problems meeting TV schedules, it seems that this is the situation I find myself in.

I have worn my championship with pride and I hope that in winning the unification bout with Carlos Maussa, I have also made the IBF proud of their champion.

I hope that in the near future I will get the opportunity to become an IBF World Champion again and that I will have the chance to defend my title. Like all fighters, we take great risks in the pursuit of our dreams of becoming World Champions and I hope that in the future I will only win and lose titles in the ring.

Once again I would like to thank you all for the time I spent as your champion and look forward to becoming one again soon, although in my heart I will remain your champion!

Ricky "HITMAN" Hatton

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But did he give up the title he won from Maussa as well?

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The WBA championship is vacant!!

I can see what you mean.

In your and my eyes Hatton is still the WBA Light welterweight champ but the record books will say otherwise.

And therefore no one would enter the ring as "Champion" and no one would enter the ring as "Challenger" :-\

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Well this is the letter he sent to the IBF :-

Dear Marian Muhammad & The IBF Team,

It is with the greatest regret that I must surrender my IBF Light Welterweight Title. Winning the IBF Championship was without doubt the greatest night of my life and to have to give it up outside of the ring is truly a painful experience. Much worse than the punches I had to take to wrestle the title from Kostya!

It has NEVER been my or my team's intention not to defend my title against the IBF's appointed challenger but sadly due to outside influences, legal problems and problems meeting TV schedules, it seems that this is the situation I find myself in.

I have worn my championship with pride and I hope that in winning the unification bout with Carlos Maussa, I have also made the IBF proud of their champion.

I hope that in the near future I will get the opportunity to become an IBF World Champion again and that I will have the chance to defend my title. Like all fighters, we take great risks in the pursuit of our dreams of becoming World Champions and I hope that in the future I will only win and lose titles in the ring.

Once again I would like to thank you all for the time I spent as your champion and look forward to becoming one again soon, although in my heart I will remain your champion!

Ricky "HITMAN" Hatton

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But did he give up the title he won from Maussa as well?

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The WBA championship is vacant!!

I can see what you mean.

In your and my eyes Hatton is still the WBA Light welterweight champ but the record books will say otherwise.

And therefore no one would enter the ring as "Champion" and no one would enter the ring as "Challenger" :-\

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People, people, people... forget the alphabet soup, it will be the best thing you've ever done. Hattons still Jr. Welterweight champion. If you don't believe me take a look at the current ring rankings. Cotto's #1 & Castillo is #2. So if Hatton fights on @ Jr. W. it's a defense.

but OFFICIALLY it wont be a defence because as it stands at this very moment in time, Ricky hatton is WBA welterweight champion. He holds no other belts except the lightwelterweight ring belt which isnt actually fought for.

In reply to the topic of this thread ill tell you all now that hatton will be fighting in america in early december. Opponent is still TBA but im 99% certain it wont be Urkal and im 95% certain it will be at light welter. ;)

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Well this is the letter he sent to the IBF :-

Dear Marian Muhammad & The IBF Team,

It is with the greatest regret that I must surrender my IBF Light Welterweight Title. Winning the IBF Championship was without doubt the greatest night of my life and to have to give it up outside of the ring is truly a painful experience. Much worse than the punches I had to take to wrestle the title from Kostya!

It has NEVER been my or my team's intention not to defend my title against the IBF's appointed challenger but sadly due to outside influences, legal problems and problems meeting TV schedules, it seems that this is the situation I find myself in.

I have worn my championship with pride and I hope that in winning the unification bout with Carlos Maussa, I have also made the IBF proud of their champion.

I hope that in the near future I will get the opportunity to become an IBF World Champion again and that I will have the chance to defend my title. Like all fighters, we take great risks in the pursuit of our dreams of becoming World Champions and I hope that in the future I will only win and lose titles in the ring.

Once again I would like to thank you all for the time I spent as your champion and look forward to becoming one again soon, although in my heart I will remain your champion!

Ricky "HITMAN" Hatton

:-X

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But did he give up the title he won from Maussa as well?

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The WBA championship is vacant!!

I can see what you mean.

In your and my eyes Hatton is still the WBA Light welterweight champ but the record books will say otherwise.

And therefore no one would enter the ring as "Champion" and no one would enter the ring as "Challenger" :-\

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People, people, people... forget the alphabet soup, it will be the best thing you've ever done. Hattons still Jr. Welterweight champion. If you don't believe me take a look at the current ring rankings. Cotto's #1 & Castillo is #2. So if Hatton fights on @ Jr. W. it's a defense.

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Mate give it up, you got owned. You asked for proof that he had relinquished the title, leve lad showed you the proof, and now you saying that the belts don't matter?

Give it up, you were wrong, let it go, it's over ;)

OK the when and where information is readily available if you look. The problem is the list of likely suspects. At light welter only Cotto or Castillo are good enough and Cotto already has a Dec date. Anyone other than them two will be a backward step.

Im lazy and didn't look through all six pages so this might have been posted but Dan Rafael usually seems to know what he's talking about

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• Although many expect welterweight titlist Ricky Hatton to face mandatory challenger Oktay Urkal on Dec. 9 (HBO), don't bank on it. Hatton is poised to give up his 147-pound belt to drop back to junior welterweight and face titlist Juan Urango, who recently claimed one of the 140-pound belts that Hatton vacated earlier in the year. Hatton, who struggled in his welterweight debut in May when he won a belt from Luis Collazo, has agreements with both Urkal and Urango in place, either of which he can move forward with. However, Urango is the more likely opponent. Whomever Hatton faces, the bout appears headed for Atlanta.