Hatton v Castillo is off says Hobson, Ricky to fight N'dou/Rabah winner!

Check this out :o
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=9759&more=1
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Hat...919575114.html

Hmm

No big surprise. Hatton don't want anything to do with Castillo's body attack. Safer for him to face N'dou or Rabah

Hold up... ;D
The Castillo fight is still going on if he wins, apparantley in November

"They (Team Hatton) have got two dates with (American pay television network) HBO in June and November, and the Castillo fight will be put back to November."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...rom=public_rss

I'm disappointed with Hatton.

Let me say first, that obviously the commissions are to blame more than anyone else for all the meaningless belts, bogus #1 contenders, etc.
But the fighters can do something to fix the system by just fighting the best guys out there.
I'm sorry, but if Hatton really cares about being the best out there and going down as a great fighter, then he would tell the IBF to go to hell and he would just face Castillo now. Having a belt means nothing anymore.
Pacquiao doesn't have a single belt, but if someone asks who's the champ at 130, the answer is Pacquiao.
Barrera dumped a ton of belts over the years so he could face the guys he wanted to face, not the guys the commissions told him to face.
Having a IBF belt doesn't prove you're the best at 140, beating Castillo would prove he's still the best.

I agree and am a huge Hatton fan but the chap is full of Sh*t!

"Im not bothered about belts at this stage of my career,my legacy and fighting the best and biggest names are more important"

Ricky Hatton 2006

I read that this may be the case on fightnews and thought it has to be bullshit, and then I go to Secondsout and they are usually very reliable and they are saying the same thing...


Good grief. I really don't want to wait to November to see this fight. I'm having a hard enough time waiting for May for Oscar/Floyd...


Got to say, I like Hatton. But if this is true it will make me like him a lot less...

Oh dear

Sadly not really surprising though

Soon as Hobson mentioned the possibility of fighting the N'dou-Rabah winner next instead of Castillo the writing was on the wall

Personally I'm glad that Ricky is choosing to honour his new belt obligations.

I don't understand some of you posters. In order for world titles to not be completely meaningless champions need to honour and respect them.

If a champion has a mandatory fight, then he should respect that and fight that fight.

Hatton can still fight Castillo in November.

He should be going for the Stadium names at this stage of his career imo.
That is what we were promised last year after all ;)

ahhhhh what. is this definate then?
as if i have to wait till november, i was well looking forward to the june 2nd clash

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Originally Posted by bilbo

Personally I'm glad that Ricky is choosing to honour his new belt obligations.

I don't understand some of you posters. In order for world titles to not be completely meaningless champions need to honour and respect them.

If a champion has a mandatory fight, then he should respect that and fight that fight.

Hatton can still fight Castillo in November.

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N'dou and Rabah are undeserving of a title shot

A 3rd non exciting and non significant fight for Ricky in a row... What is he/they thinking ? Dont they want Hatton to be great ?

Bil,whilst I see where you are coming from,in certain situations,I don't think I need a belt to tell me when someone is the best fighter in the division. It would be an insignificant fight. The only way I would understand Hatton not fighting JLC straight away was may be if he was trying to unify his title with another. If he's not going,there;s no point.

And in the meantime,JLC will have to take on yet another gruelling fight on an aging body. If he chooses not to fight in the meantime,the rust will still be there.

Once again Ricky Hatton figures out a way to weazel his way out of a fight against a good fighter that's not in his own backyard. Ricky Hatton is the biggest coward the world of sports has ever known.

shameful