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According to a link I read this morning (I will try to find it and post it) Hatton (if he beats Urango) may be lining up a fight with Vivian Harris as his first defence. How pointless is this ? Surely a fight with Witter would be much more interesting (even though I do not rate Witter one bit). Thoughts ?
I agree it would be pointless and this is what is going to start to piss me off in the long run. Hatton isn't going to start to take risk and therefore he will just stay at 140 and make his fights a bore fest! COME ON RICKY GET BACK TO 147!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hughesd
No theres still plenty of good matchups to be made at 140 and plenty better than Harris too. The opponent who seems most likely right now is Castillo but we'll see after saturday. Witter would be a good opponent and obviously a huge fight here in the uk but before that can happen Witter needs to impress the American audience because right now HBO have now interest in a Witter fight.
There may be some good match ups at 140..........but there is a lot better ones at 147 where Hatton's name will be rememberd better if he goes there!Quote:
Originally Posted by beerjelly
Agreed and I wouldnt be surprised if Hatton does move back up in the future but theres just no need to rush it yet, win his title back and have a few more big fights at 140 first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
But would you class Harris as a big fight if thats his first defence ? I wouldent. Witter would be a lot better though Hatton will smash them both.
RICKY HATTON IS A 140LB FIGHTER! Forget 147lb, he fought there once as a last resort to keep HBO happy. He didnt want to and doesnt want to fight at 147lb. Why cant people accept it? >:mad ::**Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
What happened to Castillo?Quote:
Originally Posted by RHHatton
pretty sure Harri's next fight is an eliminator for the wbc belt...
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Originally Posted by Hughesd
Hope your wrong mate.
If he takes that fight I will lose a lot of respect for Ricky.
Hatton's next fight is Castillo providing they both come through on Saturday, probably June 2nd on HBO, thats common knowledge everywhere, HBO wants the fight, Hatton wants the fight and Castillo wants the fight and all camps claim thats the plan. Vivian Harris is fighting Juan Lazcano, for the right to be Junior Witter's mandatory if he beats Arturo Morua on Saturday.
As far as a Hatton v Harris match up goes, Vivian pulled out of the fight back in 04' when it was scheduled, now Harris needs Hatton he's been crying for a match up after Maussa knocked him the fuck out. He's still a very good fighter though.
Hatton hasn't been linked with Harris for a couple of years. Harris is in line to fight Witter that might be what you have read.
I replied to your other post
Providing Hatton and Castillo win their respective fights
Castillo is next
June 2nd at the Thomas & Mack Centre.
Already signed and sealed according to Mr. Arum
On the TV this morning
before maussa ko'd harris the fight was set, hatton v harris, obviously maussa put a spanner in the works of it. hatton wont fight witter purely because witter aint in his class and obviously has made a carrer out of saying hatton has been ducking him when realy hatton has been seeking the bigger fights, hattons quoted as saying i dont need juniour witter he needs me, im trying to fight the best in the world out there all the time so if juniour wants to fight tell him to fight someone who'll get him noticed. if everything goes to plan this weekend whch it will with hatton and castillo both winning ther fight will be made for may obviously nothings signed but ive seen recent interviews with ray hatton, billy graham and ricky himself saying everyiong from the location to the purses have been agreed.
Why isnt he a 147 fighter? Well his preference may be at 140 but all of his competion has gone to 147. right look at it like this, if Hatton safely beat Luiz and looked comfortbale are you telling me he would give his belt up to get back to 140 and fight people who are not so good as the people at 147? ill asnwer that for you! no he wouldnt go back down. But what im saying is at the end of the day he beat Luiz and became the champion etc. It was early days imo for Hatton and i feel he could have stayed at 147 over time and progressed into a stronger fighter and gained more experience to keep up with his competition. So in reply to your question why isnt hatton a 147 fighter?Quote:
Originally Posted by RHHatton
tam, hatton never had any intension of fighting his carrer out at 147, he wanted to be a 2 weight world champion which he acheived and then was being forced to fight oktay urkal who was his mando and a fight nobody would have paid to see, the 147 division now aint near as good as 140, pbf has moved up gatti has retired, judah looks finnished and soon the best 2 fighters in it will be facing ( margarito v cotto) this leveas the 6,1 paul williams to fight prob for a world belt up at 154 now against stinx. now at 140 we have hatton, castillo, corrales, witter, harris and the returning kostya tszyu this to me seems a better division at the momment the 147.
But if the fight was a major success do you really think Hatton would have gone to 140 seriously? I feel the 147 has more exciment than the 140 devison a mega fight with Mayweather would be more attractive than a fight with Witter am i wrong ? I feel Hatton may not want to go back to 147 but he is sure doing the wrong thing staying at 140Quote:
Originally Posted by tommygunn
the fight was a succses he beat a very good fighter in his first fight for a major title at a new weight, he moved back down because his style wouldn't suit fighting margarito, williams or any the other big 147 guy's and inevitibly thats what would have happened if he stayed there. why would a fighter fight at the weight above his natural it doesn't make sense, the only way he would go back up would be for a fight with cotto or gayweather who i think will both lose there big fights comming up against oscar and margarito respectivly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Is it confirmed that Tysu (spelling) is coming back ?
yeah but not at 147 like he planned before his injury it will be back at 140, no opponent has been named and i cant find nothing on the net but he was interviewed about a month ago on kotv and confirmed this.
NO it is not confirmedQuote:
Originally Posted by Hughesd
it is according to kostya, maybe you know better than he does.
Bro when that much money is on the line do you think somebody will care about how different the stlye is? I think that a fight with a big 147 will bring so much exciment etc. Compared with a crummy fight at 140, which in the long run doesnt do Hattons unbeaten record justice. I say this time and time again i would prefer to see Hatton fight a big name and take a risk at 147, then to see him fight at 140 were the risks arent as big and the names dont look too good on his record.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommygunn
so castillo and corrales arent good names to have, he prob will fight at 147 again just not against 1 of the big brawlers, it will be cotto or gayweather 2 guy's whom i think he can beat, hatton prob only has 4 fights left in him with the amount of weight he gains between fights and theres always the massive fight with amir khan to be made if both can keep winning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Fair play castillo and corraless are big names! but thats 2 big names compared with about 5-6 big names at 147. AMIR KHAN!!!!!!!! you being serious? how is he a big name? he aint done shit and he never wont for a very long time. Not in 3 years time to justify him having a fight with Hatton who would want to be rememberd as a legend. Amir Khan would not help him there mate. A fight with Floyd would help him a lot more!Quote:
Originally Posted by tommygunn
khans next fight will prob be against thaxton for the british lightweight title, amir has said he wants a world belt by the end of 07 and if he succeds he will be ready for a hatton fight. by the way both these guy's are freinds and have said they'd like to fight each other.
I wouldnt be surpised if Thaxton beats him. Hattons record would not be any different if he beat Khan you must see that. Any top 140'a would kick Amir's ass in 2007 and he wouldnt stand a chance with Hatton!Quote:
Originally Posted by tommygunn
Hatton was never meant to be a 147 fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
He was due to fight Lazcano at 140 who broke his finger
HBO offered the Collazo fight
Chance to be a two weight World Champion
7 weeks prep to move upto 147 and fight a very under-rated Southpaw in Collazo
Still won a UD, not even a controversial fight if Collazo didn't have that 12th round
Graham is on record saying 140 is Hattons optimum weight and he gives an advantage away @ 147
Hatton may have stayed and took Urkal as a mandatory and grown into the weight but Arum offered them Castillo. This was straight after the Collazo fight whilst they were still in the US!!
Hatton will move to 147 to fight Cotto or Mayweather (Marquee names)
Simple really ;D
Where is your source?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommygunn
ive seen t.v interviews that have confirmed this.Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheep
Well i feel Hatton could have had bigger names at 147, dont get me wrong i aint complaing with a castillo fight but that just makes me think why did he even bother going to 147 in the first place? i know someone will reply HBO would only offer than Luiz fight but at the end of the day if he wasnt ready why did he bother. I would have prefered him to stay at 140 and then have a full prep at 147 and we can see Hatton at his best. In the long run Hatton needs to fully prep at 147 get a good build up name and get his ass at 147.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7777
You're very much enititled to your opinion about which division is the hottest. I personally don't think there is an awful lot between the two. Hatton's gone back to 140 to fight Castillo which is probably a lot easier to make then a fight with Mayweather. A fight with Mayweather looks off the cards to be honest so that only really leaves Cotto at welter (judah is done with, margarito will get beaten by cotto i think). So it makes more sense to me for him to completely clean up at light-welter which he is more then capable of doing, and then moving up to challenge Cotto. But until that fight can be made, it makes more sense to take bigger paydays and more exciting fights at light welter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon