Is Ricky Hatton Ducking Miguel Cotto??

According to Bruce Trampler, Top Rank's longtime matchmaker, he is. Found this on hbo boxing.

"Judah would not have been Cotto's most dangerous foe to date had Trampler found a way to get Ricky Hatton into the ring. Trampler revealed for the first time that Top Rank had been trying to make a Hatton-Cotto fight happen at junior welterweight.

"For the last two years, Cotto has been willing to fight Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton at what ever weight," Trampler said. "Get this straight: Cotto ducks nobody. Here's a scoop for you: there were numerous discussions with the Hatton people, but Ricky went up to 147 and then came back down. Miguel is staying at welterweight. But Hatton knows where to find Cotto when he wants to get it on. Floyd is the most skilled boxer in the world, an immensely talented athlete, but he won't beat Miguel Cotto.""

Hmm.......... is he?

mate cotto vs hatton at lightwelter id have to go with hatton but at welter id go with cotto. it would be an absolute body punch fest tho.

hatton is my favourite fighter ever part from prime tyson. ive followed hatton since his amateur days. but i have to say. cotto is a bad man. i think he could beat any one out there. fuck nos. peace

This is a topic with no merit....and commomn sense would explain why the two have not met

One thing I like about Cotto is that he just fights. He doesn't care who it is. I hate to see fighters like Mayweather that all they talk about is money, money, money. That just kills the sport. They duck the ones we want to see fight and they set themselves up for victories so then they can say "I'm the p4p greatest"

Mayweather knows that Hatton or Cotto or even Margarito would cause him alot of problems bacause they can hit and they come to fight. That is why he is trying to retire. He wanted to fight Oscar because of the Payday! That is all! He doesn't care about the sport. He doesn't care about what we want to see.

Hatton and Cotto has to happen someday. If it's at 140, I have to say Hatton could win the fight. But at 147.....That is another story!! Although we still haven't seen Hatton @ welter!

could be made at some point. Cotto is a smaller size Welterweight , Cotto would match well with Ricky , Hell of a match .

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want to see fight and they set themselves up for victories so then they can say "I'm the p4p greatest"

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Him and every other sanctioning body says he is #1

Hang those Bastards at Ring magazine for rating Mayweather #1 PFP too ::**

lads no matter how talented mr mayweather is. if theres any body who could beat him out there it has to be hatton or cotto. they have the pressure style hard body punching style to beat mayweather.people might think what the fuck is paddy448 on about.fair enough i can understand that. but i honestly believe that the only people too beat mayweather is hatton or cotto. its there styles. what do u lads think. would appreciate ur thoughts. peace.

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lads no matter how talented mr mayweather is. if theres any body who could beat him out there it has to be hatton or cotto. they have the pressure style hard body punching style to beat mayweather.people might think what the F*** is paddy448 on about.fair enough i can understand that. but i honestly believe that the only people too beat mayweather is hatton or cotto. its there styles. what do u lads think. would appreciate ur thoughts. peace.

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Just see the Gatti fight.... Although Gatti may have been faded abit, it gave us a glimpse of how Mayweather deals with that kind of style ;) Mayweathers speed and accuracey would exploit both of those fighters questionable defense...

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lads no matter how talented mr mayweather is. if theres any body who could beat him out there it has to be hatton or cotto. they have the pressure style hard body punching style to beat mayweather.people might think what the F*** is paddy448 on about.fair enough i can understand that. but i honestly believe that the only people too beat mayweather is hatton or cotto. its there styles. what do u lads think. would appreciate ur thoughts. peace.

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Just see the Gatti fight.... Although Gatti may have been faded abit, it gave us a glimpse of how Mayweather deals with that kind of style ;) Mayweathers speed and accuracey would exploit both of those fighters questionable defense...

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Gatti has no chance in the ring against a Cotto or Hatton! No way! I agree w/ paddy448. I too think these 2 could give Mayweather alot of problems in the ring. Especially knowing that Mayweather's power isn't that great!

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lads no matter how talented mr mayweather is. if theres any body who could beat him out there it has to be hatton or cotto. they have the pressure style hard body punching style to beat mayweather.people might think what the F*** is paddy448 on about.fair enough i can understand that. but i honestly believe that the only people too beat mayweather is hatton or cotto. its there styles. what do u lads think. would appreciate ur thoughts. peace.

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Just see the Gatti fight.... Although Gatti may have been faded abit, it gave us a glimpse of how Mayweather deals with that kind of style ;) Mayweathers speed and accuracey would exploit both of those fighters questionable defense...

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Gatti has no chance in the ring against a Cotto or Hatton! No way! I agree w/ paddy448. I too think these 2 could give Mayweather alot of problems in the ring. Especially knowing that Mayweather's power isn't that great!

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Mayweather has more than enough power at 140-147 to get both Cotto and Hatton's attention..... You dont think MAyweather has power. Ask Oscar who's knees buckled at least on 2 occasions...

Floyd is a stinging accurate counterpuncher, who would give both of those guys a pretty brutal boxing lesson ;)

As much as i hate Gayweather he has the skills necessary to beat Cotto by a wide decision. i wont mention much about Hatton because Gayweather would totally out class him and Cotto without a doubt wuold Knock him out. Sorry boys i'm just going by what the 3 has looked like in their last couple of outings, which is only fair you can only judge fighters by what they have done recently and not a couple of years ago.

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lads no matter how talented mr mayweather is. if theres any body who could beat him out there it has to be hatton or cotto. they have the pressure style hard body punching style to beat mayweather.people might think what the fuck is paddy448 on about.fair enough i can understand that. but i honestly believe that the only people too beat mayweather is hatton or cotto. its there styles. what do u lads think. would appreciate ur thoughts. peace.

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Watch the following:
Mayweather vs. Castillo II
Mayweather vs. Gatti
Mayweather vs. Chavez

The simple answer as to how Mayweather would beat both of them is the jab.

I have never been a real fan of hatton, liked him at first but the more he fought the elss i thought of him..

Now as ironic as this my sound, i have good enough reason to believe one of the mian reasons team hatton left warren because warren wanted to match him agasint guys hatton 'wasn't ready to fight' warren would of/would of made a mayweather fight happen but it was team hatton that bottled it... almost every fight hatton has had has been carefully handpicked and all futre fights will be also...

I'm sure every hatton fan boy wil be scrambling to the sad click for me... but you watch, hatton wont do fuck all with his career. he wont fight a p4p fighter, will never get in the ring with mayweather, cotto etc...

Preme how can you make a case like that after Hatton fought Kostya Tszyu? P4P one of the best around and all around bad ass mofo.

Unless Im mistaken he is also just about to fight the second best guy in his division.

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Preme how can you make a case like that after Hatton fought Kostya Tszyu? P4P one of the best around and all around bad a** mofo.

Unless Im mistaken he is also just about to fight the second best guy in his division.

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Tszyu was a big big step and fair play to him, but he shot down mayweather fight "im not ready" never did he call out guys like cotto, surehe beat urango, but fuckme who in 5 years time will even remember his name? to say urango was second best is imo a personal opinion... wittier was and is the wbc champ... and is the man to beat at 140.. whislt i hate the guy - why isn't hatton fightng him? urango is a club fighter at best and time will tell on that for those who don't think so

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Preme how can you make a case like that after Hatton fought Kostya Tszyu? P4P one of the best around and all around bad a** mofo.

Unless Im mistaken he is also just about to fight the second best guy in his division.

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Tszyu was a big big step and fair play to him, but he shot down mayweather fight "im not ready" never did he call out guys like cotto, surehe beat urango, but fuckme who in 5 years time will even remember his name? to say urango was second best is imo a personal opinion... wittier was and is the wbc champ... and is the man to beat at 140.. whislt i hate the guy - why isn't hatton fightng him? urango is a club fighter at best and time will tell on that for those who don't think so

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Witter is boring match. no thrills fighter Witter . Hatton wants to fight guys that want to fight can't blame him for that .

Lord's...

Is that the same fella that's in Daxx Khan's avatar? I always thought that was a picture of Daxx himself.

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Is that the same fella that's in Daxx Khan's avatar? I always thought that was a picture of Daxx himself.

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NOOO Thats Johnny Depp

I think he is, he won't want to fight him at all after what Cotto did to Judah. Hatton will beat Castillo but must step up and take on Cotto or Margo or Williams or Mosley. THIS YEAR!!!

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Lord's...

Is that the same fella that's in Daxx Khan's avatar? I always thought that was a picture of Daxx himself.

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NOOO Thats Johnny Depp

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Hatton is not a guy who ducks anyone. I still do not see Hatton handling 147 well.

In fairness to ricky i don't believe he can ever be accused of ducking...Furthermore i read her somewhere the reason hatton split with warren was because warren was getting him fights he wasnt ready for. Untrue, hatton left warren because he was receiving fights he felt were beneath him.
People too forget that Hatton was the first to approach Carlos Baldomir seeking to arrange a fight. Hatton DOES want the big fights.
The one fear i have is that he will leave it too late and meet this fighters when he is in decline. :badass:

8) After Hatton seeing this Cotto who has no doupt gone up a level or two just for this fight. I dont no if Hatton wants any of that Rican! Cotto shoots his shots like hes trying to break bone. Cotto is looking pretty dangerous around now! (Whos Next?) 8)

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I have never been a real fan of hatton, liked him at first but the more he fought the elss i thought of him..

Now as ironic as this my sound, i have good enough reason to believe one of the mian reasons team hatton left warren because warren wanted to match him agasint guys hatton 'wasn't ready to fight' warren would of/would of made a mayweather fight happen but it was team hatton that bottled it... almost every fight hatton has had has been carefully handpicked and all futre fights will be also...

I'm sure every hatton fan boy wil be scrambling to the sad click for me... but you watch, hatton wont do F*** all with his career. he wont fight a p4p fighter, will never get in the ring with mayweather, cotto etc...

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You are talking utter bollocks, he left Warren cos he wasnt ready for certain fights??????? he just fought the the best 140 fighter of the last ten years for Warrens last fight, he left cos Warren was taking him for a ride, he new Ricky was big draw and was not paying him accordingly, for instance the Maussa fight Warren inital offer was half of what Rickys current team offered him, Warren only matched it once he new the offer Ricky recieved from Fight academy,after the Castillo fight ( which is a tough test) i will guarantee Ricky will be looking for your Cotto's and Maywaethers.

Hatton isn't ducking him..there diferent weights..hatton is not a welterweight, Cotto is....Hatton struggled with Collazo, he knows that he would get beaten by Cotto at welter

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According to Bruce Trampler, Top Rank's longtime matchmaker, he is. Found this on hbo boxing.

"Judah would not have been Cotto's most dangerous foe to date had Trampler found a way to get Ricky Hatton into the ring. Trampler revealed for the first time that Top Rank had been trying to make a Hatton-Cotto fight happen at junior welterweight.

"For the last two years, Cotto has been willing to fight Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton at what ever weight," Trampler said. "Get this straight: Cotto ducks nobody. Here's a scoop for you: there were numerous discussions with the Hatton people, but Ricky went up to 147 and then came back down. Miguel is staying at welterweight. But Hatton knows where to find Cotto when he wants to get it on. Floyd is the most skilled boxer in the world, an immensely talented athlete, but he won't beat Miguel Cotto.""

Hmm.......... is he?

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Is Ricky Hatton Ducking Miguel Cotto??


No but he better now.

I think if Hatton had any inclination of giving 147 another try, that thought dissipated very rapidly last night.

I like Hatton great chin good stamina he is action pack like Cotto.

For a guy whobetween fights goes up like 180 pounds and then come back to 140 there is no problem for him making 147. He looked in good shape with stamina, power and speed at 147 just the fact that Collazo is a good skilled boxer plus he is southpaw taller and bigger than him don't mean that Hatton is not the same at 147 than 140 is is just he fought a pretty good boxer and in my eyes Collazo edge maybe by a point it was that close. Style make fights and Collazo has one of those styles that can cause anyone problems.

Cotto and Hatton can make a pretty good fight at 147 they are both strong at 147. I edge Cotto in that fight because if his intelligence( Boxing, Ring generalship, Power and can adjust)


But Hatton should fight Witter that is a sellout from where they come from

From the hunter s thompson movie.....?

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Originally Posted by paddy448

lads no matter how talented mr mayweather is. if theres any body who could beat him out there it has to be hatton or cotto. they have the pressure style hard body punching style to beat mayweather.people might think what the fuck is paddy448 on about.fair enough i can understand that. but i honestly believe that the only people too beat mayweather is hatton or cotto. its there styles. what do u lads think. would appreciate ur thoughts. peace.

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Watch the following:
Mayweather vs. Castillo II
Mayweather vs. Gatti
Mayweather vs. Chavez

The simple answer as to how Mayweather would beat both of them is the jab.

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I think Hatton and Cotto would be in Mayweathers face too much for floyd to be comfortable. I don;t think it would come down to the jab. Would be interesting man.

In addition to the last point i feel also, that floyds jab is not what it once was. (Perhaps due to hand problems) His primary weapon now is the straight right and although quick, it jus wouldn be quick enough to keep hatton off or powerful enough to dissuade cotto

Dont think Hatton should fight with Cotto yet. But Mayweather- Cotto would be great. Mayweather needs to take this fight. Cotto IMO is the only serious challenger left for PBF. I heard that Baldomir might face Cotto next.

Baldomir is a gamble for any fighter because of his size and awkwardness. Big risk/minimal gain i think.

if he beats Castillo which is probably will, then we will find out if Hatton is ducking Cotto. That is a great matchup with Cotto if it happens.