RICKY HATTON will be offered a £30million super-fight against Oscar De La Hoya at the new Wembley Stadium if he beats Jose Luis Castillo here tonight.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing...name_page.html
Anyone think this fight would be a sell out?
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RICKY HATTON will be offered a £30million super-fight against Oscar De La Hoya at the new Wembley Stadium if he beats Jose Luis Castillo here tonight.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing...name_page.html
Anyone think this fight would be a sell out?
No chance,Wembley holds 92,000 and add to that 5,000 on the pitch too ;)
What they'll do is just use 1 tier and the pitch (roughly 40/50 thousand).
I reckon he could pull that in and in that respect yeah he'd sell it out easily. :)
If Hatton wins Castillo then goes onto fight Oscar and lets say he wins that aswell not saying he will but who do you think we should fight after that Cotto or PBF?
Very big ask to beat them all but i think Hatton would go down as the Best British boxer ever without a doubt.
Ol' Oscar knows how to pick 'em, doesn't he? He's gonna fight Hatton? Whose only experience at 147 was less than memorable? Who's obviously going to remain at 140 unless he wants to risk a devastating loss? Whereas Oscar, on the other hand, has fought as high as 160. Not very successfully, mind you, but he did go there. What's the point? Is Oscar trying to find yet another way to add to his "legacy"? Honestly, I find little, if any point whatsoever with Oscar fighting Hatton.
We heard it before with Benn and Roy Jones http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec...88cc1fb?lnk=st
Let's hope Hatton-De La or Mayweather gets put together, but there are obstacles - Jose Luis Castillo, De La Hoya's size, etc
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Originally Posted by TitoFan
Don't underestimate the pulling power of the Hitman,especially in the UK and also if he beats JLC! ;)
Oh, it'll draw alright. But will it be competitive? What risk is Oscar incurring in agreeing to fight Hatton? Presumably it would be no lower than 147. So what's the point? To add another notch to Oscar's belt? No thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smashup
Hatton's Manchester faithful would flock London - no question about that
(See previous reply above).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nium
To fight in Britain in front of a huge, crazy live crowd of 'soccer hooligans' ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
Who wouldn't want to? Britain is the greatest nation on Earth and London is the home of boxing...
Hmmm... let me guess. You're British.... right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nium
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Massive win for Hatton if he puuls it off i think Hatton will take this it will be massive fight.
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Originally Posted by Nium
At the Olivera fight a few years back at Londons Excel Arena there were masses of Londoners in attendance and trust me he has a Huge fanbase Nationwide.
If this happens i know i could shift 50 tickets just to mates with ease ;)
I can't see Hatton lasting more than 3 rounds against Oscar.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Yeah but you are shit at predicting results mate ;)
Let me run the prediction league and I guarantee you I'll win it. It worked for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
hahahahaha I know, killer is very generously allowing me to top the sportsbook too.
Im blessed ;D
Besides you'd need a basic grasp of math.
Hatton is tough i think he would last into later rounds but would probably get stopped on cuts Hatton at 147 is not fighter he is at 140 as we all know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
I'm with Memphis on this one young man. I reckon this one is a win-win situation for everyone, with the promoters and the fighters all making bucketloads of money. And to be honest, I'm not convinced Oscar has the quality to go the whole hog with young Ricky Hatton....especially with Hatton being able to move up in weight again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Relax. You know damn well if it wasn't for the calculator killer has attached to his sports book your ass would be lost just like when you were in high school trying to learn how to add and subtract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
Unfortunately for the Americans who have to work with technology to tell them the answers...here in Britain all of our maths' exams have mental arithmetic sections built into the qualification. So there. :lickish:Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
It'll be the Arturo Gatti fight all over again. Except I don't think Hatton can last 5 like Gatti did. Hatton is just as easy to hit, if not more. He doesn't hit as hard as Gatti. So he can't hurt Oscar. Not to mention the fact that Oscar has a history of cutting up fighters with his punches. And Hatton cuts. This will be a massacre. It's that simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
But surely massacres are the most crowd pleasing of fights, think Pavlik Miranda, Calzaghe Lacy, Gatti Mayweather. Personally I love to see a fighter get beaten down and ripped apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Especially if it's a british fighter doing the ripping apart ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bilbo
Well Englishman anyway. I love to see an Englishman batter a German, Frenchman, Scott or Mexican especially. I don't mind the Welsh as I like Calzaghe and they occupy such a small, primitive rural backwater that they can barely be considered a nation any more than Cornwall can, no offense of course :)Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
Obviously Oscar thinks he can beat Hatton anywhere anytime but not Cotto?
Not to worry youngster, having lived in pretty much every permutation between london and a tiny village on the edge of a market town, I know what primitive rural backwaters really are. It's good to know that you have expanded your cultural diversity to include the Welsh. Will you also show your support for Amir Khan, even though he is neither white nor from Kensington?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bilbo
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Originally Posted by TitoFan
Very nice. Totally agree...but...BUT...that being said...it would sell & be good for the sport as far as generating viewers & ratings.
lol I'm not young, old and bigoted in fact hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
I don't mind Amir actually, he's far and away our best rising star so I'll support him. I like Louis Hamilton too so you can see I'm not racially blinded. I even like the Welsh and their quaint choir singing ways.
I'd rather see Ricky take on Mayweather and Cotto tbh, and stay in the States to try to become as liked over there as he is here
Cotto at MSG and Mayweather at MGM sounds good
I can't believe someone said Hatton does not hit as hard as Gatti. I beg to differ.
violent demise, you were horribly wrong about hatton, just admit he's a top class fighter....
i tink he surprised you.
You're fighting a losing battle trying to get VD to admit he was wrong mateQuote:
Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
Jesus ive not been on this forum long but that guy has got a major chip on his shoulder
If he could get Cotto or Mayweather down at 140, imagine that
He has a hatred for British Boxers, it's a pity really because he actully knows his shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
I respect VD as poster i think even he was shocked how he was first man to deck Castillo and how he done it so quickly im expecting when VD comesback he will give Ricky his props.
Ricky Hatton did very well last night. Castillo reminded me of Rosendo Alvarez (against Jorge Arce) and Mark Johnson (against Jhonny Gonzalez). In the fact that he got old. Still Hatton deserves credit for his win. He is a better fighter when he fights, rather than hold.Quote:
Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
Well done to hatton for his performance last night! although i am not convinced he can beat Oscar in the slightest, simply becuase of Oscar's sheer size, and is still the best technical boxer he would of faced IMO. Yes ino he had faught Kostya...but kostya wasnt fighting a couple weight classes above before they met!