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Originally Posted by leftylee
WTF Hatton has wanted Mayweather for 3 years and after the Kosta win Mayweather said he would come to England to fight Hatton but it didn't happen and S*** out and Ricky forced the bout with Mayweather this year by going to the U.S., Moving up to welter and insulting Floyd after the Castillo victory.
That is not the truth. I'm a fact-based poster, so I will provides facts and quotes to back up my assertion.
Here is the truth:
From SECONDS OUT:
Father and business manager openly admitted they turned down the chance to at least negotiation for a Mayweather fight in 2004. "That was the one fight,
style wise, which I thought we needed a few more fights before taking," said father Ray Hatton
http://www.secondsout.com/USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=17418
FROM DOGHOUSE BOXING: (after the Tszyu and Gatti fights)
Coyote Duran: I can see how that would work in the end but you'd think now that Ricky Hatton would feel like he was wasting his time against a Carlos Maussa since he beat the real champion.
Frank Warren: I would've thought so. I mean, prior to that fight,
I had offered him the (WBO titlist Miguel) Cotto fight. I had offered him (WBC titlist) Floyd Mayweather. Even Don King and I spoke about (Undisputed Welterweight Champion) Zab Judah. But when he went out to Atlantic City to see the Maussa fight, he wanted the Maussa fight. To me, it's a belt and I can understand, as a fighter, that he'd want that belt, but let's be honest about it. Kostya Tszyu vacated that title and Ricky Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu. So, on the same list as Joe Calzaghe, he was the #1 by Ring magazine. Who cares about that (WBA belt)?
Coyote Duran: Right. Hatton doesn't need Maussa's belt. He's the man.
Frank Warren: I agree with you! I agree, but I was willing to make the fight. I spoke to Pat English (of Main Events). We had agreed terms for the fight and in the meantime, Pat English was advised not to deal with me and that I couldn't deliver Hatton.
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AGAIN FROM SECONDS OUT (after turning down an April '06 fight):
Hatton said: "There'll be more pressure to fight Mayweather now from the Americans because, obviously, there's one less big fight out there for Floyd Mayweather now Zab Judah has lost. But a fight with Mayweather has always been very high up the agenda for us;
but we still want one or two fights in America before we get to Mayweather. If anything, Judah's loss has make us even more attractive in the marketplace."
But Hatton believes his son needs the experience of fighting abroad before he takes on the super-talented three-division champion Mayweather.
He said:
"Richard needs the experience of training aboard for a fight for the very first time, getting used to that, he needs to have the experience of doing everything the American television and media will expect him to do, getting used to the different time zones, fighting in front of an American crowd - all that.
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And I don't want him to have to deal with all that for the very first time and fight someone like Mayweather as well. Richard isn't a big head, he's got no ego on him, and he will tell you himself that Mayweather is the biggest danger out there for him. That's why he wants to fight Mayweather most of all now he's already beaten Kostya Tszyu, who was the No.1 before Ricky beat him. So, when Richard does fight Mayweather I want Richard comfortable with where he's training and everything else that goes with having a big fight in America."
******These are facts. The reason this fight has been so delayed is because Team Hatton consistently pushed it back. They received DOCUMENTED offers in '04, '05, and '06. Hatton kept asking for more time. I also have several more articles and quotes from Team Hatton. Facts.