Hatton will only fight big names

[ICB]

Ricky Hatton says Saturday's super-fight with Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas is the only kind of bout he wants for the rest of his career.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6742253.stm


Lets hope so

Cotto vs Hatton
or take on winner of Williams vs Margarito
Hatton vs Oscar
Hatton vs Mayweather
Hatton vs Mosley

So many options.

[gudnite vienna]

i think a home comming witter and then back to the us and take on the WW's, possibilites are endless....

[killersheep]

He's been saying that since fighting KT

[TitoFan]

He's certainly talking the talk. For the sake of his legacy, I hope he also walks the walk.

[ICB]

i think a home comming witter and then back to the us and take on the WW's, possibilites are endless....

Oh god i hope not mate i would hate to see Witter vs Hatton he should get in now if he beats Castillo and not waste time with big mouths who haven't proved much and are only really known in UK aka Witter plus it would be snoozefest.

[Violent Demise]

Hatton says only big fights for him. So I guess that means we get to see

Ricky Hatton-Gianluca Branco
Ricky Hatton-Ted Bami
Ricky Hatton-Souleymane M'baye

I hope people don't pass out from all the excitement.

[skel1983]

Hatton says only big fights for him. So I guess that means we get to see

Ricky Hatton-Gianluca Branco
Ricky Hatton-Ted Bami
Ricky Hatton-Souleymane M'baye

I hope people don't pass out from all the excitement.

I'm thinking to myself, where does he go if he wins on saturday?? It wont be Cotto, it wont be Floyd, who then?? If i was a betting man, id say Mallinaggi, which for me aint a big fight, and for me is an undercard fight, but whoelse is there? Witter i have been told on good grounds Ricky will never fight Witter.

[southakron314]

I dont blame him for it. He is clearly one of the tops in his class. He wants to establish a legacy like Harry Greb or Clay. You want to be known as the best you fight the best. I think he has the tools to do so.

[p4pking]

He would have to move up to welter to even possibly find other big names to fight... And with any of the bigger names I find it difficult to see who he beats. Just remember how many names there are at welterweight right now... He's going to have one hell of a hard time cementing a real star status imo... There's noone else at 140 if he beats Castillo. That leaves,

Cotto
Mosley
Mayweather
Margarito
Pwilliams
Clottey
Cintron
Collazo
Judah

[Fire]

i think a home comming witter and then back to the us and take on the WW's, possibilites are endless....

i love your postings gudnite vienna but witter-hatton will never happen.. ICE is right witter is not a big name outside of the UK hence not the superfight hatton is talking about..

too bad for hatton all the superfights is outside his division and even more bad news for hatton all of them are heavier than he is (which affects power punchers the most).. his pressure style still might get him a victory against mayweather possibly dlh and if he can beat them he definatly has a shot at beating cotto

but with the weight differance any of the superfights will be very difficult

[bzkfn]

I think it's funny that when Hatton says he wants big names, people come forward and include Junior Witter in that catagory. He's not a great fighter by any means. He's an ordinary fighter, who has proved his ordinary status time and time again.

The problem Hatton has is that I don't think that many 'big' names want to fight him. Gatti backed out when Hatton tried to secure that one. I know Gatti is run down, but if all else fails he could do alot worse than try and coax him into the ring. If you're looking for a truly big name, you'd say Cotto. Cotto is booked to fight Margarito in December though, and I wouldn't want Hatton waiting around for that long. With Floyd out of the picture, and for me, and Oscar fight unlikely, Shane Mosley might be the answer, but again...I just don't see it. Maybe Hatton would have better luck trying to get Juan Diaz or Joel Casamayor to move up for a fight with him.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I feel that Ricky will be going back on his word on this one, because should he decide to move up to welter i believe he will need to seek a couple of trial bout bout's to acclimatize himself to the welter division.

[LegendBoxing65]

He's certainly talking the talk. For the sake of his legacy, I hope he also walks the walk.

I think he will walk the walk.. The man proved with KT that he can fight and he will prove on Sat. that he is a top fighter who deserves to fight the best. Cotto/Hatton would be the next fight to prove something.

[Tam Seddon]

if he loses ( which he wont ) i think he will fight Paulio M or Witter either would take the fight IMO. But I know Ricky will win this one ive got full faith in him and i know he will do it!

[Hughesd]

The only fights out there for Hatton are Pauli M, Cotto/Mayweather. Will be happy with that though cant see PBF fight being made.