SKy Sports just - Hatton v Pac set for May in USA ??

[Mark TKO]

wembley is out according to his promoter ?? 90% chance of rain ?!?!? Its nearer 80

Sky Sports | Boxing | News | Hatton closes in on Pacman

[Gandalf]

Im sick of this pandering to what the US audience wants. Its a fight between a Brit and a Filipino. Both huge fighters on their own terms.

Sure money is important. But the chance to sell out a stadium and make a real event would be magnificent. And it could never happen in the states with any fighter.

And the real US fans who enjoy boxing, which would likely be the Americans that follow or know Hatton and Manny, would most likely pay anyway to watch it at a slightly irregular hour.

The Klitschko's can do it. Why can't Hatton??

Just a little and slightly ethnocentric rant, but one that wanted to come out regardless.

[Mark TKO]

exactly - midnight here would be 7pm in New York and what 4pm west coast ??

Is that too unreasonable for a Saturday fight in USA


let the american audience have a fight at an irregular time for a change. We been suffering for years - just this once guys come on

[Kel]

I REALLY wanted to see this live at Wembley Ive already persuaded some of my mates to come down too. It would have been a huge event.

Well, I'll have to watch another big fight on a screen in the middle of the pissing night.....Again. Sick of this shit.

[littlebif]

Ricky is our fighter (british) wanting to fight at home why should we have to suffer stopping up all night why not the Americans there isnt even an American fighter fighting.

[Gandalf]

exactly - midnight here would be 7pm in New York and what 4pm west coast ??

Is that too unreasonable for a Saturday fight in USA


let the american audience have a fight at an irregular time for a change. We been suffering for years - just this once guys come on

They are completely reasonable times to watch a fight you are interested in. I have to watch fights between 10am and 1pm where I live. I watch them all (except for the bloody Toney fight) because I love boxing. Im sure all the Brits that stay up until 5am do it because they love their boxing. 7pm and 4pm are reasonable times to watch a live EVENT. And an event it is.

Its time Ricky showed some backbone and muscle when it comes to the wrangling outside the ring. Lazacano drew that many and he's a bum. Let the homebase see a real fight. They've waited long enough.

[leftylee]

Fukk Bob Arum. This is a Brit and a Filipino thing. Wembley Stadium has been brought up for months. Manny said he would fight at England, Ricky wants it. Why should the people of England have to watch it in the US? It involves nobody in the US. It would be more succesful here. 100,000 people would go to watch it LIVE. How many fit in the MGM ? No where near that. Bob Arum calling the shots, old bastard

[Fenster]

I think Wembley was ONLY a serious possibility for the Oscar fight.

No one outside the hardcore knows who Pac is here.. judging by the media in the run-up to the Oscar fight.

Don't know why Arum said "5am".. American TV has been happy with 1-2am plenty of times in the past.. Bruno-Witherspoon, Calzaghe-Lacy, Hatton-Tsyzu, Haye-Enzo.. But if the fighters will earn the same/more dough in Vegas then that's where they'll do it.

[porkypara]

wembley is out according to his promoter ?? 90% chance of rain ?!?!? Its nearer 80

Sky Sports | Boxing | News | Hatton closes in on Pacman

Ithey are scared of rain then they should put it on in the milenium stadium Cardiff which is a much more fan friendly venue as its right in the centre of Cardiff.

[DaxxKahn]

Does it matter where Hatton gets his ass kicked?...As vfor all you Brits crying about what America wants this is a brit a phil fighter, fuck Arum, etc....here is a tid bit for ya

Fuk Hatton and what he wants...why does he get a pro Hatton crowd? Pacquiao is the #1 P4P fighter not Hatton...Pacquiao is the bigger draw not Hatton.....Let it be Pacquiaos choice...Hatton doesn't like it let him fight Kendall Holt

[hackey]

Does it matter where Hatton gets his ass kicked?...As vfor all you Brits crying about what America wants this is a brit a phil fighter, fuck Arum, etc....here is a tid bit for ya

Fuk Hatton and what he wants...why does he get a pro Hatton crowd? Pacquiao is the #1 P4P fighter not Hatton...Pacquiao is the bigger draw not Hatton.....Let it be Pacquiaos choice...Hatton doesn't like it let him fight Kendall Holt

In all fairness, it's a tough call as to who's a bigger draw, Hatton or Manny.

[Gandalf]

Does it matter where Hatton gets his ass kicked?...As vfor all you Brits crying about what America wants this is a brit a phil fighter, fuck Arum, etc....here is a tid bit for ya

Fuk Hatton and what he wants...why does he get a pro Hatton crowd? Pacquiao is the #1 P4P fighter not Hatton...Pacquiao is the bigger draw not Hatton.....Let it be Pacquiaos choice...Hatton doesn't like it let him fight Kendall Holt

It isnt a case of fuck Hatton and what he wants. Its a case of some of his fans saying what they actually want. If a pro Hatton crowd in a stadium can generate a lot of interest then so be it. Why do it in a sterilised casino venue with the empty sound of slot machines in the background?? Oh because Pac is PFP number 1!!. Is Pac really the bigger draw?? Maybe for HBO.

[Fenster]

Does it matter where Hatton gets his ass kicked?...As vfor all you Brits crying about what America wants this is a brit a phil fighter, fuck Arum, etc....here is a tid bit for ya

Fuk Hatton and what he wants...why does he get a pro Hatton crowd? Pacquiao is the #1 P4P fighter not Hatton...Pacquiao is the bigger draw not Hatton.....Let it be Pacquiaos choice...Hatton doesn't like it let him fight Kendall Holt

I think you'll find MANY British guys, true boxing fans, not just hatton fans, would like to attend this event live.. having the fight in Vegas means traipsing around the world, costing fortunes, so impossible.

The true fan misses out.

[Kirkland Laing]

They've got to have it in Vegas to get it on PPV so that's that.

[DaxxKahn]

Does it matter where Hatton gets his ass kicked?...As vfor all you Brits crying about what America wants this is a brit a phil fighter, fuck Arum, etc....here is a tid bit for ya

Fuk Hatton and what he wants...why does he get a pro Hatton crowd? Pacquiao is the #1 P4P fighter not Hatton...Pacquiao is the bigger draw not Hatton.....Let it be Pacquiaos choice...Hatton doesn't like it let him fight Kendall Holt

It isnt a case of fuck Hatton and what he wants. Its a case of some of his fans saying what they actually want. If a pro Hatton crowd in a stadium can generate a lot of interest then so be it. Why do it in a sterilised casino venue with the empty sound of slot machines in the background?? Oh because Pac is PFP number 1!!. Is Pac really the bigger draw?? Maybe for HBO.

Overall yes Pacquiao is a bigger draw right now