A question regarding Ricky Hatton

[ono]

As disappointed i am with Hatton defending his title, are we looking at the possiblilty of him becoming fighter of the year again by the end of 2007?

Sounds a bit hard to grasp at the minute...

but..

IF When he beats Ben Rabah / N'Dou

and...

IF he beats castillo in November, he will be making a rather good case for himself.

When you break it down he will have beaten a champ for his title, defended it against his mandatory and then beaten a legend ALL ON FOREIGN SOIL. That sounds pretty good to me.

Maybe we should wait til the end of the year and give him one last chance.

[Tam Seddon]

Ben Rebah and N'dou are both backwards steps. Why doesnt he take on witter instead of them? Witter is a bigger name then both of them and it just dont make sense why he isnt risk taking enough. its sad really, i want Ricky to show he is the best and his next match up will just be another "W" on his record!

[paddy448]

i no what your sayin mate. i can understand people want to see the castillo fight next. but when he DOES get thru his mandatory fighting castillo with the ibf title on the line will make it just that bit more interesting. so i can see hatton and hodsons point.

[Scrap]

I think people are being a bit harsh on Ricky if he jacks it in tomorrow hes had a great carrer. Plus in this game everything is not black or white or what it seems. Why fans are fans is through identity, Ricky hasnt changed the circumstances have.

[Tito BHB]

Ben Rebah and N'dou are both backwards steps. Why doesnt he take on witter instead of them? Witter is a bigger name then both of them and it just dont make sense why he isnt risk taking enough. its sad really, i want Ricky to show he is the best and his next match up will just be another "W" on his record!

Mandatory

[Tam Seddon]

Ben Rebah and N'dou are both backwards steps. Why doesnt he take on witter instead of them? Witter is a bigger name then both of them and it just dont make sense why he isnt risk taking enough. its sad really, i want Ricky to show he is the best and his next match up will just be another "W" on his record!

Mandatory

I know it is but come on, he can face mantadorys every fight and it will get him fucking nowhere! he may as well fuck the belt off and then fight the real big boys at 147!!!!!!!!! thats where he sould be at

[Violent Demise]

As disappointed i am with Hatton defending his title, are we looking at the possiblilty of him becoming fighter of the year again by the end of 2007?

Sounds a bit hard to grasp at the minute...

but..

IF When he beats Ben Rabah / N'Dou

and...

IF he beats castillo in November, he will be making a rather good case for himself.

When you break it down he will have beaten a champ for his title, defended it against his mandatory and then beaten a legend ALL ON FOREIGN SOIL. That sounds pretty good to me.

Maybe we should wait til the end of the year and give him one last chance.

Spin it anyway you want. It ain't going to work. If Hatton does not fight Castillo in his next fight. And instead fights N'dou or Rabah. It'll be an act of a coward. That simple.

[donnydarkoIRL]

New to the forum and i must declare im a huge hatton fan since his amateur days...however even i dont think hatton has a justifiable case as fighter of the year...

[ono]

Not even if he beats Urango, Ben Rabah, Castillo by the end of the year?

[jbirdy]

is it actually official that he's not vacating the title to fight castillo in june?? his site still says the fight is going down in june
http://www.rickyhitmanhatton.com/index2.php
but mind you that site is not the best for being reguarly updated

[Violent Demise]

Not even if he beats Urango, Ben Rabah, Castillo by the end of the year?

No. Not even close. Urango and Rabah are C level fighters. And he ain't beating Castillo

[Samson3000]

I think people are being a bit harsh on Ricky if he jacks it in tomorrow hes had a great carrer. Plus in this game everything is not black or white or what it seems. Why fans are fans is through identity, Ricky hasnt changed the circumstances have.

Being that boxing's Hall of Fame is the biggest joke in all of sports, in that they let almost anyone in, Hatton is probably already a hall of famer. However, if it was how it should be, like baseball, he wouldn't be close.

[killersheep]

Not even if he beats Urango, Ben Rabah, Castillo by the end of the year?

I'd say there's a better chance of the winner of Vazquez / Marquez being fighter of the year.

There will be too many guys getting better fights overall

Cotto: Urkal -> Margarito -> ?

Mayweather: de la Hoya -> ?

it is far too early say.

especially if he loses to any of these guys.
Ricky's style will make for a great match against N'Dou a very winnable fight for him

If Ricky fights Ben Rabah, I think he will have problems with him, Ben Rabah can't hit
hard, but he is very, very slick, and could slap his way to victory.

If Ricky takes on Castillo, I think you will see a very different JLC and Hatton than in
their last performances, but Castillo's body attack, very well may be Ricky's Achilles heel.

[ono]

i Think Hatton will beat Rabah or N'dou. Castillo is a pick em fight. Not a bad year really if he gets Castillo at the end. There isn't any bigger fight that can be made at 140.

[Lords Gym]

I think a more active schedule would benefit Ricky, I like when he fights more frequent. Ricky is not the only fighter that benefits from activity ! a good tight schedule keeps your weight in check and you are sharper as a result, spend your time in the gym working on strategy and boxing related studies rather then fucking off day after day trying to get into some kind of shape other then round .