hatton vs. khan possible next year

[Jimmy G-Force]

hope frank is willing to share the promotions with hatton and give hatton one last huge payday. he deserves it.

hatton vs. khan is quite interesting fight

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

i don't buy that it isn't about the money anymore. look at floyd and pacquiao, i think both guys are richer than ricky but they're still fighting.

if ricky will fight again, money will be a big factor. ricky can retire peacefully now but big money can also entice him of fighting one more time.

hatton vs. khan will be huge in the uk

Trust me I know Rick very well. He always told me, and this was before the Mayweather and Pacman loss, that if he did ever lose, that it would never be his last fight. He said I could never go out on a loss. Rick misses the excitement and the buzz of fighting in front of thousands of fans, I know this because I know him, and he's told me.

Some boxers return to the ring for financial reasons, some return because of their ego, others return because they miss the buzz and the adulation. Hatton definately falls into the latter category, but you can add the pride word into that equation and you have the exact reason for Rick returning to the ring.

Hatton v Khan would be a huge UK fight, it's not one I personally wish to see, neither will it be one that will happen.

As for Floyd and Pacman, they are not only fighting for the money, they are fighting for their legacy.

[zbolt]

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

i don't buy that it isn't about the money anymore. look at floyd and pacquiao, i think both guys are richer than ricky but they're still fighting.

if ricky will fight again, money will be a big factor. ricky can retire peacefully now but big money can also entice him of fighting one more time.

hatton vs. khan will be huge in the uk

Trust me I know Rick very well. He always told me, and this was before the Mayweather and Pacman loss, that if he did ever lose, that it would never be his last fight. He said I could never go out on a loss. Rick misses the excitement and the buzz of fighting in front of thousands of fans, I know this because I know him, and he's told me.

Some boxers return to the ring for financial reasons, some return because of their ego, others return because they miss the buzz and the adulation. Hatton definately falls into the latter category, but you can add the pride word into that equation and you have the exact reason for Rick returning to the ring.

Hatton v Khan would be a huge UK fight, it's not one I personally wish to see, neither will it be one that will happen.

As for Floyd and Pacman, they are not only fighting for the money, they are fighting for their legacy.

i believe you. one question tho, why hatton said he would fight khan only if he and warren co-promote the fight. why is ricky interested in co-promoting the fight?

"A fight against Amir would be an enormous fight for everybody in the boxing business, but I would have to be one of the promoters," said Hatton. "I know that Amir would take the fight and it is something that I have talked about - it's a long way off, but it could happen. Amir has his own promotional company now and that is all that would be needed to make that fight happen."

i know ricky is a promoter nowadays and he knows exactly how a promoter makes money.

[Fenster]

HTH read this from Ricky - "The nature of British boxing means that fans are always looking for domestic dust ups and there is none bigger out there than an all-time British great supposedly on the slide against a young champion aspiring to achieve greatness.

"A fight against Amir would be an enormous fight"

Ricky Hatton says Khan fight can be done - as long as he and Amir promote it | news.boxrec.com

Exactly what I told you

[generalbulldog]

I sure wonder who's more chinny now? Khan or Hatton?

[zbolt]

I sure wonder who's more chinny now? Khan or Hatton?

tricky question lol. many people thought hatton is glass jawed after he's being ko'd cold with one punch from pacquiao

[Nameless]

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

i don't buy that it isn't about the money anymore. look at floyd and pacquiao, i think both guys are richer than ricky but they're still fighting.

if ricky will fight again, money will be a big factor. ricky can retire peacefully now but big money can also entice him of fighting one more time.

hatton vs. khan will be huge in the uk

Trust me I know Rick very well. He always told me, and this was before the Mayweather and Pacman loss, that if he did ever lose, that it would never be his last fight. He said I could never go out on a loss. Rick misses the excitement and the buzz of fighting in front of thousands of fans, I know this because I know him, and he's told me.

Some boxers return to the ring for financial reasons, some return because of their ego, others return because they miss the buzz and the adulation. Hatton definately falls into the latter category, but you can add the pride word into that equation and you have the exact reason for Rick returning to the ring.

Hatton v Khan would be a huge UK fight, it's not one I personally wish to see, neither will it be one that will happen.

As for Floyd and Pacman, they are not only fighting for the money, they are fighting for their legacy.

I think that Hatton has still this power to draw over a large crowd. The only thing that worries me is that he wants a decent opponent but is definitely not taking care of his health/dieting in consequence.

[JazMerkin]

Rick didnt give Witter a payday because he simply didnt wish to line his pockets, it's that simple. Rick told me the reason he didnt like Witter was because he was extremely two-faced and a prick. He came to that conclusion because of the fact Witter always saw to seek out Rick at various boxing functions and was the nicest person in the world to his face, then as soon as Rick wasnt there, and the camera's were on, Witter completely changed his tune and began calling out Rick.

Also, after Witter ran the marathon against Judah, Showtime simply would not entertain a fight with Hatton. And as Showtime were the paymasters at that particular time, it was never going to happen.

I think there was a window in which they could have made a decent domestic match up. I know for a fact that when Ricky resigned with Sports Network he demanded that the Witter fight was in the contract should he wish to exercise the option. After all the shit that Witter spouted from then on in, he didnt bother. But it certainly was his intent.

Any accusations that Hatton was scared of Witter is a joke, Ricky would fight anyone, thats already been proved. Warren held Hatton back for many years whilst he padded his record, and although I understand the reason behind this, in hindsight, I think it was to Rick's detriment.

A funny story about Witter.......

Witter had just had a new set of Wrought Iron gates built outside his home and was extremely proud of them, to the point he was seen posing outside his new gates in the local paper with a huge smile on his face. Now lets just say some words were passed between certain people, and the very next day those sparkling new gates were stolen and dumped. Witter's face in his local rag the following day, stood outside his house with the gates now missing was a sight for sore eyes. I know Rick still laughs to this day when it gets mentioned. Not that he had anything to do with it by the way.

As for Mayweather selling out the Hatton fight, thats ridiculous in my opinion. Mayweather needed Oscar and Ricky to do those numbers. He has never done anything like that before off his own bat, and the reason why is he's just not that popular. He's a genius, but he alone doesnt put bums on seats.

Ok, you can see my first point dealing with Witter is basically in response particularly to the first 3 bolded bits. I don't understand this, didn't want to line his pockets stuff. That just seems a really pathetic way to do things. What would you have said if Mayweather or Pacquiao had refused to fight Hatton because they didn't want to give him the payday?

So Witter wasn't a prick to him to his face?? That's a justified reason for avoiding a fight? As for 'not having anything to do' with Witter's gates being stolen. Well, that's a far more prickish thing to do then what Witter did. Having the intent to fight him means nothing, if he willfully chose not to do it. I've always disliked Witter & used to see Hatton's side that there were bigger fights out there, but thanks to all I've just read I now think Hatton is a dick. Cheers for that.

As for your second point about Mayweather, you can argue that about Oscar maybe but not Hatton. Look at it this way, Oscar did 1m more PPVs for his fight with Mayweather than he did for his next highest PPV seller (Trinidad). That would suggest that Mayweather had at least some noticeable effect on drawing fans to the fight. As Fenster points out Hatton may have brought over loads of fans for the Mayweather & Pacquiao fights, but they weren't all flocking over for Malignaggi, Castillo or Urango. Hatton's PPVs in the States were high because of PBF & Pac, not because of him. In both cases, they were the stars not Ricky.

You can also look at reported UK PPV figures. For the Mayweather fight they were 1.4m buys, for Pacquiao 400,000 buys & for Malignaggi 300,000. That surely also suggests that Mayweather was some kind of draw, not that I'm not saying Hatton wasn't responsible for the bulk of those in this country. But Mayweather did 1m PPVs with Marquez, even ignoring that it was his return to boxing, the fact is that plus Pac-Cotto doing 1m+ as well is proof that Hatton was never the draw, certainly not in the US. It was the quality of opponents that drew thousands of fans over, otherwise the MGM would have been packed when he fought Paulie.