Quote Originally Posted by Fenster
Dennis Hobson, Hatton's promoter, said: "We have got the Castillo fight on the table but there is also the option for Ricky of coming back to Manchester to fight Ben Rabah or N'Dou, then taking on Castillo after that."

Imagine the stick he'd get if they did that
He can't win mate, either way he'll get stick.

If he beats Castillo badly everyone will say Castillo is past it. If he beats him on points in a close fight it'll be all "Hatton is overrated, Castillo was robbed, etc" If he loses closely on points he'll be called a bum if he gets knocked out he'll be exposed and whatever.

He fights Rabah or N'Dou people will say he's taking easy fights, ducking Castillo (yes even the same people who say that Castillo is shit will say he's ducking him) even though neither or those guys is an easy fight. If he beats them people will say it means nothing, when in actual fact I'd say that Rabah and N'Dou are reasonably solid pro's operating a world-class level, if he loses he's a bum etc.

HE CAN'T WIN. All he can do is beat Castillo, then chase the Cotto fight, which I think would be 50/50 despite the fact that Hatton hasn't looked as good as Cotto in his last couple of fights. After all, its not like Cotto can't be hurt or put to the deck.

Cotto is going to demolish Oktay Urkal and look incredible doing so. If Hatton fought Oktay Urkal at this point, aged 37, there'd be an outcry. After that everyone is going to talk about how incredible Cotto is and how Hatton has no chance. I'm gonna put £50 on Hatton to beat Cotto and I reckon I'll get good odds for it with all the momentum Cotto has at the moment, but as far as I'm concerned its a 50/50 fight.