Ricky Hatton serious about fighting Manny.......(pathetic)

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Also, to add to what I've said, we're all assuming a fight with Paulie or Witter doesn't happen before a Pacman fight. It sounds like the plan would be for this to happen at the end of the year, so he'd probably fight at least twice before then.

Yea but don't kid yourself... As long as Hatton's camp are seriously anticipating a Pac fight in 2008, you think they are going to put him in with Witter or Malignaggi first?? Hell I'm not sure he'd beat those guys, not to mention how he would look against either of their styles..

You may be right. But, on the other hand, it certainly isn't a given that Pacman will get by JMM, so they might not wish to count their chickens and assume the fight will happen. I don't think he'll fight Witter. While the fight would probably be big in the UK, there would be about zero interest in that fight in the US, and Hatton is interested in making a big name over here, so I don't see that one happening, and the reasons are understandable from the business side of things. I could see the Paulie fight coming off, though. We'll see. I just don't see anything "pathetic" about him taking on Pacman given the $$$ involved. The purse dwarfs anything else he could make, sans a fight with De La Hoya.

And if Mayweather didn't KO him, he'd probably be fighting DLH next. It just seems like a bitch move to fight Pac, especially considering most would want to bounce back and reestablish themselves after a loss.. To do that he needs to beat a world class fighter his own size. If he doesn't think he can do it, then why fight at all.

Well, maybe he will fight and beat a world class fighter before the end of this year, which is when the fight would supposedly happen. As far as "why fight at all" goes, the answer is pretty simple...$$$. There is a LOT of dough for Hatton to make by fighting Pacman. That might not be a satisfactory answer to some die hard boxing fans, but it is certainly understandable. And, as I said before, I don't think it is as much of a mismatch as some are implying. Pacman's superior speed could rule the day if he fights a disciplined bout.