Surely it will be Manny vs Floyd in 2009

[Kev]

Hatton because Manny can make 140 and it would be nice to see how he can operate. Hatton because at the moment he is the best 140 pounder in the world.

Hatton because Manny could do something shane Mosley didnt, Shane skipped 140 and went to 147 to face oscar and stayed, Manny could move down and beat the guy that just unified two titles down at 140 and add more to his history.

Any fight with Mayweather right now is a name fight, and Manny just had one against the biggest name, I want Pacquiao if he beats Hatton to win the titles at 140 with a win. Does more for boxing and his legacy for a Pacquiao Hatton fight then a Pacquiao Mayweather fight imo.

Your theory is absurd! Fighting Mayweather just a name fight? Since when is an undefeated 5 division champ just a name?
No way in hell beating Hatton at 140 means more than beating Mayweather. PBF KTFO Hatton for crying out loud.

Yes Mayweather beat Hatton, Hatton went back to 140 and now holds two titles there.

If Pacquiao beats Hatton he also holds two belts at 140 which adds more to his championships. At the moment Mayweather holds no titles and is "retired". If you want Floyd to fight someone at 147 have him fight Williams. If you want Pacquiao to win belts are you going to put him in against Paul Williams at 147 or would you put him in against Hatton at 140?

He can do what Shane Mosley didn't and beat Oscar at 47 and then move down to 140 and win more world titles. I don't see whats so wrong with that notion.

If you want Pacquiao to fight a belt holder at 147 then pick Berto. Because Williams and Margarito should be fighting each other or Mayweather, Cotto is also in the mix up there. And I wouldnt favor Pacquiao against those guys at 147. I think a safer bet would be him vs Hatton at 140, and it would add more world titles to his collection imo.

Who cares about the belts though? Hatton and Malignaggi fought their big 'unification' title for no belts because they didn't even deem them valuable enough to bother paying the sanctioning fees for.

Joe Calzaghe moved up and fought B Hop for no belt becuase B Hop couldn't care less about keeping it and Joe couldn't care less about winning it.

When it comes to the fighters at the very top they are bigger than all the alphabet belts.

Who cares if Ricky has a paper title, he's still the guy who got ktfo by Floyd Mayweather and therefore the vast majority of people would rather see Manny in with Mayweather rather than a Mayweather victim.

The belts don't matter, look at the super featherweight divison, Manny was seen as THE man in the division, the Ring champ, universally recognised champ in that weight class long before he finally won a belt there. Barrera and Marquez were the belt holders but Manny was the champ.