Quote Originally Posted by ono
Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
Am I the only one who remembers reading the Joe C. & Hatton will take over the US a while back on how they were gonna take us by surprise and become MEGA stars....


So I take it the Collazo & Bika fights were both pre-coming out parties...... Ah! now I get it, never mind my previous statement...
I think Hatton and Calzaghe's teams have blown it big time. Should have struk when the iron was hot. Hatton should have been straight over to the US after the Kostya fight and should have been in with a fighter as big as Cotto (although i understand Arum wasn't interested in a fight with Hatton just yet...). What you have to remember tho, is hatton went after Maussa because he wanted to unify at light-welter to get a shot at Mayweather. Mayweather moves up and picks a good opponent to look good against (Mitchell) HBO picks an opponent and Hatton looks awful. Fact is if HBO wanted hatton to look good they shouldn't have put him in with a tall rangy southpaw. Did they not see the Magee fight? Bad decision!!!

The management of calzaghe is possibly even worse. Goes to show hatton might not have been better served staying with warren. Again straight after the Lacy fight Calzaghe should have been in with a big name like Kessler or even beyer. A win over beyer would have set him up big style. No he's so low on options he's fightin Manfredo. A complete joke and waste of time. It goes to show that there's more money to be made in appealing to the casual piss head boxing fan.
Excatly strike wile the iron was hot....
The thing is we the fans have been assed out on some good fights would both Hatton & Joe have made the move here in the states immidiately. Instaed we are left with Hatton-Urango and Joe-Mafredo..... Wow!!!

Can't wait...