In terms of Hatton's future.....

[yoitsdan]

IMO What he has is mind is Urango, June 2 againstCastillo in a possible PPV then if he comes through all that, a superfight PPV at 147/154 against Cotto, Mayweather, Mosley or Oscar.

Hatton at 154 ? isnt that bit to far out of his depth? the big names imo are at 147 there is no need for him going that far up. so is this just a thoery or has he acctually said those words ?

He'd face Oscar, Mayweather, Mosley or Cotto regardless of weight class. They are his own words.

Intresting so he doesnt have any needs to stay at 140 then ? what i dont understand know is why the F*** is he fighting Urango then ?

His next fight is Castillo, which is a super fight in its own right. That one is at 140. Urango is a world title fight, a re-adjustment to 140, and should be a barnstorrmer while it lasts, to get the american fans talking.

Intresing! cheers for the info bro i thought that he was just gona stay at 140 and be a nonrisk taker!

Of course, I'm pro-Hatton so someone is going to come along and say that he's gonna be a 140 non-risk taker but at this stage of the game, Hatton and HBO will be cashing in on his style, his rep and his character to match him up against the biggest names, Cotto and Floyd don't have a name like Kostya Tszyu on their resumes' and surely they would want a name like Ricky Hatton's on theirs.

So what if Hatton dont deliver against Urango? what will happen then? I'm scared that something bad may happen yano and it ends up Hatton staying at 140 for a long time.

If Hatton does lose to Urango then I think thats when Hatton will go to 147, because it will be a sign that the 140 is finally too much low him to make, to be honest I think that severe weight drain is the only way Hatton loses to Urango other than a freak lucky punch, or Urango being 10 times better than we think he it.

Yer from what i've heard i aint heard he is much but i aint seen him fight so i cant judge how good he is. But do you feel that Hatton would go back up to 147 after just having 2 fights at 140? i cant see anybody else coming to chase Hatton at 140 too high risk imo.

CC ive enjoyed the talk so far!

Its well known in the UK that Junior Witter has been chasing a fight with Hatton for years, but for some reason or another it has never transpired. Witter now has the WBC title, winning it by beating Chop Chop Corley in an absolute stinker when it was vacated by Floyd Mayweather, and is fighting on the same night as Hatton in the UK as part of the Sky Sports PPV broadcast, Junior is famous for being destroyed albeit on two weeks notice by Zab Judah, and has a big mouth. Witter is a switch hitter from the Brendan Ingle camp (Naz's former trainer) and used to be quite a devastating puncher, but now is very safety first and boring to watch, HBO is not intrested in showing a Witter v Hatton fight, 1. Because Witter is an asshole, and 2. the fight would be terrible, with Hatton most likely squeaking out a UD because Witter ran from him the whole time.
Another possible match up at 140 would be the winner of Vivian Harris v Juan Lazcano but both have been exposed at 140/135 and Hatton would be going over old ground, Lazcano and Harris have both pulled out of match ups with Hatton in the past. Lazcano was the reason Hatton was so under prepared against Collazo at 147, because Lazcano pulled out just 7 weeks before the fight with a hand injury, leaving Hatton 2 options, take Collazo at 147 or scrap the HBO date. Hatton chose the former, and it nearly cost him dear. Most fighters take 3 months of preparation to un-naturally step up a weight class, Billy Graham (Hatton's trainer) begged Hatton not to take the fight because he saw something in Collazo and thought it was a bad idea going up a weight class at such short notice, but he still went ahead with it. I think next time Hatton fights at 147 he will be fully prepared. Bear in mind, the four rivals I mentioned who Hatton would step up in weight to fight, Oscar, Mosley, Cotto and Mayweather all began life at lower weight classes, so the size differential would probably not be too much a problem.