IBF Order Hatton to Face Ndou - Rabah Winner

[yoitsdan]

You make a great point about Chico Gamo, being six foot and getting old, he should do some fuckin weights and get some meat on that frame. With his skills, and some proper strength training, his only chance of being competitve these days should be at 147.

[Tito BHB]

Lovemore.

Phillip retired a few years back.

Really? wow thanks for the news...I really liked phillip.. He had a wicked record along the lines of 31-1-0
30 By knockout.. when he fought floyd mayweather..Floyd looked greta in that fight but Ndou was definately there to win..Showed some awesome heart that night..
You would think with that rec he was a sheltered fighter but he had fought all over the world in his homeland of africa, all across europe america all over really..Good guy.. ONly problem is he came in to his fights to celine dion .. :P

[littlebif]

No one is gonna blame Hatton for giving up the belt to face Castillo.IBF must be having a laugh if the dont let Hatton be in a super fight!

[BrooklyniteQueen]

Hatton SHOULD have been fighting Rabah the night he fought Urango

[Swice]

Hatton Ordered To Face Ndou-Rabah Winner


By Mark Vester

It was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald that undefeated Ricky "Hitman" Hatton has been ordered by the IBF to defend his junior welterweight title against the winner of Sunday's IBF title elimination bout between Lovemore Ndou (44- and Naoufel Ben Rabah (24-2) at the State Sports Centre at Homebush Bay, Australia.

The IBF told Hatton that he must make a defense against the winner of Ndou-Rabah within 90-days. Hatton is already committed to a very anticipated June bout with Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas.

Hatton will likely seek permission from the IBF to defend the title against Castillo, with the winner of Ndou-Rabah facing the winner. Both Ndou and Rabah were upset with the fact that Hatton was able to land an immediate shot at Urango, because they were the top two contenders in the rankings and Hatton was ranked at number 6 by the IBF when he dropped back down in weight to 140-pounds. The camps of both fighters have said that they will push for a bout with Hatton.

The worst case scenario has Hatton dropping the title to move forward with Castillo, a kery fight for Hatton's conquest of America.

I really don't want to see another title vacated! >

I hope they give him permission to fight Castillo. But if it gets vacated it's just further evidence at the state of boxing at the minute. Too many titles, the rankings are a joke. Rabah got beat by the man Hatton just dismissed, yet he may become mandatory to the title. Witter and M'Baye are better than them!

You obviously didn't see the fight between Juan Urango and Naoufel Ben Rabah. Don't just look at boxrec results and assume that the fight went the way it was scored. Urango was throughly outclassed by Rabah and everyone in the building no who truly won that fight. Juan Urango plodded around the ring trying to hit Rabah with a big shot and Rabah picked him off all night. Juan Urango is a one dimensional fighter who can be beaten by anyone who can move around the ring, hes not a true challenge to anyone. As much as I would like to see Castillo vs. Hatton I would like to see Rabah get his chance seeing as he was robbed of it in the first place.

[LawHoops]

im sure rabah would easily outbox hatton for 12 rds and ndou would kayo him pretty quickly...im sure ricky's camp will do whatever they can to keep him from fighting either...........they know the value that a jl castillo brings to the table with name recognition and he is pretty washed up and old so they know he's no longer a danger to hatton

[Memphis]

Lawloops generally I just laugh at your posts but this time Im....................nah fuck it

[yoitsdan]

Hatton SHOULD have been fighting Rabah the night he fought Urango

Thats like saying he should have been visiting his granny instead of going to the playboy mansion.

[ICB]

im sure rabah would easily outbox hatton for 12 rds and ndou would kayo him pretty quickly...im sure ricky's camp will do whatever they can to keep him from fighting either...........they know the value that a jl castillo brings to the table with name recognition and he is pretty washed up and old so they know he's no longer a danger to hatton

who has ben rabah beat or *outboxed*

[Majesty]

im sure rabah would easily outbox hatton for 12 rds and ndou would kayo him pretty quickly...im sure ricky's camp will do whatever they can to keep him from fighting either...........they know the value that a jl castillo brings to the table with name recognition and he is pretty washed up and old so they know he's no longer a danger to hatton

who has ben rabah beat or *outboxed*

Juan Urango

Hatton SHOULD have been fighting Rabah the night he fought Urango

Thats like saying he should have been visiting his granny instead of going to the playboy mansion.

Granny can make the best chocolate chip cookies, bunnies already have a 60 year old shlog in them at night so whats Ricky gonna show them that they haven't already seen

"Want to see me use your breasts as speedbags"

seriously...

[IronDanLaw]

Lovemore.

Phillip retired a few years back.

Really? wow thanks for the news...I really liked phillip.. He had a wicked record along the lines of 31-1-0
30 By knockout.. when he fought floyd mayweather..Floyd looked greta in that fight but Ndou was definately there to win..Showed some awesome heart that night..
You would think with that rec he was a sheltered fighter but he had fought all over the world in his homeland of africa, all across europe america all over really..Good guy.. ONly problem is he came in to his fights to celine dion .. :P

Yeah he fought one more fight after the Mayweather fight and lost on SD.

He collapsed in the dressing room after the fight and was taken to hospital for observation.

He retired after that.