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Quote Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
Wow.. Yet another hater...
Get this... How does ricky fight jlc for a the title.. If he doesnt take his mandatory and get stripped...
So its plenty fair he sparks out some bum so that later this year he can take on Castillo!..Capiche?
No. The belt is worthless and most everyone knows that. A fight with Castillo would be no different whether the title was on the line or not. Why didn't he honour some more mandatories before he moved up to welter?? Why didnt he defend that belt he won from Collazo?? For all anyone knows he will never be able to fight Castillo for this little trinket, and who really cares?? The IBF is so rapidly becoming a laughing stock, what's to stop them from saying he must fight another mandatory if he gets past this one?? Basically it's a cop out, and most people I think realize that. It's funny how suddenly people are Haters for ridiculing Hatton for this, when I remember even the most diehard Hatton fan saying that Urango was a bad choice of opponent and Ricky better rebound with a big fight afterwords... Well, he isn't....How bout if Calzaghe beats Manfredo, then in the meantime Sergio MOra moves up to super middle, beats Scott Pemberton and is ranked no.1, should Joe fight him next to make sure that if he ever fights Kessler he'll still have his titles on the line?? Would that please alot of his fans? Or gain him any new ones?? Would it be hating to criticize him heavily then?
No....Lets have it strait..Fwok calzaghe..Hes a bum

And its not for you to say fuck the ibf title.. Cos jlc wants that around his waiste just like hatton does.. When it comes down to it... Titles mean more then you think..
I would much rather see hatton - castillo for the title instead of that fight without the title..
And think of it this way... That title is ' a joke'..Only because ricky dropped that title in the first place
Then he won the same title of the very next person to win it.. Which is much better then having it passed around several bums..
And also.. You criticise the honour of the title.. But how in the world will that title ever mean something if ricky keeps dropping it?.. But on the other hand if ricky sparks out a bum and then either defends it or castillo wins it and it keeps getting defended then theres where it becomes a decent strap...

So make up your mind.. Keep letting fighters drop the titles and have all the titles mean very little..
Or spend a little bit of time and effort to give it a good name again by getting the crap out of the way and then fighting the big fights with the title...

What is it that worries you.. That hatton wont take the castillo fight? Of course he'll take the castillo fight.. He wants those big fights more then we do.. So give the man a break bro