HATTON gives up IBF title

[El Gamo]

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...AgllDyRvu.html

So wTF did he fight uRANGO FOR?

[Kev]

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...AgllDyRvu.html

So wTF did he fight uRANGO FOR?

He's starting to come across a bit slimy imo. He wants the title obviously as it gives him more bartering power for getting more money in his next fights but he doesn't value or have any intention of defending them.

Basically he's just using and exploiting the governing bodies. Thats the second time he's fucked the IBF over, hopefully they won't allow him to fight for another version of their title.

[ICB]

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...AgllDyRvu.html

So wTF did he fight uRANGO FOR?

i dont know el gamo but i do know im very happy to see this news so bring on jlc in june

oh yea and wheres my manners cc gamo

[CutMeMick]

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...AgllDyRvu.html

So wTF did he fight uRANGO FOR?

Just to get another title under his belt (which obviously didn't/doesn't mean shit! to him) the Urango fight was basically just a builder upper for the Hatton-JLC showdown.....

[Gandalf]

Im in agreement with Bilbo here, If the title means nothing to you then why bother fighting for it and then not even defending it?

I was never into fighting Urango anyway as were a lot of others and now here we are saying "what was the bloody point?". All that time out and then to win a title and then dump it?

Why not have just fought Castillo or another name?

[MV]

first everybody was upset that hatton might fight ndoe,now some people are complaining he is giving up his title and fighting castillo? go figure.i think hatton won enough titles now.now i think he needs to fight whoever he wants and not worry about titles at all.

[Gandalf]

first everybody was upset that hatton might fight ndoe,now some people are complaining he is giving up his title and fighting castillo? go figure.i think hatton won enough titles now.now i think he needs to fight whoever he wants and not worry about titles at all.

So why bother fighting Urango?

Why wasnt it made clear that a mandatory would be called for prior to the Urango fight being signed?

Either way, the Urango fight seems to have been a bit pointless, and dont get me wrong...I am actually a Hatton fan!

[Poom]

The root of the problem is just all the governing bodies, if a belt actually meant being the best and getting to fight the best challengers then boxers would actually want to fight for and defend them

[Gandalf]

The root of the problem is just all the governing bodies, if a belt actually meant being the best and getting to fight the best challengers then boxers would actually want to fight for and defend them

But the point is that it is Hattons fault if a mandatory is known of prior to fighting Urango...the authorities are the issue if its decided after the Urango fight has been sealed.

Either way a Castillo fight could have been on the cards without this Urango fight...

[ono]

The root of the problem is just all the governing bodies, if a belt actually meant being the best and getting to fight the best challengers then boxers would actually want to fight for and defend them

But the point is that it is Hattons fault if a mandatory is known of prior to fighting Urango...the authorities are the issue if its decided after the Urango fight has been sealed.

Either way a Castillo fight could have been on the cards without this Urango fight...

I'm only guessing that he didn't know he only had 90 days to defend it. He might have presumed he had a year like i did. That way to Castillo clash would have been for the belt?

[Kev]

The root of the problem is just all the governing bodies, if a belt actually meant being the best and getting to fight the best challengers then boxers would actually want to fight for and defend them

But the point is that it is Hattons fault if a mandatory is known of prior to fighting Urango...the authorities are the issue if its decided after the Urango fight has been sealed.

Either way a Castillo fight could have been on the cards without this Urango fight...

I'm only guessing that he didn't know he only had 90 days to defend it. He might have presumed he had a year like i did. That way to Castillo clash would have been for the belt?

Of course he knew, we all knew before he fought Urango that the winner had a mandatory to fight the winner of Rabah N'Dou.

People complain about the belts being worthless and that very well may be the case, but if fighters actually respected them a bit more then maybe they would be worth more.

Most of us can see regarding Sam Peter that it's unfair for them to oust him from his mandatory status in order to give Vitali first dibs.

Well it's the same at unfair for N Dou for Hatton to deny him his chance.

Why fight Urango just to throw the title away immediately after leaving the IBF without a champion for the second time in 2 years

[Gandalf]

The root of the problem is just all the governing bodies, if a belt actually meant being the best and getting to fight the best challengers then boxers would actually want to fight for and defend them

But the point is that it is Hattons fault if a mandatory is known of prior to fighting Urango...the authorities are the issue if its decided after the Urango fight has been sealed.

Either way a Castillo fight could have been on the cards without this Urango fight...

I'm only guessing that he didn't know he only had 90 days to defend it. He might have presumed he had a year like i did. That way to Castillo clash would have been for the belt?

Of course he knew, we all knew before he fought Urango that the winner had a mandatory to fight the winner of Rabah N'Dou.

People complain about the belts being worthless and that very well may be the case, but if fighters actually respected them a bit more then maybe they would be worth more.

Most of us can see regarding Sam Peter that it's unfair for them to oust him from his mandatory status in order to give Vitali first dibs.

Well it's the same at unfair for N Dou for Hatton to deny him his chance.

Why fight Urango just to throw the title away immediately after leaving the IBF without a champion for the second time in 2 years

You might have known, but many a fan didnt know this, Bilbo!

Thats why it was all Urango and then Hatton: Castillo....

[Sovereign]

ok hang on, can we all please get a grip and remember Ricky Hatton is the UNDISPUTED and LINEAR champion. He beat Kostya Tyszyu, thus making him the champ until beaten. The IBF title is 2nd to this, and Ricky Hatton should be real best contender, ie Castillo, rather than the bullshit IBF one, N'Dou.

No disrespect to N'Dou but thats not who Ricky needs to fight right now, if N'Dou wants to grab Ricky's atttention go and knock out Junior Witter. WBC - IBF "Unification" bout to the sanctioning bodies, but back on planet earth its just an eliminator to see who can fight Ricky!

Ricky is doing the right thing, and its a brave move to dump a belt but it make sense.

[Kev]

ok hang on, can we all please get a grip and remember Ricky Hatton is the UNDISPUTED and LINEAR champion. He beat Kostya Tyszyu, thus making him the champ until beaten. The IBF title is 2nd to this, and Ricky Hatton should be real best contender, ie Castillo, rather than the bullshit IBF one, N'Dou.

No disrespect to N'Dou but thats not who Ricky needs to fight right now, if N'Dou wants to grab Ricky's atttention go and knock out Junior Witter. WBC - IBF "Unification" bout to the sanctioning bodies, but back on planet earth its just an eliminator to see who can fight Ricky!

Ricky is doing the right thing, and its a brave move to dump a belt but it make sense.

I completely agree with you regarding Ricky wanting to fight the best, my beef with him is that he also wants to grab the titles, but doesn't want to defend them, thus disrespecting the body who gave him the right to fight for their belt.

If he wants to go after the best, forget about chasing paper titles and fight the best.

This is the approach adpoted by Manny Pacquiao, widely regarded as the man to beat in the super featherweight division even though he's never held a title belt at the weight.

It' the same in the light heavyweight division, Tarver, Jones Jr and Glen Johnson have been regarded as the best in the division despite not holding belts recently.

Hatton needs to decide what he wants to be, a true p4p star fighting the best regardless of belts, or does he want to be a paper champion chasing easy world title fights rather than fight the best?

He's now left the IBF in a mess two years in a row.

[porkypara]

ok hang on, can we all please get a grip and remember Ricky Hatton is the UNDISPUTED and LINEAR champion. He beat Kostya Tyszyu, thus making him the champ until beaten. The IBF title is 2nd to this, and Ricky Hatton should be real best contender, ie Castillo, rather than the bullshit IBF one, N'Dou.

No disrespect to N'Dou but thats not who Ricky needs to fight right now, if N'Dou wants to grab Ricky's atttention go and knock out Junior Witter. WBC - IBF "Unification" bout to the sanctioning bodies, but back on planet earth its just an eliminator to see who can fight Ricky!

Ricky is doing the right thing, and its a brave move to dump a belt but it make sense.

I completely agree with you regarding Ricky wanting to fight the best, my beef with him is that he also wants to grab the titles, but doesn't want to defend them, thus disrespecting the body who gave him the right to fight for their belt.

If he wants to go after the best, forget about chasing paper titles and fight the best.

This is the approach adpoted by Manny Pacquiao, widely regarded as the man to beat in the super featherweight division even though he's never held a title belt at the weight.

It' the same in the light heavyweight division, Tarver, Jones Jr and Glen Johnson have been regarded as the best in the division despite not holding belts recently.

Hatton needs to decide what he wants to be, a true p4p star fighting the best regardless of belts, or does he want to be a paper champion chasing easy world title fights rather than fight the best?

He's now left the IBF in a mess two years in a row.

The Ibf are a bunch of corrupt crooks(been proven in court) who bleed boxing dry,so who gives a fuck if they are in a mess.

The fact they even sanctioned Rabah-N'Dou as an elimination is a joke,its just another way of getting boxers to give up there hard erned cash.
You cant tell me that they are the first and second best countenders in the light welter weight division.

Who ever advised Hatton to wast a fight going after the worthless ibf belt needs a good kick up the arse.As already stated in this thread he is the linnear and The Ring champion so why go after that paper title in the first place?