Quote Originally Posted by yoitsdan
The talk from Hatton of the last 6 months or so has been very pro 147, he once said something like, "From here on out, if I do get beat it'll be because I faught the very best of my era."
That tells me he's going after the very vest names out there, I know this is boxing and sometimes it doesn't work out like that but it sounds like ricky isn't too afraid of being beaten for the top box office i.e Mosley, ODLH, Cotto + Floyd and is going after them full tilt, and the fact he's fighting Castillo is one step towards that, 19,000 in the Thomas and Mack Centre and HBO + PPV in other countries is big time.
It's good that he thinks that way, he has done remarkably well in his career so far, time to take a few risks and that means big names only. There is no point in fighting Witter even in the UK, it's an easy win for him and yes the money would be good but really outside the UK nobody cares. It's 147 or bust for RH and that means big fights in the next 12months for him, even if he loses to someone he could get rematches etc. Next week is so important for him!