First off have a for your effort, I can sympathise with pouring your heart and soul into a thread only to see it literally free fall straight to the bottom of the page with absolutely no interest at all, it's happened to me many times :P

Anyways onto your analysis.

I think Hatton does indeed have a dilmena and that is that the best fighters, the biggest names and the most money are all to be made at 147 lbs.

However as we saw against Collazo, Hatton's style doesn't translate well to the higher division as his biggest assets, strength, aggression and an ability to just bully and overpower his opponents are nullified somewhat when he's the smaller man.

I don't see any possible way Hatton could overpower guys like Mosely, Margarito and Cotto at 147 and I'm sure that Hatton and his team know that hence the reason they went back to 140.

Now at 140 there really isn't any opposition of merit, Hatton has already conquered and any fights at that weight just don't add much to his legacy.

Therefore I think the smart plan for Ricky would be to look to the lightweights and try and tempt one of them up.

A fight with Juan Diaz would be explosive, Casamayor would be a tough fight and no fighter deserves a big fight more than Casamayor imo he's been the forgotten man of boxing for too long.

Junior Witter represents a huge domestic clash for Hatton and of course there are 4 world title belts to collect so still some fights to be made.

My own opinion of the best fights for Ricky right now are.

1. Juan Diaz/ Joel Casamayor. Either of these guys would make for a great fight, Juan Diaz would be a great HBO fight, although I think this should happen next year, let anticipation build.

2. Malignaggi. Right now the biggest threat to Hatton, and the most popular 140 lb fighter with HBO. Would make for a great event.

3. Junior Witter. I really think this fight has to happen. I believe it's inexcusable for the best domestic fighters not to fight each other, it's denying the public of a domestic megafight.

4.M'Baye, Torres, Harris. M'Baye and Torres both hold titles, Harris is a really exciting fighter and if he beats Witter would have to a contender. I think one of these guys is the most likely next opponent for Hatton, Torres or Holt if Torres beats him especially.

Regarding Floyd Mayweather, in my opinion this the fight at 147 that would make the most sense for Hatton to try and fight. Mayweather is the best, he's also the best payday and he's not much bigger than Floyd so his style wouldn't be too much nullified in the way it would against Margarito or Cotto.

Looking into the future I think a final fight showdown with Amir Khan could me mouthwatering stuff in a couple years. The Peterson brothers are also likely to be in the mix soon