Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel_K
Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
Well this is who i want him to fight in his next 5 fights.

First he should fight Gavin Rees because thats easy fight for Hatton, plus he gets a World Title and confidence back. Then Junior Witter, Paul Malignaggi, Ricardo Torres, Demetrius Hopkins.
Yeah pretty similar for me.
1)Juan Lazcano
2)Junior Witter
3)Paulie Malignaggi
4)Gavin Rees
5)Ricardo Torres
At the end of the day - at least when we are trying to plan 2 years ahead - the biggest UK fight by far for Hatton is not Witter, and most definetely not Rees. It is Amir Khan. That's the truth, even if it seem ludicrous to speculate in a Hatton-Khan meeting right now.

But - and this is my point - fighting Witter, Rees and then fight or not fight Khan, Hatton will go down as a very good fighter in England. Chris Eubank-like perhaps? But he will not be remembered on the world stage as a great, if he ends his areer by fighting 'merely' domestic opponents. So on to the world, Mr Hatton!

(And the likes of Lazcano does not secure his legacy either - Malignaggi and Torres more so though).
Juan Lazcano is a possible confidence booster that has been deemed necessary by all of Ricky's confedantes.
At the moment Amir is nothing. Ricky could well be retired by the time that he is even ready to head to world stages at Lightweight.