Ricky Hatton; Good Call.

[leftylee]

Will never happen in a million years!!

Why not? The money involved would be on a completely different level than against Witter. In fact the money alone makes this a viable possibility - not this year, probably not next year either, but certainly in the years to come after that.

Sure, if Khan remains with Warren, it won't happen until they are absolutely confident, Khan will win. But with a 3-4 years perspective that isnt an impossible scenario to believe in. Personally, I dont really see Hatton carrying on more than 2-3 more years anyway.

Then the question is if Khan can lure Hatton out of retirement into a very_ lucrative one-off fight before retiring for good?

But this is kind of irrelevant to this thread. Poor old Witter, not even in the threads about him can he remain in the spotlight...

i honestly see no more 3-4 hatton outings before he calls it a day.

Lazcano and Malignaggi are naturally this years opposition, then he`ll probably look at a bout with torres in vegas one last time before a junior witter showdown late next year to end it all.

After that ricky will have nothing left to prove, he would of unified the 140 division, wont be so daft as to believe he can go up a weight again, will be desperate to retire as a champion and of course as we all know wants to become a promoter ASAP.

Khan is a respective lightweight newbie and hasnt even got himself a world title shot yet.

The chances of him dominating at lightweight and then shooting up to 140 before hatton has gone are slim to none if you ask me!!

Ricky will NEVER fight Witter mate.

Your also forgetting the Floyd rematch at Wembley next summer

[Saddo]

Good thread from guys from both sides not crap talking just debate... great read

i will add this for the people who mentioned Witter wasnt a big money fight... did you see the crowd last sat for the witter fight it was pretty big

anyhooo its by the by as now as that fight is gone but i will be intrested to see if this Hatton fight really is full regardless of the claims of 55,000+ tickets sold i think there is gonna be a few thousand unhappy touts come fight night

PR is a wonderful thing dont you think

[No Contest]

I think alot of people are thinking Bradley is some chump. He is a good fighter, shit I give him a fair chance to beat Hatton, if its not in England. Witter Vs. Hatton nothing was resolved between those two because they haven't fought, thats all there is to it. Just slagging off Witter because of a loss it happens everytime someone loses, its gotta be an exposure or the end for the loser....people can have bad nights. That will be proven when Paul williams rebounds and dominates Quintana.

[ono]

Good thread from guys from both sides not crap talking just debate... great read

i will add this for the people who mentioned Witter wasnt a big money fight... did you see the crowd last sat for the witter fight it was pretty big

anyhooo its by the by as now as that fight is gone but i will be intrested to see if this Hatton fight really is full regardless of the claims of 55,000+ tickets sold i think there is gonna be a few thousand unhappy touts come fight night

PR is a wonderful thing dont you think

Do you not think that was because the fight was in Nottingham and the fans were there to see Carl Froch? Remember the fans bought the tickets on the understanding that Froch was fighting a WBC title elimintator against Dennis Inkin

[DatsiK]

i will add this for the people who mentioned Witter wasnt a big money fight... did you see the crowd last sat for the witter fight it was pretty big

That's only because he TELLS everyone he's the best in the world, and they all turned up to see it for thereselves lol sadly they were all let down.

[CFH]

Why not? The money involved would be on a completely different level than against Witter. In fact the money alone makes this a viable possibility - not this year, probably not next year either, but certainly in the years to come after that.

Sure, if Khan remains with Warren, it won't happen until they are absolutely confident, Khan will win. But with a 3-4 years perspective that isnt an impossible scenario to believe in. Personally, I dont really see Hatton carrying on more than 2-3 more years anyway.

Then the question is if Khan can lure Hatton out of retirement into a very_ lucrative one-off fight before retiring for good?

But this is kind of irrelevant to this thread. Poor old Witter, not even in the threads about him can he remain in the spotlight...

i honestly see no more 3-4 hatton outings before he calls it a day.

Lazcano and Malignaggi are naturally this years opposition, then he`ll probably look at a bout with torres in vegas one last time before a junior witter showdown late next year to end it all.

After that ricky will have nothing left to prove, he would of unified the 140 division, wont be so daft as to believe he can go up a weight again, will be desperate to retire as a champion and of course as we all know wants to become a promoter ASAP.

Khan is a respective lightweight newbie and hasnt even got himself a world title shot yet.

The chances of him dominating at lightweight and then shooting up to 140 before hatton has gone are slim to none if you ask me!!

Ricky will NEVER fight Witter mate.

Your also forgetting the Floyd rematch at Wembley next summer

I really, really hope that doesn't happen .

[HattonTheHammer]

i honestly see no more 3-4 hatton outings before he calls it a day.

Lazcano and Malignaggi are naturally this years opposition, then he`ll probably look at a bout with torres in vegas one last time before a junior witter showdown late next year to end it all.

After that ricky will have nothing left to prove, he would of unified the 140 division, wont be so daft as to believe he can go up a weight again, will be desperate to retire as a champion and of course as we all know wants to become a promoter ASAP.

Khan is a respective lightweight newbie and hasnt even got himself a world title shot yet.

The chances of him dominating at lightweight and then shooting up to 140 before hatton has gone are slim to none if you ask me!!

Ricky will NEVER fight Witter mate.

Your also forgetting the Floyd rematch at Wembley next summer

I really, really hope that doesn't happen .

I for one wouldnt mind seeing it.

Ricky has that hunger and desire burning within him that very few fighters are able to demonstrate as well as him.

If its the tszyu hatton that fights floyd mayweather i can honestly see him winning with a stoppage.

floyd is a great great fighter make no mistake about it - but anyone that can claim the guy doesnt have flaws that can be exploited is just crazy.

When it comes to 2 men fighting on the inside, nobody in the 147 division would be able to match hatton!!

[Bomp]

Ricky will NEVER fight Witter mate.

Your also forgetting the Floyd rematch at Wembley next summer

I really, really hope that doesn't happen .

I for one wouldnt mind seeing it.

Ricky has that hunger and desire burning within him that very few fighters are able to demonstrate as well as him.

If its the tszyu hatton that fights floyd mayweather i can honestly see him winning with a stoppage.

floyd is a great great fighter make no mistake about it - but anyone that can claim the guy doesnt have flaws that can be exploited is just crazy.

When it comes to 2 men fighting on the inside, nobody in the 147 division would be able to match hatton!!

What the hell have you been smoking? Urango was more than a match for Hatton on the inside and he's a b-level fighter. Mayweather was doing way better than Hatton on the inside.

Hatton has proven ability to overpower some guys where he has a strength advantage, he also displyed good in and out boxing against guys like Tackie and first 6 rounds against Urango when he had to cos he can't overpower everyone at 140 let alone 147 (sure that wasn't a typo?).
As I mentioned previously, Hatton did nothing in the first fight to warrant a rematch, if he wants one he should earn it against decent WWs, but luckily for Ricky, Floyd has shown recently he's no longer interested in fighting dangerous opposition making another farce sadly inevitable.

[HattonTheHammer]

I really, really hope that doesn't happen .

I for one wouldnt mind seeing it.

Ricky has that hunger and desire burning within him that very few fighters are able to demonstrate as well as him.

If its the tszyu hatton that fights floyd mayweather i can honestly see him winning with a stoppage.

floyd is a great great fighter make no mistake about it - but anyone that can claim the guy doesnt have flaws that can be exploited is just crazy.

When it comes to 2 men fighting on the inside, nobody in the 147 division would be able to match hatton!!

What the hell have you been smoking? Urango was more than a match for Hatton on the inside and he's a b-level fighter. Mayweather was doing way better than Hatton on the inside.

Hatton has proven ability to overpower some guys where he has a strength advantage, he also displyed good in and out boxing against guys like Tackie and first 6 rounds against Urango when he had to cos he can't overpower everyone at 140 let alone 147 (sure that wasn't a typo?).
As I mentioned previously, Hatton did nothing in the first fight to warrant a rematch, if he wants one he should earn it against decent WWs, but luckily for Ricky, Floyd has shown recently he's no longer interested in fighting dangerous opposition making another farce sadly inevitable.

urango got soundly beaten BECAUSE he had no way of matching hattons workrate and his main attribute just happened to be hattons who was much much better at it.

To use urango as an example is baseless. Hatton hasnt had to go to war with anyone since he fought tszyu and when he did try to against floyd he got stopped every time.

As for floyd being busier on the inside

If you count ducking and springing up with an overhand every time they clenched then you may be right. Thats not what i call fighting on the "inside" and however hard ricky tried to turn the fight into a battle it got broken up.

You stick floyd in wembley stadium, with a medium sized ring and a ref like micky vann and you take mayweather out of his comfort zone and turn the tables completely into hattons favour.

[Bomp]

I for one wouldnt mind seeing it.

Ricky has that hunger and desire burning within him that very few fighters are able to demonstrate as well as him.

If its the tszyu hatton that fights floyd mayweather i can honestly see him winning with a stoppage.

floyd is a great great fighter make no mistake about it - but anyone that can claim the guy doesnt have flaws that can be exploited is just crazy.

When it comes to 2 men fighting on the inside, nobody in the 147 division would be able to match hatton!!

What the hell have you been smoking? Urango was more than a match for Hatton on the inside and he's a b-level fighter. Mayweather was doing way better than Hatton on the inside.

Hatton has proven ability to overpower some guys where he has a strength advantage, he also displyed good in and out boxing against guys like Tackie and first 6 rounds against Urango when he had to cos he can't overpower everyone at 140 let alone 147 (sure that wasn't a typo?).
As I mentioned previously, Hatton did nothing in the first fight to warrant a rematch, if he wants one he should earn it against decent WWs, but luckily for Ricky, Floyd has shown recently he's no longer interested in fighting dangerous opposition making another farce sadly inevitable.

urango got soundly beaten BECAUSE he had no way of matching hattons workrate and his main attribute just happened to be hattons who was much much better at it.

To use urango as an example is baseless. Hatton hasnt had to go to war with anyone since he fought tszyu and when he did try to against floyd he got stopped every time.

As for floyd being busier on the inside

If you count ducking and springing up with an overhand every time they clenched then you may be right. Thats not what i call fighting on the "inside" and however hard ricky tried to turn the fight into a battle it got broken up.

You stick floyd in wembley stadium, with a medium sized ring and a ref like micky vann and you take mayweather out of his comfort zone and turn the tables completely into hattons favour.

And what exactly was Hatton doing on the inside when they were allowed to? he certainly wasn't throwing any punches, and that goes for the later rounds against the inexperienced Urango as well.

[donnydarkoIRL]

What the hell have you been smoking? Urango was more than a match for Hatton on the inside and he's a b-level fighter. Mayweather was doing way better than Hatton on the inside.

Hatton has proven ability to overpower some guys where he has a strength advantage, he also displyed good in and out boxing against guys like Tackie and first 6 rounds against Urango when he had to cos he can't overpower everyone at 140 let alone 147 (sure that wasn't a typo?).
As I mentioned previously, Hatton did nothing in the first fight to warrant a rematch, if he wants one he should earn it against decent WWs, but luckily for Ricky, Floyd has shown recently he's no longer interested in fighting dangerous opposition making another farce sadly inevitable.

urango got soundly beaten BECAUSE he had no way of matching hattons workrate and his main attribute just happened to be hattons who was much much better at it.

To use urango as an example is baseless. Hatton hasnt had to go to war with anyone since he fought tszyu and when he did try to against floyd he got stopped every time.

As for floyd being busier on the inside

If you count ducking and springing up with an overhand every time they clenched then you may be right. Thats not what i call fighting on the "inside" and however hard ricky tried to turn the fight into a battle it got broken up.

You stick floyd in wembley stadium, with a medium sized ring and a ref like micky vann and you take mayweather out of his comfort zone and turn the tables completely into hattons favour.

And what exactly was Hatton doing on the inside when they were allowed to? he certainly wasn't throwing any punches, and that goes for the later rounds against the inexperienced Urango as well.

Whatever he did, it saw him win 11/12 rounds.

[HattonTheHammer]

What the hell have you been smoking? Urango was more than a match for Hatton on the inside and he's a b-level fighter. Mayweather was doing way better than Hatton on the inside.

Hatton has proven ability to overpower some guys where he has a strength advantage, he also displyed good in and out boxing against guys like Tackie and first 6 rounds against Urango when he had to cos he can't overpower everyone at 140 let alone 147 (sure that wasn't a typo?).
As I mentioned previously, Hatton did nothing in the first fight to warrant a rematch, if he wants one he should earn it against decent WWs, but luckily for Ricky, Floyd has shown recently he's no longer interested in fighting dangerous opposition making another farce sadly inevitable.

urango got soundly beaten BECAUSE he had no way of matching hattons workrate and his main attribute just happened to be hattons who was much much better at it.

To use urango as an example is baseless. Hatton hasnt had to go to war with anyone since he fought tszyu and when he did try to against floyd he got stopped every time.

As for floyd being busier on the inside

If you count ducking and springing up with an overhand every time they clenched then you may be right. Thats not what i call fighting on the "inside" and however hard ricky tried to turn the fight into a battle it got broken up.

You stick floyd in wembley stadium, with a medium sized ring and a ref like micky vann and you take mayweather out of his comfort zone and turn the tables completely into hattons favour.

And what exactly was Hatton doing on the inside when they were allowed to? he certainly wasn't throwing any punches, and that goes for the later rounds against the inexperienced Urango as well.

It doesnt exactly work like that though does it.

Hattons style involves him bullying an opponent physically before unloading...usually with a barrage of body shots that wears his opponents down.

Every time he tried to come in he knew he couldnt attempt a lock up or to push floyd into a viable position where he could get his shots off and was forced to try and fight at arms length which inevitably led to floyd throwing back far more devestating shots.

ODLH was allowed to go toe to toe with mayweather and it was extremely effective up until about 7-8 when he puffed out of steam.

Hatton is a far better fighter (fighter not boxer, fighter) than de la hoya!!

[CFH]

Ricky will NEVER fight Witter mate.

Your also forgetting the Floyd rematch at Wembley next summer

I really, really hope that doesn't happen .

I for one wouldnt mind seeing it.

Ricky has that hunger and desire burning within him that very few fighters are able to demonstrate as well as him.

If its the tszyu hatton that fights floyd mayweather i can honestly see him winning with a stoppage.

floyd is a great great fighter make no mistake about it - but anyone that can claim the guy doesnt have flaws that can be exploited is just crazy.

When it comes to 2 men fighting on the inside, nobody in the 147 division would be able to match hatton!!

Fouls aside, Floyd was out-fighting Hatton on the inside as well as the outside, and everywhere in between. Floyd just out-thought him completely. I don't think it matters who the ref is or where they fight, PBF would beat Hatton 9 times out of 10. Also, I'd like to have someone explain to me what exactly Hatton did, aside from lining Floyd's pockets, to earn a rematch. If Hatton deserves one then so does Judan, and Judah does not deserve a rematch with PBF.

For the record, I can think of several fighters at 147 who would absolutely maul Hatton on the inside. Margarito and Cotto would savage him, he's just too small.

[Hughesd]

I think there still is a possibility of Hatton fighting Witter somewhere down the line. Surely once Witter recuperates he will want a rematch with Bradley and if he wins that then who knows. But I think Hatton needs to concentrate on Lazcano first and if he wins if he will be aiming for Paulie in the Garden which will draw more money than a Witter fight.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I think there still is a possibility of Hatton fighting Witter somewhere down the line. Surely once Witter recuperates he will want a rematch with Bradley and if he wins that then who knows. But I think Hatton needs to concentrate on Lazcano first and if he wins if he will be aiming for Paulie in the Garden which will draw more money than a Witter fight.

I actually don't believe Witter can recuperate.