Is Hatton-Malignaggi fight already signed?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Because people REMEMBER star fights between great fighters.

I'm not talking about internet boxing anoraks/nerds. People that hate Hatton (or any fighter) will critisise him whatever he does.

When looking at Hatton's career do you think people will say his best wins were - "Tsyzu, urango, Collazo, Powderpuff, Castillo, Tackie, .. oh.. and that little guy, whatshisname, Pacman"

Of course not, he'll be ranked alongside Kostya.

I can completely understand the concept of name recognition, but you must realise, Pacquiao is famous for his achievements and accolades at much lower weights.
Even the fans with a vague interest realise that.

Hatton's status is almost affirmed. The boxing public know where they rank him, NO.1 at Lww but outside the P4P top 10.
I cannot see a win over a smaller opponent elevating this status, where as I can see wins over Malignaggi, Torres and/or Bradley contributing to his case.

Where as a showdown with Pac and a win, would provide enough financial merit for a retirement, without proving all that much, except that he can beat up a smaller man.

Malignaggi, Torres and Bradlley are nobodies compared with Pac.

Did it hurt Hopkins career that his two STAR wins were against welterweights? Tito and Oscar MADE him

Tito and Oscar were two very tall Welters.
Their bodies could both handle the Middleweight division.
(With Tito now fighting at 168 and Oscar walking around daily at 160.)
They were true Middleweights by the time they faced Hopkins.

In addition both Oscar and Tito had their successes in the Middleweight division before fighting Hopkins.
Tito's win over Joppy and Oscar's shady victory overSturm had proved they could hang at the weight and as such they had introduced themselves to the Middleweight ranks.