Can you name a Cherry Picker?

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I see what you are trying to say but...

I think he earned his shot at Floyd quite fairly. He was the undisputed number 1 at 140. Ok it might not matter at 147 but then you remember how Mayweather won the title at 147. The fight was at welter to convenience Mayweather and imo this fight should have happened maybe 18 months before - at 140.

It would have been career suicide for him to fight one of the bigger guys at welter, because Hatton is no where near big enough.

And if Castillo was really a lightweight, why couldn't he make weight anymore?

I'd say if he wanted to Cherry pick he could fight all the weak champions, back in England. He sold out Coms fighting Lazcano so he could still make mulit-millions fighting bums in the UK.

I can accept that maybe something like that motivated Hatton. But if it's career suicide to fight a guy like Cotto, then how is it that he thinks he has a chance against Floyd, who was the top dog in the division? And how is it that he has earned a shot against Floyd when he can't compete against the top guys? It don't make a lot of sense.

But hey, after all it's all about the dough that Ricky can bring to the table, right?

What did Mayweather do to deserve 'top dog' status? Beat Baldomir? Jesus.

Cotto would have been due to his sheer size and strength advantage....same with Margarito - not to mention his concrete gloves.

Hatton didn't want Mayweather because he was top dog at 147. He wanted him because he wanted Mayweather...regardless of the weight.

It's a valid question. Maybe ask the boxing bible Ring Mgazine why they rated Mayweather #1. And if Mayweather is number 1 and Hatton can't compete with the "big guys", then there are others far more deserving of a shot than Hatton, just like they were more deserving than Baldomir. But anyways, you say Hatton can't compete at welterweight, so we'll leave it at that.

As for your last comment, no problem here. I guess Mayweather certainly proved who was the better man between the two of them, even if the weight had nothing to do with the reason for the fight.

You know, I can't even remember if you thought Mayweather cherry picked Hatton at 147, I guess he did if he refused to fight a "real welterweight". I don't suppose it matters a lot. Most of this cherry picking business is a load of BS anyways. We all know it's about the money. I don't think Hatton has any claim to the moral high road here, any more than most other guys.