Quote Originally Posted by skel1983
Im sorry im the biggest Hatton fan, but this is bullshit, first off now it's ok to fight mandatorys?? What happened to his mandatorys at 140, they were seen as not worth while so he dropped the belts, but Urkal is seen as an easy fight which it most probably will be this guy got exposed twice by Vivian Harris, also i thought Hatton didnt fancy it at 147??

We go from fighting possibly Castillo/Corrales to Urkal??

The only thing i can think of is to keep busy, but this fight is worthless if you ask me especially if Hatton wants to operate at 140 in ther future.
He hasn't said he was staying at Welter or Light Welter. He said he felt he was a natural lightwelter but would stay where the big fights were.

He gave up two belts to move up a weight, it would be daft to move back down after one fight.

He has to take a mandatory if he wants to retain the belt, WBA only sanctioned the Collazo fight if the winner fought Urkal within 120 days. Retaining the belt gives him more bargaining power for future fights against other Welters, especially if Cotto moves up aswell.

From a business point of view there is little point in fighting Collazo again because it wouldn't be for a belt, just a pointless fight and a risky one after the 1st fight (although I don't think Hatton would make the same mistakes twice)

I personally think he deserves a mandatory fight back in Manchester hopefully and a potentially easier fight. His last 3 fights have been World title fights.

Then onto Cotto/Castillo/Mayweather et al