Would you favor a Amir Khan vs. Ricky Hatton fight down the road?

[bzkfn]

I don't want to see it. It would give Khan instant credibility and I swear some people would claim he is P4P. Khan has taken an easy root to a world title shot and while I see it as a smart move, I think he's taking the piss out of the boxing fan. If he beats Kotelnik, he should fight Ortiz or move back to lightweight and fight a live body. Ricky shouldn't fight on, especially against a fighter with great handspeed who is trained by Freddie Roach.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I don't want to see it. It would give Khan instant credibility and I swear some people would claim he is P4P. Khan has taken an easy root to a world title shot and while I see it as a smart move, I think he's taking the piss out of the boxing fan. If he beats Kotelnik, he should fight Ortiz or move back to lightweight and fight a live body. Ricky shouldn't fight on, especially against a fighter with great handspeed who is trained by Freddie Roach.

you know that one decent shot Hatton landed on Pac? That's all it would take to send Khan to the canvas. If a past his best and out of his weight class fighting with blurred vision Barrera can send him wonky do people really think Hatton wouldn't be able to topple him?

[bzkfn]

I don't want to see it. It would give Khan instant credibility and I swear some people would claim he is P4P. Khan has taken an easy root to a world title shot and while I see it as a smart move, I think he's taking the piss out of the boxing fan. If he beats Kotelnik, he should fight Ortiz or move back to lightweight and fight a live body. Ricky shouldn't fight on, especially against a fighter with great handspeed who is trained by Freddie Roach.

you know that one decent shot Hatton landed on Pac? That's all it would take to send Khan to the canvas. If a past his best and out of his weight class fighting with blurred vision Barrera can send him wonky do people really think Hatton wouldn't be able to topple him?

I'm not convinced Hatton would have the desire to train properly for the fight. Its all about motivation and what would Hatton get for wiining apart from the payday? Khan gets instant recognition and he looked fucking slow against Pac. I think Roach would tell Khan to box and run and I think Hatton would telegraph his shots too much. As a Hatton fan I would be pissed if Khan made his name this way because the world knows that a prime Ricky would kill Amir. Khan needs to fight a live body.

[XaduBoxer]

I don't want to see it. It would give Khan instant credibility and I swear some people would claim he is P4P. Khan has taken an easy root to a world title shot and while I see it as a smart move, I think he's taking the piss out of the boxing fan. If he beats Kotelnik, he should fight Ortiz or move back to lightweight and fight a live body. Ricky shouldn't fight on, especially against a fighter with great handspeed who is trained by Freddie Roach.

I fully understood you're great worry of Ricky fighting Amir Khan... Khan has a great speed and is trained by Coach Freddie Roach who already has the blueprint on how to KO Ricky Hatton... All Khan has to do is follow the game plan to perfection...

Roach had previously told the boxing media that Hatton will be hammered by Pacquiao within three rounds and then fight Amir Khan at a sold out stadium in the UK. The first of Freddie's prediction had already happened. The second is slowly shaping up.
A few days before Hatton's devastating loss to Pacquiao, Roach told the Telegraph the following prophetic statements: "Hatton is close to the end of his career. If Manny does what I think he will do to Hatton, and if it all goes to plan, we will knock him out and bust him up. If that does happen, I would say Amir is close to a fight with Ricky, which is a huge fight in the U.K, a sell out. It's two fights away [for Amir]."

Roach's talk is not just talk anymore. It is slowly shaping up into reality. British boxing fans had been blogging about a possible Hatton- Khan fight. Just last week, David Haye has been very vocal about Hatton having a farewell fight with Khan in front of thousands of fans.

"The Ricky- Amir fight will be like Oscar De la hoya beating Chavez Sr. It is like a young guy beating up an old guy. " says Roach in a recent interview by The Broad,an eblogger. "I know Ricky is a tough guy. It would be an interesting fight. But I dont think Ricky have the tools at this point of his life to beat Amir."

[GAME]

Ricky looked so poor in his last fight. No chin , no actical awareness etc that it wouldnt surprise me if a complete bum like Amir could beat him.

1 on the way up . 1 on the way down . Ricky should have took the hint after the Lazcano fight that he didnt have it anymore.

[bzkfn]

Ricky looked so poor in his last fight. No chin , no actical awareness etc that it wouldnt surprise me if a complete bum like Amir could beat him.

1 on the way up . 1 on the way down . Ricky should have took the hint after the Lazcano fight that he didnt have it anymore.

In a way though, I'm glad he carried on and beat Paulie, who was widely considered the #2 at 140 at the time. But at the same time it gave him dillusions he could beat Pacquiao, so maybe you're right.