Hatton to fight in manchester against Forbes

[mofo2]

So what is the point of this fight?

Is it because Ricky cannot make 140 comfortably anymore, or that he is taking on a more than beatable opponent at 147 to see if he can cut it!

One thing that is for sure...he looks on the downslide and he really should have considered retirement much more than he obviously has!!

Lets face it...if he thinks he can move up and then take on the Likes of Mosley,Cotto or Margacheato after a Forbes win and do well in the division he is deluded!

A fight against the likes of Bradley or Witter would have made more sense to me especially if Junior takes the WBC belt he is fighting for...so that takes me back to the start of my post..is he weight drained fighting at 140 and he's holding on!

That would be an understatement. He'd get hurt less standing in front of a train than fighting those guys. Margarita' would make him look like some pizza dough with tomato sauce thrown all over it

I know what will be said; but I'd still like to see him fight Juan Diaz or Katsidis. All he's going to do now by fighting{and possibly losing}to guys like Forbes is diminish his career even more, win or lose.

I agree totally..But I cant't see him having the stomach for a war with either Diaz or Kastidis either...

Its a bad situation for him I suppose as his two defeats have been against the Best quality figters around for some years and he probably feels he can still turn his career around...Its just time to Bow out gracefully for me and look back on a good career and think well done, instead of as you say taking fights that diminish his career!

[Kirkland Laing]

Tricky for Ricky. He's picked someone who he thinks he'll be able to walk through their punches but Forbes did a number on Oscar when he tried to mix it in their fight and Oscar had to settle for outboxing him. Ricky won't be able to outbox him and he'll have to risk getting sparked all through the fight to land enough to get him the decision. I don't think even not having to make 140 will help him too much here. Going for Forbes tells me he Ricky doesn't believe he could beat Khan or anybody decent at 140, this definitely looks like a farewell fight. I'm going for Forbes in a surprise upset.

[CFH]

Tricky for Ricky. He's picked someone who he thinks he'll be able to walk through their punches but Forbes did a number on Oscar when he tried to mix it in their fight and Oscar had to settle for outboxing him. Ricky won't be able to outbox him and he'll have to risk getting sparked all through the fight to land enough to get him the decision. I don't think even not having to make 140 will help him too much here. Going for Forbes tells me he Ricky doesn't believe he could beat Khan or anybody decent at 140, this definitely looks like a farewell fight. I'm going for Forbes in a surprise upset.

You've got to be kidding. I don't care how shot Hatton is, there is no way he gets stopped by Steve Forbes. The guy has 7 stoppages in 34 fights, all of which came against inferior competition. Hatton might get outboxed, which I doubt, but he won't get stopped.

[Kirkland Laing]

Tricky for Ricky. He's picked someone who he thinks he'll be able to walk through their punches but Forbes did a number on Oscar when he tried to mix it in their fight and Oscar had to settle for outboxing him. Ricky won't be able to outbox him and he'll have to risk getting sparked all through the fight to land enough to get him the decision. I don't think even not having to make 140 will help him too much here. Going for Forbes tells me he Ricky doesn't believe he could beat Khan or anybody decent at 140, this definitely looks like a farewell fight. I'm going for Forbes in a surprise upset.

You've got to be kidding. I don't care how shot Hatton is, there is no way he gets stopped by Steve Forbes. The guy has 7 stoppages in 34 fights, all of which came against inferior competition. Hatton might get outboxed, which I doubt, but he won't get stopped.

I'm going on how Oscar did with Forbes then how oscar did with Manny versus how Hatton did against him. I think Forbes has a good chance of stopping Hatton.

[ono]

Tricky for Ricky. He's picked someone who he thinks he'll be able to walk through their punches but Forbes did a number on Oscar when he tried to mix it in their fight and Oscar had to settle for outboxing him. Ricky won't be able to outbox him and he'll have to risk getting sparked all through the fight to land enough to get him the decision. I don't think even not having to make 140 will help him too much here. Going for Forbes tells me he Ricky doesn't believe he could beat Khan or anybody decent at 140, this definitely looks like a farewell fight. I'm going for Forbes in a surprise upset.

You've got to be kidding. I don't care how shot Hatton is, there is no way he gets stopped by Steve Forbes. The guy has 7 stoppages in 34 fights, all of which came against inferior competition. Hatton might get outboxed, which I doubt, but he won't get stopped.

I'm going on how Oscar did with Forbes then how oscar did with Manny versus how Hatton did against him. I think Forbes has a good chance of stopping Hatton.

Me too. Forbes will make Hatton eat a fair few combinations and that is something Hatton has never been able to deal with...see Collazo, Mayweather, Pacman.

Plenty said Mayweather didn't have enough power to Ko him or Pacquiao didn't but look what happened. Collazo nearly had him out and he is considered a light puncher.

Don't be surprised if Hatton get's stopped or hurt at some point in the fight.

[yvonne]

This fight does'nt really float my boat but it could do if it draws near!I'd like to see Hatton have a slug fest with Witter instead.Is he fighting Forbes because he is American and that would draw the big t.v boardcastings and make Hatton a few more £££s towards his retirement??

No offence to you great Americans,but fuck having to keep everyone happy Hatton and bloody give us brits that fight with Witter and set the record straight once and for all.There's bad blood in between Hatton vs Witter over the last 6-7 years and their've been slagging each other off something rotten.It would be a awesome fight over here and if Hatton does lose if their did get it on he would still get my respect,but fighting Forbes.........i dont see that much interest in it reallynevertheless i'd like to see Hatton fight before he retires!

[CFH]

This fight does'nt really float my boat but it could do if it draws near!I'd like to see Hatton have a slug fest with Witter instead.Is he fighting Forbes because he is American and that would draw the big t.v boardcastings and make Hatton a few more £££s towards his retirement??

No offence to you great Americans,but fuck having to keep everyone happy Hatton and bloody give us brits that fight with Witter ans set the record straight once and for all.There's bad blood in between Hatton vs Witter over the last 6-7 years and their've been slagging each other off something rotten.It would be a awesome fight over here and if Hatton does lose if their did get it on he would still get my respect,but fighting Forbes.........i dont see that much interest in it reallynevertheless i'd like to see Hatton fight before he retires!

No one in America gives a flying fuck about Forbes and I doubt the networks do either. Hatton wants nothing to do with Witter, that's been made very clear. Before, I'm sure he thought, and probably still thinks, he could beat him but didn't want to risk it (high-risk/low reward fight), now Witter would have a very good chance of beating Hatton. The fight, unfortunately, will never happen.

[NuthaPug]

My take on Hatton - he isn't washed up, and he could fight on and beat most anybody for a couple more years.

He just got beat by a couple guys for two reasons. One of those reasons is that they have speed and grace. Another is that they have timing and balance. Against Manny he just fought stupid. It was a short fight and shouldn't have damaged him much more than many of his other longer battles.

In short - Hatton is a particular kind of fighter who can beat a lot of other fighters. But he's not and never has been a great fighter. He lost because he was outclassed or fought stupid - not because he is washed up.

Unless you want to argue that he was always washed up.

Yes, I know that he also eats and lives stupid between fights, and that it catches up with you. But I'm just saying I don't think these are the kinds of things that have happened to make him lose to Floyd and Manny. He could never have beaten Floyd. And that's why he lost.

I like Ricky. He'd be a fine bloke to lift a pint with. But I'd rather watch Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather in the ring.