hatton vs. khan possible next year

[Jimmy G-Force]

hope frank is willing to share the promotions with hatton and give hatton one last huge payday. he deserves it.

hatton vs. khan is quite interesting fight

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

[Fenster]

Khan too low pay?

The fight would be HUGE over here. Shame about Hatton/Warren stopping it happening.

Win win fight for Hatton too. He either goes out with a great win the whole of Britain would remember or he loses a changing of the guard fight and can obviously blame age.

[HattonTheHammer]

Khan too low pay?

The fight would be HUGE over here. Shame about Hatton/Warren stopping it happening.

Win win fight for Hatton too. He either goes out with a great win the whole of Britain would remember or he loses a changing of the guard fight and can obviously blame age.

As ive clearly pointed out year after year..

calzaghe-woods
calzaghe-froch
hatton-witter

All at one time or another would of been huge domestic fights. But what exactly is the incentive for ricky hatton to fight a huge DOMESTIC star for 2-3million in the UK when he could be going over to america and earning double that to fight a guy he can beat with his hands tied behind his back

[Fenster]

Khan too low pay?

The fight would be HUGE over here. Shame about Hatton/Warren stopping it happening.

Win win fight for Hatton too. He either goes out with a great win the whole of Britain would remember or he loses a changing of the guard fight and can obviously blame age.

As ive clearly pointed out year after year..

calzaghe-woods
calzaghe-froch
hatton-witter

All at one time or another would of been huge domestic fights. But what exactly is the incentive for ricky hatton to fight a huge DOMESTIC star for 2-3million in the UK when he could be going over to america and earning double that to fight a guy he can beat with his hands tied behind his back

err.. what? Khan is a massive star in Britain, sells 10,000 tickets fighting guys no-one has ever heard of and is a PPV fighter. A fight with Hatton would sell out a stadium easily. The PPV would be massive.

Woods = nobody.
Froch = No TV deal and sells 6,000 tickets in Nottingham.

Neither were ever serious rivals or a big fight for Calzaghe.

Witter? Hatton was only in mega fights in the States against BIG names. The Powderpuff, Urango and Collazo fights weren't big events at all.

HBO refused to buy the Lazcano fight yet Hatton still fought in England because he's big enough a star to sell 55,000 tickets fighting a washed up nobody. Hatton could have (should have) fought Witter anytime he wanted. And Hatton is finished as an American attraction.

[Mattyhitman]

Khan too low pay?

The fight would be HUGE over here. Shame about Hatton/Warren stopping it happening.

Win win fight for Hatton too. He either goes out with a great win the whole of Britain would remember or he loses a changing of the guard fight and can obviously blame age.

As ive clearly pointed out year after year..

calzaghe-woods
calzaghe-froch
hatton-witter

All at one time or another would of been huge domestic fights. But what exactly is the incentive for ricky hatton to fight a huge DOMESTIC star for 2-3million in the UK when he could be going over to america and earning double that to fight a guy he can beat with his hands tied behind his back

Hatton could have (should have) fought Witter anytime he wanted.

From what i remember Hatton had it wrote into a contract he signed with Warren many moons ago that he had to fight Witter, unfortunately Witter became a bit big for his boots and done himself out of a possible fight with Hatton. Started making crazy demands to Warren over money and Fwrank basically told him to piss off.

[Mark TKO]

I can't see any way that this fight happens and I would be full of dread if it did.

I hope Ricky has retired , certainly not sure how much he has left - and NO WAY do i want to see Khan record a win over a shot Hatton. NO WAY

[HattonTheHammer]

I can't see any way that this fight happens and I would be full of dread if it did.

I hope Rocky has retired , certainly not sure how much he has left - and NO WAY do i want to see Khan record a win over a shot Hatton. NO WAY

same here

seeing him get creamed by a fella who in his prime he would of destroyed is something no hatton fan wants to see

[HattonTheHammer]

Khan too low pay?

The fight would be HUGE over here. Shame about Hatton/Warren stopping it happening.

Win win fight for Hatton too. He either goes out with a great win the whole of Britain would remember or he loses a changing of the guard fight and can obviously blame age.

As ive clearly pointed out year after year..

calzaghe-woods
calzaghe-froch
hatton-witter

All at one time or another would of been huge domestic fights. But what exactly is the incentive for ricky hatton to fight a huge DOMESTIC star for 2-3million in the UK when he could be going over to america and earning double that to fight a guy he can beat with his hands tied behind his back

err.. what? Khan is a massive star in Britain, sells 10,000 tickets fighting guys no-one has ever heard of and is a PPV fighter. A fight with Hatton would sell out a stadium easily. The PPV would be massive.

Woods = nobody.
Froch = No TV deal and sells 6,000 tickets in Nottingham.

Neither were ever serious rivals or a big fight for Calzaghe.

Witter? Hatton was only in mega fights in the States against BIG names. The Powderpuff, Urango and Collazo fights weren't big events at all.

HBO refused to buy the Lazcano fight yet Hatton still fought in England because he's big enough a star to sell 55,000 tickets fighting a washed up nobody. Hatton could have (should have) fought Witter anytime he wanted. And Hatton is finished as an American attraction.

Hatton didnt see a fight with witter who was an established world champion as sellable even before he got in with the likes of castillo and mayweather

Now he has been in with that level of opponent you honestly think at this stage in his career he`ll jump at the chance to fight a domestic showdown despite the fact he`s now a good 10-20 million quid richer??

[Fenster]

As ive clearly pointed out year after year..

calzaghe-woods
calzaghe-froch
hatton-witter

All at one time or another would of been huge domestic fights. But what exactly is the incentive for ricky hatton to fight a huge DOMESTIC star for 2-3million in the UK when he could be going over to america and earning double that to fight a guy he can beat with his hands tied behind his back

err.. what? Khan is a massive star in Britain, sells 10,000 tickets fighting guys no-one has ever heard of and is a PPV fighter. A fight with Hatton would sell out a stadium easily. The PPV would be massive.

Woods = nobody.
Froch = No TV deal and sells 6,000 tickets in Nottingham.

Neither were ever serious rivals or a big fight for Calzaghe.

Witter? Hatton was only in mega fights in the States against BIG names. The Powderpuff, Urango and Collazo fights weren't big events at all.

HBO refused to buy the Lazcano fight yet Hatton still fought in England because he's big enough a star to sell 55,000 tickets fighting a washed up nobody. Hatton could have (should have) fought Witter anytime he wanted. And Hatton is finished as an American attraction.

Hatton didnt see a fight with witter who was an established world champion as sellable even before he got in with the likes of castillo and mayweather

Now he has been in with that level of opponent you honestly think at this stage in his career he`ll jump at the chance to fight a domestic showdown despite the fact he`s now a good 10-20 million quid richer??

Yeah right Hatton's main excuse (one of a billion) was not giving Witter a payday.

Do you not understand Hatton sells out any fight in Britain regardless of the opponent? Do you not understand Khan's a star in Britain? That domestic showdown is the biggest fight for Hatton by miles.

Read this about Hatton's stateside appeal - Following recent claims from Ricky that he is the draw in the Mayweather fight, Ellerbe was quick to point out the facts: "The British fans have had unlimited access to all three of his previous fights here in the US and not one has come close to selling out. The facts are he did about 4200 paid attendance in a 18,000 seat arena in the Collazo fight that grossed $500k, he fought in the Paris ballroom against Urango and had a 5200 paid attendance that grossed $1.2m, and then he did 9800 paid at the Thomas and Mack arena with Castillo, the same arena Floyd did 15,000 with Judah coming off a loss. I guess since none of these fights soldout, then it must of been imposter instead of Ricky Hatton".

As Ellerbe mentioned Floyd's previous fight with Judah, Mayweather's purse against Baldomir was $8m, Hatton made an estimated £500,000 against Castillo - just over $1m.

[HattonTheHammer]

err.. what? Khan is a massive star in Britain, sells 10,000 tickets fighting guys no-one has ever heard of and is a PPV fighter. A fight with Hatton would sell out a stadium easily. The PPV would be massive.

Woods = nobody.
Froch = No TV deal and sells 6,000 tickets in Nottingham.

Neither were ever serious rivals or a big fight for Calzaghe.

Witter? Hatton was only in mega fights in the States against BIG names. The Powderpuff, Urango and Collazo fights weren't big events at all.

HBO refused to buy the Lazcano fight yet Hatton still fought in England because he's big enough a star to sell 55,000 tickets fighting a washed up nobody. Hatton could have (should have) fought Witter anytime he wanted. And Hatton is finished as an American attraction.

Hatton didnt see a fight with witter who was an established world champion as sellable even before he got in with the likes of castillo and mayweather

Now he has been in with that level of opponent you honestly think at this stage in his career he`ll jump at the chance to fight a domestic showdown despite the fact he`s now a good 10-20 million quid richer??

Yeah right Hatton's main excuse (one of a billion) was not giving Witter a payday.

Do you not understand Hatton sells out any fight in Britain regardless of the opponent? Do you not understand Khan's a star in Britain? That domestic showdown is the biggest fight for Hatton by miles.

Read this about Hatton's stateside appeal - Following recent claims from Ricky that he is the draw in the Mayweather fight, Ellerbe was quick to point out the facts: "The British fans have had unlimited access to all three of his previous fights here in the US and not one has come close to selling out. The facts are he did about 4200 paid attendance in a 18,000 seat arena in the Collazo fight that grossed $500k, he fought in the Paris ballroom against Urango and had a 5200 paid attendance that grossed $1.2m, and then he did 9800 paid at the Thomas and Mack arena with Castillo, the same arena Floyd did 15,000 with Judah coming off a loss. I guess since none of these fights soldout, then it must of been imposter instead of Ricky Hatton".

As Ellerbe mentioned Floyd's previous fight with Judah, Mayweather's purse against Baldomir was $8m, Hatton made an estimated £500,000 against Castillo - just over $1m.

Maybe the fact we have to travel thousands of miles for the privilage

No the american interest for ricky isnt what it is for mayweather and a lot of other US boxers. But the fact he can still fill a large stadium in a whole different nation shows there is interest

[Jimmy G-Force]

err.. what? Khan is a massive star in Britain, sells 10,000 tickets fighting guys no-one has ever heard of and is a PPV fighter. A fight with Hatton would sell out a stadium easily. The PPV would be massive.

Woods = nobody.
Froch = No TV deal and sells 6,000 tickets in Nottingham.

Neither were ever serious rivals or a big fight for Calzaghe.

Witter? Hatton was only in mega fights in the States against BIG names. The Powderpuff, Urango and Collazo fights weren't big events at all.

HBO refused to buy the Lazcano fight yet Hatton still fought in England because he's big enough a star to sell 55,000 tickets fighting a washed up nobody. Hatton could have (should have) fought Witter anytime he wanted. And Hatton is finished as an American attraction.

Hatton didnt see a fight with witter who was an established world champion as sellable even before he got in with the likes of castillo and mayweather

Now he has been in with that level of opponent you honestly think at this stage in his career he`ll jump at the chance to fight a domestic showdown despite the fact he`s now a good 10-20 million quid richer??

Yeah right Hatton's main excuse (one of a billion) was not giving Witter a payday.

Do you not understand Hatton sells out any fight in Britain regardless of the opponent? Do you not understand Khan's a star in Britain? That domestic showdown is the biggest fight for Hatton by miles.

Read this about Hatton's stateside appeal - Following recent claims from Ricky that he is the draw in the Mayweather fight, Ellerbe was quick to point out the facts: "The British fans have had unlimited access to all three of his previous fights here in the US and not one has come close to selling out. The facts are he did about 4200 paid attendance in a 18,000 seat arena in the Collazo fight that grossed $500k, he fought in the Paris ballroom against Urango and had a 5200 paid attendance that grossed $1.2m, and then he did 9800 paid at the Thomas and Mack arena with Castillo, the same arena Floyd did 15,000 with Judah coming off a loss. I guess since none of these fights soldout, then it must of been imposter instead of Ricky Hatton".

As Ellerbe mentioned Floyd's previous fight with Judah, Mayweather's purse against Baldomir was $8m, Hatton made an estimated £500,000 against Castillo - just over $1m.

Rick didnt give Witter a payday because he simply didnt wish to line his pockets, it's that simple. Rick told me the reason he didnt like Witter was because he was extremely two-faced and a prick. He came to that conclusion because of the fact Witter always saw to seek out Rick at various boxing functions and was the nicest person in the world to his face, then as soon as Rick wasnt there, and the camera's were on, Witter completely changed his tune and began calling out Rick.

Also, after Witter ran the marathon against Judah, Showtime simply would not entertain a fight with Hatton. And as Showtime were the paymasters at that particular time, it was never going to happen.

I think there was a window in which they could have made a decent domestic match up. I know for a fact that when Ricky resigned with Sports Network he demanded that the Witter fight was in the contract should he wish to exercise the option. After all the shit that Witter spouted from then on in, he didnt bother. But it certainly was his intent.

Any accusations that Hatton was scared of Witter is a joke, Ricky would fight anyone, thats already been proved. Warren held Hatton back for many years whilst he padded his record, and although I understand the reason behind this, in hindsight, I think it was to Rick's detriment.

A funny story about Witter.......

Witter had just had a new set of Wrought Iron gates built outside his home and was extremely proud of them, to the point he was seen posing outside his new gates in the local paper with a huge smile on his face. Now lets just say some words were passed between certain people, and the very next day those sparkling new gates were stolen and dumped. Witter's face in his local rag the following day, stood outside his house with the gates now missing was a sight for sore eyes. I know Rick still laughs to this day when it gets mentioned. Not that he had anything to do with it by the way.

As for Mayweather selling out the Hatton fight, thats ridiculous in my opinion. Mayweather needed Oscar and Ricky to do those numbers. He has never done anything like that before off his own bat, and the reason why is he's just not that popular. He's a genius, but he alone doesnt put bums on seats.

[zbolt]

hope frank is willing to share the promotions with hatton and give hatton one last huge payday. he deserves it.

hatton vs. khan is quite interesting fight

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

i don't buy that it isn't about the money anymore. look at floyd and pacquiao, i think both guys are richer than ricky but they're still fighting.

if ricky will fight again, money will be a big factor. ricky can retire peacefully now but big money can also entice him of fighting one more time.

hatton vs. khan will be huge in the uk

[Jimmy G-Force]

hope frank is willing to share the promotions with hatton and give hatton one last huge payday. he deserves it.

hatton vs. khan is quite interesting fight

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

i don't buy that it isn't about the money anymore. look at floyd and pacquiao, i think both guys are richer than ricky but they're still fighting.

if ricky will fight again, money will be a big factor. ricky can retire peacefully now but big money can also entice him of fighting one more time.

hatton vs. khan will be huge in the uk

Trust me I know Rick very well. He always told me, and this was before the Mayweather and Pacman loss, that if he did ever lose, that it would never be his last fight. He said I could never go out on a loss. Rick misses the excitement and the buzz of fighting in front of thousands of fans, I know this because I know him, and he's told me.

Some boxers return to the ring for financial reasons, some return because of their ego, others return because they miss the buzz and the adulation. Hatton definately falls into the latter category, but you can add the pride word into that equation and you have the exact reason for Rick returning to the ring.

Hatton v Khan would be a huge UK fight, it's not one I personally wish to see, neither will it be one that will happen.

As for Floyd and Pacman, they are not only fighting for the money, they are fighting for their legacy.

[zbolt]

To be honest Rick doesnt need another huge payday, it isnt about the money anymore, he is a millionaire 10 times over and some. Neither is he interested in fighting Amir, I know that as we have spoke about this fight before. I went out on the piss with him in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago, and I dont think anything will have changed since then. As for him and Ray working with Frank, I think hell will freeze over first.

i don't buy that it isn't about the money anymore. look at floyd and pacquiao, i think both guys are richer than ricky but they're still fighting.

if ricky will fight again, money will be a big factor. ricky can retire peacefully now but big money can also entice him of fighting one more time.

hatton vs. khan will be huge in the uk

Trust me I know Rick very well. He always told me, and this was before the Mayweather and Pacman loss, that if he did ever lose, that it would never be his last fight. He said I could never go out on a loss. Rick misses the excitement and the buzz of fighting in front of thousands of fans, I know this because I know him, and he's told me.

Some boxers return to the ring for financial reasons, some return because of their ego, others return because they miss the buzz and the adulation. Hatton definately falls into the latter category, but you can add the pride word into that equation and you have the exact reason for Rick returning to the ring.

Hatton v Khan would be a huge UK fight, it's not one I personally wish to see, neither will it be one that will happen.

As for Floyd and Pacman, they are not only fighting for the money, they are fighting for their legacy.

i believe you. one question tho, why hatton said he would fight khan only if he and warren co-promote the fight. why is ricky interested in co-promoting the fight?

"A fight against Amir would be an enormous fight for everybody in the boxing business, but I would have to be one of the promoters," said Hatton. "I know that Amir would take the fight and it is something that I have talked about - it's a long way off, but it could happen. Amir has his own promotional company now and that is all that would be needed to make that fight happen."

i know ricky is a promoter nowadays and he knows exactly how a promoter makes money.

[Fenster]

HTH read this from Ricky - "The nature of British boxing means that fans are always looking for domestic dust ups and there is none bigger out there than an all-time British great supposedly on the slide against a young champion aspiring to achieve greatness.

"A fight against Amir would be an enormous fight"

Ricky Hatton says Khan fight can be done - as long as he and Amir promote it | news.boxrec.com

Exactly what I told you