Quote Originally Posted by skel1983
Just having a look on boxrec, his last fight was an 8 round close decision against some tomato can who has had about 8 fights and lost half of them i think?

Urkal is to old why the hell is Hatton fighting this guy? I know it's not really Hattons fault it's his mandatory, but come on he is probably not even in the top 20, Hatton should be lining up fighters who will mimic future fighters he wants to face like Cotto or Mayweather, Urkal is an old man looking for one last pay day, i would be suprised if HBO are intrested in this fight, but i also have a small feeling that Ricky is waiting for the winner of Baldomir v Gatti for the end of the year that would make much more sense.
No kidding brother ,the ranking system of the sanctioning bodies is corrupt, I think they put the names of all the fighters in each division in hat, and draw names ! seriously, its that fuked ! If your promoter pays enough money you can get a title shot ! corruption at the highest levels ! This sport is dying because of the system, we need conformity, unity, we need real policing of the system, then this sport thrives !