Don't worry guys - N'dou/Hatton will be a live one

[Greig]

And that's the way it should be...

I have a vested interes now, coz I have a soft spot for N'dou but 99% of boxing fans want Castillo/Hatton so, for once in this crazy sport, lets give the fans what they want, when they want it.

[superheavyrhun]

And that's the way it should be...

I have a vested interes now, coz I have a soft spot for N'dou but 99% of boxing fans want Castillo/Hatton so, for once in this crazy sport, lets give the fans what they want, when they want it.

I believe that is the motto of Don King and his corps of promoters, or part of it:

"Lets give the fans what they want, when they want it, and make them pay big for it"

And if anyone can give me that in latin, you got a week of cc's.

[jbirdy]

another day and so far nothing official has been anounced about hatton castillo or hatton ndou.

[superheavyrhun]

another day and so far nothing official has been anounced about hatton castillo or hatton ndou.

Well the upside of that is that it leaves plenty more time for speculation, and for Junior 'sleep time' Witter to get his arse on the wires offering Hatton a do or die fight with a winner takes all purse. He knows Hatton won't bite, but he gets a few headlines and his ugly mug on the websites.

[Gandalf]

And that's the way it should be...

I have a vested interes now, coz I have a soft spot for N'dou but 99% of boxing fans want Castillo/Hatton so, for once in this crazy sport, lets give the fans what they want, when they want it.

I believe that is the motto of Don King and his corps of promoters, or part of it:

"Lets give the fans what they want, when they want it, and make them pay big for it"

And if anyone can give me that in latin, you got a week of cc's.

You want it in latin? A profoundly dead language! Have you gone all poncey or just like confusing decent posters?!

[bornlivelife]

This is a bit of a nonsense thread really as despite the rumours , all the people close to Hatton are still saying its Hatton Catillo in June and they done care about the belt. Hatton has the RING belt at 140 which is what he would defend against Castillo.

[Bx730NY]

There is no telling if Castillo was really rusty or if he got old on us so I'm probably in the minority here but the fight with N'dou excites me more. I don't care about names, I care about the fights they can produce. I think N'dou has plenty left and this fight is a better match up than the Castillo one IMO. Hopefully we don't get stuck watching a clinch fest.

[Sovereign]

Like everyone else i was a bit disappointed to hear about Castillo - Hatton moving back to november over what seems to be stupid IBF beurocracy, not just because we all want to see Ricky Hatton fight the big names, and because Ricky needs to prove a point by beating someone with a name. It'd shut up the haters and give him the respect he deserves.

But on reflection I think this could work out alright. Castillo didn't look great against that dude on the Ricky Hatton fight, he's had a load layoff and he needs to shake off the ring-rust. If he'd have fought Hatton that night he'd have been pulverised. He needs a tune-up fight, and I think if he gets one and looks good the Hatton - Castillo fight would be much more interesting.

I also protest about N'Dou being called a journeyman. N'Dou is one tough motherfucker, if he is a journeyman he's one of the hardest working journeyman out there. I know Hatton can fight better opposition than this, but I still think Hatton - N'Dou would be an outright war, and I think the american audience needs to see more of the Ricky Hatton we know and love, the mini-Duran who used to batter people into submission back in Manchester. N'Dou would be well up for that type of fight.

I know people are going to bring up Junior Witter coz witter beat this guy, but if Hatton does end up fighting him just look and see how he does it. People say the last 6 rounds of Urango - Hatton was boring, man the last 6 rounds of that fight were death! Junior has great skills but he doesn't want 12 hard rounds of fight, he doesn't like it down in the trenches where Hatton would drag him, testing his heart, his chin and his bollocks.

Plus if Hatton looks good against N'Dou dont you think the Castillo fight would be much more sellable to the americans? Right now Ricky's not looked awesome in his past couple of fights I think N'Dou would make Ricky look badass. What d'ya reckon then?

[Steelie]

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/a...250214,00.html

Hope this clears things up.

[Greig]

Like everyone else i was a bit disappointed to hear about Castillo - Hatton moving back to november over what seems to be stupid IBF beurocracy, not just because we all want to see Ricky Hatton fight the big names, and because Ricky needs to prove a point by beating someone with a name. It'd shut up the haters and give him the respect he deserves.

But on reflection I think this could work out alright. Castillo didn't look great against that dude on the Ricky Hatton fight, he's had a load layoff and he needs to shake off the ring-rust. If he'd have fought Hatton that night he'd have been pulverised. He needs a tune-up fight, and I think if he gets one and looks good the Hatton - Castillo fight would be much more interesting.

I also protest about N'Dou being called a journeyman. N'Dou is one tough motherfucker, if he is a journeyman he's one of the hardest working journeyman out there. I know Hatton can fight better opposition than this, but I still think Hatton - N'Dou would be an outright war, and I think the american audience needs to see more of the Ricky Hatton we know and love, the mini-Duran who used to batter people into submission back in Manchester. N'Dou would be well up for that type of fight.

I know people are going to bring up Junior Witter coz witter beat this guy, but if Hatton does end up fighting him just look and see how he does it. People say the last 6 rounds of Urango - Hatton was boring, man the last 6 rounds of that fight were death! Junior has great skills but he doesn't want 12 hard rounds of fight, he doesn't like it down in the trenches where Hatton would drag him, testing his heart, his chin and his bollocks.

Plus if Hatton looks good against N'Dou dont you think the Castillo fight would be much more sellable to the americans? Right now Ricky's not looked awesome in his past couple of fights I think N'Dou would make Ricky look badass. What d'ya reckon then?

This is a man talking sense. N'dou Hatton won't happen, but I agree with everything you said...

[hackey100]

..........................and then there was silence, gotta love the haters lol