Hatton: I never intended to remain at WW

[Wacko3205]

Very good points. I think Floyd has been taking a fairly easy route to his p4p status recently but at least he has more than one name on his list.

I guess that it's all in how you look at it.

I don't see it as he's taking the easiest routes...he's still fighting good opposition...just not the best. This P4P thing is such a double edged sword...but then again...so is a boxing fan's outlook in general.

Jones & Hopkins during their P4P status never fought the top caliber...but most fans & media were bending over backwards to blow them both.

Take Cotto for instance. I love Cotto...but truth be what it should be...he's fought no one of real merit either & when he did...they had already been chopped down prior to him getting ahold of them.

People are just overly critical of Floyd. Take the Baldomir arguement. Baldo hadn't been beaten in either 19 or 20 fights prior to getting beaten by Floyd. He had beaten Judah & Gatti of recent date & they were still being considered as stars & competitive opposition.

After Floyd beat the three of the above names...everyone back pedaled & said that they were all trash. It's bullshit.

That being said...& you know I like to try to keep it as real as I can ( )...I have always screamed that Judah & Gatti sucked.

[yoitsdan]

Very good points. I think Floyd has been taking a fairly easy route to his p4p status recently but at least he has more than one name on his list.

I guess that it's all in how you look at it.

I don't see it as he's taking the easiest routes...he's still fighting good opposition...just not the best. This P4P thing is such a double edged sword...but then again...so is a boxing fan's outlook in general.

Jones & Hopkins during their P4P status never fought the top caliber...but most fans & media were bending over backwards to blow them both.

Take Cotto for instance. I love Cotto...but truth be what it should be...he's fought no one of real merit either & when he did...they had already been chopped down prior to him getting ahold of them.

People are just overly critical of Floyd. Take the Baldomir arguement. Baldo hadn't been beaten in either 19 or 20 fights prior to getting beaten by Floyd. He had beaten Judah & Gatti of recent date & they were still being considered as stars & competitive opposition.

After Floyd beat the three of the above names...everyone back pedaled & said that they were all trash. It's bullshit.

That being said...& you know I like to try to keep it as real as I can ( )...I have always screamed that Judah & Gatti sucked.

And so did Floyd

[Wacko3205]

Very good points. I think Floyd has been taking a fairly easy route to his p4p status recently but at least he has more than one name on his list.

I guess that it's all in how you look at it.

I don't see it as he's taking the easiest routes...he's still fighting good opposition...just not the best. This P4P thing is such a double edged sword...but then again...so is a boxing fan's outlook in general.

Jones & Hopkins during their P4P status never fought the top caliber...but most fans & media were bending over backwards to blow them both.

Take Cotto for instance. I love Cotto...but truth be what it should be...he's fought no one of real merit either & when he did...they had already been chopped down prior to him getting ahold of them.

People are just overly critical of Floyd. Take the Baldomir arguement. Baldo hadn't been beaten in either 19 or 20 fights prior to getting beaten by Floyd. He had beaten Judah & Gatti of recent date & they were still being considered as stars & competitive opposition.

After Floyd beat the three of the above names...everyone back pedaled & said that they were all trash. It's bullshit.

That being said...& you know I like to try to keep it as real as I can ( )...I have always screamed that Judah & Gatti sucked.

And so did Floyd

Disagree there. He gave Judah props for being a great fighter...but one that always fell apart when the going got tuff...he proved that.

As far as Gatti goes...that is the one fight that Floyd should have always taken from a marketing standpoint but never really REALLY wanted. HBO pushed that one & it up Floyd's status.

[yoitsdan]

Very good points. I think Floyd has been taking a fairly easy route to his p4p status recently but at least he has more than one name on his list.

I guess that it's all in how you look at it.

I don't see it as he's taking the easiest routes...he's still fighting good opposition...just not the best. This P4P thing is such a double edged sword...but then again...so is a boxing fan's outlook in general.

Jones & Hopkins during their P4P status never fought the top caliber...but most fans & media were bending over backwards to blow them both.

Take Cotto for instance. I love Cotto...but truth be what it should be...he's fought no one of real merit either & when he did...they had already been chopped down prior to him getting ahold of them.

People are just overly critical of Floyd. Take the Baldomir arguement. Baldo hadn't been beaten in either 19 or 20 fights prior to getting beaten by Floyd. He had beaten Judah & Gatti of recent date & they were still being considered as stars & competitive opposition.

After Floyd beat the three of the above names...everyone back pedaled & said that they were all trash. It's bullshit.

That being said...& you know I like to try to keep it as real as I can ( )...I have always screamed that Judah & Gatti sucked.

And so did Floyd

Disagree there. He gave Judah props for being a great fighter...but one that always fell apart when the going got tuff...he proved that.

As far as Gatti goes...that is the one fight that Floyd should have always taken from a marketing standpoint but never really REALLY wanted. HBO pushed that one & it up Floyd's status.

What floyd didn't ever say "Come 8th of April its gon' be easy work,"

[Wacko3205]

Very good points. I think Floyd has been taking a fairly easy route to his p4p status recently but at least he has more than one name on his list.

I guess that it's all in how you look at it.

I don't see it as he's taking the easiest routes...he's still fighting good opposition...just not the best. This P4P thing is such a double edged sword...but then again...so is a boxing fan's outlook in general.

Jones & Hopkins during their P4P status never fought the top caliber...but most fans & media were bending over backwards to blow them both.

Take Cotto for instance. I love Cotto...but truth be what it should be...he's fought no one of real merit either & when he did...they had already been chopped down prior to him getting ahold of them.

People are just overly critical of Floyd. Take the Baldomir arguement. Baldo hadn't been beaten in either 19 or 20 fights prior to getting beaten by Floyd. He had beaten Judah & Gatti of recent date & they were still being considered as stars & competitive opposition.

After Floyd beat the three of the above names...everyone back pedaled & said that they were all trash. It's bullshit.

That being said...& you know I like to try to keep it as real as I can ( )...I have always screamed that Judah & Gatti sucked.

And so did Floyd

Disagree there. He gave Judah props for being a great fighter...but one that always fell apart when the going got tuff...he proved that.

As far as Gatti goes...that is the one fight that Floyd should have always taken from a marketing standpoint but never really REALLY wanted. HBO pushed that one & it up Floyd's status.

What floyd didn't ever say "Come 8th of April its gon' be easy work,"

He said that about pretty much everyone...as does pretty much every other fighter out there.

[yoitsdan]

Thats true I'm ragging on your chain, although most fighters say "I've got the tools," or "Nothing will stop me," where as Floyd will say "it's easy work," which in a way sells himself short because not much Floyd Mayweather does is easy work. Nothing against him, thats his style and you can't diss him for it. He's lived up to all the talk,

[Wacko3205]

Thats true I'm ragging on your chain

You always do...I wouldn't have it any other way babe.

although most fighters say "I've got the tools," or "Nothing will stop me," where as Floyd will say "it's easy work," which in a way sells himself short because not much Floyd Mayweather does is easy work. Nothing against him, thats his style and you can't diss him for it. He's lived up to all the talk,

You know...it's funny that you say that because I'm watching Floyd vs Baldomir right now & all the way through the 7th round so far Floyd has totally dominated him but everytime that Baldo lands a half assed shot...& I mean half assed...not half decent...the crowd goes wild.

Everyone wants to see Floyd get beaten.

Kills me. To each his own.

[ono]

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Not for nothing but I'm starting to lose more and more respect for Hatton with every passing excuse.

Thats bs!!..Ive been saying that for months..That is the true story..I dont even have to read it cos i bet it says i planned fighting lazcano!! Which he did..No excuse.. Lazcano injured his hand and something else i forget!! ..
You talk like he only just made that excuse up.. Its true..dont hate just because he had one hard fight..

He did mention that Lazcano hurt his hand and the fight was called but he made amillion and 1 excuses why he moved back down in weight.

If you read his book you will find out what really happened. To be honest he is telling the truth. He was training to fight Lazcano and lazcano pulled out injured. HBO wudnt accept any other junior-welterweight fighter, especially not his mandatories. So he had to look at Welterweight and the only champion available (who could fight on the date HBO set) was Collazo. Its that simple. He didnt want to lose the 13th may date because he had already been inactive for around 7 months so Collazo was really his only option. So basically he did only have 7 weeks to train for Welter. Simple as. Billy Graham didnt even want him to take the fight.
He's naturally a light welter and thats where his future should lie. I agree he should only move up to fight Mayweather or Cotto.

[ono]

Why is it that Hatton would move to 147 to fight Mayweather but not Collazo? It's because he feels he loses to both of them. Only with Mayweather he gets big pay for his loss.

It's not rocket science is it? Mayweather aint a big hitter at 147 and he certainly aint a full blown welter.

But Collazo is a murderous puncher, right?

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Yea exactly.. I rememberr before Hatton fought Collazo people said his weakness(luis) was that he had very little pop.

That's exactly why they picked Collazo. They taught he was a weak champion who couldn't punch. Collazo was bad mouthed so much that Frank Warren even had footage of Collazo only loss (at that time) against Edwin Cassiani on it. Saying Hatton career was not going to benefit by facing such a weak fighter. People forget that Collazo was picked by Hatton and his people. Not HBO. Collazo had only fought on Showtime before. Never on HBO. HBO was not familiar with Collazo. They only approved him cuz he was a title holder and Lazcano (a bulked up Lightweight) got hurt.

I'M WRITING IN CAPS LOCK BECAUSE YOU'RE AN IDIOT WHO DOESN'T LISTEN. RICKY PICKED COLLAZO BECAUSE HBO REJECTED ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS. HATTON DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE DATE. HATTON WASN'T EVEN PROMOTED BY FRANK WARREN WHEN HE FOUGHT COLLAZO YOU DIV. HATTONS' PEOPLE TOLD HATTON NOT TO FIGHT COLLAZO. HATTON REJECTED HIS CAMPS ADVICE.

ALSO HATTON HAD NO PLANS TO STAY AT WELTER. HE ONLY MOVED UP FOR THE ONE FIGHT BECAUSE HE DIDNT WANT TO LOSE THE HBO DATE. THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

[Danno]

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Not for nothing but I'm starting to lose more and more respect for Hatton with every passing excuse.

F Hatton.

I mean, he is in the top 3 @ 140, but I wish he wouldn't stoop to this level.

Face it Ricky, you were trying to chase the big money fight with Floyd, but realized you can't keep up witht the big boys.

You sir are a hater or an idiot...
Probably both

So the Mayweather fight wont be happening.

Dont worry scrap...
He has infact said that the only fight he will take at welter will be floyd.





And the talk of the collazo rematch..Well..Granted ricky should not have promised the rematch..
But in all fairness 140 is his division..And for as long as he can keep making it..Which is likely forever the way ricky trains and he is very diciplined..
He wanted lazcano..Hell i wanted to see lazcano..And it sounds like excuses excuses..But seriously..
7 Weeks to fill out into 147 is not enough..And fwok talk of cintron and all these..
In all honesty..Collazo was the best kept secret at welter..He is a seriously bad fighter.. Im a real fan of his..
But ricky won that fight by one point..Thats for the knockdown..Its was close..TOO CLOSE!!..
But ricky won.. You cant take that away..And he'll carry on doing what he do at 140..
Peace

Neither.

I have all the respect for him @ 140, nor am I an idiot.

I just don't think he deserved the win against Collazo. He's doing the right thing to go back down to 140, but he just can't admit that it was because he had a difficult time with his first fight in that division against someone he thought he would have an easy time with.

C'mon Tito, you don't think that if the Collazo fight wasn't as close/controversial (or he didn't get such a boxing lesson), perhaps an early KO, he wouldn't be getting in line to fight a cotto or mayweather? (BTW, Collazo should not have been charged for Knock down in the first round)

So don't be so sensitive and defensive with your outburts of rhetorical innuendos.

And keep your little graphical dramatics to your self, they are for sissies.

[Pickster]

The Collazo fight was a close decision no doubt, but it wasn't that controversial IMO. I am not arguing that Rick didn't think it was going to be easier than it was, as almost everyone else was expecting the same. Hatton may have made different choices had his performance been better but that doesn't prove anything. I can't believe that some expect him to admit that he found it too tough as the reason for moving back down. As he gets older it may be harder to make LW and so he may have to fight at Welter again.

Danno, suggesting that he got a boxing lesson is stretching it a little too far as that suggests it was all one sided, which cannot be said otherwise it wouldn't be generally acknowledged as a close decision.

[Danno]

Danno, suggesting that he got a boxing lesson is stretching it a little too far as that suggests it was all one sided, which cannot be said otherwise it wouldn't be generally acknowledged as a close decision.

Ok, maybe it was only his left eye that got the lesson.

[Mattyhitman]

Danno, suggesting that he got a boxing lesson is stretching it a little too far as that suggests it was all one sided, which cannot be said otherwise it wouldn't be generally acknowledged as a close decision.

Ok, maybe it was only his left eye that got the lesson.

In Ricky's own words "It's not a tickling contest"

Ricky expects to get hit, atleast he came to the interview without sunglasses on and was man enough to show his battle scars


I carnt believe the whole Collazo debate still rages TBO.

The only reason Ricky will move back up to Welter is if it's for Mayweather or possibly Cotto, and that in his own words. I dont think he's scared of Collazo at all, and suggest that is ridiculous.

Some great points made by Wacko regards to the management of Ricky through his career and the lack of truely top class fight's. I've always stated that Warren bled Ricky dry. Hatton should of got rid of him well before he did.

I also find it funny that for almost two pages of this topic the discussion referred to Floyd Wacko, i blame you

[Wacko3205]

Some great points made by Wacko regards to the management of Ricky through his career and the lack of truely top class fight's. I've always stated that Warren bled Ricky dry. Hatton should of got rid of him well before he did.

Thanks babe.

Anywho, IWO, Warren kept Hatton stagnant for waaaaaaaaaay to long & it will cost him a meaningful legacy...unless he comes out & shocks the world by beating Mayweather...I just think that he's in for a shocker once he faces Castillo.

Am, I the only one that's concerned with that?

I also find it funny that for almost two pages of this topic the discussion referred to Floyd Wacko, i blame you

They always do...they always do.

[smashup]

I don't believe for a milli second that Hatton means that
If he could hack it at Welter then he would.
F*ck me who wouldn't wanna be a 2 weight champ if they could..?
He didn't like what he found at Welter....Simple as that