This is why I admire Ricky Hatton...

Get a room boys.

 

Of course Hagler would've made more money, but it's a matter of reward/risk. We can only speculate as to how much more money Hagler could've made had he fought as a light heavyweight.

Hatton chose to move up because he would've made 8-10x more money against Mayweather than some obscure junior welterweight. You honestly think that if Hagler had an opportunity to make 8-10x against a light heavyweight, then he would've declined the offer?

You have absolutely no basis to call me wrong, because once again, you have nothing to back your argument up except for your swarm of cheerleaders and your lack of reasoning.

 

If I were to pick something admirable about Hatton's career choices it would be his decision to leave Warren and his aplhabet soup fiasco. Fighting Mayweather was not in any way comparable to Hagler fighting Spinks or any of the other examples given; Mayweather was a former Featherweight and entered the ring much lighter than Hatton did.

I'd have been much more impressed if Hatton had fought Cotto, Williams or Margarito at Welterweight; significant fights against full blooded Welterweights. Of course Mayweather is a better fighter than those (and arguably a better Welterweight), but the Hatton/Mayweather fight, for me, was another chapter in the semi-retired, ODLH-inspired money making 'marquee' circuit, rather than a significant boxing match for anyone other than Hattons fans or Mayweathers wallet.

 

I get your point but its kinda of rough. Pacquaio has knocked down the guy 4 times in 2 fights and just beat him.

 

No, I consider it admirable that Hatton decided to pursue a fight with Mayweather, but you're completely neglecting the fact that Hatton made more than $20 million, which makes me question severely his true intentions... Was it because he wanted a chance to secure his legacy as a great fighter or was it because Mayweather presented a fantastic financial opportunity?

My pragmatic side thinks it's the latter.

I would deem it truly admirable had Hatton fought someone like Cotto or Paul Williams at 147 as a tuneup because it would give the impression that Hatton wanted to make a real splash at 147 instead of just simply moving up for the cash.

 

Hatton was moving up 7 pounds, not 15... Not to mention that it's not like Mayweather had this gargantuan size advantage. It certainly was no David/Goliath mismatch... In fact, Hatton was only a 2:1 underdog. Certainly not that big of a risk.

Again, Hagler didn't move up because he wasn't offered enough money to make the risk seem logical to take. What exactly is the right amount of money? That's difficult to pinpoint, but certainly had Hagler been offered 10x what he was presently making, he would've fought at 175.

And there were no signs during the summer of 2007 that Marquez or Pacquiao were going to be fighting at 140 anytime soon. Who else could Hatton have been waiting for?

 

Read the rest of the post then genius.

 

I agree, Hatton is big on the idea of 'legacy' sure money is important but he wants to be the best and to do it he had to try and beat the best. Although I feel Hatton is elite, Maywhether is a very very special talent.

 

I consider the move up admirable in the context of that move alone, but once you factor in the actual conditions under which the move took place, then I don't deem it to be admirable.

And after Hatton almost lost to Collazo, he moved back down. What's so admirable about that? It's more admirable to fight lesser competition in the form of Cotto or Williams before a fight with Mayweather because it legitimizes one's true intent of actually being a force in the division as opposed to making a one-time move up in weight for a big paycheck.