That's because he's hoping for a rematch. He knows he was beaten by the better man on the night. A blind man could see that.
He had chased the world's #3 pound-for-pound fighter at the time in Tszyu, but he decides to hesitate against the #1 in Mayweather?
I agree that he didn't publicly chase the fight, but that means nothing to me. He had only just became a world champion. If you're going to criticize a fighter for not chasing the p4p#1 the minute he becomes a world champion, then you are criticizing 99.9% of boxers ever!
I don't really see why you are clinging to the Pacquiao point. Why is that of any importance to the issue at hand? I think Hatton's attitude is commendable, in that he said he would have been a fraud if he never challenged Mayweather. You don't. This has nothing to do with Pacquiao, but if you want to keep dragging this back into a childish fanboy spat about Pacquiao, then go ahead.
If you're going to criticize a fighter for not chasing the p4p#1 the minute he becomes a world champion, then you are criticizing 99.9% of boxers ever!
Rui, Pngo, Polymath, etc: This thread states that I think Hatton's attitude is admirable, because he said he would have been a fraud if he didn't fight the p4p#1 when they were only a division apart. You all do not think it is admirable at all. Can I ask you, what do you think is admirable in boxing? If that isn't, then what is? You tell me.
Because the Pacquiao point shows that you're so stubborn in refusing to concede anything that it's essentially futile to argue with you in the first place. I brought up the Pacquiao issue because it refuted something you had said about fighters not wanting to fight the best, and you just shunned it aside.
The mention of Pacquiao's name is irrelevant, the fact is that many fighters in and around the divisions of the best fighters do not all chase fights with them, because they fear the loss. And that is true. Otherwise, we would have a sport where every possible big and brilliant fight happened - and we do not.
See, once again you twist my post into something that you want to hear rather than the actual context of the post itself. Your argument was that Hatton should not rush into a match with the #1 P4P so soon. In opposition to this, I asked that if he had just defeated the #3 P4P fighter, then why would he be so hesitant for a Mayweather fight? Instead of addressing this actual point, you go to your bull**** rhetorics once again.
No, it is relevant because Pacquiao is considered the best fighter in the world and you claim that all fighters around his weight division are avoiding him (which is patently untrue). You're doing a terrible job of arguing your point, and you're so damn stubborn that you refuse to admit that you're wrong in cases as obvious as this, which like I said, makes it pointless to argue with you in the first place until you change this immature mindset.
Hatton was either kidding himself before the Mayweather fight and is now being honest with himself, or is becoming a revisionist, because both he & Graham sounded convinced he would beat Mayweather, which happened to be the most rewarding fight out there in terms of both boxing achievement & £££.
Wait so you are saying that 99.9% of the fighters never want to fight the other top fighters in their division? atsch Oh wait your excuse is that he "just" won a title. And who the **** cares, many fighters always want to fight the best, not only this brings $$$, but also recognition.