Realistically... Which UK fighter from 140-154 could test Mayweather?

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  1. DUNNERS_2009

    DUNNERS_2009 Active Member Full Member

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    With Mayweather opting to fight Matty Hatton as most people believe it will be a scary mismatch since he isn't even the best Welter in the UK... another question that could be asked is who would offer the best test to Mayweather from the British Isle...

    I'll probably get slated for this but I have had a beer or three but am leaning towards Paul McCloskey, Kell Brook or Ryan Rhodes...

    Discuss on the Sunday Morning :)
     
  2. Dunky McCafferty

    Dunky McCafferty Boxing Junkie banned

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    sober up boy!!!
     
  3. DUNNERS_2009

    DUNNERS_2009 Active Member Full Member

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    I know most matches will be seen as a miss match but is Matthew Hatton really the best we have to offer?
     
  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Nobody. Britain retired producing great fighters awhile back. We need a resurgence, badly.
     
  5. skel1983

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    I can name only two greats we have produced in the last twenty years.

    Calzaghe and Lewis.
     
  6. skel1983

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    Kell Brook? Come on the guy has fought nobody until he fights someone of any significance it's all if buts and maybes.
     
  7. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Khan would test him till Mayweather started landing.
     
  8. Guy

    Guy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Matthew Hatton " Give me the chance and I can beat Floyd and cause the biggest shock in boxing history!"
     
  9. gallardo

    gallardo Active Member Full Member

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    Give Khan four or five years with Roach and he think he could become rather special. This of course assumes he can get passed Maidana in March : /
     
  10. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    I was impressed with his last fight but Maidana will be a bore-fest. I reckon within 3 years Frankie Gavin has more then enough to beat him. Roach is a great trainer but sooner or later someone will land on that old china again. Its a certainty.
     
  11. royalt0208

    royalt0208 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wont beat him but if Ryan Rhodes wins the WBC title then I wouldn't mind seeing Floyd take him on at least there is something at stake what exactly is the point in Floyd-Matthew Hatton.
     
  12. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree...I think that Roach is doing a terrific job in breaking Khan down and re-building his style. Who knows, this is a fight that could be made inside 2 years...$$$$...££££...$$$$...:think
     
  13. Mazallan

    Mazallan ESB yes man Full Member

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    Amir Khan is the only boxer good enough to get near Mayweather.
     
  14. lusop

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    None !!!!!!
     
  15. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    ??? The Hatton double!!!! Has tht been done before?