I hope Ricky retires now, no point in carrying on and getting a beating at the hands of Khan. It will make his final resume look much weaker.
Before the fight I said Khan would have a good chance as long as he doesnt get caught. In fact I MADE a thread about it here after Khan beat MAB. I think Hatton is very overrated and Khan would beat him and his brother Matthew.
I disagree. I'm sure he wouldn't want to go out with a whimper. Getting KO'd in round 2 is no way to go out after a good career. It's fairly clear he can't cut it against the Mayweather's, Pac's or Marquez so what else is there? Particularly if Khan gets a world title and some momentum and excitement behind him. They would definitely make an absolute fortune, no issues there. Makes great sense to me for both parties. Appears winnable to both (from their POV anyway), stacks of money, exciting for British fans.
I will be extremely pissed off if this fight happens but I can't see it. Hattons been great but he's finished I don't think he should box again and this would just be the latest scandal in fw's manouvering of khans disgraceful career. just like the barrera fight wait till a good fighter is faded then throw them in with khan and after the farce makeout as if khan could have beat them in their prime
Thats it!! the transition is complete, collect your papers at the front desk, the last train to the G.F leaves in five minutes.
It would be a big big fight here in the U.K, I just dont see Hatton coming down to Khan's level ( who is still in the development stage) after fighting P4P top fighter. It really depends on Hatton on how much he has got left?, and does he want to risk his CV with a up and coming fighter?. After last night my money is on a young, fit, fast Khan with Roach in the corner.
Well if hatton loses to khan everyone would say he is old and that is also why he lost to pac. I guess it allows himt o make excuses for his loss to Pac. But honestly hatton looked really weight drained, I dont think he should fight at 140, he should have been fighting at 147 all along but he knew there was too much competition there so he fought at 140 instead. He was so overprotected it is not even funny.
Why not, as a farewell fight? He said himself, all he had left to do was to "become p4p #1". Okay, this might not have been the case even if he did win, but as it is his dreams were truely shattered twice at that level. And I can't see him fighting the Tim Bradley's of this world. I'm sure he wouldn't want to go out with this performance so I can definitely see another fight. This one seems to fit the bill to me. I would be surprised if this does not happen, I really would. It really seems to add up on a financial and sporting level, and Roach wants it. He has a big influence over Khan's opponents I would think.
Hatton looked seriously emaciated.....skeletal. I wouldn't say he was overprotected by any means. He was in the position where he could pick and choose his opponents like many top high profile boxers...
I see your point, lets see what Hatton says in the next few weeks about his future. It would be a great fight, I think he will call it a day, but who knows you could be right.