Hatton to get $10,000,000 new 3 fight HBO deal if he beats Castillo

I think Hatton got an offer from BBC.. but he reject it!! atsch

 

Hes an undefeated world class fighter, has a likeable personality with an all action style and one of the biggest fan bases in boxing along with Oscar and Cotto (although i doubt 10,000 Oscar or Cotto fans would travel across the distance Hattons fans would to see them fight). If he gets by Castillo he will have his name on his resume along with Tszyu aswell as some other very respectable solid B level fighters. He has potential fights down the line with Cotto, Mayweather, Diaz, Malignaggi, Witter. So yes i can see why HBO are keen on getting rights to his next few fights. They are probably expecting him in even more demand after the Castillo fight as it has all the makings of a classic.

 

That's complete bollocks. if it was anything close to being true, hatton would have been the favourite to win. He wasn't. Experts picked Tszyu, bookies favoured Tszyu and most fans gave him the edge too. It's not like this is Duran against Joppy. Tszyu was an elite fighter, ranked #3 by The Ring at the time and coming off a 13 fight winning streak over 8 years. not to mention his complete dominance of the division.

And Castillo isn't shot either. Two bad performances, but the last time he was beaten was against Corrales, which was disputed. He destroyed him in the rematch. Prior to that, 5 years ago against Mayweather. Hardly 'Bum of the month', is it?

Anyway, it's simple. Hatton is a draw and all his next fights will be big.

 

If he beats Castillo then yes he does deserve something of this ilk.

 

Well if he gets by Castillo and its a convincing performance i believe any of those fights could happen. If he is tied up to HBO they will obviously looking for the biggest fights which out of the names i mentioned are clearly Cotto and Floyd. With HBO calling the shots i see the Malignaggi and Witter fights becoming less likely as they are big risk fights with awkward style clashes aswell as Paulie and Junior not being household names. So yes i could see at least 1 of those 3 fights being against either Cotto or Mayweather i can't see HBO giving Rick $10 million dollars to be fighting fringe contenders they will be wanting some serious $$$ back from his fights and that means big buyrates which in turn means big names.

 

Very profound post. I take exception to nothing written in there. I have a hard time understanding this as well, especially since nobody cares about him in the States. On top of all that he's not very good or even marketable with a mug only a mother could love. I suppose I've seen HBO make worse deals. I guess this is the kind of thing you resort to when you've got MMA closing in in your rearview mirror.

 

The most annoying thing is how everyone now says Tszyu was shot or on the way down as if it is a fact. The only fact is that in his previous fight he destroyed Mitchell and proclaimed himself to be in peak shape for the Hatton fight. EVERYONE bar a handful of Hatton fanatics picked Tszyu to win by KO and yet as soon as Hatton won the bull**** comes out.

There was no evidence he was on the slide and he has never said anything akin to such himself. In fact he fought how he has always fought, methodical, quite flat footed, but very accurate and very focused.

Now the haters are already getting the excuse in early, they are calling Castillo shot of the back of one bad performance in his last bout at a new weight. Just like Calzaghe was shot after his fight with Bika. Well in that case Hatton is shot too, so we have two shot fighters facing each other.:roll:

If Castillo wins you will never hear the end of it and Hatton was a "fraud". If Hatton wins "Castillo was shot".
Funny because Judah had lost to Baldomir and then again in his next fight (albeit to PBF) and yet Cotto beating him is hailed as world class and incredible.

Only a year ago Castillo starched Coralles and making weight was his main problem, once settled at 140 he should be stronger.

 

Should Khan get a 10,000,000$ deal? Do you want to make a case for that?

 

OI!!!!

Don't you think there are enough car crashes in this country without him being able to buy supercars for him and his friends?