Hatton vs De La Hoya or Pacquaio?

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  1. Neverchair

    Neverchair Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Which is the most likely and how do you see it panning out?
     
  2. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Hatton vs DLH is most likely.

    Whoever wins the fight in two weeks time.

    I would prefer Hatton vs JMM though!
     
  3. miketysonko

    miketysonko Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I want to see Manny vs Hatton, De La Hoya is just too damn boring these days...
     
  4. Neverchair

    Neverchair Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Is that a win for DLH?
     
  5. Hatton v DLH is most likely, but I would much rather see Hatton v Manny
     
  6. adamsutherland

    adamsutherland Member Full Member

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    hatton v pacman would be much much more competitive than dlh, but id like to see pacman fight jmm first
     
  7. TheRock49

    TheRock49 Active Member Full Member

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    :good
     
  8. FlatNose

    FlatNose Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd rather not see the safety seeking ,running , self promoter DLH fighting anyone, ever since his track meet with Trinidad.
     
  9. Chert

    Chert Ringside Potato Full Member

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    doesn't really matter. no matter what the result of the dec. 6 fight is, i'm almost sure hatton will fight dlh. #1 hatton is a GBP fighter. #2 dlh wants another windfall and fighting hatton at wembley in front of 100,000 will surely give him that. dlh already said that it's his dream. #3 hatton will earn more money fighting dlh than pacman.

    pac's only chance for another mega-fight is if (big IF) he manages to win vs. dlh and mayweather decides to go back and fight him.
     
  10. Gatekeeper78

    Gatekeeper78 Active Member Full Member

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    Delahoya is too big for these guys, I hope Pac pulls it off but he probably won't.
     
  11. TheGreat

    TheGreat Boxing Junkie banned

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    DLH is a bully, why can't he just go away.
     
  12. 20_bandh

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    According to a report posted on skysports.com , DLH would be willing to fight Hatton at 140. If that is the case then I seriously would fancy Hattons chances.

    Oscar De La Hoya has revealed that he has found taking the weight off to fight Manny Pacquaio so easy that a light-welterweight clash with Ricky Hatton could be on the agenda.
    The Golden Boy has not fought at 147lb since 2001, but will take on Pacquaio on December 6 at the welterweight limit - which is also the first time the Filipino great has carried so much weight into the ring.
    But De La Hoya, who tipped the scales at 154lb when he fought Floyd Mayweather Jnr last year, dropped the excess weight so quickly during the early stages of training in the Big Bear Mountains that a superfight with Ricky Hatton at 140lb is no longer a pipedream.
    "Training camp is going well, I've been weighing 145 pounds now for the last three weeks," he said last week. "The weight is no problem - I feel strong.
    Comfortable

    "I did feel a little light-headed and weak, but now that I have gotten used to it and now that weeks have passed by, I feel fast and strong and comfortable at welterweight.
    "And I'm even thinking of going back down to 140 after this fight. I've fought at 130 all the way up to 160. Now I'm going back down to 145. So in a couple of years I'll be hitting 135.
    "My way of training and my way of eating has just been very strict, and therefore it's been easy for me to make this weight.
    "It's very important for us since I haven't made 147 since I fought Arturo Gatti. I just want to make sure that I feel comfortable, that I feel strong, that I feel full of energy.
    "I want to make my body adapt to this weight class. And, now that we've been on weight for several weeks now, I can eat whatever I want."
    Wembley dream

    All of which is music to the ears of Ricky Hatton, who believes the fight of his career is just around the corner against the winner of De La Hoya-Pacquaio.
    "My dream would be to have it at Wembley, without a doubt, and it's a strong possibility," he told Sky Sports News.
    "Oscar's never fought in Britain and he's said he'd like to tick it off on his resume of what he's achieved.
    "We got 58,000 at the City of Manchester stadium for Juan Lazcano - if we can't get 100,000 at Wembley for Oscar De la Hoya, then I'd be very surprised."
    And Richard Schaefer, chief executive of De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, has suggested the wheels are already in motion for a mid-summer fight between De La Hoya and Hatton.
    "We are looking at staging it at a big stadium in the UK," he told The Sun. "But the arena needs to be covered because of the unpredictable weather. My idea, and I haven't spoken to Hatton's camp about this yet, is to have the fight on a Sunday.
    "I was thinking that big sporting events are on a Sunday afternoon in America, like the Superbowl, so why not this fight? It could be at 10pm in the UK which would be the afternoon in America.
    "It would be a huge event with maybe even a pop concert leading into a great undercard and then the fight.
    "Oscar against Ricky could be the biggest event in boxing. It would be two great fighters, who come to fight and are loved by the fans.
    "The winner could then fight Floyd Mayweather who, of course, has already boxed both fighters."
     
  13. Bodysnatcher

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  14. ku_las

    ku_las Active Member Full Member

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    I like to see Hatton and Pac, It will be a war...
     
  15. See Me Flow

    See Me Flow The Pharaoh of Boxing Full Member

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    I want to see Hatton vs Pacman. If boxing fans demand it, we'll get it.