Hatton winding down his career

Marv, I didn't say only people who hate Hatton are saying it, I said by and large its the same characters on here who never liked him. As I've said before, I'd like to see Hatton-Witter and at least I'm not just saying that to score points because I hate one of the boxers but if it doesn't happen then its not the end of the world.

Hattons resume over the last few years stands up with pretty much any current world class boxers, now he's taking a soft fight after a loss and then fighting his number 2 contender. I'm sorry but thats not too bad IMHO.

BTW do you intend posting in any threads other than the two Hatton ones during your stay here? I'd be more inclined to believe your claims of being "just a fan of boxing" if you did...

 

You're making up Hatton quotes... this is what he actually said "I always said I wanted to go over there, have two or three fights to get used to it and then take on Mayweather"
That's what he did. You need to accept that and stop crying about it.

 

There you are SleazeNation, for what it's worth you have called Witter crap. If you read back in the thread it is obvious who this comment is about.

 

Err, that doesn't even mention Witter? Are you smoking drugs?

Your proof that I said Witter is crap is a quote where I'm not talking about Witter?

That was about Hatton having nothing to lose by fight Mayweather, because he was the best in the world a weight up, Hatton somehow wasn't at all brave to take the fight. :roll:

It wasn't even about Witter. :hi:

 

May I ask what point you are making other than tedious pedantry about what someone else said in the thread?

Why did Hatton turn down the chance to fight Floyd in your opinion and what does it prove?

 

OK, that's quite fair all in all.

I'm a 'Hatton fan' and don't give a shít about pretending otherwise. I support British boxers always anyway. But I'll call things on Ricky as I see them and I'm an open minded, honest guy. The level of hate on these boards is amazing and way, way over the top.

Ricky is wide open to this criticism about not fighting Junior right now though. Personally, I'm prepared to give him a pass if the Lazcano / Paulie route leads back to Floyd.

I believe Paulie to be bigger and better in terms of rebuilding Hattons reputation in the States, by a street.

Calling the legitimacy of a Floyd rematch into question is baffling though. 80 odd fights between them, multiple titles won across weight classes, only one loss for either guy, and that's in their first fight.

To suggest Junior would rubber stamp its validity just doesn't make sense to me. Junior is being seriously over rated by some in terms of both ability and meaningfulness outside of pretty serious boxing fans in the UK.

 

The point I was making is Witter wasn't instantly marketable like Marquez and need a big fight for him to become a big name like Marquez.

Hatton was always marketable and his financial clout through his large following enticed Zoo over - I was a member of the Kostya Tsyzu official fan forum back in 2004/2005 and he used to come in and post regularly - he wasn't going to fight Hatton until they offered him a huge pay day.

This is in response to some slating Witters competition(which I actually think is the best at 140 outside of Hatton anyway) unlike Hatton he isn't instantly marketable to the mainstream and thus can't attract the same names Hatton can.

That could change if Hatton got in the ring with him. Sure, there will be those that say 'but why would Hatton want to do that he hates him' and they would have a point but if he truly cares about the fans, you know the real fans of boxing he will give us this fight. Its the biggest fight worldwide at 140 right now hell check the poll started by the plug in babies in the general forum every boxing fan wants to see it.

Eubank and Benn detested each other but they fought twice. Hatton really ought to be giving us this fight, thats the whole point. I was once a fan of his until I saw through his bull**** in regards to this issue - its time everyone else pressed and pushed for what would be an epic bout.

 

The Benn-Eubank thing wasn't as one-sided as Hatton-Witter. Both Eubank and Benn were household names capable of earning good purses without the other one. Hatton earns well and has options, Witter only has Hatton. He promotes every fight using the "Hatton is ducking me" line, although I don't blame him because he'd struggle to get his name in the papers if he didn't.

 

Well what do you expect him to do Gaz especially now? Hattons the man at 140, all paths go through him.

It's good that Witters calling him out - I dismissed Witter for many years but he has a strong resume at the weight now and with his status as WBC Champ and 140 number 2 he has every right to be calling out the champ of the division.

 

100% wrong. If you read back you know it is about Witter. I won't argue the point further as your previous posts suggest you have a character flaw that doesn't allow you to admit when you are wrong.

 

Like I say BB, I don't blame Witter but I also think Hatton shouldn't be crucified for the career path he's taken.

 

It wasn't about Witter.

Why would I lie about whether or not I think he's good? It makes no difference to anything anyway. You're a loony.

 

Can anyone educate me on quoting two separate posts at the same time?

So I can try to pin down spin doctor Sleazey.

 

I give Hatton credit where its due but I do see the bigger picture and everything isn't as black and white, something which doesn't register with certain posters.

I don't really dig a PM fight - it doesn't interest me. All I see is a weight drained Cotto leftover who was lucky to scrape by his last opponent. But I do agree there are worse fights, though it has to be said outside of PM, Torres and Witter there really aren't too many guys for Hatton to face at 140 particularly after the demise of Diaz at 135.

If he faces Witter next year ill be satisfied. Pretty soon there isn't going to be anywhere else for him to go in any case. It would be nice if he gave us a clear indication that he will fight Witter.

 

I agree, hopefully Hatton-Witter will be made next summer but until then I think a lot of people on here are just using Witter to have a go at a fighter they've never liked. If Hatton beats PauliM and then doesn't fight either Torres, Witter or Mayweather (yep, I know its a pointless rematch but I wouldn't blame him for taking it) then I'll be disappointed.