Like how Hatton fights?

ppv is killing off all but the same million or so die hards in america who love there boxing.

in europe you can get millions watching boxing as it goes out on free to air tv in germany and half and half in the uk.

imagine if mayweather/odlh was fought in europe at 4am american east coast time on an obscure small american ppv channel .

if this happened enough times then even that 1 million would start to lose intrest.

the only advantage america has is that the big venues are totally free and actually encourage promoters to stage there bills there while in europe they cost a lot of up front money for the venues.

with super casino`s coming to the uk that might soon happen here.

 

you are right...but you have made an argument against PPV not against the fights being staged in America...we'll have a bunch of supercasinos here soon and if ITV or SKY want to air the fights then fine...but PPV in the UK versus PPV in America, I'd pick PPV in the US, because at least the American commentators/ "experts" will pay attention...bad for fans both here and there...

 

Well i expected people to try and discredit Hatton's performance and the ESB didn't let me down.

-Tsyzu was washed up and the ref was rubbish :|

-Collazo won :|

-Castillo took a dive :|

Maybe, just maybe Ricky is a good fighter. Ever think of that? Maybe a fighter from Britain can just be very good :deal

 

is your tougue up hatton's ass crack? everybody has their own opinon about whos boring. hatton was boring vs. urango but this fight with castillo wasnt bad at all. he holds but he also HITS. its better then seeing cocksuckers run around the ring.

 

If Hatton wasn't very good, Castillo would not have "taken a dive", now, would he? However, Castillo's liver seems to have turned "douchewater" rather quickly...surprising...I could have sworn it was at least "lager" if not "100 proof"...how do you explain that? In any case, I'd go for a very good shot by Hatton, that would have felled anyone. I'd like to beleive it's full credit to our man...but I didn't watch the fight...so cannot express an opinion...

 

yes you are quite right.

if say NBC were to have boxing show the fights between europeans or european v american on say a sunday 4pm slot going out to europe at 9pm 10pm then that makes sense and i would have no problem with that.

my gripe is that ppv in america makes the euorpean boxer`s exposure to the american market absolutley tiny and not worth the bother, bar the most important thing which is the reason for it all in the first place.

MONEY.

 

you can be proud of your man because he landed a nice shot on castillo and it was over. now people want to ***** and say castillo was shot or he quit.

 

I agree!:good

 

Spot on mate, nice post :good

 

I don't know whether he was shot or not, or whether he quit...I would really hope not...it would not be in his character to quit, quite the opposite in fact...I'd have to see the fight.

But whether he did or not, whether he was shot or not...it's full credit to Ricky! Ricky didn't pick Castillo for the fight because he was shot or because he was a quitter...quite the opposite in fact!

 

Ok, watched the whole of the 4th round...Castillo was not at his best...also Ricky was in top shape - much faster than his competitor. I also counted 5 body shots to the side a shot to which KO'd Castillo (there were about 2 to the other side too). So...NO...it wasn't a dive...the accumulation of shots would have felled anyone...and NO...Castillo doesn't have a douchewater liver...but he's it's not 100 proof either! The fact that Castillo was "shot" (not what he once was) has nothing to do with the fact that Ricky's shots would have hit a prime Castillo too, and would probably eventually have brought him to his knees anyway...perhaps not as early as the 4th round though...but a Ricky in that shape would have beaten any version of Castillo, eventually...of that I am sure!:rasta

 

One more thing...Hatton executed his gameplan to perfection...bodyshots 'r us galore! Clinched when he needed to and hit the body; led with his head when fighting inside to protect himself;...went all aggressive and jumped into his opponent when Castillo was closing in, thus defending himself some more...iNICE!:happy

 

He belongs in the ****in UFC.

 

:bart

 

Hatton truly is one of the best pound for pound if this performance didnt prove it to you then your a ****in idiot.

Hatton should come back to the UK, where fighting hard is appreciated.

You cant KO a top 15 p4p guy in 4 and not get any credit, thats ridiculous!