Ricky "Doing it for the people" Hatton

Nah, fair do's, I hear you

But my take is that Hatton might get more people interested in boxing, more kids in the gyms of Manchester, so I won't knock his popularity - even if a big chunk in Vegas / the COM stadium are the same people that would turn up to watch England in the Olympic curling final

It's not Hatton's fault really and not necessarily a bad thing either

 

Alright mate cool - I take your point as well. And indeed it helps generate revenue for the sport and good atmospheres in arenas for big fights so there are certainly plus points regarding boxings increased exposure.

 

Wow we have something in common, you can add Herol Graham, Benn, Eubank and Gary Mason to the list as I used to stay up on school nights to watch them if it was a midweek fight.

 

I don't think that qualifies as a "fact".

I'm not sure whether being more mainstream is good or bad, or whether it evens matters at all... but I'm pretty sure Hatton is more well known with the general public than Khan.

Hatton was the main front page story in (I think) The Daily Mirror listing what he drank on his holiday. Which when I saw that I couldn't quite work out why the hell that was a front page headline.

I know Khan has got press for running into a bloke in his car, but that's less to do with being mainstream as to do with committing a crime.

 

Guys do the google test. Search for Amir Khan and then Ricky Hatton and see who has more results.

Sleaze, Khan is more mainstream and the simple reason is because he is on ITV for free. If Hatton was on ITV then a comparative analysis could be done. Comparing someone on a FTA channel and someone on pay tv is like comparing chalk and cheese.

 

But this is what I'm saying, even on ITV compared to Sky. I think more people know Hatton. Based on what people talk about, based on the non-boxing tv shows that both do, based on press coverage.

Everytime I have a conversation with people at work who don't know boxing, 9 out of 10 know Hatton -he's the first name they mention, then normally Calzaghe before Khan.

btw, Amir Khan is also a famous Indain film star or something so a Google search for the names wouldn't be very accurate.

either way, I don't really care. So I'm finished on this.

 

The TV comparison doesn't work. Hatton is on PPV and Khan is on free TV at primetime. Hatton would easily get more people watching him if he was on ITV at 9pm. Khan would be lucky to get 5,000 PPV buys should he fight on PPV.

Compare someone which is an even playing field. Who gets more news coverage? Hatton was on the local news every night for two weeks prior to the Mayweather fight. I haven't once seen a Khan fight mentioned on the news. Newspapers. Again, prior to the Mayweather fight, Hatton was everywhere in the national press. Aside from the Mayweather bout, Hatton is in the Bolton News more than Khan is, which says something.

TV ratings doesn't tell a fair side of the story.

 

If Kahn gets popular enough he will be on PPV or at least Sky or Setanta will sign him. How many people would at this moment in time would listen on the radio to a Kahn fight. Hatton fights are huge on the radio, even in these times, for those who can't get TV coverage.

 

:huh How has Khan had more press coverage than Hatton. It certainly ISN'T a FACT.

 

:scaredas:

 

"At home with the Khans"

 

Sorry for telling you about ESB Trotter.

 

Glad you did Tuffie, there's some dogged little buggers on here, hehe

 

Correct

Late-career Leonard, Hearns and Duran... Jorge Paez... early De La Hoya

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