Sun article about Ricky Hattons next fight - Discusting if true

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  1. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    there was a rather disturding article in The Sun this morning about Ricky Hatton next fight. saying it would be in England is good, but the 3 opponents he has to choose from our

    David Diaz 32 - 1 - 1 (ONLY 17 K.O)
    He is a world champ ok, BUT AT LIGHTWEIGHT, and the loest ranked off the 4. the sort of fight Amir Khan should be thinking about not Hatton. ranked 11 by boxrec

    also due to fight Erik Morales

    Ricardo Torres 31 - 1 - 0 (27 K.O)
    lost to Miguel Cotto in 7 rounds, was considerd the weakest of the 4 Light Welter champs (until Rees won on saturday) no big wins on his record, ranked 16 by Boxrec. lowest rated champ by the ring at light welter.

    Joel Casamayor
    a bit more like it but still A LIGHTWEIGHT. only big win is agaisnt corrales and lost to Catillo who Hatton beat in 4 rounds.

    Paul Spadafora 46 - 0 - 1 (ONLY 16 K.Os!!!!!!!!)
    no big names on his record, has nly fought 12 rounds 9 times, ranked 47 at light welter by Boxrec. NOT RANKED IN THE TOP 15 BY THE WBA, WBC, WBO or IBF. NOT IN THE RING TOP 10.

    also said he wants 50-50 with Mayweather which is a joke, he could get paid 30-70 and would still be hattons biggest pay day. Maywether is the P4P Champion for gods sake.



    this could be a case of bad reporting but the reason i am writing this article is because it realkly would not suprise me. Hatton talks about fighting Mayweather, Cotto, Mosley, De la Hoya, but i bet you he fights one of these 4 guys. absolutley ridiclious. if he fights one of those 4 will proove he just chose Tyszu and Castillo at the end of thier careers and really wants no part in the big fight, just wants to mug people of as most of his fans follow Hatton and not boxing.

    here is a list of better fights that could be made

    Welterweight:
    Floyd Mayeather
    Miguel Cotto
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Shane Mosley
    Paul Williams
    Antonio Margorito
    Kermit Cintron
    Zab Judah
    Luis Collazo II

    Light Welterweight:
    Junior Witter
    Paulie Malignaggi
    Gavin Rees (still bigger than those 4 fights)
    Demitrius Hopkins
    Vivian Harris

    thats 14 fights that are better. if hatton takes one of those 4 (except maybe maybe maybe Casamayor) (and thats if the others want $20million dollers to fight in there home town) then he is an absolute bum
     
  2. Betty Swollocks

    Betty Swollocks James 'Lights Out' Toney Full Member

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    mate, what do you expect? have you been following Ricky's career?
    you really think he's gonna fight an elite fighter in or ner his prime? :huh
     
  3. robpalmer135

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    i no but when your forked out £60 (al be it between 4 mates) for his last 4 fights, its gonna **** you off, i reckon i would go a few rounds with this spadfora guy!!!
     
  4. David UK

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    I wouldn't pay much attention to anything that's written in that comic
     
  5. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    either would considering Torres and Diaz already have fights lined up.
    Diaz next week will fight Morales.
    and Torres vs Kendall Holt in September. which i think those two fighters would find it hard to fight Hatton by say November.

    The Sun must have some pretty intelligent people working down there. oh yeah Ricardo the Sun thinks you can beat Holt then fight Hatton in say 2 months.
    IDIOTS comes to mind Dave.
     
  6. NOrth

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    Your having a laugh mate. Rees a bigger / better opponent than Torres, Diaz or Cassamayor ?

    Forget Welters, hatton is a light welter and ownt be moving up. So scratch them.

    Lets go through your light welters.

    Witter & Harris are fighting each other, so they're no go's.
    Hopkins was the luckiest man alive to get the descision against Stevie forbes, he got a gift. nothing special, never beaten anyone.
    Rees - very very poor opponent who ricky would beat inside 2 or 3 rounds. Very very poor champion who will be ebat by the first decent oppoennt he faces.
    Malinaggi who only has 5 Ko's on his record, wasnt that the argument not to bring in Spadfora?
    Torres - gave Cotto fits, miguels toughest fight. Torres hits like a horse kicks, so Ricky would need to be careful.

    Personally I'd go for either Diaz or Torress for excitment. Or Malinaggi for quality, although I feel it would be a really hard nights work for Ricky.
     
  7. jc

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    Casamayor and Torres would be good match ups. Casamayor albeit a lightweight is style wise a nightmare for Ricky Hatton and a big name in boxing. torres is not the weakest champ at 140, Mbaye was and now Rees is i spose, style wise Torres makes a good match, though id expect hattom to win by KO.

    but I agree if you are going to fight at 140 he should be facing Witter or atleast Paulie Maligianni...
     
  8. robpalmer135

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    when i say bigger i mean more interesting as its two british fighters.
     
  9. mike464

    mike464 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    if he's not fighting Mayweather or Cotto then why the hell doesn't he fight Witter. Coward
     
  10. NOrth

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    So Hatton Colin Lynes would be more intertesting that Hatton Torres? No way, no chance.

    As for Witter, he's fighting on Sept 7th against Harris... although i think we all know Hatton doesnt want to line Witters pockets, dont we?
     
  11. Scar

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    So Ricky pulled his self out of a fight with Mayweather once again but by saying he wants 50/50 this time? :lol: :lol:
    No one should be surprised here.
     
  12. mike464

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    I was a big Hatton fan when he beat Zoo but it's impossible to disagree with this. After he beat Zoo and Maussa everyone wanted to see him fight Mayweather. He said he wanted two warm up fights in the states. He's had three fights in the states and now it seems he'll duck out of it again. He'll obviously fight another lightweight, probably Casamayor. Grow some balls Ricky.
     
  13. sandwichsurgeon

    sandwichsurgeon Active Member Full Member

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    As long as this article keeps my chips dry and warm tomorrow i don't care if it is a falsification.
     
  14. BaronBrad

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    If Ricky does lose the opportunity to fight Floyd because he is demanding an equal split of the purse then I will be very upset. Ricky has to realise that he is not on the same level and therefore should accept a smaller slice of the pie - this slice will be his biggest ever so it isn't really a bad deal.

    If he is to fight in the UK then why not face Witter?

    I am losing interest in Ricky and I have been watching him fight live since before he was a world champion.
     
  15. BaronBrad

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    double posted - sorry