Sun article about Ricky Hattons next fight - Discusting if true

Oscar aint on the same level as Floyd but he still got a larger paycheck, if Floyd isn't willing to recieve the same amount of money as his peers for the same task then he should find another sport because boxing isn't for cowards.

 

it's too early to say either way at the moment.

before every fight we get these other fights rumoured.

let's hope it's mayweather.

it'll be very disappointing if that one falls thru after ricky looking so good in his last fight.

 

Its funny that people are willing (keen even!) to take a speculative article in a rag like the Sun as gospel if it puts Hatton in a bad light...

 

very true. the sun are quite accurate with there football speculation but not so much with boxing.

as far as i know hatton-mayweather is still being negotiated.

although i haven't heard details of any counter-offer from mayweathers camp after the original hobson offer

 

Well if its in the sun it must be true i mean the newspapers (specially ones like the sun) are always stand-up, well informed, intelligently researched articles! :nut

 

Its a talking point, and refreshing for a newspaper, even the sun, to report anything on boxing.

 

Hey, hang on a second here. What Hatton actually said two years ago was that the fight would sell out in England, but as few people know him in the States, if it was to be held over there he would need two more fights to build himself into a known entity. The option was always open to stage the fight in England, if PBF could ever find his passport...

Presumably, if they were to meet now, the situation would remain the same. Hatton would have to step up to at least 147 as Floyd ain't coming down. So Hatton is going to have to step up to a weight class to which he isn't suited and fly halfway across the world to his opponent's home country, I wouldn''t say asking for 50/50 is unreasonable.

PBF may be p4p #1, but doesn't make him a massive draw. The sales and purses for his last bout were off the back of DLH's popularity. Hatton took more fans to Vegas for Castillo than Mayweather could draw in his own back yard! Lennox Lewis proved himself a vastly superior fighter to Tyson when they fought, but we know who got the bigger purse. I doubt if anybody has ever got a bigger purse than ODLH. Hatton-Mayweather would draw a six figure crowd over here and I reckon if PBF is insisting on any fight being in the states at his weight, purse parity is pretty damn reasonable!

 

Hatton does not want it with PBF. Why would he when he knows he will lose and be humiliated. Sounds like he is pricing himself out of the fight again. He is not really looking for testing fights. No mention of Cotto, Witter, Ajose Olusegun or Malignaggi for that matter.

 

I hope Ajose does make it to the top, but putting in the same setence with Cotto, Witter and Malignaggi is a bit silly. I can`t see him being on Hattons radar.

 

Styles like Casa give Hatton fits so he wouldn't be fighting Ricky anytime soon. Castillo's style made Hatton more exciting thats why he was chosen and why guys like Witter and Paulie probably won't be.

If Floyd wasn't P4p no 1 and a huge name I doubt Hatton would be mentioning him.

I agree with what Paulie was quoted as saying In Boxing Monthly that he avoids boxers/slicksters. Paulie even mentioned he avoided Witter.

They make Hatton look bad but guys like Castillo make Hatton look great.

 

Yeah right because the aforementioned are better fighters than him are they? Next thing you will be proclaiming the virtues of the like of Gavin Rees like his promoter being worthy of facing Hatton. Anybody is worthy the issue is who is the best period. I know who is. The best should fight the best not make micky mouse matches.

 

get off ur high horse and stop being a tit, cos I dont think Gavin Rees does..

And yes the boxers mentioned have proved so far to be better than Ajose, cos of who they have fought.

 

Nice to see someone has the proper amount of perspective about a rag like The Sun...keeping chips warm should be its highest goal in life.

 

Then simply mate don't lets call him the best or he claim that he is if they avoid true threats. Ajose is a better schooled fighter than Hatton with much more skills. My job is not to denigrate Hatton who I actually happen to like a lot both as fighter but also as a person.

Look fighters go into fights that they are not supposed to win be it style wise or other advantages however the special ones find a way to win. Ajose was supposed to lose to Martin Holgate in his 7th fight, Bradley Pryce and Ali Nuumbembee because he was not a known entity. What did he do he took as a personal insult and knocked the aforementioned out. Apart from the guys who have been avoiding none of his victims including champions like Bradley Pryce and Nuumbembee as screaming for a rematch which should tell people some thing.

As for Gavin Rees and Mbaye I shake my head at astonishment that Rees can be a world champion and the WBA belt for that matter. I can think of at least 10 domestic fighters that would beat Reid other than Hatton, Witter and Ajose. I think some might even be prepared to fight him for no purse so that they can get the WBA belt.

 

:yep :yep :yep Ajose Olusegun :yep :yep :yep he brings so much to the table, especially with Ricky not even holding a title at the moment (dont anyone comeback with IBO baloney). I could semi understand if his last performance was world class, or even remotley good - but it wasnt. He farted about for 12 rounds against a domestic journeyman.
Im a fan of Ajose, but please.