Thank god it's OVER!

Why bother posting pointless out and out lies such as this? The ring's own website (http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html) confirms that Lazcano has been top ten ranked at 140 for almost 2 years (i.e. basically since he moved up from lightweight).

 

I agree with that,i just noticed your subtly clever use of terms to describe the fans,nothing to do with the fighters;Hatton didnt want to go near Witter,agreed.:good
Answer me this though-Would you rather be called somebody who 'champions' joe bloggs,or a 'Joe Bloggs nuthugger'?

You put yourself in a better light with those terms,thats my point.
But in general,i agree with the spirit of the post,i just cant help spotting 'verbal' tricks.Your parting shot didnt need the 'nuthuggers' term,if it was meant as a humble climb down.:good

 

Not 2 years, a year and 10 months odd and considering he has no good enough wins at Light Welter and has been Inactive since he lost to Harris, It's dodgey how he's there.

My Intention wasn't to lie either, I didn't notice him In their rankings till recently so I made an error there.

A motivated Witter still KO's Hatton, he was more thinking about Ricky than Bradley probably.

 

This is fair enough and props to Taylor for getting straight back there in a rematch. But taking a step down in opposition for a comeback after suffering your fiirst loss is hardly a new concept. It is a well established practice in boxing and a way of allowing the fighter to get some confidence back and work on improving some aspects of his game. Look at the likes of Oscar DLH (comeback v Derrell Coley), Trinidad (v Cherifi), Lennox Lewis (v Lionel Butler), Junior Witter (v Steve Conway).

As for Lazcano, the guy is ranked top 10 by every independent boxing publication and is a genuine contender level fighter, though not quite good enough to make the step to champion level. If a fight against him is "shitty" then it's because of how good Hatton is, not any knock against Lazcano.

 

True, that would be what was with the "ALMOST two years". He has victories over Courtney Burton and Ben Tackie at 140, plus a lot of good wins at 135. His loss to Harris was very close and Harris is a top ten fighter anyway. All of the independent boxing publications(Ring, KO, Boxing Monthly etc...) have him in their top ten. In any case, whether you think Lazcano deserves his top 10 ranking or not, the issue I was highlighting was that the initial post basically stated that he had only been given it because he was fighting Hatton who was buddies with the Ring mag's owners. If he's been top 10 for nearly two years, that is obviously not the case.

As for thinking more about Hatton than Bradley, I'm quite sure he was, hell the guy thinks about Hatton more than anything else in the entire world, probably jerking off to posters of him at night as well. Nonetheless, it hasn't stopped him winning fights before.

 

Lewis pushed for an immediate rematch with McCall, and McCall himself was said to be very open to it

It was Don King that gave it a hearty "**** you, I've been in the heavyweight wilderness for 4 years and I'm not putting my new meal ticket at risk right away thankyouverymuch."

Okay, King's actual public quote on the matter was that old chestnut "Lewis's chances are slim and none, and slim just left town", but I'm reading between the lines here...

The Butler fight was a WBC #1 eliminator bout, and Butler was The Ring's #10 at the time. So it wasn't quite the dip in quality as it might appear.

That's my pedantic Lewis post for today...

 

Fair enough, just utilising a few examples to support my point. I could bring some others into it, for example Judah (vs Omar Weiss), Tszyu (vs Ismael Chaves). The basic point is that going "back to the drawing board" so to speak after a first pro loss is far from unique to Ricky Hatton, though you wouldn't know it from some of the comments the haters come out with.

 

The answer to this is that Ajose has won every title available to him as pro to date. Nigerian, West African, African, WBF Intercontinental, Commonwealth titles.

 

Ajose is better than Judah because he keeps his mind on the job.

 

Tuffnuts well said, however there are some people that still beileve that Witter diserves a shot at Hatton.:?

 

Mate i know you have connections to Ajose but that is a bull**** statement right there. Zab has mixed it with the VERY VERY best and doesnt give anyone an easy ride. He has shared a ring with PBF, Cotto, Tszyu, Spinks x2, Witter, Corley and Baldomir. All are light years ahead of what Ajose has faced. His last two outings were against Nigel Wright where he looked flat and Alex Spitko.

Crazy comment to make.