Hatton,Big Mac, Rees, Woods, Have all tried, and have all failed. The last man standing is Calzaghe, and he will prevail. But is the Era of british rich boxing over?
Doubt it Hatton is likely to regain a belt at some stage, he lost a fight he was supposed to lose. He'd be a big favourite against the likes of Torres and Maligfaggi Mac lost to a Brit :nut Rees was never anything more than a beltholder that got extremely lucky. He should never have won a belt Woods just lost Not sure why people are getting hysterical...
That's the way of boxing. Calzaghe, Haye, Witter are champs, not too bad yet. Hatton was always going to lose to Mayweather. Rees was a short term champ and always likely to lose the title to Kotelnik. Tarver is a better boxer than Woods. Haye proved too good for Maccarinelli. Witter and Hatton would be a good match. :yep
Isn't Hatton still the champ at 140 and isn't Witter biting at his heels? Enzo Mac, Woods, Rees-these were all second tier fighters anyway. Haye is a terrific cruiser. Whether he'll have any real impact at heavy is another question.
you are aware that Mac lost to Haye, an englishman right? and that Hatton is still #1 at 140? Nothing against Rees, but he was very lucky to win a belt in the 1st place, and I seriously doubt there were to many broken hearted brits when he lost. Wood is decent, but he looked pretty bad on Saturday, IMO, and he just lost to a better fighter.
What the hell is Haye the champ of? He is a Heavyweight now, the champ of crusierweight is USS Cunningham. The only champs left are Witter and Calzaghe, and Joe C. will be done this weekend.
Mayweather-Hatton made the UK public as excited as ever and one loss to the P4P king is just a loss... or a loss to make the British boxing proud as Hatton did everything he could. British boxing over? Hatton, the guy who was knocked out just a few months ago, sold out a soccer stadium in just a few hours, Welsh Joe Calzaghe broke the live attandance record putting in 50.000 in another soccer stadium, Khan is coming strong and Calzaghe has the chance to become an international boxing icon. British boxing is more popular than ever and Haye is just starting his HW career. That doesn't sound bad at all, does it?
Haye has fought at Cruiserweight more recently than Cunningham has. He also currently holds the WBA, WBC, WBO and Ring belts. How did Cunningham get to be 'champion of cruiserweight', sitting around on his sofa crying about how Haye didn't accept his non-existant offer to fight?