This is why I admire Ricky Hatton...

Yeah, it sounds commendable but I agree with what has already been said: he'd have been a fool to not take the fight. As I recall, the agreements he had for the % of PPV made him an absolute fortune.

I like Hatton's persona and commend him for breaking away from Warren. But I wouldn't blow that quote out of proportion. This was a no-brainer decision, really.

 

Agreed.

 

Totally agreed.

 

That is terrible logic and a poor attempt at arguing.

99% of fighters weren't in the position Hatton was, who had a chance to earn about $20 million by moving up in weight against one of boxing's biggest stars whereas his alternative would've been making 1/10 of that against some unknown junior welterweight contender.

What bearing does that have on potentially other great fights not happening? You place any fighter under similar circumstances and they're taking the money. If anything, you need to come down to reality. Hatton didn't move up to 147 because he wanted to establish his legitimacy as a great fighter; he moved up because he was going to get paid in full.

 

Hatton is talking out of both sides of his mouth nowadays. What weight did he want to even rematch Floyd at lol? HE called Floyd out for a fight at 147. HE is the one who thought he would be stronger tan Floyd-at 147. Now he is back tracking his thoughts then lol. Pac is going to beat his ass anyway, no disrespect to Hatton. Hatton has no right hand. Pac has a two fisted attack, and two fists are always better than one. Hatton is a tough guy, but he just isn't a smart fighter.

 

Before the fight, Hatton was talking about dominating Floyd physically and making fun of his "fiddlin and faddlin" pad training while punching some guy in a fat suit.

Now he blames it on the weight and hires Floyd's dad as his trainer and everyone just glosses over what he said before?

 

99% of fighters don't make 10's of millions to move 7 lbs out of their comfort zone.

 

I like to see Carl Froch already proving himself in the States. Learning from Joe Calzaghe's mistakes.

 

You are so blatantly wrong it's embarrassing.

Do you not notice everyone in the 130/135 weight classes consistently calling Pacquiao out? Did you not notice everyone at welterweight licking their lips for a chance to fight Mayweather? They're not avoiding Pacquiao, they're trying to get fights with him!

Contrary to what you may believe in your wild delusions, but boxing is a business. Fighters don't care about their legacy nearly as much as their paycheck. That's why De La Hoya, Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson were called out by all opponents around their weight class. That's why Manny Pacquiao was willing to go up 12 lbs recently in order to fight a bigger and just as skilled opponent in De La Hoya.

Hatton pursued the fight with Mayweather because he was going to get a career high paycheck, which is why he left 140 in the first place.