Hatton keen on Mayweather rematch

[BrendanWoodside]

no need for me to see this one again.. hatton was simply outclassed.. floyd is ina different league

[MELLY-MEL...]

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[Gorguruga]

What the **** is up with that ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hatton took his friends and family on safari in Africa after the fight.


Hatton Audio Interview 6th Feb 08 (re: Mayweather)

[moin126]

floyd is just using the power rule.

'Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim'
one sincere and honest move will cover dozens of dishonest ones.

[Parody]

I believe Hatton vs. Mayweather at 140 in England with a fair referee would produce a very different result.

I believe that as well, it will last one round more, Mayweather by TKO 11 instead of 10.

[crillz]

Ricky Hatton has told Sport Relief he would like a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, despite being well beaten in their first fight last December.

Hatton, 29, suffered a 10th-round knockout in Las Vegas, his first defeat in 44 professional encounters.

"It's a very difficult bitter pill for me to swallow losing my first fight," said light-welterweight king Hatton.

"But I would fight him again, even though he knocked me out - just with a different referee. A"

Hatton was well beaten by the American after 10 rounds in December but has revealed a surprising mutual respect has developed between the two fighters.

"He has texted me a few times, and he has phoned me a few times, he wants to come over to Britain and watch one of my fights," said Hatton.

Hatton was speaking at the recording of 'A Question of Sport Relief' and explained why he wants people to sign-up for the Mile and get involved in the campaign.

"There is no better cause for a sportsman, I am really happy to show my support, I think it's as much a part of my job as what I get paid for in the ring."


The 29-year-old 'Hitman' also revealed that the brash-but-brilliant American fighter known as 'Pretty Boy Floyd' has confessed he is jealous of Hatton's huge fanbase.

"He even said to me, athough I have proved I am the best, what I wouldn't give to have the love of the fans like you have," said Hatton.

"Being the way Floyd is, it must have been hard for him to give me a compliment like that, but he has certainly gone up in my estimation."

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Hatton has spent the time since the brutal defeat at the MGM Grand coming to terms with the loss of his unbeaten record.

He has spoken previously about how he found himself breaking down and bursting into tears in the days following his first ever professional defeat.

Hatton has spent the time since watching the video of the fight (five or six times, he says) and spending time on holiday with his family.

It's hard not to conjure up images of this big beast of British boxing licking his wounds and summoning up the courage to roar again on some distant African plain.

But the healing process is now complete and Hatton seems keen to make amends for the only blemish on a career record that read an imperious 43 and 0 until that fateful night in Vegas.

"It was a good performance, after five or six rounds I thought I was going to win the fight but I got a bit frustrated by the referee, B" Hatton said.

"It was break-break-break every five seconds - I never thought I would get into a fight C and be scared of hitting my opponent."

Referee Joe Cortez's fussiness undeniably worked against Hatton's tactics, and cut short any attempts to get ugly with the Pretty Boy, but it would be churlish to take anything away from Mayweather's masterclass.

"I made the cardinal sin, the last thing you should do is lose your temper," Hatton added.

"I lost my rag, I lost my composure that little bit and that's the difference when you are fighting someone like Floyd.

"But there are no hard feelings. I moved up a weight division and fought the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world."

Despite being outclassed in Las Vegas, Hatton's legions of fans will no doubt be delighted that the loveable Mancunian has come out fighting, and he is assured of a heroes' homecoming when he returns to the ring.

"I am hoping it might be at the City of Manchester Stadium in late May/early June," said Hatton. "There are loads of names in the frame - even though I lost my last fight everyone is queuing up to fight me.

"They can see my popularity, and my fan base, and everyone wants to fight me - I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing!"

Ricky Hatton was speaking at a recording of 'A Question of Sport Relief' which you can see as part of the Sport Relief Weekend on the BBC on March 14-16.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_a...ef/7232441.stm

A - why? because you couldn't hold him every 10 seconds? hit him then stop him from hitting you back? because you was stopped from cheating and forced to fight clean? I will admit that Floyd caught some breaks and was able to get away with that elbow **** but Hatton is a high maintenance dude, he's a hard dude to control in the fight because he bases his whole fight plan on something you only supposed to do when necessary and not to build a fight off of it, once he was stopped from doing that he feels cheated when in reality he was only forced to fight a clean fight and he couldn't..

B - it was good up until then and i'll admit you didn't yolk his ass up as much as past opponents but thats because the ref stopped you and now you want to complain? it was good up until those rounds because it wasn't until those rounds that your hands were tied and couldn't do that slick hit and hold **** you do Ricky.

C - thats because you grab grab grab every 5 seconds, so what? he's just supposed to let you get away with that because thats how you fight? are you immune to a fair call just because for 43 fights you were allowed to get away with that ****? no sir, when you fight you supposed to hit and not get hit, you get hit and don't get to hit much in return when you are properly called but when allowed to manhandle a man you hold him before he can hit you back, then you hit him and do it again. can't blame that on the ref Ricky..

..and this is coming from someone who RESPECTS the **** out of Ricky Hatton, me and my father always supported him ever since we saw him first fight, we thought that despite the constant clinching he was a force and could beat MANY people, he didn't let us down and still has A LOT to offer but no way do I let respect get in the way of truth, Ricky couldn't win because he couldn't hold, his flawed defense was exposed once he didn't have a target to lunge in and grab, I respect the **** out of Hatton for even going 43-0 but he doesn't receive ANY leniency for being who he is, not even my favorite fighter Tito Trinidad receives that from me because it's your hands that do the talking and his hands aren't 100% devastating unless his body ain't leaned on yours to secure his hit, when he was forced to work for his offense he lost his edge and was exploited, his hit and hold, illegal tactic could not save him and he is now mad, rallying for a rematch, Hatton just stay the **** away from 147 mate.. 100

[Pugilistic™]

hatton should forget a mayweather rematch and focus on things at 140.

hopefully he fights paulie or whoever then fight witter