I know this terrosim shit is probally scaring Floyd. A huge fight with everyone at Wembley seems like the perfect place for a Terroist to do something. I think that will put the icing on the cake for Floyd. I just dont see him coming over without getting atleast 2/3 of the money. No way the higher rated fighter will come over for only 10mil and even money at that. What does he look like, Boo Boo The Fool? Hatton is acting like he is Oscar or something. Alot of people talked about how Oscar was trying to get all the advantages in his favor. I cant believe anyone thinks its a fair offer for the higher rated guy to travel to the opponents home country for just even money. This Terrosim shit is the final straw
I really comes down to what BOTH fighters want and thats money. Vegas as the venue means more money than it would make if it were in the UK. Plain and simple.
Could DLH and PBF made 10million each fighting if they fought in Mexico or Europe yeah, probably but they made MORE because they fought in Vegas.
these places DO have security u know...
And anyone who wont get on a plane for 10 million bucks, and fight a guy you'll be heavily favored to beat AND will do good for your legacy, then that person is insane
Its not insane when that same person can stay in the states and do the same thing with Margarito, Cotto, Mosley........you get the picture.
SO it's a mixture of Floyd being too successful and Ricky being too good?
Thats definatly a big part of it and if you think thats a bad thing or that makes Floyd a punk then you need to check your ego because no one would do that. Floyd is definatly too successful to be giving Hatton the Home Court Advantage in probally the biggest HCA of all. Ricky is also too good to do that. There is a differnce between fighting someone like Urkal there then it is fighting Hatton. Forget England, you never even see that in the US. You never see the higher rated guy fight a good lower rated guy in his home town. Floyd fought Gatti in AC because he wanted to get the big money fight on PPV for the 1st time and Gatti was the champ while Floyd had no belt at all.
You always here boxers say that "Im definatly not going to fight him there" and Im talking about in the US. You want the #1 guy then you go to him. Everyone knows that in every sport. If Hatton wins then he can have the rematch in Wembly. Again, not only that but Hatton wants all that and even money. Do you think Floyd is a fool? No one would do that. To me, you could argue very well that Hatton hasnt done anything and is still a protected fighter. He's had all his fights in England and when he did go to the US, he always had a very pro Hatton crowd. Its just like he's still fighting in England. He hasnt one time yet had a fight where he had to go against a crowd or even a half of a crowd. Lets see how he fights without the crowd all behind him one time. Again, what if Floyd wanted to fight in Grand Rapids? Forget the money crap, Im not even talking about that. Im just speaking from a pure fighting standpoint. What if he fought Floyd there and it was a sell out crowd all for Floyd? Hatton wouldnt want to do that and it would be 10x worst for Floyd doing it in Wembly
Ali fought Heny Cooper in London England twice. Cooper was crowd favourite. Hagler fought Minter in England, the crowd rioted when Hagler won. A lot of champions have fought outside their home country. Refusal to fight outside the US appears to be something relatively modern.
Come on man, Cooper was no Ricky Hatton. Cooper was garbage. He already had like 8 losses the 1st time Ali fought him and he had 11 the 2nd time Ali fought. He was a protected fighter who had one of those blown up records because he never fought outside of England and he still had a bunch of losses. He fought no one else except for Johannson. Everyone else he fought was bums. Thats nothing special.
Hagler was a nobody when he fought Minter and Minter was the champ so that again proves nothing. Again, Minter was no Ricky Hatton. He had 6 losses at the time and was just a solid fighter. Hagler at that time was a nobody like Winky use to be. His career was basically just like Winky who also fought over there all the time but thats because no one knew them and they only made like 20,000 a fight. He also wanted a title so he had to go over there and get it from the higher rated guy.
Neither of those situations are even close to Floyd fighting a undefeated Hatton in Wembley when Floyd is the #1 rated fighter in the world. Never in history has anyone done something like that and you will never see it
Im also sick of all the Hatton fans using that stupid crap about all these other great fighters going somewhere else to fight. Are you guys idiots? All those guys you named fought in a differnt Country but the guy they fought wasnt from that Country, fools. Also, every single guy you named were the crowd favorites. Japan loved Tyson & Africa loved Ali & Lewis. Its not the same thing at all. You guys dont even realize that.
Ali fought Heny Cooper in London England twice. Cooper was crowd favourite. Hagler fought Minter in England, the crowd rioted when Hagler won. A lot of champions have fought outside their home country. Refusal to fight outside the US appears to be something relatively modern.
You guys always make the dumbest comparisons. Im not Soccer fan so I dont know how there rules work but if your talking about the regular season then thats dumb. However, if there the #1 team then they should play every game at home in the playoffs.
Im also sick of all the Hatton fans using that stupid crap about all these other great fighters going somewhere else to fight. Are you guys idiots? All those guys you named fought in a differnt Country but the guy they fought wasnt from that Country, fools. Also, every single guy you named were the crowd favorites. Japan loved Tyson & Africa loved Ali & Lewis. Its not the same thing at all. You guys dont even realize that.
You guys better just hope Hatton comes up with big money and gives Floyd most of the cake or hope that the Princess Di concert goes well and Floyd loves that atmosphere because thats the only way he will fight there. Hatton will look like the punk. He still says that Floyd is the only guy he will move up for. You got all the elite guys at 147 and he cant move up there when he is a huge guy? He's a joke. Floyd wont go over there no matter what so he doesnt look like a punk. No matter who the opponent is he wont go. However, Hatton will look like a punk if he says no to Floyd but then comes over and fights Paulie in MSG. What will be his excuse then?
He shouldn't have to come over and fight Hatton. He's P4P # 1.
According to who?
Here's an idea, Manchester United won the league last season. So why should they play any away games? They're the number one team in England, it doesn't make sense for them to have to go away from home.
This is absolute genius. This is going in the bank for the next time some gun toting maniac goes on a high school killing spree.
I know this terrosim shit is probally scaring Floyd. A huge fight with everyone at Wembley seems like the perfect place for a Terroist to do something. I think that will put the icing on the cake for Floyd. I just dont see him coming over without getting atleast 2/3 of the money. No way the higher rated fighter will come over for only 10mil and even money at that. What does he look like, Boo Boo The Fool? Hatton is acting like he is Oscar or something. Alot of people talked about how Oscar was trying to get all the advantages in his favor. I cant believe anyone thinks its a fair offer for the higher rated guy to travel to the opponents home country for just even money. This Terrosim shit is the final straw
It's happening in Vegas. Big fights do not happen in England. I can think of less than 5, and only 2-3 of those probably even deserve to be called "big".
Despite attracting 76,000 people regularly during the football season Old Trafford still seems to be standing.
I can name a couple of US landmarks that have been blown up by terrorists.
these places DO have security u know...
And anyone who wont get on a plane for 10 million bucks, and fight a guy you'll be heavily favored to beat AND will do good for your legacy, then that person is insane