Hatton: Gunning for Floyd again
Ricky Hatton will have to unify the IBO and IBF light-welterweight titles before another rematch against Floyd Mayweather.
The 'Hitman' is set to put his IBO light-welterweight title on the line against Juan Lazcano on 24th May in his first fight since going down to the 'Pretty Boy' in the first loss of his career.
IBF light-welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi will fight Lovemore N'dou on the undercard at the City of Manchester Stadium and it now appears the 'Magic Man' will get to fight Hatton before another showdown with Mayweather.
For his part, Mayweather still has to defeat his old foe the 'Golden Boy' Oscar de la Hoya but should all three bouts go as planned then Goldon Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer says the rematch is on.
"I had a conversation with the manager of Floyd Mayweather and he said that if Mayweather wins against Oscar de la Hoya on September 20 and Ricky wins a possible unification showdown against Paul Malignaggi then they would be open in the spring to coming over here to London to fight Ricky again," he told Sky Sports News.
First up for Hatton is his comeback fight against the 'Hispanic Causing Panic' Lazcano though, which can be viewed live on Sky Box Office on 24th May.
Source: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12183_3357429,00.html
A Hatton fight wouldn't make sense and be pretty much worthless as far as a meaningful fight. The only cool thing about the fight would be if they were to fight at Wembley in front of 100,000 fans, but other than that just like everybody else I would rather see him fight Cotto.
damn..... lol, my bad.
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Yh i thoight that he had vacated when he moved up but nope he still got it, i guess its cause he didn't win the other belt so kept that one.
Alright Floyd I will let this one rock for the SPRING of 09 which means you have more than enough to to face Cotto in the summer or winter of 09, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Spring is what, May? That means another fight after that, with both Ricky and Oscar rematches out of the way then maybe..........finally.................COTTO-MAYWEATHER.
How is it likely when Malignaggi is going to beat him before that? And how is Floyd going to fight when he "accidentally" falls from a high building?
:ugh: Right......