diamond_fists

Great post.Very well said.The Hitman will return.What I like more than anything Is the loyalty the fans have shown to Hatton even In defeat.We do not seem to have that loyalty over here.For example when mike Tyson was young and killing anything and everything In front of him people talked like he could quite possibly go down as one of the greatest heavyweights ever,well he loses a few fights and all of a sudden he was nothing more than a bully who was completley overrated. i agree ironmt , its funny how easy fans can disown a fighter after a loss , i can only give hatton credit for trying his luck 2nite , and he will always be a champion in my eyes , not only for the way he handles himself in the ring , but for the everyday guy he is outside the ring , i wiill always respect a guy that shows heart , and i will always respect a guy that has the skills that pbf has , he was awesome , just his attitude got to me , maybe that was just for the media , maybe not.

Uk Hatton Fan Congraulates........ ........Floyd mayweather on his display of boxing skills , even though my heart is bleeding right now cos my fellow mancunian /hyde town citizen has been beaten , i have to say that pbf is the top dog at 147 , there will be many uk fans that will complain about the ref and so on.... , but the truth is that pbf is the main man at this weight , ricky couldnt bully him or overpower him like he has with previous opponents , and he sure didnt have half the skills that pbf had , ricky should stick to 140 where he is a champion , the truth is i didnt like floyd b4 this fight because of the way he acted with his money and attitude towards his opponents , but he was gracious in victory and i think somewhere deep down beneath all that " money" moniker and brashness there is a decent guy , maybe his upbringing and the culture he is surrounded by has made him that way, if only he acted like ricky he would be a true peoples champion, but , anyways , here i am at 6 : 41am Manchester time after a night full of booze and cigarettes gutted that my hometown fighter has lost , but full of praise for the boxing prowess and defence masterclass of pbf , no matter what people think of floyd as a person , he is THE MAN , hatton will be back tho , not at 147 , but back down to 140 his true weight , i can only give hatton respect for taking this fight on , he could of easily stayed at 140 and ruled , but instead he chose to take on the best in the world and lost , the lad has got some guts and heart and nobody can take that from him , this was one step 2 far tho. Mayweather is the king ( congratulations , u r the best):boxing: Ricky is still the Manchester warrior ( i salute you):You_Rock_

this thread is chidish , whats the point in it? LOL:pat:

Judah, thing is, Thats a fight Judah can win, even now, Hatton would be the fave, but judah could give hatton problems. i think you could be right there , even though he has lost to Mayweather and Cotto , he would be a good test at that weight

"Nigel Benn told me I really needed two or three fights to grow into the weight and given more time I am convinced I would be able to fight a damn sight better." if this is the case and hatton needs 3 fights to grow into the 147 weight , this may be too long and mayweather will be shot by then , who would he fight anyway?

Hatton said: "There are a lot of big fights out there but ultimately my main goal is Mayweather because he is regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. "I want to be fighting world champions and the best fighters. The bigger the challenge, the better I am. "When you talk about Mayweather and De La Hoya, I needed a performance like that to put myself in the shop window." hattons pretty much said it himself here , Mayweather should get the bigger payday

i agree on this one hatton v cotto would be a war , what capacity is the yankee stadium?

if hatton decides to take a tune up fight first at 147 , who do you think it should be?

if they fight at 140 then hatton will tear pbf to pieces , at 147 however , pbf will win every time IMO.

did hatton say he wants to fight now or that he need 3 fights at 147 before mayweather? if he said he needs more tune up fights then i lost all respect for this man. he is afraid of mayweather. he said this after he got that lucky decision against collazo , but surely if he needed 3 fights back then , the same should apply now , especially going up to 147 against pbf

the fight hatton had against collazo at 147 ( which i genuinely felt that hatton lost) doesnt inspire cofidence to think he could beat pbf at that weight , or is collazo a much bigger man than pbf?

amir khan or maybe david haye

i think it all would depend on who's style would win , if pbf keeps hatton at a distance and picks him off all night then its a pbf win , if hatton can get in close however , roughs him up and hit him with some body shots it could be a hatton win , thats why i think this fight needs to happen or we will never know

i agree , he cant mix it with the best of the welterweights , maybe malignaggi next in NYC , or witter back in the UK, and then of course ther is torres , how good is malignaggi and does he have a large following?