I would prefer he fights the best, but if he's going to sit at 140 he could at least fight some of the guys in the top 10. Is that too much to ask?
hes fighting the supposedly best fighter in the world next, what more do u want?
Just look at Beckham selling out that crappy team, it happens,
Beckhams crap, imagine if GOD himself actually played for the Galaxy, It'd be like everyone in the states would have a Ronaldo 7 top on, it'd be absolute Ronaldo Mental Heaven
you can't possibly be a manc calling beckham crap, even us city fans realise hes a class act. By the way your a 1 man team who will get dicked by chelsea
Hatton sold 55,000 tickets in less then an hour for a fight against Lazcano for fuck sake!
What's my point?
Hatton can put bums on seats.
Is this relevant to this thread?
I don't care!
Hatton sold out the MGM grand and all the outside tv screens in vegas and all the hotels in vegas. Plus the prostitutes got more work than ever because of hatton fighting in vegas.
Now would Oscar or any other fighter on the planet be able to do that in another country?
Biggest live crowd puller is ricky Hatton, that fact can not be disputed
Ricky Hatton is a "BRITISH boxing legend". Not a "boxing legend".
3 time junior welterweight title holder.
Ring magazine junior ww title holder
welter weight title holder
Fought on both side of the atlantic
Filled arenas on both sides of the atlantic
Post war record attendance for a british boxing match with 56000 people
Took 30000 fans to America for a fight over there.
Recieved a CBE from the queen
One of the most loved Sportsmen in the country
Professional fighting record of 45 - 1 - 0
If that does now constitute a legend anywher fuck knows what it
Nxt you will be telling us that steve redgrave with 5 olympic gold medals in 5 consecutive games is only a british legend
IMO a legend is measured by their accomplishments.
Who they've beaten, preferably elite/good fighters in their prime, longevity, how they've dealt with adversity etc...
so is oscar not a legend then in your opinion?
You can't be serious?.
That's an insult to all the other great fighters from these shores.
how many do as much charity work as Hatton does.
If Alex Ferguson can get one then Ricky Hatton should as well
You can't be serious?.
That's an insult to all the other great fighters from these shores.
your pictures knocking me sick, thats got to be the ugliest football team, in history
They make the goat look like brad pitt
Well the word legend is brandished about in English vocabulary far too much such as "You coming down the battle cruiser you legend?"
I'd say Hatton's a bit of a boxing legend in his own right, strictly in terms of fan base.
If he beats PM and then beats Pacman he should deffo get legendary status. He should deffo get HOF status as well.
I see a knighthood on its way for Mr Hatton as well.
He has to win his nxt 2 fights though to achieve them things
After there showing tonight, who do you think wins this fight now? I think Malignaggi pulls of a ud win in this fight. I personally feel he had the tougher opponent infront of him tonight too.
If Paulie was fighting Hatton tonight he would have been hammered. Ndou is no where near as good as lazcano
Yeah. Beating an aging, inactive former lightweight is what earns you a shot at the Welterweight title.
Thanks for that.
You think Hatton is arsed about the ww title, if you are you are deluded, he just wants another pop at Mayweather
no he does not deserve to be lhw champ since he didn't really beat hopkins. smw champ sure fine go right ahead no one cares about that shitty division.
He pissed all over hopkins, he won that fight clearly.
As for his resume, history and experts will look down on it a lot more kindly than biased 20 year old kids on a website. Just because American kids don't know who Eubank, Richie Woodhall and Robin Reid were does'nt mean they were not good fighters
Joe Calazaghe is an all time great who has never been beaten
names? look on all the sites you will find countless articles of writers and pro fighters saying hopkins won you must not follow boxing very closely but i also think your lying and just can't face the truth so it doesn't really matter. as for hitting hopkins more than any other fighter in his career that is laughable rewatch the fight but CLOSELY. calzaghe did not land shit compubox boy. not one clean punch the whole fight. going back and actually scoring landed punches which many members of boxingscene have done they have found comubox was way off so that point is null in void. you don't win fights by slapping at the air like a windmill thats why his fellow pros don't respect calzaghe's fight game. they don't want some guy stealing the fight just for throwing and missing more. fact is calzaghe got away with an undeserved win cause of his future potential as a star in the sport and to hbo.
No I did'nt say what web sites, I said back up your argument with quotes and articles which means show me or stfu.
Now it shows how much you know about the world of boxing with your last statement as Calzaghe's next fight will be his last.
Lets look at this realisticaly. Hopkins is a major part of the promotion company that put on the fight, the fight was in America with American judges and cortez as the ref. If there was anyway they could have given Hopkins the win then they would have. But they could not as Calzaghe clearly won.
Calzage was the aggressor and he landed more punches as well as fighting fairly.
Please tell me what you think Hopkins did to win the fight?
thats why all the boxing media and a ton of professional fighters have came out saying hopkins won not to mention the countless number of fans who know who "clearly" won
face it all time greats don't struggle with over the hill 43 year olds and look like utter shit in their first real challenge.
bollox Hopkins was outboxed, he was lucky to get a s/d.
Does'nt it show he's an ATG by the fact he beat another ATG outside his own country, in front of foreign judges and a ref and did it clearly even though he was'nt at his best. He beat Hopkins clearly even though he got knocked down early and was in 3rd gear
wow look at your location what a surprise the uk
this is exactly my point, you can't comment on the points i have made regarding joe beating Hopkins of the validity of the fighters he has fought, you just point out where I live. Whats the point of coming on a boxing website if you are not going to disscuss boxing?
I REPEAT thats why all the boxing media and a ton of professional fighters have came out saying hopkins won not to mention the countless number of fans who know who "clearly" won
saying bollox doesn't make it not true. these are facts. if he clearly beat hopkins you must have glaucoma.
name names of the boxing media and professional fighters because i have not seen many apart from the hopkins arse lickers
You dont win fights by head butting and throwing 4 punches a round especially if the opponent is hitting you more than any other fighter has hit you in your career
wow look at your location what a surprise the uk
exactly so I know the uk fighters a lot more than you that he has fought. Therefore I am in a better position than you to judge Joes resume.
anyone who says lazcano is a bum or in the legue of a gomez type guy knows nothing about this sport, and is not even worth wasting any time on! cheers.
I siad he was'nt a bum fella
When did the number of fans become the measuring stick for boxing accomplishment?
nothing to do with acomplishment its the fact he has put himself under so much pressure even though he has just come of a loss. If he gets beat tonight thats it and not only would he have been beaten but in front of all them fans on his own turf. Now thats pressure on his shoulders and regardless of what anyone says lazcano is deffo no bum
Yer because boxingscene is full of man city supporters :ugh: it's because Hatton supports them, man you need help.
well I am one, could not give a toss about him having ronaldo as we beat united twice this year:-)
Sure Cotto vs Gomez was a joke of a fight, and everyone called it what it was. Cotto recieved so much hate for that fight. He still gets hated on for it. It was just a tune up for a real super fight vs Margarito.
Hatton-Lazcano is a joke of a fight, and when/if Hatton wins he wont recievce 1/8th the hate Cotto got for beating Gomez. Then he will move on to a joke of a superfight vs Maliganggi.
Cotto vs Gomez and Margarito vs Cintron set up a great super fight.
Hatton vs Lazcano and Maligangg vs Ndou is two jokes of a fight leading to another wanabee superfight.
by the way, Gomez beats Lazcano any day of the week. Lazcano was KOd by Golden Johnson for christ sake. Then i remember him getting that robbery win against Garnica in his hometown and even his hometown fans booed him.
yeah but hatton coming of the back of a loss in a mega fight that was big news on both sides of the pond. Cotto will never ever be in mega mega fights where not only is the arena filled but they have to put up screens for thousands of fans who came to watch the fight without tickets.
Hatton is surely allowed to fight Lazcano who is no bum and Gomez would not beat him at 140.
How many people do you know lose their unbeaten record and then fight in front of 56000 people in their next fight. Theres not another fighter in the world who would do that
All the City fans have been crying themselves to sleep for the past week. Lazcano had a United shirt on rubbing salt in their wounds, he knows it makes sense :banana: :banana::banana:.
I think us city fans have more important things on our mind than united winning another cup. We have seen it all before
Besides we're not arsed, we beat you twice this season remember
Then why did so many Brits fly over to see Hatton fight him? ...why didn't that happen vs. Collazo, Urango or castillo?
theres was more brits at each of them fights than what mayweather pulls. There were more at the Thomas and mack center for hatton v's castillo than what Floyd got when he fought Castillo
Let's be nutty and pretend that promoters and networks are in business to make money. If there was a market for this fight, it would not be on at 2pm in the afternoon on Memorial Day weekend.
However many you fantasize paid to see Hatton before, they certainly ain't lining up today.
Mwah. :kiss:
I think it has more to do with the fact 55000 people cant get the bus home at 4am than what the americans want.
Hes getting 12 million dollars on the gate plus what ever ppv's it gets. Hes making a lote more money of this fight than what Floyd would get fighting lazcano even at this stage of his career so stfu:kiss:
I was shocked to hear that this was PPV. I know Hattons like the UK's hero in boxing but still the card isnt very good. I'm glad its on free cable in the United States.
the card is very good, what you on about
Matthew hatton v's craig watson will be a great fight so will Facey mcdonough. Then theres Paulie and the main event.
Also jamie Moore is fighting and hes a very exciting fighter
Then y isn't Hatton getting that 100K into Wembley for Lazcano?
because he has always wanted to fight at Manchester city's home ground thats why
How many people would Mayweather pull if he was fighting Lazcano, end of argument
Note the word "British".
Hatton couldn't sell snowcones in July here in America.
put it this way, Hatton has sold out arenas in the usa, yes they might be British fans but no amercan boxer would even sell out my local working mens club