Floyd Mayweather:"Hatton Looked Like Garbage"

[potatoes]

Boxing great Floyd Mayweather has savaged Ricky Hatton's talent and hinted that he could delay his retirement to fight him in England.

Hatton is desperate for a fight with Mayweather, who was expected to quit after facing Oscar de la Hoya in May.

"Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly," the American told BBC Sport.

"He ain't good enough to be my sparring partner. I'm retiring in America, that don't mean I'm retiring in the UK."

The 29-year-old later back-tracked on the possibility of fighting Hatton, but it is clear that Manchester's two-weight world champion remains an irritant to him.

The Michigan native is unbeaten in 37 fights, is a former world champion in four weight divisions and is arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

His match with WBC light middleweight king De la Hoya, a former six-weight world champion, is set to be the most lucrative non-heavyweight fight in boxing history.

Hatton regained the IBF light welterweight crown from Colombia's Juan Urango last month, but Mayweather was unimpressed by what he saw.

And he was incensed at Hatton's suggestion that he was the more exciting fighter of the two.

Mayweather said: "I've only seen Ricky Hatton fight one time and that was against Urango and he looked like garbage.

"All he can do is punch and hold, punch and hold and wrestle. It's obvious that his fights are not more exciting than mine.

"And guess what? He said he was going to come to America and do 5,000 seats, but 5,000 people come and watch me train every day.

"Nobody even knows Ricky Hatton. He came over to America and nobody even came to see him fight.

"I could come to England and fill up the same stadium he can fill up. He ain't getting money like me.

"When I retire, I'll get Ricky Hatton to wash my clothes and cut my lawn and buckle my shoes."

Hatton, 28, is unbeaten in 42 fights and is set for a meeting with Mexican veteran Jose Luis Castillo in June.

If he can come through that encounter unscathed and Mayweather defeats De la Hoya, clamour for a fight between the two later in the year would mount.

De la Hoya, meanwhile, has also indicated he would be prepared to fight Hatton in England.

The 34-year-old from Los Angeles said he would come back down to welterweight if Hatton was prepared to move back up.

I hate to agree with a dork like Mayweather but the fact is Hatton turned his last fight into a kissing and hugging contest. I guess he has been training with John Ruiz. Somebody should lick a stamp, stick it on Hatton and mail him back to Manchester. Ruiz couldn't sell tickets stateside and Hatton ain't gonna sell many either.

[Run]

They're the greatest fights of all time because they are known by even the "common fan". The common fan wants to see two guys smack each other around (notice how many fans the UFC, Pride, etc have).

Oh save it.

How about you name some exciting fights where guys did nothing.



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[bishop2006]

uhh Hatton at least boxed for 6 rounds.. and won most the rounds same as Floyd but at least he is willing to stand there and trade wtf you talking about the last two rounds?? THE WHOLE ****ING FIGHT WAS A BORE FEST!!! Yeah he tagged Baldomir with his shots.. Wasn't Ricky dominating as well in the first six? Those first six rounds had more action then the whole Baldomir fight put together. haha Some ******s on this forum!! someone get this guy the dunce cap

Ur the ******,how old r u? Baldomir was some1 who beat Zab Judah then Gatti,Baldos a SOLID welterweight who weighed nearly 154 pounds,Urango was a guy who barely beat anyone worth mentioning,definatly lost his fight against Rabah and got a gift decision,the title shouldent have even been his in the 1st place,Baldomir is much better den Urango,atleast Baldomir proved he was the champ by beating top fighters,Floyd boxed great until the 7th or 8th round when he stoped using the right

[iron mike tyson]

And it would be won by Mayweather. I don't know how many fights of Floyd's you've watched, but please go watch a few and tell me that he isn't calm on the ropes. Tell me he isn't dodging or blocking nearly every punch. And tell me that he's ever been tied up along the ropes. there are times when he'll just sit back on the ropes and let his opponent throw himself out, but he's never trapped. That is the argument that I can't stand. Floyd is not going to get beat on the ropes. If he's on the ropes, its because he knows the other guy can't do any harm there.
And you were the one who said Hatton looked like sht his last 3 fights.

ive every floyd fight on dvd and if hatton was there instead of baldymir and judah it wud of been interesting im telling u

[Run]

Ur the ******,how old r u? Baldomir was some1 who beat Zab Judah then Gatti,Baldos a SOLID welterweight who weighed nearly 154 pounds,Urango was a guy who barely beat anyone worth mentioning,definatly lost his last fight and got a gift decision,the title shouldent have even been his in the 1st place,Baldomir is much better den Urango,atleast Baldomir proved he was the champ by beating top fighters,Floyd boxed great until the 7th or 8th round when he stoped using the right

Please get off Carlos Baldomir's nuts.

He's 43-10-6 as a pro and those blemishes came from Argentinian cab drivers.



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[bishop2006]

Please get off Carlos Baldomir's nuts.

He's 43-10-6 as a pro and those blemishes came from Argentinian cab drivers.

Baldomir has fought,Mayweather,Judah,Gatti,Hasan Al and Joshua Clottey

Urango has fought erm...Hatton,Mike Arnaoutis and Rabah,and has only 17 FIGHTS,Baldomir has had 59 fights alltogether,need i say more? Baldomir is the much better competition who has alot of experience,Juan Urango is still learning,a young guy who got a gift decision 2 hold the title

[Kball15]

Please get off Carlos Baldomir's nuts.

He's 43-10-6 as a pro and those blemishes came from Argentinian cab drivers.

i disagree. a lot of those losses were early in his career. He must have had an awakening because he went undefeated for almost 9 years. In those 9 years, he faces by far his best competition.

[hugh grant]

Havent read the posts on this thread. Too many! But PBF is being a good boy now and thinking of boxing Hatton now then. Good boy Mayweather. Youre talking a great fight and i am loving it.
I hope to see you in England very soon PBF. It will be a pleasure to watch a boxer of youre calibre in these shores. Good man.

[niceguy45]

PBF sure has a sense of humor...not that what he said isn't true.

He would kick Hatton's ass from pillar to post.And the truth is,Hatton is just not in Mayweather's class.Ricky the HugMan stuggles against mediocre competition...what chance would he have against Mayweather?

A HugMan/PBF fight would look like the Gatti/Mayweather fight.Actually Gatti was a better fighter than Hatton.

true mayweather will make him look like an amateur boxer

[Guest]

Please get off Carlos Baldomir's nuts.

He's 43-10-6 as a pro and those blemishes came from Argentinian cab drivers.

Again, if losses from 10 years ago still mean something today then Margarito is just a chump because he lost to cab drivers himself and got shut out by Rodney Jones... Yeah, the same Rodney Jones that Spinks just schooled over the weekend...