Hatton to be stripped this monday

[The Wire]

yes it is...hatton fought a bum to get "recognition" and a title back down at 140............as if he needed it, but he wanted the easy route, and kept using the words "my title back"...........this to me further resonates the 10000% obvious fact that he didn't give a fk about the belt and just wanted an easy fight...

No, having the IBF belt DOES make the Castillo fight more sellable. The fight made sense at the time, although I, like you, didnt like it. But this is bull****, and Hatton didnt know this was gonna happen

[PATO 1]

so basically he fought urango for............

[The Wire]

so basically he fought urango for............

For the belt mate. He won the IBF belt. IBF stands for International Boxing Federation. This is a world title belt, one that Hatton thought he would be able to keep for the Castillo fight. As it turns out, the IBF are ****s and so they are going to strip him.

NOT - HATTON'S - FAULT

and he should be commended for going after the bigger fight rather than keeping the belt.

[Knicksman20]

so basically he fought urango for............

Exactly!!!! Hatton has the ring belt & is the recognized champ at 140 which carries more weight than anything. He didn't need to fight for the IBF to begin with.

[.Mik.]

For the belt mate. He won the IBF belt. IBF stands for International Boxing Federation. This is a world title belt, one that Hatton thought he would be able to keep for the Castillo fight. As it turns out, the IBF are ****s and so they are going to strip him.

NOT - HATTON'S - FAULT

and he should be commended for going after the bigger fight rather than keeping the belt.

It is his fault. Everything is Hatton's fault.

He deserves no credit. He should be ducking mandatories for taking the big fights, but he should be fighting mandatories to justify going after the belt in anycase, he should be going after belts not fighting for money, but he should be taking the big money fights to prove that he is a draw etc etc etc.

[Hydro]

Hatton is big enough of a name in boxing that he could say to hell with the alphabet belts (especially the IBF) and just defend The Ring belt.

[El Jesus]

No, having the IBF belt DOES make the Castillo fight more sellable. The fight made sense at the time, although I, like you, didnt like it. But this is bull****, and Hatton didnt know this was gonna happen

No, the ring belt is what Hatton had, and the ring belt was all he needed. The IBF belt was a buisness move because he looked like **** against Collazo, and then didint look too much better in the urango fight as far as impressing a US audience. If he loses against castillo, his career here is in jepordy.

[.Mik.]

No, the ring belt is what Hatton had, and the ring belt was all he needed. The IBF belt was a buisness move because he looked like **** against Collazo, and then didint look too much better in the urango fight as far as impressing a US audience. If he loses against castillo, his career here is in jepordy.

I agree with you there. Nothing wrong with making business moves. It blatantly didnt work out as he planned, but a decent payday, another comfortable win and a world title isnt a bad consolation.

If he loses against Castillo, (depending on how he loses) I think that he will indeed struggle for fights (cos he will always be a risk and without the benefit of everyone wanting to take his undefeated streak away) and he may well struggle to regain credibility. However, if he wins, then he coming up to the age of 29, he is perfectly poised to take his career in the right direction to be considered an all time great at his weight.

[potatoes]

y Paul Upham: Ricky Hatton will be stripped of his IBF junior welterweight this coming Monday, that is of course unless he relinquishes it first. The IBF has given Hatton and his team a deadline of end of business Friday USA time to confirm that he is not fighting Jose Luis Castillo next and will instead face new IBF No.1 contender Lovemore Ndou. With Hatton contracted to face Castillo in June on HBO in a multi-million dollar fight, it is simply not going to happen.

IBF President Marian Muhammad’s patience with Hatton and his promoter Denis Hobson was wearing thin on Thursday.

“I’ve been speaking to other people who are involved with Hatton and the proposed Castillo bout,” she told Australian Associated Press, “and they say that they had a contract signed even before Hatton fought (Juan) Urango (on January 20) so it’s been a bunch of garbage and I just don’t want to play the game anymore.”

President Muhammad told SecondsOut last week that it was not possible for Hatton to fight Castillo first in June, even if he were to commit to fighting Lovemore Ndou immediately after.

“No, he can’t do that,” she had said, “because when Juan Urango fought him, Juan Urango fought him on an exemption because the mandatory was already due. You can’t get two exemptions to further delay a mandatory. If Ricky Hatton says he will fight Castillo next, I will have to vacate the title.”

When Hatton is stripped of his belt on Monday, 35 year-old Ndou who won an IBF world title eliminator over Naoufel Ben Rabah last Sunday in a thrilling fight will be declared the new IBF junior welterweight world champion.

“The IBF has told Ricky Hatton and his promoter Denis Hobson that I get the next shot,” said Ndou. “Before my fight on Sunday, Mr Hobson told IBF President Marian Muhammad that he would face the winner next. Most people in the boxing world already know that Hatton is going to fight Jose Luis Castillo next in June. Denis Hobson has even admitted that in the English newspapers. If Ricky Hatton wants to keep his IBF title, then he must face me now. Ricky Hatton has to remember that he got his first chance at the IBF world title when Kostya Tszyu defended against him as the IBF No.1 contender. What would Ricky and his fans have thought if Kostya had refused to face him? Now that Hatton is the IBF world champion, he must defend against the IBF No.1 contender, just like Kostya did.”

Both Hatton and Castillo know the rules. The mandatory was long since due and it is the champion's responsibility to give the number one contender his chance. Lovemore N'Dou deserves his opportunity and if Hatton was a real champion he wouldn't be bouncing from one division to another looking for easy fights.

[.Mik.]

He's not...he's trying to fight Castillo.