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I'm working with the assumption that Hatton defeats Castillo. Ok, Castillo is the biggest payday at 140lbs but then WHAT? Hatton has no big money fights at jrWW. Only a Witter which is luke warm and a decent payday but its neither a mega or even big.
To get big $$$$ Hatton will have to go 1 division north. However unlike Collazo the current title holders are all hard hitting WW's.
WBC- Shane Mosley (Interim Champion)
WBA- Miguel Cotto or Zab Judah
IBF - Kermit Cintron
WBO- Antonio Margarito or Paul Williams
Throw in Clottey, Berto, Quintana, Collazo, PBF and Joel Julio and you'll see there are no easy fights in the WW top 10. With such a deep Young or Prime talent pool at WW Hatton will have to walk a virtual mindfield of high risk low reward fighters. The only Mega buildup big $$$$ fight I see him in is Cotto or PBF.
Hatton has declared that he does not wish to stay much longer in boxing so he is looking for the big money. With the hard hitting WW champs and contenders out there offering good but not big money. What is Hatton's best bet? Call out Floyd like he has been doing lately.
It's not a bravery, ****iness or even to solidfy his legacy its for $$$$ same as PBF. PBF as a non-natural WW and #1 p4p fighter is the low risk/high reward fight. Even if Hatton gets outboxed it still doesn't hurt his marketability since IF PBF defeats him, it will most likely be by decision.
However here is Hattons problem. PBF has many more options than Hatton. Hatton is not necessarily the biggest $$$$ nor the biggest threat or even the best for his legacy right now. PBF has little reason to want to fight Hatton while Hatton NEEDS PBF for his mega payday.
Lets examine PBF's options in the categories of $$$$, most challenging, best for legacy.
$$$$$- Cotto (if he wins), DLH II or possibly even Mosley are bigger $$$$ fights for PBF
Biggest threat- I would say and I believe most here agree that Mosley has a better chance of beating PBF.
Legacy- Defeating Mosley who is currently looking very good and is a current legend would be a much bigger feather in PBF's cap than defeating Hatton.
All in all Hatton's $$$$ isn't looking to great unless he can create some buzz and have exciting fights with impressive wins.
To get big $$$$ Hatton will have to go 1 division north. However unlike Collazo the current title holders are all hard hitting WW's.
WBC- Shane Mosley (Interim Champion)
WBA- Miguel Cotto or Zab Judah
IBF - Kermit Cintron
WBO- Antonio Margarito or Paul Williams
Throw in Clottey, Berto, Quintana, Collazo, PBF and Joel Julio and you'll see there are no easy fights in the WW top 10. With such a deep Young or Prime talent pool at WW Hatton will have to walk a virtual mindfield of high risk low reward fighters. The only Mega buildup big $$$$ fight I see him in is Cotto or PBF.
Hatton has declared that he does not wish to stay much longer in boxing so he is looking for the big money. With the hard hitting WW champs and contenders out there offering good but not big money. What is Hatton's best bet? Call out Floyd like he has been doing lately.
It's not a bravery, ****iness or even to solidfy his legacy its for $$$$ same as PBF. PBF as a non-natural WW and #1 p4p fighter is the low risk/high reward fight. Even if Hatton gets outboxed it still doesn't hurt his marketability since IF PBF defeats him, it will most likely be by decision.
However here is Hattons problem. PBF has many more options than Hatton. Hatton is not necessarily the biggest $$$$ nor the biggest threat or even the best for his legacy right now. PBF has little reason to want to fight Hatton while Hatton NEEDS PBF for his mega payday.
Lets examine PBF's options in the categories of $$$$, most challenging, best for legacy.
$$$$$- Cotto (if he wins), DLH II or possibly even Mosley are bigger $$$$ fights for PBF
Biggest threat- I would say and I believe most here agree that Mosley has a better chance of beating PBF.
Legacy- Defeating Mosley who is currently looking very good and is a current legend would be a much bigger feather in PBF's cap than defeating Hatton.
All in all Hatton's $$$$ isn't looking to great unless he can create some buzz and have exciting fights with impressive wins.
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