De La Hoya Hints at Fighting Ricky Hatton

[raysan]

Hahahah he wants an opponent that will stay in front of him, in his exact words. This guy is a joke. In a few months he went from "I want to fight the #1 P4P fighter in the world, I only want the best out there" to "I want someone who will stay in front of me."

According to him, he won against the #1 P4P guy in the world right? So why would he want to avoid fighters who move, if he beat the one who does it best? Surely he'd beat all other slick boxers too, right? Maybe he knows he has always had problems with slick boxers - but why won't he admit it?

because oscar is in the business of selling fights, so why fight people who you know have no intention on fighting. he wants people who are going to fight because thats what fans want to see, and he has millions of them.

[bishop2006]

I dont know why but if the fight was to happen i think something suspect would happen on Oscar behalf

Anyway... Oscars way too big for Ricky

[DLT]

Oscar is always throwing his little back handed comments at Floyd but I think he forgets his fight with Tito. Now if you want to talk about someone running then thats clearly it

[mdoe]

lol, I'm a Mayweather fan but somebody just mentioned how Oscar always has to take a shot at Floyd and I was just thinking it must suck to loose to this guy, he talks all that **** NONSTOP and you know his opponent is sitting there thinking, I can't wait to get him in the ring and knock that ****ing smile off his gotdamn face, and then after the fight you see his hand raised and he goes into his dramatics with the crying and ****, lmao I know that **** sucks I could only imagine. but yea Oscar wants this fight so he can beat up on Hatton and make a fat payday off of the combination of his and Hatton's fanbase, he knows Hattons name alone draws money and Oscar will dismantle him and have everyone on his nuts again, Lampley will make it like Oscar is the greatest to ever step in the ring because he beat up on somebody that was overmatched, and Merchant will interview him with the giddieness of a 13 yr old school girl with that goofy smile on his face, even though I don't care for Hatton too much I would love to see him get a fluke Knockout on Oscar, a nasty one too like Tarver - Jones, eyes closed and all lol.

[robjr]

I want to see hatton vs Malignaggi.

[Technical_Skill]

Lol, i can't ever see this happening, i would give hatton a chance tho, if de la hoya gets swarmed you never know,

May 5th 2007 de la hoya wins this fight though.

Im not sure if he can get back to that kind of form again.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

Oscar is 5'10 while Hatton is 5'5...the size advantage would be huge. I dont think Ricky would make it out past 8 rounds...

I agree Hatton would get hammered!!! Id rather see DLH fight Tito again!!!

[FUMIN 88]

hatton will fight mayweather and yes he has a great chance of winning ill say that again for the PBF nut huggers

hatton has a great chance of winning

[baya]

if a different hatton appears @ 147 then yes, he may have a chance - however, i don't know how anyone, judging by ricky's last foray into 147, could have hatton close to winning this fight against odlh.

hatton almost lost to a guy in collazo who has good speed, good strength and good conditioning. odlh has better speed and way better strength - conditioning would be the appropriate variable for ricky to capitalize on.

so in short, ricky, based on his welterweight debut flat out loses to odlh.

[iwilltryu]

Oscar retire please, NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOU ANYMORE

The last time Oscar weighed in at 147 was in 2001 against Gatti. He won, but 3 months later moved up to 154. At his age, I do not see him easily making the 147 limit, it will rob him of the remaining/eroded power he has. And if a boxer has better quickness/speed and is elusive, he now does not want to fight them, instead he wants a one dimensional fighter so he will not have to truly have a tactical plan or expend energy, not to mention he wants a much smaller fighter who is a natural 140 punder...wow

All this "Oscar is a warrior" crap is ridiculous - He has won only 2 of his last 5 fights, one against Mayorgara and the other agaist Felix Sturm - and he REALLY LOST TO STURM, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT! His so called legacy is fading quickly and he gets much credit even when it is not deserved.

Oscar, we realize you dont have any highly recognizeable opponents at 154 so either go back to 160 or fight a true 147 pounder. Guess he will be gunning for Juan Diaz or Manny P. next.