Ricky Hatton: "I'm The Draw, Not Mayweather"

[SkillspayBills]

Hatton is a live draw no matter WHO he fights. Floyd is only a PPV draw depending on the opponent.

What i find funny is, Floyd fans are comparing the American drawing power of each fighter. Dont you think that's kind've unfair, given that Floyd has been fighting on American soil his entire life, while this will be only Hatton's 4th fight here? Its like saying "Well who's the bigger draw in the UK?"

As I recall it was HATTON saying he was the bigger draw.

[SkillspayBills]

...yes?

you're being a bit touchy don't you think?

Not that I know of. All these people talk about mind games and trash talk and all that. It is all to hype the fight. The way I see it, once that bell rings only two people will answer it and only one will come out the victor.

[deevel79]

As I recall it was HATTON saying he was the bigger draw.

For this fight, i believe that he is. After the Vegas hotels and casino's tally up thier profits for that wknd, who do u think they are going to thank? Floyd, or Hatton and his 15k+ fans who flew to Vegas to watch him fight? For this fight, Hatton is DEFINITELY the live gate draw. Hatton could fill the arena with his fans alone. Can Floyd?

[ozzienumber1]

None of them are a big draw. Only in the gay community. Kostya Tszyu would knock them both out in the same night in his PRIME. He would be a much bigger draw as well. Twice as many fans as both them overated idiots put togeather.

[Easy-E]

This is your second post since 2004...
How come this particular thread got your attention?


And as for Dios Number crunching.
You have to factor in the fact that the opposition he has fought have all had HUGE fan bases.
i.e Oscar , Gatti ,.....

Zab and Baldomir?
Of those 4 ppv's, Gatti's had the smallest number of buyers.
Hatton has never even been part of a ppv before.

This is just a dumb claim by Ricky, everyone knows Floyd is the draw and Floyd is promoting the fight.

[FloydNO1KO]

As I recall it was HATTON saying he was the bigger draw.

He is the bigger draw mate as much as i like floyd and want him to win more than anything. But does it really matter i mean floyds gonna win anyway and their wont be any threads on here apart from well done floyd yet another win, and unlucky hatton you showed good heart etc.

[Easy-E]

For this fight, i believe that he is. After the Vegas hotels and casino's tally up thier profits for that wknd, who do u think they are going to thank? Floyd, or Hatton and his 15k+ fans who flew to Vegas to watch him fight? For this fight, Hatton is DEFINITELY the live gate draw. Hatton could fill the arena with his fans alone. Can Floyd?

Hatton has the more diehard fanbase, but come on, Floyd is the reason this fight is big.

[SkillspayBills]

Hatton has the more diehard fanbase, but come on, Floyd is the reason this fight is big.

True, it's a very odd statement to say the least. We know Hatton has the larger fan base, hell he has an entire country backing him but the reason this fight IS what it IS is because of Mayweather.

[-Hyperion-]

no one cares about hatton......................................

[Vladimir303]

Ricky Hatton is talking out of his ass. National Pride is the only reason he gets to enjoy that big fanbase and he should consider himself lucky Poppa Senior busted a nut in England and he was born there.

His fans are like soccer hooligans in Europe. Americans don't understand all the fuss but they understand it's there.

Unfortunately for Floyd he doesn't have it as easy as that and some of it is his fault. Floyd represents floyd and he has made that clear and when you don't represents somebody else besides yourself it's a lil harder to be a draw YET floyd still is.

Being the villain that he portraits himself to be, increases his drawing power. People wanna see him get knocked out. He might not be as Popular amongst fans as Hatton you bet he is the bigger draw.