Why did Hatton duck Cotto?

[Bobby Shaw]

this is what happens when people comment on things before they even paid attention to the sport.

at the time of pac-jmm 1 , ricky hadn't beaten kostya yet.

both miguel and ricky weren't beltholders yet.

ricky fought kostya tszyu a year later.

the #1 140 in the world , lineal champion and top 3-4 p4p in the world.

at the time cotto's biggest win was who? chop chop?

That's the reason I'm asking,Hatton and Cotto were probably on the same level.All the other pundits asked him if he would fight Cotto and while other fighters like Mayweather were possibilities in the future Cotto wasnt.No doubt Cotto was up and coming and so was Ricky

[WhoreUs]

do you know why cotto did not fight kostya????
i know cotto won the ibf eliminator and im pretty sure he was suppost to fight kostya

ricky was more money for kostya.

ibf didn't make cotto a mandatory because cotto won the wbo belt after the ibf title eliminator.

you know how the orgs are.

they're not gonna make another org's champ the mandatory for their belt.

[WhoreUs]

That's the reason I'm asking,Hatton and Cotto were probably on the same level.All the other pundits asked him if he would fight Cotto and while other fighters like Mayweather were possibilities in the future Cotto wasnt.No doubt Cotto was up and coming and so was Ricky

guys coming up want fights with guys above them.

not guys coming up as well.

if you asked cotto at that time who he'd want , he'd probably say kostya , floyd , gatti , etc. too.

guys on the way up want guys above them , not the guys on their level.

[Clegg]

That's the reason I'm asking,Hatton and Cotto were probably on the same level.All the other pundits asked him if he would fight Cotto and while other fighters like Mayweather were possibilities in the future Cotto wasnt.No doubt Cotto was up and coming and so was Ricky

So if Ward and Dirrell fight Dawson and Hopkins, they're ducking each other?

[Bobby Shaw]

okay......

so the idiot threadstarter said ricky said he didn't want to fight cotto on the broadcast of jmm-pac 1.

did he have reason to fight cotto before that day?

by the time he said that cotto wasn't even champ yet. neither was he.

ricky went after kostya. bigger fish than cotto.

The key term is even in the future,Ricky didnt want to fight Cotto.Cotto was already a credible opponent by then.Remember that's before Hatton fought Tszyu,who exactly was Hatton fighting then.Was any of them better than Cotto?

[Bobby Shaw]

guys coming up want fights with guys above them.

not guys coming up as well.

if you asked cotto at that time who he'd want , he'd probably say kostya , floyd , gatti , etc. too.

guys on the way up want guys above them , not the guys on their level.

The thing is others were a possibility in the future but Cotto was not.He didnt even give Cotto a chance.He said not Cotto and was asked again and refused,check the first thread.

If you know your boxing well you will know that Ricky wouldnt fight Sharmba Mitchell either.Ricky and Sharmba fought on the same card at the M.E.N and Sharmba openly challenged Ricky and Ricky wouldnt take the fight.There was no possibility again and that's not about money

[Iceta]

ricky wasn't interested in unifying?

how many belts did cotto have at 140?

how many belts did cotto unify?

i know ricky unified the ibf with the wba at 140 and even had had the ibo and wbu belts.



****** people on this board that don't know ****.

Unifying with Cotto > unifying with Maussa.
On top of that, I never said that Hatton wasn't interested in unifying the belts. I just said that he never showed that much interest in unifying with Cotto. Are we clear on that?

[shade darkar]

I've been watching Marquez -Pacquiao in my old collection.Hatton was one of the pundits.He clearly wasnt impressed by Pacquiao and everyone on the board thought the scoring of the fight was a disgrace because they thought Marquez had one.Ricky actually said 'Manny is a one dimensional fighter and what else can he do in a rematch.'Afterwards Ricky was asked who he wanted to fight and he mentioned Kosta Tszyu ,Vivian Harris,Gatti and maybe Mayweather in the long run.Johnny Nelson et al asked Ricky 'How about Miguel Cotto?'.Ricky responded 'no,not Miguel Cotto definitely not.'

Why do you think he never wanted to fight Cotto when he didnt mind fighting Tszyu?

im not sure tbh. but probably because in 2005 tszyu was a bigger name than cotto? i think people may slate me for this, but i think in 2005 hatton would probably have beat cotto. i say this because cotto didnt deal with margarito very well who isalso a pressure fighter. i think in 2005 hatton would have taken cottos best shots then ko'd him late when he is out of steam.

[WhoreUs]

The thing is others were a possibility in the future but Cotto was not.He didnt even give Cotto a chance.He said not Cotto and was asked again and refused,check the first thread.

If you know your boxing well you will know that Ricky wouldnt fight Sharmba Mitchell either.Ricky and Sharmba fought on the same card at the M.E.N and Sharmba openly challenged Ricky and Ricky wouldnt take the fight.There was no possibility again and that's not about money

why did cotto duck kostya? why did cotto duck sharmba? why did cotto duck cory? why did cotto duck floyd?

i can play this game too.

ricky fought kostya. ricky fought mayweather. ricky fought pacquiao.

3 guys who was was on a level cotto will NEVER reach.

say what you want about ricky. he wasn't that good. he took on big money fights only. he was overrated.

but don't say he ducked cotto. one does not fight kostya , may and pac to duck a cotto.

[shade darkar]

why did cotto duck kostya? why did cotto duck sharmba? why did cotto duck cory? why did cotto duck floyd?

i can play this game too.

ricky fought kostya. ricky fought mayweather. ricky fought pacquiao.

3 guys who was was on a level cotto will NEVER reach.

say what you want about ricky. he wasn't that good. he took on big money fights only. he was overrated.

but don't say he ducked cotto. one does not fight kostya , may and pac to duck a cotto.

anybody that thinks ricky hatton ducked people must be ****n crack heads. have a little think about it. he was the undisputed junior welterweight champion but decided to fight mayweather. a guy considered p4p nmber 1 and a division above when he could have stayed at 140 and beat a load of bums. yeah sure he go beat, but he still did his best and went for ultimate glory rather than stick with ordinary champon status. he then did the same again in fighting pacman. didnt have to, but he did. shows what the guy was all about really. how many 4 times world champ in 2 divisions have challenged the p4p number1 when he didnt have to and when 1 of them was a division above??? so all the ****s saying he ducked people need to get rid of the crack.