Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton Would Embrace Exhibition Clash With Oscar De La Hoya

[BodyBagz]

Ricky was decrying Mayweather's fight with Logan Paul as a shameless cash grab a week or two ago but so long as he gets to top up his own bank account he's all for it. I'm losing respect for a lot of retired boxers I respected, get a sniff of money and they're willing to whore themselves and the prestige of the sport as a whole out

Exactly
Hypocrites...just like their fans. ''Everyone but May can do it and it's ok .''

Me, I don't care what retired (should be multi millionaire) athletes take part of. If they see a chance at making money. Cool. I won't be contributing. We as fans can put a stop to it, IF we collectively want to.

[South Champion]

I'd be curious to see what Hatton would look like after a training camp, because he would always Yo-Yo back and forth between top shape and horrible shape like no other.

[BodyBagz]

Double talking POS....he should look up the words retired and hypocrite

"[What the f---] was all this about? What happened to the days where fighters would put their lives on the line to try be the best and at least fight the best," Hatton stated on social media.

"Now we have fighters calling out YouTubers as that's where the most money is these days due to the social media world we live in??? I can live with an exhibition like [what] Mike [Tyson] and Roy [Jones Jr] did between two legends of our sport.

"But the greatest fighter of all time, who has only recently retired ( @ recently), against somebody who's only there because of how many followers he has and not because of who he's previously beat??? Money is important that's why we went from the amateurs and turned pro. But these days money seems more important than the legacy.''

Worry about whatever legacy YOU have.
Selective outrage

[Stuntman Mike]

Double talking POS....he should look up the words retired and hypocrite

"[What the f---] was all this about? What happened to the days where fighters would put their lives on the line to try be the best and at least fight the best," Hatton stated on social media.

"Now we have fighters calling out YouTubers as that's where the most money is these days due to the social media world we live in??? I can live with an exhibition like [what] Mike [Tyson] and Roy [Jones Jr] did between two legends of our sport.

"But the greatest fighter of all time, who has only recently retired ( @ recently), against somebody who's only there because of how many followers he has and not because of who he's previously beat??? Money is important that's why we went from the amateurs and turned pro. But these days money seems more important than the legacy.''

Worry about whatever legacy YOU have.
Selective outrage

He said he can live with Roy and tyson fighting

So if Hatton and delahoya fight he assumes people would be cool with that too

The chavez sr exhibitions aren't really slated and he's been doing it for ages now but everyone knows they are what they are

people got on the tyson hype because of how much an animal he was in the ring but surely that's all gone now,I doubt another exhibition gets half the veiws he got for his first one


The true circus is floyd ,he's the one stealing money and ruining boxing

He'll he's been ruining boxing since he turned diva during the Oscar fight

[BodyBagz]

He said he can live with Roy and tyson fighting

So if Hatton and delahoya fight he assumes people would be cool with that too

The chavez sr exhibitions aren't really slated and he's been doing it for ages now but everyone knows they are what they are

people got on the tyson hype because of how much an animal he was in the ring but surely that's all gone now,I doubt another exhibition gets half the veiws he got for his first one

Not that ANYONE is going to stop doing these exhibition ''fights'' due to Hattons emotions, RETIRED fighters will do what they want. Now Hatton is trying to get his grubby mitts on some of the no judges action

[BodyBagz]

Since when did people care about May's legacy :

[BodyBagz]

The true circus is floyd ,he's the one stealing money and ruining boxing

He'll he's been ruining boxing since he turned diva during the Oscar fight

That's why everyone is following his money making blueprint

[Monty Fisto]

Ricky was decrying Mayweather's fight with Logan Paul as a shameless cash grab a week or two ago but so long as he gets to top up his own bank account he's all for it. I'm losing respect for a lot of retired boxers I respected, get a sniff of money and they're willing to whore themselves and the prestige of the sport as a whole out

Did you read the articles and not just the headlines?

His issue with Logan Paul was to do with someone getting what he considers an unearned shot at a legend. When he was knocking Mayweather/Paul he also said how he was OK with Tyson/RJJ, so it's not like he's changed his tune. Whether you agree with that view or not, that is his stance and it has been consistent.

And if you read what he said, it doesn't come across quite as the headline suggests of 'I'll do it, give it to me!' but more of a discussion around which legendary matchups he'd like to see that are still possible. He gives several names he'd like to see fight ODLH, including himself. And I'm sceptical about whether Hatton would actually do it, even though he is still fairly young.

[BodyBagz]

Did you read the articles and not just the headlines?

His issue with Logan Paul was to do with someone getting what he considers an unearned shot at a legend. When he was knocking Mayweather/Paul he also said how he was OK with Tyson/RJJ, so it's not like he's changed his tune. Whether you agree with that view or not, that is his stance and it has been consistent.

And if you read what he said, it doesn't come across quite as the headline suggests of 'I'll do it, give it to me!' but more of a discussion around which legendary matchups he'd like to see that are still possible. He gives several names he'd like to see fight ODLH, including himself. And I'm sceptical about whether Hatton would actually do it, even though he is still fairly young.

If I ''may''

He's a double talking cvnt

These are retired fighters !!!!
Trying to get as much money as they can. This is why Hatton is talking about DLH and not Clottey

ALL hail No Judges ''Fights'' (except for when May does it)

[Stuntman Mike]

That's why everyone is following his money making blueprint

I won't argue its obviously better for the fighters to prolong their career taking the low risk high rewards or even padding their record until they take someone on who's worth a damn in a cash out fight or step up that they could potentially win or lose but for the fans and making new fans it's ass