Corrales Wants Hatton In Cardiff

[Alpha Male]

WBC and WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales is ready to step up a weight and fight Ricky Hatton in an amazing double-bill involving Joe Calzaghe.

Corrales wants to face Hatton on the same card as Welshman Calzaghe's projected super middleweight unification with Jeff Lacy in November.

Gary Shaw, who promotes both Corrales and Lacy, says he is already in talks to hold the fight in Cardiff.

That proposal would see 60,000 fans packed into the Millennium Stadium.

Shaw was ringside with his fighters to see Hatton's sensational win over former IBF light welterweight king Kostya Tszyu on Sunday morning.

"Diego would love to come to Britain and make a super-fight with Ricky," Shaw said

I have been talking with (American pay-per-view network) Showtime today about making the fight on the same card as Calzaghe-Lacy in one of your biggest arenas.

"It is something that could really happen and it is the biggest fight out there at the moment.

"Diego never takes a backward step and neither does Ricky - it would be an incredible fight.

"He is the man Diego wants and he is willing to come to Britain to get him."

Corrales holds the WBC and WBO lightweight titles, having stopped Jose Luis Castillo last month in a war most ringsiders described as one of the greatest in boxing history.

Hatton's rival light welterweight champions - WBC holder Arturo Gatti, WBO title holder Miguel Cotto and WBA champion Vivian Harris - have already all expressed an interest in fighting the Mancunian next.

But the move by Corrales' camp throws another ****y option into the mix.

Manchester's MEN Arena saw 22,000 packed in to watch Hatton beat Tszyu.

The same venue had been mooted as a possible site for when WBO king Calzaghe faces Lacy - providing the IBF holder gets past Robin Reid in a title defence in Florida on 6 August.

But Cardiff was the other suggested place and the Millennium Stadium would be ideal to hold what would be one of the biggest ever boxing promotions on British soil.

Source.Bbc sport

[majestiC]

only 60,000 :O cardiff can hold 75,000 that would be a amazing fight but with warren as a promoter i can't see him doing 2 for the price of 1 with his 2 biggest supastars

[sonofisis]

yea, i think that this would be very exciting

[Zab Super Judah]

WBC and WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales is ready to step up a weight and fight Ricky Hatton in an amazing double-bill involving Joe Calzaghe.

Corrales wants to face Hatton on the same card as Welshman Calzaghe's projected super middleweight unification with Jeff Lacy in November.

Gary Shaw, who promotes both Corrales and Lacy, says he is already in talks to hold the fight in Cardiff.

That proposal would see 60,000 fans packed into the Millennium Stadium.

Shaw was ringside with his fighters to see Hatton's sensational win over former IBF light welterweight king Kostya Tszyu on Sunday morning.

"Diego would love to come to Britain and make a super-fight with Ricky," Shaw said

I have been talking with (American pay-per-view network) Showtime today about making the fight on the same card as Calzaghe-Lacy in one of your biggest arenas.

"It is something that could really happen and it is the biggest fight out there at the moment.

"Diego never takes a backward step and neither does Ricky - it would be an incredible fight.

"He is the man Diego wants and he is willing to come to Britain to get him."

Corrales holds the WBC and WBO lightweight titles, having stopped Jose Luis Castillo last month in a war most ringsiders described as one of the greatest in boxing history.

Hatton's rival light welterweight champions - WBC holder Arturo Gatti, WBO title holder Miguel Cotto and WBA champion Vivian Harris - have already all expressed an interest in fighting the Mancunian next.

But the move by Corrales' camp throws another ****y option into the mix.

Manchester's MEN Arena saw 22,000 packed in to watch Hatton beat Tszyu.

The same venue had been mooted as a possible site for when WBO king Calzaghe faces Lacy - providing the IBF holder gets past Robin Reid in a title defence in Florida on 6 August.

But Cardiff was the other suggested place and the Millennium Stadium would be ideal to hold what would be one of the biggest ever boxing promotions on British soil.

Source.Bbc sport

throw winkyu wright onto that card too..LAcy winky corrales all went to watch the hatton fight. They are all promoted by Shaw and should be on a MEGA ppv

[MrCoop]

How ****** would it be for Corrales to go fight Hatton in England. I know he would get paid alot of money & that card would draw a massive amount of British fans, but it would be ****** because the roughouse tactics would probably be allowed. Hatton would put his chin in Diegos chest & push him, hold him, rabbit punch. The ref probably would let it go on because it suits Hatton & Corrales would have a hard time getting full extension on his punches. Hatton has a lower base so he would be able to muscle him & not allow him to do that. Lacy on the other hand is much stronger than Calzaghe & it wouldn't matter there. WHY GO TO ENGLAND TO FIGHT? America is the MECCA of boxing. Make them come here! An American trained ref would not allow it to be a grappling match & Corrales would pick Hatton apart. I think Lacy will win regardless, but unless there is a ref alot more competent than the one in Hatton vs Tszyu Corrales will have a hard time. ITS SO ****IN ****** IF THAT HAPPENS UNLESS A SMOGER OR CORTEZ REFS THE FIGHT & I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.

[Bad Intentions]

Hatton will KO Corralles

[Gio]

Hatton will KO Corralles

Not in this life time.

[S0UTHPAW]

Hatton will KO Corralles

Yup, be fun to watch though.

[TyrantT316]

Corrales is going for history...this man wants to make history and wants to do it in big ways...

[Bad Intentions]

Not in this life time.

He goes down way to easy for a puncher like HAtton, It will be a beating, i dont think he will do good at 140, i dont think he will carry his power up.