Hatton set to sign 3-fight USA deal

[1lehudson]

If anyone's resume is overrated it is definitely Hatton, PBF may not have the greatest resume, but it is definitely significantly better than Hatton's.

Actaully Floyd has the best resume in boxing RIGHT now. Since 2000 floyd has had 13 fights 10 were former or reigning world champs, his record is 13-0 with 8kos. Just to compare over that same time Erik Morales has had 16 fights 10 were former champs 5 of those were vs two guys. Eriks record is 13-3 with 6kos.

No, Floyd does have the best resume.

hattons is a total joke having only faced 4 champs in 40 fights and two have been in his last two fights, the other two were well past thier best fighting days.

[Briman15]

Why is hatton taking a tune up before gatti? He will almost certainly beat him decisively

[mECHsLAVE]

As i said ONE fight. That last guy that hatton fought was a joke, it would be like Floyd fighting the guy that just beat Judah.

As far as DM goes who said anything about Jones??? DM wouldnt fight anyone that was good, what about Tarver?? what about Lou DelValle who DM shamelessly ducked and was the reason that he would stripped of a title.

As far as DM showing more interest, well that is just bull. EX

In a interveiw with RING Lou Dibella who was at the time the head man at HBO and not a fan of Jones, told that they (HBO) sent what amounted to an open offer to Kohl and DM as to what it would take to make the fight happen. Dibella said and I quote "We want the Jones/Michalczewski fight to happen, I sent an offer to Universum Box-Promotion, an open ended offer sheet telling them to name a price. That was three months ago, I still havent got a reponse. I think that its pretty safe to say that the people around Daruisz isnt to thrilled about making this fight happen."--Ring Holiday 1997 titled ROY JONES-when motivated, he's unstoppable-got that, Evander.

Here is yet another one
"Im going to fight the winner of Tarver/Harding in the fall, then I have a WBA due vs Harmon I think. After that I will get Michalczewski in the middle part of spring or early summer, if he signs the contract" --RING February 2000 titled WHO IS ROY JONES? A revealing look at Boxings pound-for-pound best.

It wasn't money- it was location. Roy would not leave the US and DM would not leave Germany. How hard is that to understand? DM became the recognized champ when he beat Virgil Hill in 97 and didn't lose throughout Roy's entire LHW run. They both fought parallel to each other and didn't lose and neither would bend to make the fight happen. The difference? Roy's belts were paper. Not won from the last recognized champ.

The belts were wrongfully stripped from DM, so why should he, the champ, leave his comfort zone to fly to the US, into a hostile environment, to try and win them back? Think about it.

From Roy's perspective, I don't blame him for not going to Germany. It would have been impressive, and I think he would have won, but he chose not to, which leaves himself wide open to boxing critics. But Roy was getting paid the same to fight bums, so why risk it? If I were Roy, I would have done the same thing. As a huge Roy fan back then, I wanted him to make the fight.

I understand it from both perspectives. You, on the other hand, have a clear agenda and are openly biased. That's why your argument is one-sided and thus quite flawed.

Good day!

[1lehudson]

It wasn't money- it was location. Roy would not leave the US and DM would not leave Germany. How hard is that to understand? DM became the recognized champ when he beat Virgil Hill in 97 and didn't lose throughout Roy's entire LHW run. They both fought parallel to each other and didn't lose and neither would bend to make the fight happen. The difference? Roy's belts were paper. Not won from the last recognized champ.

The belts were wrongfully stripped from DM, so why should he, the champ, leave his comfort zone to fly to the US, into a hostile environment, to try and win them back? Think about it.

From Roy's perspective, I don't blame him for not going to Germany. It would have been impressive, and I think he would have won, but he chose not to, which leaves himself wide open to boxing critics. But Roy was getting paid the same to fight bums, so why risk it? If I were Roy, I would have done the same thing. As a huge Roy fan back then, I wanted him to make the fight.

I understand it from both perspectives. You, on the other hand, have a clear agenda and are openly biased. That's why your argument is one-sided and thus quite flawed.

Good day!

My point is that who ducked who, although the evidence is pretty clear to thoses that are not blind that it was DM that avoided anything close to a decent fighter. IE the reason that he was stripped of TWO belts.

Really my point is that Hatton is becoming DM all over again, in just a short time it will became a matter of Floyd ducking Hatton and not the way that it really happened which is Hatton is doing everything in his power not to fight Floyd. That isnt the way that it will be seen a year from now. Hatton Floyd will never happen. Im sure of it, and cats like you will blame Floyd.

Back to DM, bottomline is he was offered fights with Jones, fights that he claimed he wanted really bad. If it a fight that he wanted as bad as he claimed then why not sign the deal?? It that simple, you cant always be the one that has every advantage. After Jones was DQ'ed vs Griffin do you know that in the rematch Jones only made 25% of the money while Montell made 75%. When was DM ever on the short side of the stick?? When did DM every concede anything to make a fight??? NEVER, and that was becasue he was a product, he was never a real fighter. He was happy to sit in Germany and fight third and fourth tier fighters. And went ever he made to step to second tier fighters the judges and refs were always there to bail him out, IE the first fight with Rocco, the very odd stoppage of Hall, who was whippin his a$$, the scales that said that Harmon was nine pounds over weight before fight, which in my memory was the first time that I have ever seen two scales at a weigh in.

DM was a joke with no heart. However I will admitt that Jones was never that interested in fight DM, but that was more because NO ONE in the States know who the *** DM was and no one cared. It wasnt going to be a big money fight no matter what Jones haters claim. DM was a nobody in the grand picture and I bet you that history of boxing will see him as that.

[Cereal]

i pray to the gods that watch over boxing that this fight take place...amen

----- Amen -----

[Cereal]

Hatton is a baaaaaaaaadman

[illKOu666]

HATT IN THE RING FOR TRIPLE STATESIDE DEAL

By David Anderson

RICKY HATTON is set to sign a three-fight deal as part of his masterplan to conquer the United States.

The WBA and IBF light-welterweight king is close to agreeing to fight Arturo Gatti, Jose Luis Castillo and Ben Rabah in America - and his likely first contest will be on May 13 against IBF mandatory challenger Rabah.

Hatton's dad and manager Ray said: "Promoter Dennis Hobson has put together quite a nice deal with an American promoter and we're considering it."

(from the Daily Mirror)

THAT TWAT ANORAK BANNED ME FROM HIS THREADS!! TOTALL PRICK MAN!!

[wrightp4p]

hatton would lose to pbf bcuz hatton loops most of his punches imo and pbf is just to skilled for him

[da_realist1]

The only competitive fight there is Castillo. Gatti and that Mandotory are ****y sure win fights for the euro. The three fight deal shoul have been something like Castillo, Cotto, Floyd.

Thats rubbish not even PBF would fight Castillo, Cotto & Hatton 3 fights in a row. remember Hatton needs to adjust to the America and those choice of fights one after another would not be best for him at this moment in time.

[norbak1258]

the lineup for the fights should be the unkown guy first for his mandatory, then gatti as a warm up for castillo. From the three fights I see only the castillo as a good test for hatton. Depending on what gatti does it might be an interesting fight.