Augustus calls for a hit to be placed on himself

[Bozo_no no]

I don't believe this thread has got so long - Collazo isn't the ideal fight for Hatton, but Augustus, no, no, no, no, no! I don't care about him landing two punches at once, leave that stuff at the circus and take your career a bit more seriously and he might have been wearing the straps himself.

From the interviews I've read this Augustus bloke seems like a ridiculous character and I don't believe he's still attracting attention.

Coming from someone who hasn't even seen one of his fights this means absolutley nothing. Speaking about something you have no knowledge of is the definition of ignorance.

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He's ten times the house hold name and draw Collazo is, and is no more dangerous than Gatti, who was at the top of Haton's wish list at the begining of this year.

He would bring a significant number more viewers to the table, and that was prority for Hatton in taking a fight in the US.

Neither guy is a household name son.

You are simply talking out of your ass when you talk about Burton being the much bigger draw...you have no clue here son and neither do I. (I can admit things you...you cant)

Burton is from Texas and Collazo is from Brooklyn....the fight is on the east coast...have you ever been to a Collazo fight on the east coast to see what his drawing power is like-does he have a big contingent or a baby one? Showtime and HBO basically have as close to a set rating for their champoionship fights as set can get (excluding PPV obviously dummy)...having Hatton fight Burton is just going to skyrocket the ratings huh? If this was the case how come Burton isnt selected more often on the 2 big networks? (KO NATION was the last time he was seen on these networks disphit)

You have never looked dumber @BS lobbying for this fight...you act like Burton is Gatti in terms of a draw....Collazo is a great oppoenent for Hatton's first match in the states and you would be hardpressed to talk with boxing scribes who disagree with that.

Never looked dumber Bozo and you know it...keep defending yourself, keep defending Burton...you dont look like a ****head often but I have to say Im enjoying this dumb****.

[Talking Turkey]

I'm calling for a hit to be placed on this thread!

Augutus is talented, but not worth Hattons while.

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Coming from someone who hasn't even seen one of his fights this means absolutley nothing. Speaking about something you have no knowledge of is the definition of ignorance.

When you say Collazo is not the draw that Burton is how do you know? I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN TO ME YOUR KNOWLEDGE HERE.

If you are stating something that you dont really have a ****ing clue about isnt that ignorance too?

The fight is in boston-you have no clue who the bigger draw is (again neither do I but Im not talking like I do you are)...Burton is an ESPN cult fighter...he is not an HBO or Showtime draw...

Bozo your still looking like a ****head here wake up.

[Talking Turkey]

What does he bring to the table for Hatton? what belts? why would it be benifical for Hatton to fight him? beating a guy with all those loses will not give him anymore respect than he already has, regardless of how talented and underrated augstus is, and how many of those ''loses'' were robberies. let augustus earn it.

[JoeTheRock7]

Burton in 26 fights only has 3 knockouts on his record and two of them are TKO's. The fact is that true boxing fans know Emanuel's talent and know that this fight would be good and entertaining and that is what we want to see. I'd watch it for sure.

[The Wire]

Hatton shouldnt be fighting Augustus just cos he's an entertaining fighter. Augustus would probably just play act his way through the whole thing. You need to EARN your shot at the world champ and Augustus hasnt done that. ****, I could be entertaining against Hatton and I'd fight him for 45,000 - does that mean I get the fight? Collazo is a good first fight in the states as it's another belt at another weight, puts him back in the same weight class as PBF and the IBF wouldnt sanction Torres which would have been a ****ing exciting fight

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Hatton shouldnt be fighting Augustus just cos he's an entertaining fighter. Augustus would probably just play act his way through the whole thing. You need to EARN your shot at the world champ and Augustus hasnt done that. ****, I could be entertaining against Hatton and I'd fight him for 45,000 - does that mean I get the fight? Collazo is a good first fight in the states as it's another belt at another weight, puts him back in the same weight class as PBF and the IBF wouldnt sanction Torres which would have been a ****ing exciting fight

Your absolutely right-you or I could be exciting against Hatton...with his style anyone can...even Oliver McCall during a breakdwon could be exciting against the face first Ricky Hatton.

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Burton in 26 fights only has 3 knockouts on his record and two of them are TKO's. The fact is that true boxing fans know Emanuel's talent and know that this fight would be good and entertaining and that is what we want to see. I'd watch it for sure.

You'd watch it for sure...fight fans would watch any fight that includes Ricky Hatton he is as "must see tv" as any fighter in the game.

[OptimusWolf]

I can't believe we're not moving forwards with this one. Forget ignorance, I'm NOT COMMENTING ON HIS ABILITIES, even though I am about to watch a few of his fights so that this pointless line of argument can cease and you can listen to my reason.

Augustus isn't the fight to position Hatton for the big shots against Mayweather, Cotto, Mosley etc. Collazo isn't ideal but a pretty good choice considering. If you insist on thinking like a closeted hardcore fight fan rather than someone with one foot in the wider world you'll never appreciate how obvious this is, but believe me mate, it is pretty obvious.

If you could prove how Augustus brings in a 20,000 gate for each fight and is known by the US public at large than I'd reconsider my 'ignorant opinion' about matters where none of us have all the relevant facts cos those 'facts' don't exist.