Hatton planning to crack America

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It's a dream of Ricky's to fight Gatti.

Ricky has had many dreams...as a school boy Ricky would find himself daydreaming in the school yard about one day challenging Crisanto Espana...

In his early teen years Ricky would actually climax at the thought of Chuck Bodak rubbing lotion in his face...

But the ultimate for Ricky...above all else has always always always been to go back to his corner and take advice from Richie Giacetti...as far as I know this is all basic common knowledge for Hatton fans.

[FeelTheA-Force]

Ricky has had many dreams...as a school boy Ricky would find himself daydreaming in the school yard about one day challenging Crisanto Espana...

In his early teen years Ricky would actually climax at the thought of Chuck Bodak rubbing lotion in his face...

But the ultimate for Ricky...above all else has always always always been to go back to his corner and take advice from Richie Giacetti...as far as I know this is all basic common knowledge for Hatton fans.

do u watch the fight at the pub??

[iron mike tyson]

most pubs close by 11.

boxing is shown towards midnight and in the morning.

how is every1 seeing the ricky hatton fight?

and whos gonna pay £14.95 on SKY BOX OFFICE !!!!!!!

millions of people will be , just cause ur too gready to do it dont past judgement

[JuicyJuice]

millions of people will be

Thousands, and 90% of those will be Mancunian's.

[ROSEWOOD]

Ricky Hatton is confident of wowing America when he challenges WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo at Boston Garden on Saturday.

Hatton tops the bill against Collazo in the first bout of his three-fight deal with US television network HBO.

"I fight like an American, or even a Mexican, so I should be up their street," Hatton, 27, told BBC Sport.

"The British public have taken me to their hearts and I'm hoping the Americans will do the same."

Manchester's Hatton, who arrived in Boston on Saturday, is already a hit with America's boxing writers, who last week voted him their fighter of the year.

In addition, Ring magazine named him fighter of the year for 2005 after he claimed the IBF and WBA light welterweight belts with wins over Kostya Tszyu and Carlos Maussa respectively.

Hatton urges fans to be patient

And Hatton, the only Brit to have won the Ring award, is further motivated by the fact that so few Brits have broken into the American market before him.

"We've had a lot of good world champions who have defended titles in Britain, but there's only a handful who have become successful in the States," said Hatton, who has now relinquished his light welterweight belts.

"I don't want to be known as a fighter who, although he beat some good names and won a world title, just fought in his own back yard.

"I want to be an exception to the rule and you can imagine what it means to a British fighter to be topping the bill in the States and fighting live on HBO."

HBO's plan is for Hatton to fight former two-weight world champion Arturo Gatti next before a superfight with pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather.

And Hatton hopes a few thousand of his loyal fans will be at Boston Garden on Saturday as he sets out on the road to world domination.

"British fighters have gone over in the past, like Frank Bruno, Lennox Lewis and Naseem Hamed, and always had great support," said Hatton, who is unbeaten in 40 fights.

"There's no fans more loyal than mine. I'll be expecting plenty of Man City shirts in the crowd and hopefully a few of the Americans have been practising (Hatton's entrance song) Blue Moon."

Meanwhile, Hatton said he has felt comfortable at his new weight in training and is confident he will carry his power and speed up to 147lbs.

"Only time will tell whether I'm more suited to welterweight or light welterweight, but I'm more explosive in the gym and I feel quicker," said Hatton.

"My diet is a lot better but my weight training has become more extreme, because you don't just want to be a big light welterweight, you want to be a big welterweight."

BBC.co.uk/sport

sorry playa...i just cant bring myself to believe that Hatton is a great....good he may be but great....no sir....

[Run]

There's already too much crack in America.



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[SMC]

sorry playa...i just cant bring myself to believe that Hatton is a great....good he may be but great....no sir....

Thats your opinion ' playa ' and i'm sure once you see more of him you'll change your opinion ' son '

[SMC]

There's already too much crack in America.

Out of curiosity, do you write your own material?

[Run]

Out of curiosity, do you write your own material?

Yeah, that was pretty bad. I'm sorry.



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[Kball15]

sorry playa...i just cant bring myself to believe that Hatton is a great....good he may be but great....no sir....

No way u can make a guy like Kostya tsyu quit on his stool and not be great. Granted, Kostya was in his declining years but he was still an excellent fighter no doubt.

You also cant have 40 consecutive wins without a loss and not be great.

You also cant win 2 belts (soon to be 3 belts) consecutively and not be great.

But i understand where ur coming from. He is yet to prove himself in the states and fighting a guy like Collazo isnt saying to much. But that doesnt mean he isnt great. Collazo is a decent fighter and if hatton KOs him then thats saying something.

And if Hatton fights Gatti and KO's him... THATS saying a lot as well. Gatti may not be what he used to be, but hes got one of the best hearts the sport has seen. KOing a guy like that takes work and dedication.

And finally, When Hatton KOs Mayweather its gonna shut all u hatton haters out their down. dont worry. If ur kinda on the border on liking and disliking Hatton, youll learn to respect this guy.

He's a guy that could have chosen between THREE professional sports!!! Soccer, Kick boxing, and boxing. You gotta respect the guy... you just gotta. lol.

Hes my favorite fight by a long shot, mostly because hes (in my opinion) one of the classiest and nicest guys of the sport. Rare to come by in a pro athlete.