different fight if floyd walked into the ring that night with two broken fists.
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[THROWBACK VIDEO] HATTON vs. MAYWEATHER - CRAZY WEIGH IN!!!!
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I was there, it was a lot of fun. Hopkins and Calzaghe got a lot of attention as well, I'm pretty sure we (the fans that day) were responsible for that fight getting made lol.
I went back a few years later and they started charging money for the weigh in, scandalous.
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Originally posted by kiaba360 View PostI can't imagine so many American fans traveling to the UK to support any fighter.
This is the way UK promoters do it, obviously Ricky Hatton is an extreme example. The UK geographically isn't so big, word gets around faster, this creates a buzz and the fan base tends to grow a little quicker. But there is no reason why US fighters couldn't do better if they followed a similar system. I think Bob Arum has started to understand this, and for example, with Crawford he keeps taking him back to Omaha every couple of fights, and that is what I am talking about. Not every fighter is going to come from a part of the country where this strategy works, but in general I think the fighters, especially the real talented one's need to stay and build themselves in their home town first, or the nearest large city or town to them, so they can get a local following.
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My best memory of this fight was the first knockdown.
The crowd was going crazy chanting, "There's only oneee, Ricky Hatton."
But when he got clocked, it turned to, "There's only OHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Dude damn near got knocked out by the turnbuckle, WWE style.
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