Amir Khan Undeserving of a Fight with Hatton
August 7th, 2009
By Liam Santiago: Does Amir Khan really have the right to call out Ricky Hatton? What has he done to deserve the biggest payday he will ever get? Boxing is a sport where you work your way up, earning the right to mega fights. Ricky Hatton certainly did that but I can’t quite see where Bolton man Amir Khan has. Yes, He outpointed Andriy Kotelnik last month and he has beaten an old, fading legend in Marco Antonio Barrera. But what else?
Please, show me a fighter today that is not better at piling the pressure on than the Manchester warrior, Ricky Hatton. Why Khan and his promoter, Frank Warren think this fight would be such a walk in the park is totally beyond me. Where and when has Khan proven that he is at that level? Hatton has lost to Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao, two all time greats. So, does that automatically believe anyone and his dog can beat him and disrespect the legend that made Kostya Tszyu retire on his stool, in the process.
As time goes on boxing and the boxers themselves are getting so reliant on being undefeated. Of course, being undefeated is a great achievement and no fighter would want to lose that nought of their record. But, losing to such great fighters does not mean a fighter is finished. Look at Muhammed Ali, Roberto Duran and Turpin. They all lost at the peak of their career and they have gone down as some of the best fighters to ever live.
Bernard Hopkins lost his first bout, as did Jake LaMotta. The point is simple, Ricky Hatton is not ‘shot’ He dominated the light welterweight no.2 contender, Pauli Malignaggi and stopped him in the fight before Manny Pacquiao. What would Khan do that Malignaggi could not? Is Khan trying to suggest that he is at the same level as Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao? Beating the weakest light welterweight champion, Kotelnik, certainly does not back that claim up or even come close to suggesting he could beat Ricky Hatton.
Please do not tell me that Hatton would be a walk in the park for Khan. Hatton would put that much pressure on Khan he wouldn’t know what day it was. Would the man that was knocked out in 54 seconds defeat the legend the made Kostya Tszyu retire on his stool. How would Khan react to the pressure Hatton puts on? I Personally think he would crumble.
How would he react to Hatton’s power? Well Khan has been knocked down by natural featherweights and knocked out in 54 second fight so I dread to think. Khan is a very good fighter, please, don’t take it the wrong way. He could beat some great boxers but Hatton is not one of them.
The likes of John Murray would be eaten alive by Khan but Hatton would simply prove far too much. Khan looks set to vacate his new world title to avoid a fight with his no.1 mandatory Marcos Maidana. So he will fight Hatton but not Maidana? I think Khan needs a serious shake up in his management team.
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to the fool who reckons Murray is better than Khan, well if Murray wants Khan he should do what most do when chasing- fight Khans previous opponents, do a better job on them and lets see what happens. Murray is in no position to call out Khan when hes fighting Al Hamidi after 25 fights and Scott Lawton after 27 fights! Thats really going to sell a Khan Murray fight isn’t it. Wake up and smell the coffee idiots, Murray only has himself to blame, he used Khan to make a name for himself and if he was such a worthy opponent, go out and bring Prescott back to the UK and do a job on him. Nobody would be interested in a guy who is going to fight Thaxton next- a guy who has lost 3 of his last 5 fights to nobodies!
gavin rees isnt all that bull in a china shop comes to mind plus he was giving away so much in hieght plus th rest of his camp were getting banged up he didnt have it in the locker .and before the khan v kotelnik fight when everyone was making it sound good for khan if he won only spoke about mediana because he done a job on ortiz
cheers planky top job
i have 2 agree with u nathan! ur dead right!!
blocked again by those who are made to look foolish…
Khan has 1 more belt than Hatton is holding and a win over an in prime champ who smashed Gavin Rees and beat Mediana.
You keep bringing up Prescott. Thats great and Iis thanks to him thay Khan is a world champion now.
khans feet,stance and demeanor look all at sea when pressurised inside.He also seems seriously vulnerable to a decent left hook.Hatton?
forgot to say that fake win against a true ring legend in m.a barrera was a joke that fight should have been stopped long before it was. that cut was just as big in the first as it was when they stopped it DUE TO A CLASH OF HEADS but they let it go to the score cards the dirty cheats it should have been scored a no contest
we have got a right one here in scotty cant answer the simplist of questions but can count to 22 and his mate can count to 31 smack goes the prescott
u keep bannging on about being 22 whats ur point hatton has been in with better opponents than khan .u still didnt answer ur on point how many top fighters has khan fort then if hes ONLY 22 LIKE U KEEP SAYING U SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA. HATTON COULD HAVE FORT AND STOPPED KHANS OPPONENTS AT THE AGE OF 12 FFS
He’s only 22 FFS.
Hatton wasn’t even fighting for his joke World Boxing Union light welterweight title when he was that age. And look at the list of ppl he defended it against.
how many fighters in there prime has AMIR THE JOKE KHAN had then, prescott maybe and look what happened . my geussing is he will never fight a top fighter in his prime thats worth talking about
How many in their prime fighters had Hatton and Calzaghe boxed when they were 22? But the double standards has nothing to do with race eh?
The money Hatton made in the ring is staggering when you consider his ability. He needs to hang em up before he gets hurt big time.
im with planky and ridgeback71 it would last around 15 seconds most of that khan would be running and then he would be stone cold would love to see that i still watch that great moment on youtube f”king top job
lol ridgeback71 i totally agree! id put my coin on that 2!!!!!
Roach has the blue print, and his student Khan will execute it.
Hatton is lucky Paccy only took 2 rounds to butcher him. With Khan, he’d be getting smacked around for 10 rounds before his pulverised face gets counted out.
Im with you Planky,
Khan – Prescott Rematch….
wonder what the over/under 54 secs would be at the bookies?
My coins on under, whatever the odds
kahn v prescott rematch! thats what i wanna see!! i realy enjoyed the last 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Liam, i hate your articles, they are crap. Since when has Khan called out Hatton? he has hardly said anything about fighting Hatton and when he does talk of a potential fight he always says he will leave it to the promoters so don’t write an article about slamming Khan without knowing a single bit of knowledge
Peter stop playing the race card. It’s nothing to do with the colour of his skin. Kahn is disliked because of the way he’s protected and hyped up by his management. His records full of pumped up SFW’s. One shot legend and one fight with a LW of some merit who sparked him in 54 sec’s. He then fight for a LWW title? against the weakest champ (his words not mine)
you talk rubbish PETER this is about khan undeserving a fight with hatton nothing about colour or race,i always thought witter wud of give hatton nightmares in is prime thats why hatton never sorted him out but were talking about khan and i think hatton wud sort khan out WORK THAT OUT
I was going to argue further but now I see
STEVE BUNCE is on your side. Arguing against BUNCEY is like blasphemy!!!!!
I do admire your unwavering support of Ricky Hatton.
I only hope that Amir Khan gains the fanatical fanbase that Hatton enjoys.
There are obviously still lingering question marks over Khan that I BEG will be answered soon.
Liam Santiago -
I will ignore your appalling errors in that last post and kindly request that you answer my question posted earlier.
DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT PREDICT HATTON BEATING PACQUIO????????
I can imagine you stating that Hatton would be too strong , he would fool Pacquio into doing this and that BLAH, BLAH , BLAH !!!!!!!
Glad to know that your delusions in a fighter’s abilities are not simply due to location of your birth.
i can’t belive people still going on about prescott
Correction – Spars with Manny
But spares is more appropriate as Pac is not allowed to hit poor Kahn too hard!
So ill stick to SPARES with Manny!
LOL
Is Valuev boiling down for a Catch -Weight fight at 140.5 lbs. Obviously Valuev’s HW title should be on the line !
Then Kahn could go onto greatness and become P4P king………after all he spares with Manny!
how many times u prk salita is khans madatory not MAIDANA
khan has also lost 1 fight,against a super punche in presscott.any fkr would have been destroyed that night,as for deserving to fight hatton,khan does as if you dont know hes wba champion of the world.hatton is coming off a braincrunching devestating and brutal ko at the hand of p4p king paccy so needs a meaningful fight and why not khan ,as for pay day yes khan would be on heavy££ but his career has just started and no doubt superfights and mega million$$$ paydays are round the corner vthe likes of jmm,pbf maidana,bradley,moseley and paccy(not this year).hatton aint getting no mega paydays in commercial terms hes finished from all the mgm and gbp pallava.khan does deserve t fight hatton although i think it would be pointless as hes on the slide and after thrashing hatton ,u lot will only say khan beat upon awashed up hatton
For the past few weeks i have been reading the articles and this article made me comment liam santiago, i think your totally wrong saying that kahn would eat john murrary unlike amir kahn john murrary is doing it properly he is establishing himself as the best lightweight in england. John murrary isnt the best fighter but hes still got an unbeaten record and is calling people out i.e john thaxton who kahn ducked even though i believe kahn would beat thaxton that is not the point. Kahn moved up a weight division to fight the weakest champion in kotelnik because who was he going to fight at lightweight? valero whos got a ko record similar to prescott marquez who has far too much experience or the baby bull diaz who is a hungry fighter wanting to prove himself boxing has too much politics. Kahn should have cleaned up at domestic level or even eruopean level ramanov who destroyed thaxton why not fight him? i could go on all day but santiago d oyour homework before putting ridiculous comments like john murrary would be eaten alive.
amir khan is only 22, give him a chance guys. His body is still developing and if Amir works hard till 26, 27 he will be a top top boxer.
I like the previous comment that the fight should not happen, but if it does amir wins on pionts.
or ricky knock him out. hatton only lost to 2 great fighters,so he still has what he had 2 or 3 years ago.
if they do fight(wembley stadium – full house). what ever happens amir will defo become a great fighter.
lets see what happens
khans mandatory challenger is salita. he is not vacating the title. this website just gives false news. this is a anti-khan,,,,anti-pacquiao website.
I have enough knowledge to know that you’re completely obsessed with ricky hatton. You’ve already made a new article about how he would beat Khan all day long. Hatton is not a boxer he is a brawler and if you don’t get in a brawl with him just like pacquiao and mayweather didnt you would beat him. Khan has all the tools to trouble hatton and stop him. Thats the reason hatton is reluctant on a come back because everybody wants him to fight Khan and he knows he will get beat!
I would like to see ricky retire, he just doesn’t have it anymore and I think you Liam should realise this just like any other boxing expert does.
im from manchester and both fighters come from the greater manchester region but khan does not belong in the same ring as hatton its not khans chin people should be worried about if he steps in the ring with the hitman its the hook to the body that i think would put khan down for the rest of his career steer clear from the hitman amir he is deffinately to much for you at this moment in time
sugar ray clay jones jr you say tszyu was a 36 year old man when ricky pulverised him but wait a second how old was calzhage when he beat kessler hopkins and then on to beat the great roy jones im sure he was no younger than 36 hmmm
Liam Santiago – I am relatively new to this site so I didnt get to see your prediction before the Pacquio fight !!!
Chances are you said Hatton had a good chance of winning!!
Now I am starting to want Hatton to fight Khan just so I can read a grovelling apology letter from you
You are mancunian arn’t you ?????
Guys Hatton cant handle boxers or speed. E.G JFM and MP. I am not saying Khan is as good as them but Khan is clearly as fast or faster.
prettyboyfloyd i went to the Khan-Kotelnik fight and it was definately not a sell out crowd (like Hatton-Tszyu) in fact the upper tier was shut off and we had our seats upgraded to the lower tier because not enough tickets were sold.
i completely disagree with your opinion and i will explain why, firstly Amir Khan proved himsel on the olymplics by winning a silver medal at the age of 17, secondly he was knocked out by Bredis Prescott who caught him with a clean hook that would have knocked anyone out, a bit like the one that knocked Ricky Hatton out, Thirdly, he showed his chin isn’t as fragile as it was at lightweight as it is at light welterweight, fourthly, Andreas Kotelnik won the belt and beat the previous champ quite convincingly and also only lost on points to junior witter who was also a great fighter and at his peak when they fought each other, fifth hatton beat kostya after he hadn’t fought for over a year and was constantly grabbing and punching, so the reality is hatton isn’t worthy of a fight against khan, not the other way round.
i agree khan dus not deserve a fight with hatton liam,i think he shud fight john murray then we will no a lot more about khan,murray as youth relentness good chin hungry unbeaten
Come on dude! leave me alone im a world champion now!!
hatton kos hhim inside 3 one sided rounds
Hatton punched tzyzu in the nuts so hard his great grandpa felt it.
prettyboyfloyd get bent. He would stop Hatton in later rounds, Khan has absolutely no power whatever! your commentds are laughable, Khan got caught by Kotelnik and will be caught and roughed up by Hatton all night long. Funny how Amir only wanted the fight after what Pac did to Ricky. Amir is not Pac at all, he is feather fisted like Paulie, Hatton would eat Khan alive. He would never have experienced pressure like it and he is not strong enough to keep Ricky off.
Amir Con is an absolute joke.
i believe Khan deserves it. no matter what he does he is already a champion, and its always been champion vs champion. andrew golota had no business with lennox lewis in the ring…ernie shavers had no business with ali…lardios had to business with pacquiao. not as accomplished fighters can always face accomplished fighters, so its cool. I would take khan due to speed and boxing movement.
It’s obvious Liam that you are a huge ricky hatton fan because of your obsurb past articles about him.
1. Firstly, Khan didn’t call out ricky hatton, it was roach who said hatton would be a good fight after kotelnik. Everytime the media asked him about the fight he said he would leave it to the promoters because he knows the public would like to see this fight. Well ofcourse they would it would be the biggest fight in the UK for a long time.
2. Khan would counter punch ricky on his backfoot all night long and trouble ricky with his speed. Eventually stopping ricky in the latter rounds.
3. Khan is not ducking maidana as Salita is the number 1 mandatory and they have to fight him in the next 90 days so get your facts straight.
4. Khan is not stating he is the same as pacquiao or mayweather. We all know ricky has trouble with fast fighters and well Khan is one of the quickest fighters out there. Thats why Khan would beat ricky.
5. First you say that Khan hasn’t worked his way up to deserve a fight with Hatton. The only opponent that was left for Khan domestically was John Murray, who you said would be destroyed by khan…
You’re really boring me with your anti-khan posts. He is the most popular fighter in the UK, he sells out 20,000 seater arenas. He has speed, height reach and skill to trouble any top fighter out there. I don’t think his chin is as bad you make it out to be at 140 because he took some solid blows from kotelnik. So stop hating he’s only had 22 fights give him atleast 10 more fights then start judging him.
the fight would be similar to the malaggnaggi fight, but khans chin wouldnt stand the punishment, i think even malagnaggi would comfortably beat khan
I think it would be great for the british fans. However i agree with everything you say!
im sorry i dnt usually disrespect other peoples opinions but anybody that thinks that hatton vs khan wouldnt be a ko for hatton within the first 6 rounds doesnt have a clue. like liam says hatton has only lost to the very very best. i dnt believe khan has beaten an oppenent worth mentioning yet. his power couldnt even make kotelnik flinch
Amir Khan would absolutely crush Ricky Hatton if they ever fought.
That relentless pressure you keep talking about would simply be met with lightning fast counter-punches.
Forget this Hatton fixation you have , and start being fixated by Amir Khan.
He is going to prove all you doubters wrong!!!!
Excuse me Mr Santiago – Marcos Maidana is not the mandatory for *KHAN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP*… Dmitry Salita is…Get ya info right before posting ur biased articles mate.
Whilst I’m not suggesting Khan would easily have Hatton (far from it), I think it will be an interesting match up as Khan has come a long way since being tutored by Roach.
The constant references to the Prescott defeat are getting a wee bit tiresome now. Yes we know he got blasted away, and yes we know his chin is fragile. Really, you’re not enlightening us with new knowledge here.
Whilst I’m not suggesting Khan would easily have Hatton (far from it), I think it will be an interesting match up as Khan has come a long way since being tutored by Roach.
The constant references to the Prescott defeat are getting a wee bit tiresome now. Yes we know he got blasted away, and yes we know his chin is fragile. Really, you’re not enlightening us with new knowledge here.