Is Hatton trying to cash out against Mayweather?
October 22nd, 2009
By William Mackay: Yesterday, the news broke that Ricky Hatton is contemplating making a comeback against Floyd Mayweather Jr., next year. Hatton says that he’d rather take on a tough opponent like Mayweather, who has a win over Hatton a couple of years ago. Hatton for some reason didn’t say that he wanted to get a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, however. It’s hard to imagine that Hatton really believes he’s good enough to beat Mayweather, because he’s not looked good since losing to Mayweather by a tenth round stoppage.
The Khan bout would be his biggest moneymaker, but that fight wouldn’t sell well in the U.S., which would limit the amount of money that Hatton can make in a big way. Other than the light Khan, there isn’t many other options out there for the troubled Hatton.
I would much prefer if Hatton would work his way back into things more slowly rather than trying to get a rematch with a talented fighter like Mayweather right now. It gives the impression that Hatton isn’t interested in sticking around for long. A fight against Mayweather at this point in Hatton’s career would probably be disastrous for him.
It doesn’t matter where the fight takes place or who the referee is for the bout, Hatton will likely be bludgeoned by Mayweather in a one-sided fight. The problem is Hatton doesn’t appear to be able to take hard shots like he used to without getting hurt. Hatton might think that he has a good chance to beat Mayweather because Ricky held his own in the first half of their bout in 2007, but I doubt it would go like that in a rematch. Mayweather would destroy Hatton on the inside or the outside, it wouldn’t matter.
Perhaps Hatton’s only chance is if he could hit and wrestle on the inside all night long. However, the only way that Hatton could get away with those types of tactics is if the bout was held in England with a lax referee. I doubt that Mayweather would be even remotely interested in fighting Hatton in England, if he’s even interested in fighting him at all.
Having lost two out of his last four fights, both by knockout, Hatton wouldn’t be in the position to call the shots in a rematch with Mayweather in terms of location for the fight. As such, any rematches between the two fighters would likely take place in the U.S. Hatton won’t be able to fight his kind of inside fight in the U.S. if it involves wrestling for prolonged periods of time. That kind of thing will broken up because it’s boring to watch and not good television.
If Hatton is really interested in fighting Mayweather, he should think seriously about fighting at least a couple of B level fighters before trying to get a shot against Floyd. At least it would give the appearance that Hatton isn’t just trying to get a big money fight before getting out of the sport and at the same time, it would show that he’s still got the chin to compete.
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Ricky wants to Cash out u british boxing fans. Ricky was a champion but now he’s action like a Chump, U say Zab has no manners. Well a ZAB vs. Ricky would be something to see.
Make this happen Promoters.
Ricky Hatton has done a lot with his life. He has won many battles to become a two division champ, and in that process he has become the peoples champion.
I agree with most of the writers that he did win many of the early rounds against Floyd Mayweather, but he should work his way back to the top. If he does ok with some of the B level fighters and looks like he still has the fire, then he should go for it. If he does not do well with B level fighters he should retire.
ricky does not have the skills or the body to compete in the welters and his body is not capable of rebounding after the loss of weight to make jr welter like it did win he he was younger. ricky depended alot on his streanth and touhtness for his suscess something he has shown to lack in his last fights. i honnestly think ricky’s ideal wieght at this time is welter but can any body in all honesty see him being able to win against any of the top 10 welters or for that matter the top 10 jr welters? ricky is a nice person and i hope he retires and lives a good life as a promotor and forgets about returning to the ring. i personally was afraid for his life when he was kod by pacman i had seen a similer ko’s before were the the fighter either sufferd brain dammege or died as the result of the blows taken.
I think Ricky should stop…its been too long… he should have come back sooner if he was going to…
let them match hatton with anybody they want. just avoid it if its PPV. thats the problem. stop paying for mismatches!
Hatton’s 31 , Sugar Shane is 35 and is back in the mix ? Hopkins and Jones too… ?
A few posts on here have hit “The Nail Right On The Head” fight Jnr Witter Ricky, at M.E.N or even Wembley….it would be huge and its what The U.K fans want…….Witter is, or should i say, TRIES TO BE The Poor Mans version of Floyd Mayweather in a roundabout way…”could” cause the wrong-living-for-an-Athlete-One-dimensional Hatton all sorts of problems
mayweather the tax evader will agree to fight hatton because of money . his God is money ! Boxing people want him to fight mosley, margarito, pac man, cotto but he chose small boxer, he want to be great but what he do fool the boxing fans . He is a boxing runner fight small guys, next for him is calderon they are runners in ring
Hatton has to simply accept maywether is just a better fighter than he is. A rematch would totaly be one sided, mayweather would dispose of hatton in half the time. Hatton now has zero punch resistance and hes just a mug when it comes to walking into punches from a quicker fighter. Hes too one dimensonal and he would seiously get hurt, even khan would probaly beat him.
Ricky can’t beat Money Mayweather on this best day, so Ricky fight Zab the man who’s been callin u out. Ric u can’t be scared of Zab. Make these happen.
If anything Ricky is running from Zab and Jr.Witter and is still duckin these two guys in a bout. Ricky vs. Zab or Jr. Witter.
i think he should fight cotto when cotto loses to the pacman then they can both see who is the best of pacmans victims i would go with cotto late stoppage.
I’m a big fan of Mayweather jr. but I had a dream about the Pacquiao, Cotto fight.It happened and Pacquiao stopped Cotto in round nine (9). The trainer of Cotto stopped the fight because he couldn’t continue to watch Cotto get hammered.
If hes shot as some people say and he knows it and gets this fight then yes hes cashing in before retiring.
If he isnt shot, or if he believes he isnt shot then no, this is a dream fight for him, hes never got over the last loss cuz he feels he didnt do all he could of done and hes always wanted a rematch.
But the question is is he shot? Nobody really knows but him.
hatton vs. marquez
hatton vs. cotto
hatoon vs.valero
hatton vs guzman…..?
Would people rather watch Hatton v a B level fighter or pay to watch him fight mayweather? Hatton puts bums on seats because he’s an entertainer win,lose or draw.Give the guy some credit he’s good for boxing in a dying sport.Boxing need more hattons, tysons, leonards, even smoking burt cooper because there good to watch!
No real Boxing fan would buy this joke re-match. . Only the armchair fans would buy this.
I think it will be a great re-match between Ricky and Floyd, If Ricky have a good fight plan he will last till the end and probably win but if he stays open a lot he will end like their first match.
Ricky needs to accept that there’s no shame in losing to PBF and Pacquiao they’re just technically better fighters and sit at the top of the P4P list. I for one would have little interest in this fight…I’d lke to see him face Khan though.
ricky hatton sucks! dont bother coming back. everyone is to good for him
ricky should be ashamed of himself!
he’s been fooling everyone since he lost to PBF!!
Sadly, this may be the fight that PBF takes as he’s already stated he’s not fighting Mosley and he’s not waiting around for the winner of Pac/Cotto…outside of those two possibilities, who would PBF take on? Hatton! Easy payday, easy fight. No way Hatton is on the same level as Mayweather.
Some of the dumbest posts have come from Ricky Hatton fans claiming he lost because of the ref. A good fighter would of changed tactics if the ref interfered too much. Needless to say the whole PBF v Hatton fight was an inside affair, so how did the ref change the outcome of the fight? The check left hook that bounced off Ricky’s jaw is what determined the outcome of the fight not Joe Cortez.
I don’t know what fight or fighter mcardle is talking about,hatton has no chance you hear no chance beating floyd.You brits need to get over the fact that your boy is done,he barely got the win against collazo and the judges robbed lazcano of his win against ricky.So how can you really say that hatton can beat any top fighter let alone pretty boy.GET OVER IT!!!
Ricky said he wants rematch with Mayweather or Pacquiao
boxing need this fight I would bu it
PBF fighting Hatton in the UK is not impossible. There’s a very real chance that Floyd will take his show on the road and a stop over in the UK for what seems to be an easy win with a good purse might be just what he’s looking for.
I actually believe hatton could of beaten mayweather on points if there was decent ref. People forgot he was winning early rounds with ease. The only reason he got knocked out was because he did not want to settle for a points loss. Many of fighters would of held on for the full distance for the point cards.
If he fights him at wembley infront 100’000 plus fans with a decent ref the fans behind him and for him to impose his brawling style.He can win!
If that fight with mayweather materializes the
betting line in Vegas will go like this: What round would hatton gets knockout Place your bets everyone.
i agree but i don’t see the point in hatton fightn any big names anymore cos he is so inferior to them and hes gonna get some serious damage caused to him if he keeps fighting people who are just too quick for him