Khan now talking about Hatton bout – News
November 29th, 2009
By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan is now talking a bout against Ricky Hatton in the future. Khan recently mentioned wanting to fight Juan Manuel Marquez after Khan’s fight on December 5th against Ukrainian transplant Dmitriy Salita. In an interview with the BBC, Khan said:
Hatton instead has mentioned possibly fighting Marquez next year, and not Khan. Whatever the case, Khan isn’t about to take no for an answer and just give up on fighting Hatton. It’s hard not to see why. The alternatives of having to face tough fighters in the light welterweight division like Marcos Maidana, Timothy Bradley, Victor Ortiz, Victor Cayo, Kendall Holt and Juan Diaz isn’t all that appealing.
What makes it especially bad for Khan, besides the fact that these fighters would have a good chance of beating him, is that khan wouldn’t get huge money to fight them. However, if Khan can convince Hatton – or Marquez – to fight him, then Khan could take advantage of the big names of Hatton and Marquez to get a big payday.
It’s unfortunate that Khan is looking to fight Hatton and Marquez before he’s really proven that he’s the real deal at light welterweight. Some boxing fans may see Khan as being at the top of the heap in the light welterweight division because the WBA title he won against Andriy Kotelnik, but that fight didn’t give Khan the kind of attention he needed to increase his popularity much in the boxing world.
Still holding onto hope for a fight with Hatton, Khan says “Let’s just see how things go – it is all up to the promotion side of it. It would be a big British fight, a fight that the British fans want to see.”
There’s no question that a Hatton-Khan fight would be great for British boxing, but Amir is going to have to do some convincing to get Hatton to take the fight because he’s been reluctant to take the fight for some reason. Hatton would have a good chance of beating Khan if they fought, so it’s hard to see why Hatton doesn’t just take the fight.
You would imagine that Marquez is a much more dangerous opponent for Hatton compared to Khan. Hatton should look at the Khan fight as a tune-up bout to recover from his 2nd round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. If Hatton passes the test with flying colors, then by all means he should choose to move forward and go for a fight with the perceived tougher Marquez. But if Hatton loses to Khan, then it’s clearly a sign that he has nothing left in the tank.
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Well said Alan Bosworth, Totally makes sense, Amir needs to prove he’s better than Prescott but even though IF he beats Prescott, he will still get Racial Hatred from the UK.
Khan will beat Vicky in a similar way Pacman did. Why Khan has speed, and good power like Pac and the most important of all is that Freddy knows Vicky more than he knows himself. Knows all his flaws and mistakes, as pacman proved and so will khan for that reason Hatton will not take the fight.
IF PRESCOTT BEATS MITCHELL ON THE SAME BILL,AND KHAN BATTERS SALITA.KHAN V PRESCOTT SHOULD HAPPEN IF KHAN IS FOR REAL.
Hats of to you scotty , your post is the best thing on this site
Khan should concentrate on his next fight next week and wait until that is won before he talks about the future.
What has happened in the UK? It didn’t matter in the past what a fighters ethnic background was. They always supported their fighters, but now it is apparent that racism is rife in that country. The constant slurs that appear on websites confirm it. Its also laughable how some even try and make other excuses to cover up their racism. I didn’t hear complaints about Hattons opponents when he fought grade C fighters for years. I also cannot recall any time that a British fighter won a world title belt only for there to be complaints that the guy he beats wasn’t good enough. Pathetic.
its going to be khan – gomez replay but more brutal
hatton had trouble with pacqiaos speed and khan is faster than pacqiao and has longer arms and punches better at range
khan vs hatton
may 2nd 2010 wembely stadium
hatton will knock his packie head off
U idiots that rate Khan above Hatton and Slag Hatton off make me Laugh….. If Khan is that good, let him fight Prescott again!!! I don’t see that one coming… LMFAO!
you lot do my head in taLKING ABOUT A GOOD FIGHTER LIKE RICKY HAtton you carnt even put amir khan iun the same lege as hatton
Khan will go down as the greatest boxer since ali faact ! prob even better ?
FREDDIE ROACH WILL ALWAYS HAVE HATTONS NUMBER, ITS A FIGHT THE KHAN CAMP KNOW THEY CAN WIN. HATTON IS TOO VAUNERABLE KHAN WOULD PROBALY DESTROY HIM THATS WHY FREDDIE IS HOPING THE FIGHT CAN BE MADE.
Daniel. I never said he had zero talent. He’s a name on his resume the same as Barrera is(except Barrera was elite in his prime).
The sad reality is that Hatton will get his ears boxed off by Khan and possibly knocked out. Theres no way a Roach fighter will be undone by a fighter like Hatton.
to scotty: if Hatton has never had any talent, why do you consider him a worthy stepping stone to the top guys?
with you on that one mate!
its a bit like the cotto loss to margarito in some way do you not agree?
No fighter has made so much money from so little talent as Ricky Hatton. It would be a great fight for Khan. Once he does us all a favour and KO’s Hatton into retirement, he’ll be ready to fight some of the lesser known but superior fighters in the division.
i cant even see hatton making a comeback , he is too fat and very unfit at present, but if they were to fight i recon khan wud beat him for sure. hatton isnt even the same fighter since he lost to mayweather anyway.
British fans DO NOT want to see this fight.