Why doesn’t Hatton fight Khan?
January 17th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: In an a recent interview by Ricky Hatton, he said “I’m very proud of what Amir Khan has done, the way he’s turned his career around, winning the world title. But Amir Khan has still to do it at two weights and win four more world titles like I have done. It’s not an impossibility [Hatton fighting Khan] but I’d say that’s not top of the list.” What’s that all about? Why won’t Hatton fight Amir? Is he trying to say that Khan has to win four world titles before Hatton will fight him? Why? What difference does it make how many world titles he’s won. Did Juan Lazcano and Paulie Malignaggi have four or more world titles under their belt at the time that Hatton fought them?
But if Hatton chooses to fight someone like Juan Urango, who he already beat previously, someone else might come along and take Khan out before Amir ever gets a huge money fight in his career. So basically Hatton would be doing Khan a favor by fighting him before some of these other murderous punchers like Marcos Maidana, Kendall Holt and Victor Ortiz get to Khan and possibly ruin his recent string of good luck.
Khan was knocked out in the 1st round by Breidis Prescott in 2008. I don’t know if Hatton is worried about losing to Khan or what, but all he has to do is take a look at Khan’s fight with Prescott to see how vulnerable Amir is against a fighter with big power. I think Hatton can probably punch harder than Prescott when he puts everything he has into his shots.
The only thing I would be concerned about if I was Hatton would be what kind of trick would Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach put together to beat him. Roach helped Manny Pacquiao a lot with coming up with the perfect plan to beat Hatton in his last fight in May. I still don’t know if it was Roach’s brilliant strategy or if it was just a case of Hatton fighting without regard to his own safety.
Whatever the case, I think Hatton can beat Khan even with Roach putting together a strategy for Khan to beat Hatton. Roach isn’t infallible as we saw on Saturday night when his fighter Vanes Martirosyan struggled badly in winning a questionable 10 round decision over Kassim Ouma. It takes talent to follow Roach’s plans and win, and even then it doesn’t always work.
All Hatton has to do is be careful not to throw too many big left hooks and to make sure he covers up more to prevent getting hit so cleanly. The rest of it would be Hatton having to chase Khan down for 12 rounds. That’s the hard part. Khan will be moving constantly and throwing fast punches. Hatton might not look good there’s no question, but eventually he should catch up to Khan and take him out.
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Again, this quail puts all these provoking garbage out top of his hat with no evidence to support his stupid cogitation.
From hatton vs khan jumping to Martirosyan and ouma without connecting link. a pure halfwit.
why would he fight khan you must be joking i mean who is khan compared to hatton i mean it would be like mosley giving berto a shot wen he 1st won his wbc if you get me khan not exactly proven hiself hatton lost twice badly but each time losing to the p4p best if khan took on malanaggi then that would take him a step closer to hatton plus big up more ppv sales
i think hatton should fight junior witter they both lost there last fight so would see who needs to retire then
then marquez or marquez first
The shocking amount of interest Khan generates never ceases to amaze me.
Dont be supprised if golden boy is just fattening Khan up for the kill.
He could use khan to calapult Ortiz back into the bigtime, also Nate Campbell has moved up to light welter and there is a guy called Lucas Matthysse who has 25 wins 23 by KO
in the most recant news,khan,maidana and goldon boy have came to an agreement,to alow khan to fight an interm fight before facing maidana,why comes when salita was mandatory everyone jamp on khans defence and said he had to fight his mandatory,buy why has khan now got the right to avoid maidana?that why khan signed with gbp,because maidana is co promoter and them and new he could milk his title for another few fights,because there promotod so it easy to avoid the fight.
Agreed neal
KHAN VS maidana
is the fight to gain him most respect of boxing fans.
@ neal
fair point khan is very fast indeed.
I would like him to take on maidana also i think if he could get past the first couple of rounds he would beat maidana out box him even maybe finish maidana.
But im going to lose respect for amir if he vacates because to me that means he dosnt want to face big punchers in the division and wants to fight big names but who are either shot or comming of bad loses eg barrera,hatton etc. I didnt hear amir call out hatton when he stopped paulie ? And i bet my house if hattons comeback fight is impressive you wont see amir for dust. Its a shame in my eyes because hes got huge potential in boxing but is exposing himself as a cash cow in my opinion.
He is champ needs to act like 1
The truth is Khann wont go in with a puncher especialy after prescot .even the light hitting willi limmond dropped him.So its cherry picking all the way for amir and his entire camp.
i dibt think hatton khan will happen as much as i wiuld like to see the fight, i think even witter may school kahn and would like to see that fight
its going to be intresting to see amir take on paulie to see how he does against him . Im not biggin hatton up i no he didnt ko him but he deffinately dominated paulie
can amir do what hatton and cotto failed to do and spark paulie out??
Im going for a kahn sd or ud but not school paulie like hatton and cotto did.
Whats your thoughts people unbiased opinions ???
Not so sure about that. if Hatton looks good in his warm up fight i dont think Khan will be calling him out after that.
El guapisimo…. well said, the hitman WILL fight khan, after warm up fight, guarenteed
shakeeb NawaZ,, u are talking about not bringing skin color in2 it,?? so what is hattons weight got to do with this?? u called him a fat pig?? y?? u scared of the pummelin he will give chinny?? go and try some bacon or clap the donkey or sumfin.
KHAN WUD DESTROY FATTON.
Why is everyone chatting like khan is the nxt big thing?? dont get me wrong i like the dude but he aint in the league of the other champs or even Torres and Holt who would spark him imo…
these guys i feel dont get the props they deserve.
@ shakeeb
I like amir kahn as well as you do he is a great prospect.
But what ive noticed is you only see kahns strenghs and not his weaknesses this is boxing not football where you think your team will win no matter what.
Amir has yet to face a tough opponent since his deafeat to prescott i agree he looks better less drained at 140 and looked immpresive against salita but here is the reality yeah he spars with pac but theres a huge diffrence in sparring and fighting for real big gloves and headgear.
And it lookes like hes dodging maidana for paulie and calling out hatton who is coming of a bad deafeat to pac.Who did amir face after losing to prescott????? If hattons come back fight is immpresive kahn will not want hatton thats for sure nailed on roach is the brains thats why hes not wanting maidana at least with paulie theres little risk of getting kod.
Amir is good not that good just yet.
@ shakeeb NawaZ
hahaha….every fighter you just mentioned would whoop Khans ass….. id even put some money on Ali LMAO!
Maybe Khan can drag him out of retirement for one last fight
Mr Rich. Seen as though i think the only other two boxers talked about more are Pacman and Mayweather. Khan seems to be wrote about the most, which is why i take part in the article. I dont have to take part in anyother if i wish not to. But ina nutshell, Froch doesnt interest me, Pacman beats clottey-close fight. Moseley beats berto.Cotto must rest, Mayweather is Mayweather. Hattons a fat pig. Happy birthday Ali. Happy?
The best in his division?
thats why he is giving up his belt like a true coward, because he doesnt want to fight a hard puncher
@ shakeeb NawaZ
i get where El guapisimo is coming from, i understand his point…. i often use this site and i remember the names of people on this site. especially the ones who post stupid comments like you.
I only seem to see your name on any article Khan related. There are other boxers you know. Just like there are a lot of filipino names on the articles about Paquiao.
You follow the fighter not the sport, your knowledge is limited and biased at best. And at worst just plain stupid
khan cant win, if he fights maidana u will say hes dodging hatton, if he fights hatton…
El guapisimo- Whats a boxers name and colour got to do with anything? Ask yourself, and i mean really ask yourself, What planet are you on to change skin colours and names? Oscar dela hoya has seen the talent and sublime skills, Khans the best of the best and you guys cant see that, Maidana? He wouldnt even hit the target if he faught my Khan.
Hawez, i’m a khan fan and seen him fight live a few times but get your tongue out his @rse
King Khan?? Don’t make me laugh – thats insulting to some of the greats out there.
Maidana is a cracking prospect, and I while I dont know what a paper CORNED bag is, I know that too many asian names support Khan blindly which smacks of some disgusting racial preference.
I for that reason look forward to us all being reminded that he has the defensive strength of Sunderland against Chelsea.
He has not sparred with Manny for over a year now and using 16 oz gloves and thick Reyes Headguards with face bars do not fully replicate the force of being smashed with an 8oz glove left hook.
Sparring is important but needs to be put in context.
To avoid Maidana would undeniably damage his career long term.
@ Istiaq Mohammed
You are absolutely right, i agree with you 100 percent.
Khan doesnt need a belt to prove he is the best.
He actually needs 2, 3 or even 4 belts to do that. But soon he wont even have 1 because he is too much of a pu**y to defend it.
Am I the only one missing something here(?) – Hatton didnt say he wouldn’t fight him, he said that he didnt believe it would be top of the list to fight him. Not calling him out, but at the same time not ruling it out.
I think Khan should fight Maidana and prove something to himself and the boxing world and prove that the potential he has isn’t just that – potential, but that under Freddie he is a truly world class boxer.
James Mc, anonymous, I understand that boxing must not be your number 1 sport, i will accept that. Sparring means everyting otherwise it wouldnt be in the traning camp. Khan doesnt have to defend the title. The hard work to win the title has gone. Hes already defended it once against a no hoper, why fight another no hoper? Hes only 23, hes doesnt have to defend the title against maidana, who cant box his way out of a paper corned box.
@shakeeb-as iv said before why do tou keep sayin khan holds his own agains pac man in training?dont you know that in sparring you wear a head gaurd and sparring gloves?if it was with normal gloves and without the gaurd khan would be on his back with every jab.@scott gilford-holt a murderous puncher?for a boxing writer do ur homework the guys got a 44% ko record that isnt even a big puncher in my books,or is he now a murderous puncher because he put bradley down,who has an untetsted chin?
@ shakeeb NawaZ
Hahaha…..how can any boxing fan ask the question “why does he have to defend it”?
If you dont want to defend it then dont fight for it in the 1st place. There are plenty of fighters out there that would die for that title.
Anyway im guessing you are not a boxing fan, you are just a Khan groupie
I am becoming increasingly gammoned by the Khan ‘boat of hatred’. Khan has won the world title, why does he have to defend it? He can vacate with face held up. Hatton is too scared which is understandable, who would want to fight someone who can hold his own in sparring with the p4p champ, the same champ that banged hatton to rights? Its evident that Khan would retire hatton. A fight with cotto would not be fair on cotto, i think Khans not what cotto needs right now. For the same reasons as hatton. Alot of fighters are avoiding Khan because they know he can hold his own with pacman. Mayweather would make sence to the dusty roads of bradshaw. In with the nails and out with the hammer, as the old saying goes.
I remember hatton saying the same thing to witter at ringside…’i have 4 belts so when you get a belt we’ll talk??? trust me the khan hatton fight will not happen..
I think Khan is overrated. He wont fight Breidis the way Vic wont fight Nonito again. Hatton vs Khan ok, but not for PPV
The author touched on why Hatton won’t fight Khan. And that’s Freddie Roach.
people keep on harping about “khan was knocked out by prescott”.
fighters lose. get over it. khan has improved a lot since that loss. pacman took a bad loss early in his career. wlad k did too. that only defines them in the eyes of people with an axe to grind or people who don’t follow boxing but like to wind up boxing fans on the intrnet.
hatton/khan; yah, i’d pay to see that. maybe it will happen. maybe it won’t. no point using it as a reason to complain & b*tch; unless you’re a troll.
What Hatton probably meant is that Amir is still too young, lacking experience, wet behind the ears with only 26 fights on his record and he is right, Amir needs more exposures to bigger fights before he can face the likes of Ricky Hatton.