# Newswire **URL:** \ **Category:** Hatton Archive - General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016 "2006-03-18T22:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/1 "2006-03-18T22:30:56Z")
Hatton plan derailed: After weeks of sorting through possible opponents for junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton’s May 13 fight – expected to be the first bout of a multifight contract with HBO – the fighter’s camp and HBO had settled on Juan Lazcano, a former lightweight title challenger who has won his past three bouts since moving up to 140 pounds. However, it turns out that Lazcano suffered a broken finger during his victory against Ben Tackie late last month. The injury was diagnosed this week, meaning Lazcano is out of the fight. That has left Hatton co-promoter Artie Pelullo and HBO – which agreed to pay an exorbitant license fee of at least $2.8 million for the May fight – arguing over opponents. The Hatton camp would like to satisfy a mandatory against obscure Australian-based Tunisian Naoufel Ben Rabah (24-1, 13 KOs). HBO, which wants to see Hatton make a splash in his U.S. debut as champion and get some bang for its buck, prefers a more significant opponent. Among those the network would accept are former titlists Vivian Harris and DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley or Ricardo Torres, who pushed titlist Miguel Cotto to the brink in a sensational fight last fall. Torres appears the least likely of the trio to fight Hatton because the IBF, whose title Hatton holds, inexplicably won’t rate Torres, a prerequisite for qualifying for a title fight. If HBO and Hatton can’t agree on an opponent, the HBO deal may be delayed and Hatton would return to England for his next fight and defend against Rabah. A pair of fringe contenders are calling out Hatton, hoping to get the fight in the wake of Lazcano’s injury. Australian Lovemore Ndou (41-8-1, 27 KOs), who lost highly competitive fights to Cotto and former champ Sharmba Mitchell, was the first to notify the press of his desire for the fight. “I think there is a greater power working to make this fight,” Ndou said. "Ricky Hatton vs. Lovemore Ndou must happen. HBO and the fans will not be disappointed when this fight goes down. Ricky and I are the two fittest fighters in the (junior welterweight) division. We are punching nonstop round after round. This will be a guaranteed contender for ‘fight of the year’ when I give Ricky a whipping. “I gave Miguel Cotto and Sharmba Mitchell hell in fights at short notice. With time to prepare, I will defeat Ricky Hatton on May 13. Anyone who has seen me fight knows it will be a war. Send me the fight contract for Hatton and I will sign on the dotted line.” New Jersey’s Kendall Holt (20-1, 12 KOs) also wants the fight. “HBO promised my promoter, Dino Duva, that my time would come to fight in a big fight, so I’m calling out HBO to get me this fight and I’m calling out Ricky Hatton to fight me,” Holt said. “I’m ready, willing and able to step in. This is my destiny. All HBO has to do is keep their word to me and a star will be born that night. I’ve waited my whole life for a chance like this.” Yes i know what your gonna say but everthing else has been posted but this is most intresting. Courtesy of ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/2 "2006-03-18T22:32:18Z")
Whats the source on this mate ? ---
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/3 "2006-03-18T22:33:02Z")
[ESPN.com](http://ESPN.com) ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/4 "2006-03-18T22:38:05Z")
Still can’t find it on there can you post a link,I may be a bit thick 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/5 "2006-03-18T22:46:24Z")
I robbed it from a post on dogpound. Ive just had a look on ESPN and cant find it. Could be a hoax post, looks to authentic tho. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/6 "2006-03-18T22:51:43Z")
ask the lad for a link then and get it up, not bein funny but it seems a bit strange that ricky is lookin to prove himself and now this ??? ---
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/7 "2006-03-18T22:55:41Z")
Request has been posted. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/8 "2006-03-18T22:59:17Z")
Cheers bud, I’m not gettin down on you it’s just quite a big post if it’s true as you know and i think maybe it should be backed up 😉 ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/9 "2006-03-18T23:21:17Z")
Just been told it’s bollocks mate straight from the person next to the horse’s mouth 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/10 "2006-03-18T23:21:35Z")
I get ya if i dont hear soon i`ll remove. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/11 "2006-03-18T23:28:17Z")
> [@Just another one of Wacko's Drunken Round by Rounds Mosley vs Vargas II](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/just-another-one-of-wackos-drunken-round-by-rounds-mosley-vs-vargas-ii/6326/160): > > I get ya if i dont hear soon i`ll remove. No, it’s no worrys mate just lettin ya know thats all 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silverbullet](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@silverbullet](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/silverbullet)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/12 "2006-03-18T23:36:52Z")
This goes from bad to worse. ---
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/13 "2006-03-18T23:37:22Z")
I got a reply “Suck yer Mum” so erm there ya go. Is funny coz some American is going nutz at him asking for a link, hes not forth with so. post to be taken with a pinch o salt. Sorry to get all of yas hopes up/down. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/14 "2006-03-18T23:39:25Z")
> [@Skav](#): > > This goes from bad to worse. What does ??? ---
**Author:** ![silverbullet](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@silverbullet](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/silverbullet)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/15 "2006-03-18T23:49:22Z")
Erm, what the thread’s title states. lol. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/16 "2006-03-18T23:57:17Z")
> [@BARRETT INKS PACT FOR VALUEV FIGHT!](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/barrett-inks-pact-for-valuev-fight/6383/56): > > Erm, what the thread’s title states. lol. Erm, read the whole of the thread then and you may see the thread aint got no backing behind it (no offence Karlos, you posted a good thread, but now I believe it aint true) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@ChillPill365](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/ChillPill365)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/17 "2006-03-19T00:00:22Z")
> [@Shannon Briggs says stuff](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/shannon-briggs-says-stuff/6324/33): > > > [@BARRETT INKS PACT FOR VALUEV FIGHT!](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/barrett-inks-pact-for-valuev-fight/6383/56): > > > > Erm, what the thread’s title states. lol. > > Erm, read the whole of the thread then and you may see the thread aint got no backing behind it (no offence Karlos, you posted a good thread, but now I believe it aint true) 😉 None taken, agreed Clowny 100%, it`ll get everyone talking, and its tought me a lesson we know what lesson it is. :-[ Shame on me. ---
**Author:** ![taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@taylorian](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/taylorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/18 "2006-03-19T00:08:06Z")
> [@Just another one of Wacko's Drunken Round by Rounds Mosley vs Vargas II](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/just-another-one-of-wackos-drunken-round-by-rounds-mosley-vs-vargas-ii/6326/164): > > > [@Shannon Briggs says stuff](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/shannon-briggs-says-stuff/6324/33): > > > > > [@BARRETT INKS PACT FOR VALUEV FIGHT!](http://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/barrett-inks-pact-for-valuev-fight/6383/56): > > > > > > Erm, what the thread’s title states. lol. > > > > Erm, read the whole of the thread then and you may see the thread aint got no backing behind it (no offence Karlos, you posted a good thread, but now I believe it aint true) 😉 > > None taken, agreed Clowny 100%, it`ll get everyone talking, and its tought me a lesson we know what lesson it is. :-[ > > Shame on me. No shame at all mate, if you were right then a lot of people would be happy as they would be able to go, and you would of made a good post, if you are wrong then so be it, your not the first and you won’t be the last, thats what this place is about 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RisingSun](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RisingSun](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/RisingSun)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/19 "2006-03-19T00:41:19Z")
Maybe Hatton’s next opponent will be announced somtime during the Toney/Rachman fight tonight on HBO. I thought the consensus wast that it was going to be Vivian Harris and that it had been moved to Boston. That seemed pretty much settled. ---
**Author:** ![alxc123](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@alxc123](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/u/alxc123)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016/20 "2006-03-19T01:08:24Z")
Please don’t jump all over me on this one but with Gatti and Baldomir going at it in July, might it be a good idea for Ricky to be on the same card? I think a lot of Gatti’s fan’s would love Ricky’s style and could be a good way of introducing him to at least 11,000 plus in A.C. and more watching on HBO… [Next page](https://forum.saddoboxing.com/t/newswire/99016.md?page=2)