What Happened To the Plan Ricky
It appears that a rematch with Luis Collazo is not in the cards for undefeated WBA welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. The Manchester Evening News reports that Hatton is moving back down to 140 pounds, unless a bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. can be made.
Well if hes done that, then hes afraid of loosing that 0. He needs to take risks if he wants to become a legend.
that’s good
Boldimor and Gatti are rubbish anyway, Castillo and Corrales are alot better P4P
So hes moving back down for the “better comp” or the easier comp. That hatton sure is brave.
::** So by that logic, Audley Harrison may as well just fight Joe Calzaghe to revive his career. He’s much better p4p then any HW’s right??
If I understood it correctly, Hatten had a hard time finding a fighter in say, in the top 10 to fight, had a not so stellar outing against a top ten fighter, got the w, and he is the world champ in the Jr. ww. div. Correct. Everybody keeps bitching about Hatten not fighting who they want him to fight, and yet that mf wont do it unless the price is right. He already said he’d fight mayweather . 
I’m fine with Hatton-Castillo, he might find out what happens when you lunge in to try to wrestle and then get hit by a real puncher.
If Corrales loses will Hatton STILL call him out. Judging by his latest manuevering, I’m thinking that he just might.
Wow. I’m not gonna say that I am shocked…might be the smartest thing for him to do…but it’s odd that an underratted hardly known second tier 147 fighter put the fear in him.
Interesting.
I thought everyone was saying Ricky was a man of his word and would give Collazo a rematch because he said he would ???
Noticed that too did you?
Well, I agree that Hatton should move back down. For all those people that said Floyd looked bad at 147, Hatton looked worse. Collazo hurt him in that fight. If Floyd and Hatton fight at 147, Hatton loses.
:coolclick: Agreed 100%.
The question is…on the demotion…do people still actually think that he stands a chance against Floyd?
What, you would rather see Hatton fight Boldimor? At the end of the day, a Win over castillo is a greater accomplisment to his legacy than a win over Gatti.
Hatton is a natural Junior WW anyway…The thing i didn’t like is the fact that Hatton is not giving Callozo a rematch.
I always thought he would lose to PBF. Because of that i would still pay to see it. But Hatton came to america and 147 to make a pbf showdown look good. No casual fan seeing hatton for the first time will want to pay $50 to see him get beat on by pbf.
I think that it may have something to do with money, maybe. I don’t know what kind of payday they make in the ww as opposed to the jr ww.
I doubt that that one fight could have scared, him out of the div. Any boxer of his caliber has More intestinal fortitude than that.
As a Floyd fan, I can’t see Hatton beating Floyd at any weight. Floyd, IMO, might not belong at 147 yet{he can grow into the weight}, but I feel he is bigger than Hatton. I honestly think Floyd would ram his shoulder into Hatton’s face and man-handle him. Ricky is relentless for sure, but Floyd is the bigger man. Everyone can say what they want, but I seriously doubt that Hatton can push Floyd around. I really don’t think Hatton wants to fight Floyd, especially at 147. To answer your question Wacko, Hatton fans will always think he has a chance. Collazo is a good fighter, but not as good as Floyd. Collazo might be bigger than Floyd, but Floyd is as good, and better in all categories. And Collazo isn’t a KO artist, and he rocked Hatton, I couldn’t believe it! I knew Collazo would bring it, but I figured Hatton would walk him down, and that didn’tr happen.
I agree. All his fans think he was just gonna huff an puff and blow PBF house down like floyd is a punk. I never saw that. I said before a good boxer beats a good brawler 9 times out of ten. In this case i think its a great boxer versus a good brawler.
I wonder if his disappointing performance (Hatten) really had anything to do with the fact the he only had 7 weeks to prepair for the fight?
Maybe, but only him and his promoting team are to blame. If they would have gotten things rolling quicker, and picked an opponent, he would have had more time. I don’t doubt that Hatton could have done better, but he clearly isn’t as dominate as people thought. And, he can’t beat Floyd.