Hatton - Mayweather lined up for this year

Big Kev said:
Witter would be totally out of his class and I can't see Mayweather deciding to take him on, I think he'd rather have Hatton any day of the week.
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He'd rather have Hatton but Hatton wants a few tune up fights if possible, which could leave some time for Floyd to fight Junior :D

Mayweather would dominate the fight but there's always the chance that Witter could land something big
 
I don't think keeping the WBC title means enough to PBF to have to face mandatory challengers, considering the options he has. The fight won't happen.
 
spinneR~uk said:
I don't think keeping the WBC title means enough to PBF to have to face mandatory challengers, considering the options he has. The fight won't happen.
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What options does he have though?

at 140lbs = Hatton, Witter..... Can't think of anyone else (Cotto is fighting Branco)

at 147lbs = Baldomir, Judah.... He sure wont go after Margarito since he'd be too much of risk with little reward


So those basically are his 3 options and if Hatton isn't ready and Baldomir wants a rest then who's left?
 
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I agree PBF is snookered but Witter has to be the last resort. If he has to wait around for a big fight he'll probs pick up one of the vacant welterweight belts.
 
spinneR~uk said:
I agree PBF is snookered but Witter has to be the last resort. If he has to wait around for a big fight he'll probs pick up one of the vacant welterweight belts.
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There's only one vacant Welterweight belt (the IBF) which maybe he will go after (hadn't thought of that) but he really likes the WBC (only belt he has ever fought for, if i recall correctly) so would he want to go for the IBF title?
 
Smit said:
There's only one vacant Welterweight belt (the IBF) which maybe he will go after (hadn't thought of that) but he really likes the WBC (only belt he has ever fought for, if i recall correctly) so would he want to go for the IBF title?
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Shane Mosley's ranked 3rd (I think) by the IBF at welter with the top 2 slots vacant after Judah's mishap. Sugar Shane's always a PPV favourite and there's probably a good chance that the IBF would make him mandatory should he choose to drop down to 147 again. He fights Vargas in February at light middle though so he'd never get down to 147 to fight Floyd in April.

Floyds career decisions always come down to money and unfortunately for Witter he just doesn't bring anything to the table; less than a well faded Sharmba Mitchell and that's saying something. Unless ODLH throws megamoney behind Witter the Mayweather fight won't happen, and I'm not sure Oscar will be particularily keen to invest in Junior after his last 2 outings, particularily whilst he's trying to get Hatton on his books.. ;)

Margarito, agreed Smit, there's no chance PBF would go for him at this stage. Margito is fast becoming the most avoided fighter ever..

A fight with Baldomir wouldn't generate anywhere near as much money as a fight with any of the aforementioned (with the exception of Witter) so I think there's a strong possibility that the Mayweather v Judah fight could still go ahead, perhaps for the IBF strap.

Maybe Oscar should lace 'em up and get on the treadmill himself.. :D
 
Uncle Gord said:
Shane Mosley's ranked 3rd (I think) by the IBF at welter with the top 2 slots vacant after Judah's mishap. Sugar Shane's always a PPV favourite and there's probably a good chance that the IBF would make him mandatory should he choose to drop down to 147 again. He fights Vargas in February at light middle though so he'd never get down to 147 to fight Floyd in April.
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I don't think Shane is up to it anymore, after the overrated Vernon beat him twice, although the Vargas fight could be pretty good.

Uncle Gord said:
Floyds career decisions always come down to money and unfortunately for Witter he just doesn't bring anything to the table; less than a well faded Sharmba Mitchell and that's saying something. Unless ODLH throws megamoney behind Witter the Mayweather fight won't happen, and I'm not sure Oscar will be particularily keen to invest in Junior after his last 2 outings, particularily whilst he's trying to get Hatton on his books.. ;)
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Junior just isn't a big draw, as you said, probably because he's been well overhyped in my opinion and I think his rating is flattering him somewhat.

Uncle Gord said:
Maybe Oscar should lace 'em up and get on the treadmill himself.. :D
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I've always liked Oscar, but he's no mug and he seems happy enough promoting now, but you never know. ;)
 
Big Kev said:
I haven't heard about that, when's it taking place?
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Supposed to be sometime in May.

De La Hoya is Mayorgas mandatory challenger and I think the fight has been signed for a month or more now.

Oscar could be making a mistake if the fight does go ahead, Mayorga isn't the most skilled boxer in the world but if Oscar isn't in shape then he could be in trouble. El Matador does have a decent punch and is wild enough to possibly surprise Oscar (although I do expect Oscar to win a UD)
 
Ricks got a shortlist

Sooo quite a shortlist for ricky's next fight then :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4624894.stm

Gatti seems the sensible option tbh, Castillo or Corrales wouldnt be ready unless their fight was postponed for a huge amount of time (i.e till the end of the year) and by all accounts Freitas has had a period of time away and so may not provide the impact ricky needs over the pond.

Gatti may be a 'shot' fighter & obvious comparisons would be made to PBF's fight with him but for pure exposure Gatti is IMO the best choice of the lot. Personally I'd love to see Castillo give it a shot but I dont think he could prepare properly and rick would stop him in 6-7 rounds.

Also an interesting side note from Ricky - "As far as I'm concerned a fight with Mayweather is a done deal for this year" - Obviously nothing concrete in that but Ricky (minus frank warren's dissapearing opponent trick) isnt one to say something like that unless he really believes it himself. :D :D

Interesting....
 
Arturo Gatti - Seems to be a good matchup and should get him some american exposure since Gatti is still a big draw in the states. However I think Hatton has too much for Gatti at this point and it wont do him any favours if he looks bad in beating him since everyone will refer to the Mayweather fight and how easily he beat Gatti.

Jose Luis Castillo - No chance of this one happening in April/May IMO seeing as he is fighting Reyes in February and the rubber match with Corrales will most likely take place afterwards

Diego Corrales - He's currently injured and when he's back in training it will be for the rubber match with Castillo so again it has very little chances of happening in April/May

Acelino Freitas - Decent fighter, was beating Corrales quite comfortably until he got hit and knocked down a few times (he was still ahead or level in the score cards despite the knockdowns and the point deduction). However he is the mandatory challenger for the WBO lightweight belt and is looking for a rematch with Corrales and so I don't think he has too much interest in fighting Hatton. It could happen though. (His last two fights have been over the lightweight limit, hasn't fought since his 1st round KO win in July)


Out of the 4, Only Gatti seems to be the choice for April/May which wouldn't be too bad I suppose.


Will Mayweather come back down to 140 though? Witter is his mandatory and he wont fight him I don't think, so he could be stripped. Would Hatton move up to 147 to fight Floyd?
 
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According to the Times:
According to a report in the London Times, WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton will likely sign a three-bout deal with Dennis Hobson and an American company, believed to be Banner Promotions. The paper says Hatton’s next bout would be in late April or May against Naoufel Ben Rabah, his IBF mandatory. In addition, Hatton reportedly will bypass an offer from Golden Boy Promotions that would have put him on the May 6 super card in Las Vegas featuring Oscar De La Hoya vs Ricardo Mayorga.
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I'd be extremely dissapointed if this were to happen, what about the 4 fighters he mentioned? (Even though none of them were too likely). Why not sign with Golden Boy and be on that huge PPV card which it will most likely be?

I have no idea what Hatton is doing, why Banner Promotions? (Freitas is with Banner Promotions I think, Vasquez is another one but not too sure, Corrales was but not sure if he still is)

I really hope this isn't true
 
i still think he will fight one of the 4, he was saying so on sky sports only a few days ago.

I suppose he could really want to keep the IBF belt bad since he had tp beat Tszyu to get it.
 
Belts dont really mean anything now though seeing as there are so many of them.

Also fighting Rabah would mean having to work with Warren again (I think Warren has signed Rabah aswell as M'Baye) which he has said he will never do again
 
Ricky vs Baldomir???

Rumors are suggesting that Ricky's next opponent could be Carlos Baldomir at 147, on May 13th at Foxwoods in Conneticut.

I think this would be a great move for Ricky as Baldomir is a much better name in the US than Rabah (Ricky's IBF mandatory at 140) due to his victory over Judah and with the fight supposedly going out at 9pm (prime time) on terrestrial TV, he would get a huge amount of exposure too.Also a victory would make him a Two-Weight world champion and by capturing the belt, he would limit PBF's options even more given his disposition for WBC belts.

My only real concern would be how rick would cope with stepping up the weight, but Im positive with Kerry Kayes in his corner, he would have no problem transferring his power and speed to the higher weight class.

I hope this one comes off. Roll on thursday and the official announcement of Ricky's fight plans for this year.. :D:D

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4-2027395,00.html
 
Baldomir seems to be the best choice available but still don't think it will happen.

Also Mayweather may decide to move up to 154 if he beats Judah for the IBF title especially if De La Hoya beats Mayorga
 
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