Could it now be Hatton v Witter in October????

rhettmoir · Post by **rhettmoir** » 05 Aug 2004, 11:08

Why won't Hatton do it the old fashioned way? Bring the title back from the states??

Maybe fight someone like N'Dou on the Gatti v Mayweather undercard, then fight the winner??

Why fight in the MEN every 4 months?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 05 Aug 2004, 11:15

One reason -M O N E Y.......

There's more money in it for him and for sports network if they have their own promotion in Manchester, rather than a copromotion in the states where they cannot control every aspect of the promotion.

N'Dou would be a good test for Rickee, but it's all coming a bit late for me, but it would be a good benchmark of how good Hatton is. I see it being a lot like the Tackie fight.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 05 Aug 2004, 11:31

bennie wrote:Why don't they bring over Oktay Urkal? He gave Harris a good fight and if Hatton could do a number on him it would make him look very good indeed.
It's also a proper fight for Ricky.

Because they only want Ricky to lose against the cream of the crop, if at all. If he lost to Urkal, that fucks up many of the plans.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 05 Aug 2004, 11:49

If you are going to lose, you want it to be against top flight competition.

Lefthookhappy19 · Post by **Lefthookhappy19** » 05 Aug 2004, 17:43

Does anyone really want to see N'Dou? Maybe two years ago but now? Rickys had 36 fights, its now or never if Ricky want to challenge the elite. An N'Dou fight is yet another step back from the progress made from the Tackie fight, that would be 3 steps back in a row.