GIVE WARREN CREDIT

Bard of Boxrec · Post by **Bard of Boxrec** » 09 Jan 2005, 13:32

i'd rather have seen hatton travel to america to prove he's more than a home town hero. plus when you think about it fwank had no right whatsoever to stage it in manchester.

still, at least the fight is happening, and that's the bottom line i suppose.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 09 Jan 2005, 14:04

Call me a cynic but as I said earlier I'll believe it when I see it!... one decent fight fight indeed not make up for the years of tosh that Warren has served up and the end result along with the proliferation of meaningless titles of which he has been so keen to adorn his fighters with hes resulted in boxing having only a slightly higher importance today than WWF wreastling..... so ok! thanks Mr Warren for turning my sport into sh+t!.....

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 09 Jan 2005, 14:06

What right? The right to try and get a hometown advantage for your fighter in a world title shot, any promoter in the world would jump at that chance. Clinton Woods is about to have his third stab at home for a world title, Brodie has had two already, it's the best of all possinble outcomes, I don't remember anyone criticising McGuigan when he won his world title at home...

yes it's been a long time coming, and very frustrating, but Tszyu could have let it go to purse bids, nobody was forcing his hand, he knew it was a nice fat payday, and he probably figures to be pretty confident.

Yes, it's great to see fighters going abroad to win a world title, and proving they are road warriors, but it's far from ideal for the fighter.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 09 Jan 2005, 14:14

jamesmcdonnell wrote:What right? The right to try and get a hometown advantage for your fighter in a world title shot, any promoter in the world would jump at that chance. Clinton Woods is about to have his third stab at home for a world title, Brodie has had two already, it's the best of all possinble outcomes, I don't remember anyone criticising McGuigan when he won his world title at home...

yes it's been a long time coming, and very frustrating, but Tszyu could have let it go to purse bids, nobody was forcing his hand, he knew it was a nice fat payday, and he probably figures to be pretty confident.

Yes, it's great to see fighters going abroad to win a world title, and proving they are road warriors, but it's far from ideal for the fighter.

Doubt that Fw will ever let Wicky fight away from home against anything resembling a live body!...

Keats · Post by **Keats** » 10 Jan 2005, 05:06

hattonblue wrote:YES IT IS HAPPENING - just as allegedly allegedly said it would.

Quite a lot of humble pie needs to be eaten by the constant knockers eh??????

hattonblue, dont eat to much for dinner just yet as it might be you who has to find some room for a lot of humble pie

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Jan 2005, 06:41

Oh dear, what have I done....

lirva33 · Post by **lirva33** » 10 Jan 2005, 09:44

hattonblue wrote:WBC and IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu has ended months of talks by signing to fight Ricky Hatton at Manchester's MEN Arena on 5 June.
The bout will take place at 0400 BST for the benefit of Saturday night television viewers in America.

YES IT IS HAPPENING - just as allegedly allegedly said it would.

Quite a lot of humble pie needs to be eaten by the constant knockers eh??????

Now Ricky has his chance can those who said he would never step up now shut up and enjoy this fight???????????

Would you like a double helping of humble pie or just a single helping?

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 10 Jan 2005, 10:28

lirva33 wrote:
hattonblue wrote:WBC and IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu has ended months of talks by signing to fight Ricky Hatton at Manchester's MEN Arena on 5 June.
The bout will take place at 0400 BST for the benefit of Saturday night television viewers in America.

YES IT IS HAPPENING - just as allegedly allegedly allegedly said it would.

Quite a lot of humble pie needs to be eaten by the constant knockers eh??????

Now Ricky has his chance can those who said he would never step up now shut up and enjoy this fight???????????
Would you like a double helping of humble pie or just a single helping?

I think he should have a double helping with two dolups of sour cream ontop!... trust me, this whole thing will go sour!...