Did Hatton make £3.5M for Collazo?

[lvlarc]

Remember reading that before on here but can't find any reports.

True or false?

[jamesmcdonnell]

The truth is, we will never know, the figures that get bandied around are always unreliable, even the official ones, most fighters don't seem to want their earnings being advertised, and without knowing what cut of PPV monies a fighter is on, calculating the final purse is easier said than done.

Having said that, it's hard to see where all the money would have come from to support that. I forget what the Arena in Boston held, but I seem to remember the gate was about 6000. How many PPV buys were there, maybe 500,000 including both countries, was it PPV in the states, can't remember.

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

Pretty sure it wasn't PPV in the US James. Collazo probably didnt make much of the pie - probably took 300k or less. I doubt it did many PPVs over here to be honest though, we only have a 60million population so even if Hatton was equally as popular here as DLH was in the US (which hes not) he'd be making 150k buys at £20 each. That would equate to £3m. Maybe HBO pay £1m or so for the TV rights. So its possible but Hobson and co are making a loss off this though.

The only reason Hattons well paid is because hes fighting opponents who don't demand a big share of the revenues. Thats why fights with PBF, Cotto and possibly Castillo are unlikely to happen.

[Rocky Balboa]

Sorry to go a bit off-topic here guys but I could not find the Hatton weight thread. It gave plenty of food for thought and a few new slants on the same old weight questions.

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1892- ... ssues.html

I did not nick the round-face bit, I was having similar thoughts myself and whoever threw it up was also bang-on

After reading the interview with Ricky & Kerry, my thoughts are confirmed: Kerry Kayes is a man with great knowledge. I firmly believe he's a massive asset to the Hatton camp. I also feel Ricky would have difficulty in making the weight if Kerry was not on board. Billy Graham has stated in previous interviews that before Ricky met Kerry, he was struggling to make 140lbs.

I know Billy is the trainer, he's the one who puts the plan together etc, shaarpens Ricky up etc, but Kerry gets Ricky into solid condition i.e. strength training, good diet etc.

[Graham Brett]

Remember reading that before on here but can't find any reports.

True or false?

Hatton was contracted to get that figure but is still owed 2m of it.

I doubt he will ever see it.

[boxingchat]

Is he?

[mattyp151]

I heard it was 6 mil US plus some fight revenue. Collazo got 500K.

[Andy Mac]

Sorry to go a bit off-topic here guys but I could not find the Hatton weight thread. It gave plenty of food for thought and a few new slants on the same old weight questions.

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1892- ... ssues.html

I did not nick the round-face bit, I was having similar thoughts myself and whoever threw it up was also bang-on

Good article Terry I just read it. You obviously know Kerry Kayes as well. Would you say he is the same as Mackie Shilstone, or comes to the same results from a different angle?

[Roars Like Me]

I have come to the conclusion you are obsessed with cash..

[ArtOfWar]

That sounds like a lot and I doubt it's accurate. It wasn't ppv in the US and top American based fighters have made less than that when fighting on ppv over there. In saying that though the fight was ppv here, so maybe that was enough for Hatton to get a paycheck that big.

[Andy Mac]

Sorry to go a bit off-topic here guys but I could not find the Hatton weight thread. It gave plenty of food for thought and a few new slants on the same old weight questions.

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1892- ... ssues.html

I did not nick the round-face bit, I was having similar thoughts myself and whoever threw it up was also bang-on

Good article Terry I just read it. You obviously know Kerry Kayes as well. Would you say he is the same as Mackie Shilstone, or comes to the same results from a different angle?

Cheers Andy, I do not know a lot about Mackie to be honest.

Kerry is the man when it come sto this type of thing, loads of fighters who have had problems in the past and emaciated themselves to make weight have spoken to him and seen a change. They can still eat well and more importantly can be drinking water the night before a weigh-in and still hit the weight.

When I first met him I was a confessed sceptic about weight guys involvement in boxing but he took him time showing me the pluses and how he goes about his business. It also sounds a cliche but he is a decent guy and knows how to treat people, plus he hails from Gorton also

There were a few more things to put in but I had one-eye on space. Jamie Moore was there that day and he was laughing at the weight questions and expressing surprise that some poor sod (me) was still asking them.

Cheers Tel,

I only asked cos Shilestone is the Guy who gets the credit for Jones Jr, Hopkins, and Michael Spinks among others for bulking up on muscle as opposed to weight only. I was wondering if after the Collazo in 7 weeks debacle. if Kerry might wanna check out Mackie's MO if RH decides to go to Welter again. Especially after he recently said he'd only need 4 weeks to take B Hop from Light Heavy to Heavy.

[SticknMove]

Sorry to go a bit off-topic here guys but I could not find the Hatton weight thread. It gave plenty of food for thought and a few new slants on the same old weight questions.

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1892- ... ssues.html

I did not nick the round-face bit, I was having similar thoughts myself and whoever threw it up was also bang-on

Very good piece that Terence. It shows that having a good nutritionist in a fighter's camp is very important (if not essential) nowadays.

The interview confirmed a lot of what I instinctively thought about Hatton in between fights which I posted some time ago when the issue about him letting himself go came up.

Hatton seems to be a down to earth lad who has boxed since he was a kid and has achieved a lot. The prolonged and constant tedium and monotony of training and keeping a check on weight over a lengthy career can definately take the edge off a fighter, leading to the kind of burnout that Kerry had seen in the bodybuilding world.

Watching family and friends out and about living normal lives whilst being constantly in the gym with nothing specifically to train for will make any balanced person go stale and demotivated.

Hatton seems to be a well balanced type of person who needs to 'switch off', and given that he is only fighting a 2/3 times a year this keeps him mentally fresh for the next training camp.

[SIMPSONS]

Hatton is a pressure fighter. He will not be fighting in ten years picking his way through fights a la Hopkins.[/quote]

No...he's picking through them now instead.

[DG.]

Hatton is a pressure fighter. He will not be fighting in ten years picking his way through fights a la Hopkins.

No...he's picking through them now instead.[/quote]


Is that 'THE' legendary internet A Hole known as Simpsons???

[SIMPSONS]

Hatton is a pressure fighter. He will not be fighting in ten years picking his way through fights a la Hopkins.

No...he's picking through them now instead.

No. He had a high work-rate versus Collazo.[/quote]

Yeah, a high work-rate of getting hit.

[SIMPSONS]

No...he's picking through them now instead.

No. He had a high work-rate versus Collazo.

Yeah, a high work-rate of getting hit.

My, my, I should probably shy away from your insightful yet sparse comments but fighters generally do get hit over the course of twelve rounds. The crux is that Hatton kept a high workrate throughout the fight and this is what won him the bout despite getting caught with right hook counters in a fight against a big, strong WW.

Your original comment was wrong and your second comment was churlish. What will your third comment produce?[/quote]

WRONG, Hattons win was questionable to say the least and at best the flash knockdown in the first round won him that fight, you must be blind as well as stupid if you count wrestling as workrate.

BTW, carry on with the petty insults "king of the internet", i have forgoten more than you will ever know about boxing.

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

Children Children, your both right. Hatton has got a high workrate but it is fading, he isnt as good as he used to be and I doubt hes quite as fit as he used to be.

He fought an even fight against Collazo, which could have gone to Collazo but Ricky probably edged it.

[SIMPSONS]

Nope. He won the fight because he won more rounds and people got carried away when Collazo had a big final round. Even without the flash knock-down Hatton would have carried the fight by two rounds on two cards.

As for wrestling, the fight got messy sure but there was work going on on the inside. Someone with your limitless experience should know that messy work is often the case when a southpaw takes on an orthodox fighter.

Petty insults? Nah, damning observations that evidently struck a nerve pal.

Don't know why i' even entertaining you, you are obviously a blind Hatton lover.....Hattons fight are usually messy and it had nothing to do with Collazo being a lefty, more to do with him facing a young, hungry, good and strong fighter for the first time.

Nutrition is right, Hatton is probably peaked already, and for me he still has everything to prove at top level, but his moronic huggers don't care about him taking the live fighters they would rather see him keep his "0" and still fight Arturo Gatti on PPV.

All you Fatton loverz just keep on waiting for "his next big fight" while i watch the likes of Mayweather and Cotto do the real thing.

[shoutout]

The truth is, we will never know, the figures that get bandied around are always unreliable, even the official ones, most fighters don't seem to want their earnings being advertised, and without knowing what cut of PPV monies a fighter is on, calculating the final purse is easier said than done.

Having said that, it's hard to see where all the money would have come from to support that. I forget what the Arena in Boston held, but I seem to remember the gate was about 6000. How many PPV buys were there, maybe 500,000 including both countries, was it PPV in the states, can't remember.

ricky has not had a PPV fight yet in usa...still not well-known enuf yet!! his first POTENTIAL PPV will be castillo if both win their january tuneups!!

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

The truth is, we will never know, the figures that get bandied around are always unreliable, even the official ones, most fighters don't seem to want their earnings being advertised, and without knowing what cut of PPV monies a fighter is on, calculating the final purse is easier said than done.

Having said that, it's hard to see where all the money would have come from to support that. I forget what the Arena in Boston held, but I seem to remember the gate was about 6000. How many PPV buys were there, maybe 500,000 including both countries, was it PPV in the states, can't remember.

ricky has not had a PPV fight yet in usa...still not well-known enuf yet!! his first POTENTIAL PPV will be castillo if both win their january tuneups!!

Technically the Maussa fight was PPV but it was only on for $15 compared to the usual $50 shows

[SIMPSONS]

Nope. He won the fight because he won more rounds and people got carried away when Collazo had a big final round. Even without the flash knock-down Hatton would have carried the fight by two rounds on two cards.

As for wrestling, the fight got messy sure but there was work going on on the inside. Someone with your limitless experience should know that messy work is often the case when a southpaw takes on an orthodox fighter.

Petty insults? Nah, damning observations that evidently struck a nerve pal.

Don't know why i' even entertaining you, you are obviously a blind Hatton lover.....Hattons fight are usually messy and it had nothing to do with Collazo being a lefty, more to do with him facing a young, hungry, good and strong fighter for the first time.

Nutrition is right, Hatton is probably peaked already, and for me he still has everything to prove at top level, but his moronic huggers don't care about him taking the live fighters they would rather see him keep his "0" and still fight Arturo Gatti on PPV.

All you Fatton loverz just keep on waiting for "his next big fight" while i watch the likes of Mayweather and Cotto do the real thing.

No. Hatton beat my favorite fighter in Kostya Tszyu and if anything that should give me an axe to grind. Especially when people say he did it by wrestling, I was not one of them, he won fair and square.

My missus thinks Hatton can do no wrong and has thought that for a good few years.

I feel that his work-rate for Collazo was acceptable for the WW division and you must admit that it won him the fight.

I am not finding you greatly entertaining, still we have time

Well your a wMANC so you have to hold on to anything because you guys are fast losing a grip on the UK scene.

And i admit nothing, i watched the Collazo fight twice and Hatton was damn lucky to walk away with the decision....if he wasn't the so called name figher it could well have been different.

Also i went to the Zoo fight and watched it later on T.V i have also seen Hatton live any other times and he fights with the skills of a rapist.

Can't wait to see your boy get KTFO as soon as he has to take on one of the big boys.

[dookus]

All you Fatton loverz just keep on waiting for "his next big fight" while i watch the likes of Mayweather and Cotto do the real thing.

hahahaha, yeah, cos Cotto's done anything remotely as impressive making Kostya Tszyu quit, hasn't he? Oh wait

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

i have also seen Hatton live any other times and he fights with the skills of a rapist..

Skills of a rapist? IS that a way of saying he has mad skills? Or that he metaphorically rapes his opponent? Or that you've seen him literally rape someone - is that why you don't like him

[SIMPSONS]

All you Fatton loverz just keep on waiting for "his next big fight" while i watch the likes of Mayweather and Cotto do the real thing.

hahahaha, yeah, cos Cotto's done anything remotely as impressive making Kostya Tszyu quit, hasn't he? Oh wait

This is why i can't stand Fatton or his huggerz...because they su(k big d!cks.

Cotto turned pro in 2001 and is 27 fights in as a pro.....Fatton turned in 1997 and has a 41 fight record padded with b^ms and is fighting a guy with 18 pro fights for his 42nd fight......DO THE MATH BELL END.

HATTON IS A CHUMP!

Cotto has a date set for June 2007 at the garden next year, why don't Hatton try calling Cotto out?WWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Andy Mac]

All you Fatton loverz just keep on waiting for "his next big fight" while i watch the likes of Mayweather and Cotto do the real thing.

hahahaha, yeah, cos Cotto's done anything remotely as impressive making Kostya Tszyu quit, hasn't he? Oh wait

This is why i can't stand Fatton or his huggerz...because they su(k big d!cks.

Cotto turned pro in 2001 and is 27 fights in as a pro.....Fatton turned in 1997 and has a 41 fight record padded with b^ms and is fighting a guy with 18 pro fights for his 42nd fight......DO THE MATH BELL END.

HATTON IS A CHUMP!

Cotto has a date set for June 2007 at the garden next year, why don't Hatton try calling Cotto out?WWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Is Simpsons one of those half witted pricks that thinks when Hatton brawls and fights on the inside it is wrestling, but when Hopkins used to do it to smaller guys than him, it was some wonderful tactic? Or when Lennox used to dominate people by hitting and not getting hit it was boring, yet when Mayflower does the same he cant get PBF dick down his throat far enough? I suspect that he is.