Actually, that was their THIRD fight. Kindelan beat Khan twice, at the Pre-Olympic tourney and at the Olympic final.silkov wrote: Lets not mention the 'rematch' with Kindelan shall we!... suffice to say I've seen better acting in Hollyoaks!.... 8)
In fairness to Warren the reason these fights didn't happen was largely down to Ricky's purse demandsJ-C wrote:I agree to some extent, Ricky has never looked as relentless in the ring as he did before beating Tszyu, however maybe that's not a coincidence perhaps he just lost the fire after the big win.MightyWarrior wrote:It's looking like Ricky Hatton probably wasted his prime on those later WBU mismatches, due to the over cautious attitude @ SN.Read that in BM or BN I think, and they're probably right.
The point I felt it all started looking iffy was after the Kelson Pinto fight fell through, that would have been an excellent fight to build on the Tackie win and launch Ricky into the bigtime. Instead they had to call in Pederson. By that point Warren was dangeling Spadafore and Harris but never it materialised, in against Vilches Ricky looked like he had no motivation what so ever. I got the feeling the Zoo fight was made because wWrren knew Ricky would leave if he didn't deliver.
Obviously I know nothing about match making and would never claim to, but I can't help but think he should have gone to the US earlier maybe after the Tackie win rather than filling out the MEN against guys like Virchis. Maybe had a fight against someone half decent or even forced his WBO mandatory status against Cotto then tried for either Gatti or Zoo. This is all speaking from a fight fan's perspective obviously I've no idea if this would have left him better off financially than staying in the UK.
Fully agree with this. And, as you also say, I cannot see Khan getting past Thaxton or Romanov within the sort of timescale he is planning.Boxing Addict wrote:Theres no point even thinking about the shortcut (WBO), Earl isn't gonna get past Katsidis.
That whole Bolton show was shameful, one of British boxings most embarrassing moments.overhand_right wrote:Actually, that was their THIRD fight. Kindelan beat Khan twice, at the Pre-Olympic tourney and at the Olympic final.silkov wrote: Lets not mention the 'rematch' with Kindelan shall we!... suffice to say I've seen better acting in Hollyoaks!.... 8)
Then he boxes Frankie Gavins ears off, then shows up in Bolton and strangely makes no effort whatsoever v Khan. Most dodgy amateur contest i ever saw.
the other thing worth considering is that as Hatton climbed the rankings, and became bigger box office, opponents knew more about his style, and how to nullify it, and also were more motivated as they knew that a win over Hatton would propel them into the big time.J-C wrote:I agree to some extent, Ricky has never looked as relentless in the ring as he did before beating Tszyu, however maybe that's not a coincidence perhaps he just lost the fire after the big win.MightyWarrior wrote:It's looking like Ricky Hatton probably wasted his prime on those later WBU mismatches, due to the over cautious attitude @ SN.Read that in BM or BN I think, and they're probably right.
The point I felt it all started looking iffy was after the Kelson Pinto fight fell through, that would have been an excellent fight to build on the Tackie win and launch Ricky into the bigtime. Instead they had to call in Pederson. By that point Warren was dangeling Spadafore and Harris but never it materialised, in against Vilches Ricky looked like he had no motivation what so ever. I got the feeling the Zoo fight was made because wWrren knew Ricky would leave if he didn't deliver.
Obviously I know nothing about match making and would never claim to, but I can't help but think he should have gone to the US earlier maybe after the Tackie win rather than filling out the MEN against guys like Virchis. Maybe had a fight against someone half decent or even forced his WBO mandatory status against Cotto then tried for either Gatti or Zoo. This is all speaking from a fight fan's perspective obviously I've no idea if this would have left him better off financially than staying in the UK.
