Ricky Hatton dropped by Sky

The Blade · Post by **The Blade** » 03 May 2007, 12:43

I hear whispers that Sky have blown out Ricky .. asking too much money etc for the Castillo fight (which he might lose, but that's another story) and he has done a deal with Setanta. PPV with Beeb on delay - probably a week later.
Another great career move, maybe. Except we poor sods won't see it live unless we splash out on yet another channel.

lvlarc · Post by **lvlarc** » 03 May 2007, 12:59

If this is true, could explain why BBC paid to broadcast Hatton's last fight with Urango a week later? That was a strange move.

ArtOfWar · Post by **ArtOfWar** » 03 May 2007, 13:41

That means they will get even less buys, because Setanta won't be able to advertise the fight as well. Hatton's career has never been managed well though, so I can't say I'm surprised.

The Blade · Post by **The Blade** » 03 May 2007, 13:49

ArtOfWar wrote:That means they will get even less buys, because Setanta won't be able to advertise the fight as well. Hatton's career has never been managed well though, so I can't say I'm surprised.

It was managed well until a couple of years ago

ArtOfWar · Post by **ArtOfWar** » 03 May 2007, 13:57

The Blade wrote:
ArtOfWar wrote:That means they will get even less buys, because Setanta won't be able to advertise the fight as well. Hatton's career has never been managed well though, so I can't say I'm surprised.
It was managed well until a couple of years ago

No it wasn't. People were screaming for Hatton to step up two years before he fought Tszyu and the fans were at breaking point when he finally did get the big fight. Shit, the only reason Fwank made that fight is because Hatton was threatening to leave and then he did anyway.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 03 May 2007, 14:00

i'm surprised if this turns out to be true.

i thought sky and ricky were joined at the hip after all these years.

i'm not bothered cos i've got setanta on me sky digital.

he won't get so many seeing him box on there though.

perfect opportunity for itv it would seem.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 03 May 2007, 14:44

mick t wrote:Do you have to be a subscriber to setanta or can you just pay a one off fee like you could when jones fought ruiz on setanta?

it'll just be a one off ppv i'd think.

i'd be pissed if it weren't. :x

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 03 May 2007, 16:17

Amazing that we get DLH-Mayweather for free but have to pay for Hatton-Urango :(

leforge · Post by **leforge** » 03 May 2007, 16:59

I be surprised if sky have passed on it.

WildWaylon · Post by **WildWaylon** » 03 May 2007, 17:58

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i'm surprised if this turns out to be true.

i thought sky and ricky were joined at the hip after all these years.

i'm not bothered cos i've got setanta on me sky digital.

he won't get so many seeing him box on there though.

perfect opportunity for itv it would seem.

ITV, doesnt that mean FW and options?

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 03 May 2007, 19:02

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/he ... xFVTn.html

I thought even Welterweight was too much for Ricky?

Wouldn't happen though anyway.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 03 May 2007, 19:59

wildwaylon wrote:
hitman_hatton1 wrote:i'm surprised if this turns out to be true.

i thought sky and ricky were joined at the hip after all these years.

i'm not bothered cos i've got setanta on me sky digital.

he won't get so many seeing him box on there though.

perfect opportunity for itv it would seem.
ITV, doesnt that mean FW and options?

i was thinking more of itv signing him up.

i suppose frank would be pissed though.

The Blade · Post by **The Blade** » 03 May 2007, 20:18

hitman_hatton1 wrote:
wildwaylon wrote:
hitman_hatton1 wrote:i'm surprised if this turns out to be true.

i thought sky and ricky were joined at the hip after all these years.

i'm not bothered cos i've got setanta on me sky digital.

he won't get so many seeing him box on there though.

perfect opportunity for itv it would seem.
ITV, doesnt that mean FW and options?
i was thinking more of itv signing him up.

i suppose frank would be pissed though.

Contract stops ITV for Castillo. And what if Castillo wins .... and he could.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 03 May 2007, 20:21

Itv might sign up Hatton if Warren's contract doesn't get renewed - not before.

Warren made that quite clear recently exactly what the "exclusive" means.... they can only show his shows .... maybe he can give consent if they want to show a card on a card by card basis (have to approach him on each and every non SN card they are interested in) ... that wasn't made clear, but there's as much chance of Warren allowing that as Hamed returning.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 04 May 2007, 03:14

Thing is, it sounds like both Hatton AND Warren have been getting some serious leeway to do whatever the eff they like, from Sky (letting Ricky make more money via PPV) and ITV (letting Warren single handedly fvck up UK boxing).

They both need to be put seriously in check. If rumours are true, then EACH of their British paymasters are fed up with their attitudes, demands and quality of their fights.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 04 May 2007, 04:21

Final Fight wrote: They both need to be put seriously in check. If rumours are true, then EACH of their British paymasters are fed up with their attitudes, demands and quality of their fights.

The best thing that could possibly happen for british boxing.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 04 May 2007, 09:47

Hatton needs to be on terrestrial anyway. He'd be massive.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 04 May 2007, 09:50

He's massive on guiness and fray bentos pies too.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 04 May 2007, 09:51

LOL I was waiting for that.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 04 May 2007, 09:53

Southpaw Stylist wrote:Hatton needs to be on terrestrial anyway. He'd be massive.

Well he says In his book that he would of been bigger than Khan and Calzaghe anyway.

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 04 May 2007, 10:07

Where has this story / rumour come from? Any substance behind it?

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 04 May 2007, 10:12

The Blade wrote:
hitman_hatton1 wrote:
wildwaylon wrote: ITV, doesnt that mean FW and options?
i was thinking more of itv signing him up.

i suppose frank would be pissed though.
Contract stops ITV for Castillo. And what if Castillo wins .... and he could.

if castillo wins he wins.

it would be a blow to hatton's career.

it wouldn't be the end of the world though.

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 04 May 2007, 10:14

Blimey, it's a bit dangerous to go parachute jumping this late into Hatton's training camp isn't it ?

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 05 May 2007, 14:07

A few weeks ago there were whispers on this forum that SKY may not be showing the De La Hoya - Mayweather Jr fight.

So we shall see.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 05 May 2007, 14:11

SticknMove wrote:Blimey, it's a bit dangerous to go parachute jumping this late into Hatton's training camp isn't it ?

Well done