Hatton v DLH Wouldn't sell out Wembley, would it? Be

King Tubby · Post by **King Tubby** » 05 Dec 2007, 20:13

the equivalent of Liverpool playing a pre season friendly in Malaysia or somewhere.

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 05 Dec 2007, 20:23

If Calzaghe v Kessler can attract over 50,000, why not.

The average sports fan probably doesn't know who Kessler is, but they may have heard of DLH.

Provided they don't take the pss with ticket prices, and put on a good undercard (hopefully GBP fighters v UK fighters), I'd expect this to attract 70,000+

deadpan · Post by **deadpan** » 05 Dec 2007, 20:32

It would if Ricky wins. Then comes SPOTY and sunday supplement features. Though if he gets mullered (pardon my pugilistic jargon) it's a MUCH harder sell. Hence the upper case.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 05 Dec 2007, 21:03

it would sell out.

guarantee it.

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 06 Dec 2007, 04:58

hitman_hatton1 wrote:it would sell out.

guarantee it.

I agree.

Stegsie · Post by **Stegsie** » 06 Dec 2007, 05:12

He would sell out the Manchester City Stadium - that would be better IMO.

Greg Nicholas · Post by **Greg Nicholas** » 06 Dec 2007, 05:35

Well, Hatton has all of Manchester as supporters, and he's a regular on S-occer Am's sofas, i'm sure he could attract 50000+ Mancunians and footy fans to Wembley for a boxing match..

Razor · Post by **Razor** » 06 Dec 2007, 06:16

The Manchester fans alone would sell it out...

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Dec 2007, 06:18

If Calzaghe can get 50,000 I think Hatton v DLH would better that. We're talking the UK's most popular fighter against an undoubted all time great.

sweetscience · Post by **sweetscience** » 06 Dec 2007, 06:56

depends what happens satday night

if he gets schooled then no it wouldnt sell out

if he wins, then yes

Greg Nicholas · Post by **Greg Nicholas** » 06 Dec 2007, 06:58

Guys, if Ricky lost every second of every round against Mayweather and DLH had lost every fight of his career, there would still be 50000+ at Wembley for a Hatton boxing fight.. ;)

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:05

Fcuk the DLH fight! Thats a fight for the yanks and for Rickys bank balance, what's wrong with a meaningful fight with Witter or Cotto?

DLH's lost 3 of his last 5 and one of those wins came from a gift decision against Felix Sturm. The yanks seem to cream themselves everytime DLH farts, I don't see why us Brits should be following suit

Greg Nicholas · Post by **Greg Nicholas** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:08

If Ricky was truly interested in fighting Witter or Cotto, he would have in place of Maussa, Collazo, Urango or a shot Castillo.. he didn't, because he knows they'd probably stop him and he's a money fighter..

sweetscience · Post by **sweetscience** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:08

i wouldnt go and watch him fight DLH

but if it was cotto/witter i would

Greg Nicholas · Post by **Greg Nicholas** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:08

sweetscience wrote:i wouldnt go and watch him fight DLH

but if it was cotto/witter i would

Me too..

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:14

Greg Nicholas wrote:If Ricky was truly interested in fighting Witter or Cotto, he would have in place of Maussa, Collazo, Urango or a shot Castillo.. he didn't, because he knows they'd probably stop him and he's a money fighter..

Rickys took a risk in fighting PBF, hopefully he'll continue the trend after Mayweather, but I doubt it. However the risk to his legacy when fighting Mayweather is minimal due to PBF's stature in boxing, where as the proper risks his legacy are against the likes of Witter.)

WIN, lose or draw on Saturday, I certainly won't be calling for Hatton-DLH

Greg Nicholas · Post by **Greg Nicholas** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:18

He's getting £10000000 to fight the 'best p4p fighter in the world'.. some risk..

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:20

Greg Nicholas wrote:He's getting £10000000 to fight the 'best p4p fighter in the world'.. some risk..

But he's fighting the best fighter in the world - you just said it yourself - so you are contradicting yourself about Hatton only being a money fighter (and by implication not takiing risks).

Which is it? You can't have it both ways.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:23

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:
hitman_hatton1 wrote:it would sell out.

guarantee it.
I agree.

the demand for the mayweather fight in vegas has been huge.

and people are wondering whether it would sell out wembley stadium.

hatton could beat calzaghe's 50,000 tickets in cardiff.

easy peasy.

Greg Nicholas · Post by **Greg Nicholas** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:28

How is it a risk fighting the 'best p4p fighter'..? Noone gave him a prayer when the fight was made, infact noone was even interested because they thought it would be so one-sided and pointless, it took Ricky being confident in interviews to generate interest.. so he was in a no-lose sitution.. and now this purse is just hideous.. if Ricky does lose convincingly then everyone should wash their hands with him, because apparently Mayweather 'doesn't stand a chance', and that's all that generated interest (and his bank balance)..

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:36

I really don't understand that post and have decided that reading it 3 times was enough.

I'm pretty sure you don't like Hatton very much, I got that much.

Dirk Kelly · Post by **Dirk Kelly** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:37

It would sell out, no worries at all.

Stegsie · Post by **Stegsie** » 06 Dec 2007, 08:01

Chambers2 wrote:Fcuk the DLH fight! Thats a fight for the yanks and for Rickys bank balance, what's wrong with a meaningful fight with Witter or Cotto?

DLH's lost 3 of his last 5 and one of those wins came from a gift decision against Felix Sturm. The yanks seem to cream themselves everytime DLH farts, I don't see why us Brits should be following suit