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nickd wrote:Bullshit Allegedly couldnt afford a decent undercard after paying for Tszyu. The fact is he could sell out the arena and countless PPV's with just the main event so put on a tatty undercard so he could pocket more money himself.

The only time there's a decent undercard on his bills is when the main event wont sell out the arena.

That undercard was shambolic.

Yes he delivered the Hatton v Tszyu fight but one swallow does not make a summer.

from a fans point of view i agree with you, but from a business point of view , if you can fill an arena with one fight then pad out the undercard with poor quality matches it makes more money for the promotor. Which is his aim.

With fighters like Hatton , he filled out the MEN for a couple of years, then the casuel fans started to realise that the matches were not top quality and some stayed away, at this point Hatton was put in with Kosta, it was a risk worth taking. Warren has an excellent business brain, but i'm not saying he always puts on good shows

Think its bad now wait till his shows are on tv the undercard will be paying there own expenses fighting for fack all , and asked to slip him a couple of quid under the table, All in the hope of getting some exposure

He got a lot of flak for having his fighters only fight bums. But since putting Danny Williams in with Tyson and Klit. Now Arthur won the European title, and Ricky Hatton beat Kosta, does this mean some people have been underestimating the man? Or is he still the poor promoter some of us thought before?

Warren has destroyed Calzaghes career and done his best to destroy Hattons. For example Hatton before Tszyu had 38 fights virtually every single one bar a couple was a bum that was paid to rollover, there was no long term planning at all in preparing Hatton for bigger challenges, he's never fought a good counterpuncher, speedster or a good boxer thats why in the big fights to come hemaywell fall short of whats required because he's almost going in blind in terms of what to expect and he needed that experience with his style. Hopefully Hatton will not re-sign with Warren.

It still remains to be seen what there gonna do with Hatton , bet your life they will duck and dive Mayweather, and to be honest i would'nt blame them Mayweather at this stage would ko Hatton and Zoo for that matter.

But there still remains Zoo he has not retired yet , and the rumor is he 's not going to , now will they give him a rematch they said they would but will they and if they do will it be on neutral ground,.

Whiile not taking anything away from Hatton's performance the more i watch that fight the more i feel held elsewhere america for example with a different ref, it would be a different fight, Hatton was given a lot of leway he was clearly knocked down and it was'nt called a knock down , the hit to the balls was one of the most blatant you will ever see and he should off had a point took ,

Will Hatton have the balls to give him a rematch on neutral ground with a neutral ref remains to be seen , if Zoo wants it that isI personally did'nt watch with blind patriosm and still feel it was a lot closer than most thinkI also feel Zoo has one last hooraaa in him and would win a rematch , given a strong ref with the courage to stop the bullshit