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dbf wrote:Mayweather moved up not to fight mitchell as a warm up to fight Judah, who at the time was Undisputed Welterweight Champion. A prize that Mayweather has never held.

It had little to do about risk v reward against Witter, it was a tune up against a fast (ish) southpaw, who admittedly had name value in the states.

i remember asking mayweather about a witter fight around that time on the BT chatroom.

junior who?

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

jameswilson wrote:The fights I'd like Mayweather to take are Margarito at welterweight and/or the winner of a fight between Hatton and Pac man at 140.

Mayweather will never fight Margarito, no way. Too damned big.

i think bob arum is more the issue on that one.

that's why i'd be a bit surprised to see mayweather-pac come together.

for those reasons i've got a feeling hatton-mayweather 2 might happen.

arum wants to put manny on his own promotion by listening to what he said the other week.

I suspect that Mayweather has been tearing through his money, he reportedly had 1 million dollars in cash in a bag during the big show nonsense for WWE!

The guy is always throwing his money around - and appears to be obsessed with bling and gambling - so I wouldn't be surprised if he is still fighting in 5 years time.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I suspect that Mayweather has been tearing through his money, he reportedly had 1 million dollars in cash in a bag during the big show nonsense for WWE!

The guy is always throwing his money around - and appears to be obsessed with bling and gambling - so I wouldn't be surprised if he is still fighting in 5 years time.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k8FlmXla0Pw

keep spending floyd.

we wanna see u in these big fights.

hitman_hatton1 wrote:

dbf wrote:Mayweather moved up not to fight mitchell as a warm up to fight Judah, who at the time was Undisputed Welterweight Champion. A prize that Mayweather has never held.

It had little to do about risk v reward against Witter, it was a tune up against a fast (ish) southpaw, who admittedly had name value in the states.

i remember asking mayweather about a witter fight around that time on the BT chatroom.

junior who?

Should have informed him that he is a British Boxer Hatton seems to be running from

I have no interest in this fight unless it took place at 140lbs for the Ring title.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I suspect that Mayweather has been tearing through his money, he reportedly had 1 million dollars in cash in a bag during the big show nonsense for WWE!

The guy is always throwing his money around - and appears to be obsessed with bling and gambling - so I wouldn't be surprised if he is still fighting in 5 years time.

My girlfriends brother in law runs a club in ATL where Floyd used a machine to spray 30k into the crowd 1 night. He also got robbed of about 1million in jewellery

However Floyd's manager Ellerby has said Floyd is retired and hasn't gone after Hatton or Pacquaio and they are simply dropping his name for negotiation purposes, we will see.

Damn shame Floyd's retired near his prime because he wont be as good when he comes back

The money was fake; http://deadspin.com/5099275/mayweather- ... treet-cred

Heard that reported, my girl's other sis works at Dreamz but couldnt get any of the bills herself. Wonder if Floyd purposely dropped fakes or it was 1 of his buddies good idea for Floyd to throw money up, Floyd puts the money up and it gets switched....Little Floyd's getting robbed left right and centre by his 'friends' by the looks of things

Little Floyd isn't broke, or close to it.

You lot are too naive.

The dream is on, "Thunderbirds are go": two men with star appeal and yet the common touch, Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao, face off over 12 rounds in Las Vegas on May 2.
There had been talk of this one taking place at a giant stadium in Britain but Pacquiao, hugely popular in the States and a total icon in his home country of the Philippines, is probably too popular to concede home advantage to the Manchester Hitman, although Hatton is just as popular on these shores and a massive crowd would have been guaranteed at, say, Wembley Stadium. Ricky drew a crowd of 55,000 to the City of Manchester Stadium earlier this year (one of them Mike Tyson) for a routine pasting of faded Mexican-American Juan Lazcano. Many of those fans will travel to Las Vegas.
Managed by his father Ray, Hatton has cashed in well in the States recently against the likes of Floyd Mayweather Junior, Paulie Malignaggi and Jose Luis Castillo. Only the gifted Mayweather has beaten the aggressive, all-action Brit in eight appearances there (and 46 career fights to date), prompting Ray Hatton to dispense with the services of his son's long-time trainer Billy "The Preacher" Graham for Floyd Mayweather Senior. 'If you can't beat them, join them' seems to be the motto, and Ricky's first fight under the tutelage of the celebrated American trainer saw him punch out a one-sided 11-round stoppage of brash New Yorker Malignaggi in Las Vegas last month.
He looked good, he looked very good. In fact it was probably Hatton's best performance since he walked into, wore down and retired the great Kostya Tszyu on a warm, heady night in Manchester in June 2005 (11 rounds). Hatton showed much better defensive awareness, which is important. He bangs up and cuts and was picked apart by Mayweather Junior last December in Las Vegas before crumbling in the 10th round. Now firmly re-established at light-welterweight (the Mayweather fight was at welter), the 30-year-old Hatton looks big and strong and seasoned and, courtesy of Mayweather Senior, seemingly much improved. He goes in as division No. 1.
Pacquiao is also 30 and goes in as pound for pound No. 1 after his stunning eight-round dismissal of "Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya earlier this month in Las Vegas. Unlike Hatton, Pacquiao moved up to welterweight successfully - and spectacularly - to outclass De La Hoya in a way few had expected beforehand, most of all Oscar. Manny moved up TWO divisions, having won the WBC lightweight title with an equally dazzling nine-round stoppage of Chicago's gutsy David Diaz in his previous fight. Five years on from his breakthrough stoppage of Marco Antonio Barrera in Texas, 10 years on from his first world title win at flyweight, Pacquiao is boxing better than ever.
Clearly, we have two fighters right at the top of their games here, in a division which suits them. Pacquiao only has to drop down from welterweight, where he looked surprisingly lean and mean. This was a big factor in making the fight, by all accounts. "Pac Man" didn't fancy dropping down two divisions, as Roy Jones had once done, with disastrous consequences. He will also have witnessed Hatton's recent struggles in the States with Luis Collazo and Juan Urango - southpaws like Manny. Hatton faded in both 12-rounders but hung on (literally) for the points. Moreover, Pacquiao showed what a quick, punishing southpaw he can be last time. It all boils down to talent, and Pacquiao looks the better fighter of the two, as simple as that. Yes, Hatton brings tempo, workrate, hunger and that man Mayweather but Pacquiao brings consistency, top-level experience, sharpness and the equally celebrated Freddie Roach - accomplished fighter, accomplished trainer.
In England Hatton might have had a shout at an upset. In the States Pacquiao looks a bit special, a bit of 'a given'. "The Bruce Lee of Boxing" forces a late-round stoppage.

Does anyone know is this (if it's confirmed) will be on PPV or Setanta?

I really don't get why Mayweather would come out of his "retirement" for a fight with Hatton, especially when Pacman has just become the P4P top boy with his tanking of De La Hoya. He left no dispute as to who the better fighter was against Hatton last time out, so the logical fight, and in my opinion the best fight to be made in boxing today is a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight at a catchweight 144lbs

Hatton/Pacman whoever wins, and I would strongly favour Pacman, would definately bring Mayweather out of retirement. I dont believe, even for the big payday, Mayweather is calling out Hatton. He was winning clearly on points before stopping Hatton so why would he want to fight him again right now. It would be a different matter if Hatton was to beat Pacman. The big fight surely has to be Mayweather/Pacman and leave Hatton out of it.