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Would hatton really fight Barrera, his best pal in boxing? Not havig that, this all smacks of leverage for the second round of manny discussions. Also Fwank adding another layer of hype to Khan-Barrerra

Shirow wrote:I don't think it's about money but pride. They both have more money than they know what to do with it's just they both want the other side to back down and refuse to lose face even if that means giving up a multi million payday.

Totally agree - it's about one admitting the other is a bigger draw, and being seen to back down.

Bloody foolish, but Pacman will probably get floyd now - but how in hells name does he think he's going to be able to negotiate the fat end of the purse against floyd?

The dream is over for Ricky Hatton as his superfight with Manny Pacquiao in the States in May falls foul of the almighty dollar. I won't bore you with the emerging details - the fight is said to be off, as simple as that and Hatton and Pacquiao wake up to a list of new opponents. Oscar De La Hoya inevitably makes Hatton's list, despite an eight-round pounding he suffered at the hands of Pacquiao in December. The near-36-year-old Golden Oldie looked totally, totally 'shot' but, ever the promoter, will sell himself as a desperately weight-weakened fighter that night. Some people will buy it. Some people will buy the fight, if it happens. It stands a better chance than Hatton against Junior Witter, for sure.
Hatton will probably wind up fighting someone like Chicago's gutsy David Diaz, you know, another fighter to be outclassed by Pacquiao, while Witter takes on an unbeaten American kid by the name of Devon Alexander in April for one of those sickening 'interim' titles. Southpaw Alexander wears a No. 1 ranking with the WBC, courtesy of his relationship with Don King and in turn King's relationship with Jose Sulaiman. Love is everywhere in boxing, you know, a love of that almighty dollar.
King would have paid a man like Pacquiao what he wants, of course. Pacquiao, the Bruce Lee of Boxing, always looks great in the States; Hatton hardly ever excels there and his insistence on a 50-50 split jarred. Pacquiao was coming off that stunning win over De La Hoya, for example; Hatton, an 11-round pounding of the abysmal Paulie Malignaggi, a man Croydon's Clinton McKenzie would have toyed with 20 years ago. Yes, Hatton brings his phenomenal fan base but Pacquiao is probably just as popular. Ultimately, Team Hatton failed to deliver.
F rank Warren is the man chuckling most to himself right now. He recently announced a superfight in this country between Marco Antonio Barrera and Amir Khan and, right now, that fight is still very much a goer. The same cannot be said of Hatton-Pacquiao or David Haye's much-mooted clash with Vitali Klitschko.
Promoting, it seems, is still very much the domain of the dinosaurs.

bennie wrote:The dream is over for Ricky Hatton as his superfight with Manny Pacquiao in the States in May falls foul of the almighty dollar. I won't bore you with the emerging details - the fight is said to be off, as simple as that and Hatton and Pacquiao wake up to a list of new opponents. Oscar De La Hoya inevitably makes Hatton's list, despite an eight-round pounding he suffered at the hands of Pacquiao in December. The near-36-year-old Golden Oldie looked totally, totally 'shot' but, ever the promoter, will sell himself as a desperately weight-weakened fighter that night. Some people will buy it. Some people will buy the fight, if it happens. It stands a better chance than Hatton against Junior Witter, for sure.
Hatton will probably wind up fighting someone like Chicago's gutsy David Diaz, you know, another fighter to be outclassed by Pacquiao, while Witter takes on an unbeaten kid by the name of Devon Alexander in April for one of those sickening 'interim' titles. Southpaw Alexander wears a No. 1 ranking with the WBC, courtesy of his relationship with Don King and in turn King's relationship with Jose Sulaiman. Love is everywhere in boxing, you know, a love of that almighty dollar.
King would have paid a man like Pacquiao what he wants, of course. Pacquiao, the Bruce Lee of Boxing, always looks great in the States; Hatton hardly ever excels there and his insistence on a 50-50 split jarred. Pacquiao was coming off that stunning win over De La Hoya; Hatton, an 11-round pounding of the abysmal Paulie Malignaggi, a man our own Clinton McKenzie would have toyed with 20 years ago. Yes, Hatton brings his phenomenal fan base but Pacquiao is probably just as popular. Ultimately, Team Hatton failed to deliver.
F rank Warren is the man chuckling most to himself right now. He recently announced a superfight in this country between Marco Antonio Barrera and Amir Khan and, right now, that fight is still very much a goer. The same cannot be said of Hatton-Pacquiao or David Haye's much-mooted clash with Vitali Klitschko.
Promoting, it seems, is still very much the domain of the dinosaurs.

Aye, Warren must be laughing his tits off, it's a pity the guy is an absolute wanker