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When I say anticipated I mean one we'd love to see but may be too good to be true.

Gatti v Hatton....in my opinion this would be absolute carnage and the anticipation would be immense. Who is going to land the next body shot, who is going to cut, which is going to stand and trade..

Forget titles, forget hype these too would relish fighting each other and with no promotional ties I recon they would fight tomorrow.

Not gonna make any predictions, I'll just stick it on my christmas list and pray that this happens.

The other delema would be who to support...? I am a big fan of both fighters so my alleigance should be to Ricky but I love Gatti..

Jedi Knight wrote:When I say anticipated I mean one we'd love to see but may be too good to be true.

Gatti v Hatton....in my opinion this would be absolute carnage and the anticipation would be immense. Who is going to land the next body shot, who is going to cut, which is going to stand and trade..

Forget titles, forget hype these too would relish fighting each other and with no promotional ties I recon they would fight tomorrow.

Not gonna make any predictions, I'll just stick it on my christmas list and pray that this happens.

The other delema would be who to support...? I am a big fan of both fighters so my alleigance should be to Ricky but I love Gatti..

Gatti would batter Hatton in to next week, let alone cutting him to shreads.
Hatton is so overrated it is beyond belief

Most anticipated bout at 140? Thats a hard question to answer.

I hope Tszyu can find form and beat Mitchell cause his style is much more exciting to watch. If he does then we have some potential classics - I would be more anticipated with some unification matches than matches with Hatton because I think these guys have deserved that extra payday.

Anyone combination of Tszyu, Gatti, Cotto, and Mayweather and I would be exstatic. I would love Hatton to be involved somewhere but I think he is not quite at that level in terms of global appeal yet.

If Mitchell beats Tszyu and Hatton beats Mitchell, then I think Hatton would be at the level (and above Harris/Urkal).

Maddawg wrote:

Jedi Knight wrote:When I say anticipated I mean one we'd love to see but may be too good to be true.

Gatti v Hatton....in my opinion this would be absolute carnage and the anticipation would be immense. Who is going to land the next body shot, who is going to cut, which is going to stand and trade..

Forget titles, forget hype these too would relish fighting each other and with no promotional ties I recon they would fight tomorrow.

Not gonna make any predictions, I'll just stick it on my christmas list and pray that this happens.

The other delema would be who to support...? I am a big fan of both fighters so my alleigance should be to Ricky but I love Gatti..

Gatti would batter Hatton in to next week, let alone cutting him to shreads.
Hatton is so overrated it is beyond belief

Sorry but I think Gatti is the over-rated one.

It remains to be seen how over-rated Hatton is (I accept as with Calzaghe we may never actually find out) but people talk about Gatti like he's some P4P world beater when in fact he's been thumped every time he's faced a really top line opponent.

People confuse 'entertaining warrior' with 'world class' where Gatti is concerned.

Goz wrote:Sorry but I think Gatti is the over-rated one.

It remains to be seen how over-rated Hatton is (I accept as with Calzaghe we may never actually find out) but people talk about Gatti like he's some P4P world beater when in fact he's been thumped every time he's faced a really top line opponent.

People confuse 'entertaining warrior' with 'world class' where Gatti is concerned.

Absolutely 100% spot on Goz....sorry to go over the top but i have been saying this for ages, i respect Gatti totally for his achievements but despite being a warrior some people seem to have elevated him to some p4p recognised world class campaigner. The truth is for all his guts and immense heart (and no little ability) Gatti has often come up short against the better opposition and therefore i also class him through no fault of his own as "overrated".

I disagree with you Steve, I just don't think Gatti has had the opportunity to display his new skills against the very best in the devision. Under Buddy McGirt he has two defeats, one to DLH when he was outgunned physically (but it was still a credible performace).

He also lost to Micky Ward (although, I scored him a close but clear winner). However, I think he has (finally) learned from that fight - there has been plenty of opportunities for him in the four fights since that loss for him to revert to the old Gatti - but now has that discipline to keep to the boxing.

I would probably still tip him to lose to Mayweather, but that guy is the most skilled fighter in the world, however I would be very interested in seeing this new Gatti vs any of the other fighters.

I agree with you Stu!

I don't think he is overrated at all. He has very good boxing skills when he choses to use them and great footwork. He also has a good chin and good power.

IMO he wipes the floor with Ricky the Sh!tman Crappon

I honestly believe Hatton can beat Gatti, but I doubt the fight will ever happen.

Like other have said any comination of Tszyu, Cotto, Mayweather, Gatti and Hatton would be wonderfull, as a UK fight fan I would of course like to see Hatton in with any of them, apart from that Cotto V Mayweather Jr would be truely mouthwatering IMO.