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Foxwoods Casino, Conneticutt - end of May - Acelino Freitas - Art Pelllulo promotes.

Is this set in stone now then? Not overly excited about it, although I'm sure it'll be an entertaining enough affair.

so much for him having 3 career defining fights and then retiring

If this is true they had some nerve saying Warren was giving him hard fights when they were easy.

Exactly!

Daddy said "We are being bombarded with offers from New York, Atlantic City and Las Vegas by all the big Promoters"

So what happened then? They made ridiculous demands, got greedy and wanted to hand pick opponents thta's what.

Only Art Pellullo would work with them under their terms and his only decent fighter is a washed up Acelino Freitas. Remember when Freitas fought Corrales he swallowed and caused a big stink the world over.

Has the penny dropped yet?

This will be his first big fight on American soil, and it will give the US fans thier first glimpse of him in the flesh. If Freitas is his opponent, then it will be a winnable, fairly exciting match up.
In my eyes its just smart matchmaking, a chance to make a good impression on the US audiences.
Now if his next two opponents are no better than Frietas, then i'll be sorely disapointed.

sweetscience wrote:so much for him having 3 career defining fights and then retiring

It's actually the perfect fight for Hatton when using the criteria of career defining.

MaxPow wrote:

sweetscience wrote:so much for him having 3 career defining fights and then retiring

It's actually the perfect fight for Hatton when using the criteria of career defining.

Explain? Do you mean (Tszyu apart) his career will be defined as a cash making exercise?

Freitas was a good 130 was an average and fading 135 and will be a shot fighter at 140.

Is this as set in stone as Barrera not coming to Sheffield though?

Kevo wrote:This will be his first big fight on American soil, and it will give the US fans thier first glimpse of him in the flesh. If Freitas is his opponent, then it will be a winnable, fairly exciting match up.
In my eyes its just smart matchmaking, a chance to make a good impression on the US audiences.
Now if his next two opponents are no better than Frietas, then i'll be sorely disapointed.

Hatton's fought twice in the US and many times on Showtime and also on HBO?

Smart matchmaking for who exactly, himself? yes, Art Pellullo and Freitas, yes, TV and the fans? Most definately not.

Lenny Albert wrote:Is this as set in stone as Barrera not coming to Sheffield though?

How many times does a man ned to hold his hands up! Now fornicate off and move on!

Really?

Baldomir is the favourite from my info.

boxingchat wrote:Exactly!

Daddy said "We are being bombarded with offers from New York, Atlantic City and Las Vegas by all the big Promoters"

So what happened then? They made ridiculous demands, got greedy and wanted to hand pick opponents thta's what.

Only Art Pellullo would work with them under their terms and his only decent fighter is a washed up Acelino Freitas. Remember when Freitas fought Corrales he swallowed and caused a big stink the world over.

Has the penny dropped yet?

cecil b de milne in reverse.

Dudes whatever you think of SN they know how to promote, build and make a fighter.

id rather see him fight freitas than gatti to be honest, dosnt matter really we are all just a tad too impatient for PBF or Cotto, that was never going to be his next fight.

but he will fight eventually the same way as he fought zoo when most said he wouldnt.

patience is a virtue and all that.

Its not a great match but not the worst - certainly not as bad as you lot say

Listen Ricky had hard fights against Kosta and Maussa.

To me Freitas as his first fight as a headliner in the US is ok as long as he fights a 'big one' soon i think the criticism is harsh

Boxing Chat - if hatton was still with SN you would be defending the match

J - I think Ricky smashed Cotto to bits - in many ways I think Freitas is a harder fight for Ricky than Cotto

i woudnt go that far.

tho miguel certainly doesnt look the stellar superstar as yet that some were predicting ..........hey Blue

Exciting match, but ya gotta favour Hatton with Freitas stepping up and all and being stopped by Corrales.If Ace is strong at 140, it could be different,but I don't think so.

Wrists wrote:Its not a great match but not the worst - certainly not as bad as you lot say

Listen Ricky had hard fights against Kosta and Maussa.

To me Freitas as his first fight as a headliner in the US is ok as long as he fights a 'big one' soon i think the criticism is harsh

Boxing Chat - if hatton was still with SN you would be defending the match

If Hatton was still with SN he'd be rematching Pedersen.

but before he quit Freitas was doing ok against Corrales who imo hits a lot harder than Ricky.

if it leads to Floyd and Cotto (who is being written off far too quickly) then fine, he would still be the second toughest Hatton opponent to date (maybe 3rd after Magee)

I havent written cotto off, for my mind he is the 3rd best light welter out there and will only get better with age, the problem I think he has is that he is a welter now and is struggling with the weight.

ID GO STATESIDE FOR ANY OF THESE MATCHES

pbf (NO BRAINER)
Cotto
Castillo.

and if he fights all 3 ill go thrice!

boxingchat wrote:

Kevo wrote:This will be his first big fight on American soil, and it will give the US fans thier first glimpse of him in the flesh. If Freitas is his opponent, then it will be a winnable, fairly exciting match up.
In my eyes its just smart matchmaking, a chance to make a good impression on the US audiences.
Now if his next two opponents are no better than Frietas, then i'll be sorely disapointed.

Hatton's fought twice in the US and many times on Showtime and also on HBO?

Smart matchmaking for who exactly, himself? yes, Art Pellullo and Freitas, yes, TV and the fans? Most definately not.

I said this was his first BIG fight on American soil, and it will be thier first chance to see him in the flesh. No-ones going to pay attention to a pasty, English prelim fighter, but they'll pay attention when a pasty, English, world champiom is fighting.

And yes, I did mean it was smart matchmaking for the Hattons, Pellullo etc. If he scores an impressive victory over a fighter with big(ish) name recocnition, and a reputation as a big puncher (albeit at a lower weight), he'll be at the forefront of fans minds, and they'll be screaming to see him in bigger fights.

Wrists wrote:Its not a great match but not the worst - certainly not as bad as you lot say

Listen Ricky had hard fights against Kosta and Maussa.

To me Freitas as his first fight as a headliner in the US is ok as long as he fights a 'big one' soon i think the criticism is harsh

Boxing Chat - if hatton was still with SN you would be defending the match

I don't think they would make the match period.

Let's not forget that Maussa was picked for Vivian Harris as being an easy job and it was Harris who fucked up. Maussa was shite and Hatton struggled.

Not he worst match possible but nevertheless he put himself on the pedestal saying SN gave him too hard fights and he was going to do this and that, blah, blah, Blah....

nickd wrote:

Wrists wrote:Its not a great match but not the worst - certainly not as bad as you lot say

Listen Ricky had hard fights against Kosta and Maussa.

To me Freitas as his first fight as a headliner in the US is ok as long as he fights a 'big one' soon i think the criticism is harsh

Boxing Chat - if hatton was still with SN you would be defending the match

If Hatton was still with SN he'd be rematching Pedersen.

No, he took too much persuading and wanted, demanded an extra £100k for him last time. Don't aim until you know the target!

To me Hattons next 5 fights should be:

FREITAS
COTTO
MANDATORY
WITTER - IF HE PROVES HIMSELF
PBF

If he were to do that then I think even the harshest Ricky critic would be happy