De La Hoya Vs Hatton?

[Darth Marty]

If these two fights do end up announced its going to be a cracking 2nd half ot the year for boxing.

Taylorzzzz v Pavlik

Calzaghe v Kessler

Cotto v Mosley

Ricky v PBF

Pac Man is going to beat Barrera again

Rafa Marquez v Vasquez 2

Vitali returning adds a bit of quality to heavyweight although him and his brother will never fight.

Theres plenty of other quality fighters and fights out there aswell, cant wait.

Thats a quality line up agreed.

We need some young upstart to crash onto the heavyweight scene now and then its all rosy again....two ideally.....heavyweights in a hell of a state aint it....

[Chris]

Thats a quality line up agreed.

We need some young upstart to crash onto the heavyweight scene now and then its all rosy again....two ideally.....heavyweights in a hell of a state aint it....

Its rotten mate, seeing what Britain has to offer is hilarious aswell. As a boxing fan some of the turd served up by Williams, Skelton, Sprott, Fraudley and co and their 12 round hugging "fights" is really embarassing to watch, Internationally its not much better either with only a couple capable of doing anything decent. Hopefully it gets there again soon but I've lost that much interest in it now im not really sure if theres any young ones with good potential out there. Hopefully there is, it needs it desperately.

[Darth Marty]

Its rotten mate, seeing what Britain has to offer is hilarious aswell. As a boxing fan some of the turd served up by Williams, Skelton, Sprott, Fraudley and co and their 12 round hugging "fights" is really embarassing to watch, Internationally its not much better either with only a couple capable of doing anything decent. Hopefully it gets there again soon but I've lost that much interest in it now im not really sure if theres any young ones with good potential out there. Hopefully there is, it needs it desperately.

Its cyclical......after lewis its been a dead zone, there will be a time, the sooner the better, when a few good uns come through together and generate interest in that division again, in the meantime lets hope all those previously mentioned scraps get it on!!

[bazza76]

I never saw anything like that on there. What section was it in, bazza?

am in work Scot, i'll take a look later mate and send you the link
there are a few laces up for grabs.

[kurtangle01]

It's on according to Maywethers advisor.

By Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY

Pound-for-pound champ Floyd Mayweather and England's unbeaten junior welterweight Ricky Hatton are finalizing plans to fight Dec. 8 at a U.S. site to be determined on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Leonard Ellerbe, adviser to Mayweather, told USA TODAY that details will come with an official announcement as early as Monday.

"This is a great fight for the fans," Ellerbe said Friday. "We have two young unbeaten fighters, at the top of their game, from two different countries going against each other. It's what boxing needs."

Ellerbe applauded Hatton (43-0, 31 KOs) for taking the fight, which will be contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit, seven pounds more than Hatton's optimum weight as a junior welterweight.

"I never thought he would do it, but Ricky Hatton deserves credit for stepping up to the plate," Ellerbe said. "He asked for it and now he's going to get it. Floyd is a extremely excited. He wants to show Hatton that he's never fought at this level before. He's going to show him what it's like to step in the ring with the best fighter."

Mayweather (38-0, 24 KOs) defeated Oscar De La Hoya on May 5 in the highest-grossing fight in history to capture the WBC super welterweight title, but Mayweather vacated that title to allow Vernon Forrest and Carlos Baldomir to fight for the belt Saturday in Tacoma, Wash.. (HBO, 10:15 p.m.).

Mayweather still holds the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight belts, but it hasn't been determined if the fight against Hatton will be a title or non-title 12-round bout.

"Floyd's bigger than any belt," Ellerbe said."He doesn't need it because he's universally known as boxing's best fighter."

Mayweather, 30, announced he was retiring following the De La Hoya fight but he became motivated to get back into the ring after Hatton beat Jose Luis Castillo in an HBO-televised bout and issued a direct challenge to him.

"You saw more excitement in those four rounds than you've seen in Floyd's whole career," said Hatton, 28, who stopped Castillo in the fourth round with a left hook to the liver to defend the IBO junior welterweight crown. The Manchester, England, native also briefly held the WBA welterweight belt before going back down to 140.

Mayweather said Hatton's derisive statement was enough to bring him out of retirement.

"He got in front of the media and called my name out," Mayweather said. "He didn't think I was going to respond, but it doesn't work like that. I've accomplished too much in the sport for him to disrespect me."

On Dec. 8, Mayweather and Hatton will get a chance to work things out.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2007-07-27-mayweather-hatton_N.htm

[kurtangle01]

Consider my appetite well and truely whetted.

I think Ricky may spring a surprise on us all. I would have went had it not been so close to Christmas.