Ricky Hatton focusing on promoting, could fight Marquez
Ricky Hatton has told the Daily Mail that he's looking to get his promotional company going, and that he thinks he can be Britain's biggest promoter, supplanting the likes of Frank Warren and Frank Maloney. It would seem Hatton is at a disadvantage from the start simply by not being called Frank.
He also isn't sure he'll ever want to fight again:
'You've got to really want to do it and I don't really have that at the minute. It's starting to be hard work. Once I've had a break from it, whether it's six months, nine months or 12 months, I might start getting twitchy and think I'll give it another go.
'But if I'm going to come back I've got to want to do it, not because everyone expects me to.
'It might never come. I might never wake up and feel like doing it again. I love this game more than anything in the world and, in a while I might start getting twitchy.'
I still expect we'll see Ricky fight at least once more, perhaps a farewell bout in Manchester or London. Hatton has been mentioned in recent weeks as a potential opponent for Juan Diaz, and he also said that if Juan Manuel Marquez had beaten Floyd Mayweather, he would have liked to have fought Marquez. Is that still a possibility? Marquez was asked about it last night after the fight, and he said he wanted to take some time away before he makes any decisions. I don't know that we'll see Ricky fight a Diaz or Marquez level fighter if he does come back, but maybe he'd surprise us. When there was talk that he'd fight in November, those weren't the type of names being mentioned to be sure.
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Doesn't sound like he particularly wants to
although he just about leaves it open, conflicting messages in those quotes. Good luck to him with the promoting though…
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
by BrianBrock on Sep 20, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this will probably be the only time i’ll openly root for JMM.
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by battle axe of doom on Sep 20, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Zab would have fought Matthew Hatton and beaten him, Zab would have had a shot at a major Ricky Hatton payday. What a dummy.
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by jrok on Sep 21, 2009 9:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hatton-Diaz I'd like to see
I think even a faded Hatton ends up beating Diaz.
As for Marquez, retirement probably isn’t out of the question. The man’s 36. He’s been in many wars. He still speaks without a slur and doesn’t have too many long-term injuries. He loves his family and loves spending time with them. He lives modestly for a celebrity and just got a $3+ million payday. A farewell fight in Azteca Stadium (I’ve been wanting to see someone pack 100,000 into that place for years now) against a beatable decent-name fighter (maybe the Diaz-Chavez winner, or Juan Lazcano) might make some sense.
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by Brickhaus on Sep 22, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just checked his boxrec record
Stupid question – might Lazcano have the best resume of anyone in the four-belt era of anyone who never managed to win a belt? Wins over Jesse James Leija, Wilfredo Vasquez, John John Molina and Stevie Johnston, but had the misfortune of fighting all of those guys when none of them held a belt…
I always just assumed that Lazcano had won one or two belts.
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by Brickhaus on Sep 22, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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