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Anybody else watching this tonight?

Looking forward to it. Got some decent odds (Betfair) on his brother doing the business in his fight and then Hatton finishing off Lazcano in the 4th or 5th round.

If Hatton gets knocked out first round I'll be kicking myself at the 200/1 they were offering!  :D

Going to a mates to watch it.

Glad it is in the UK, the last fight against Mayweather clashed with my work's night out and I fell asleep during the fight as I was so drunk!  :oops:

I don't know too much about boxing but this just seems a fake fight to me.  Hatton's homecoming, along with that sky fly on the wall documentary about him, which was pants, the whole thing seems to be a money making exercise for the Hatton family, instead of a "career" making fight.

i think you're right jan, but there isn't a lot else he can do. he's the proven best at this weight and unless he can get a rematch against mayweather there's not much point at staying at a higher weight

it will be all to easy for hatton.
a pretty average opponant who wont offer alot.
not worht the money to watch this imo

I have a feeling we could have a shock tonight, Dont just mean he will lose but Lazcano is a tricky fucker and unlike what hatton has fought before would not be suprised if it went the distance.

nah.matey has mostly fought at a lower weight and stepped up.he will be outclassed and hit harder by hatton.

On paper i agree totally Arriba hatton should be able to get rid in the first 2-3 rounds and to be fair probably will.

I just got a feeling though that dropping his weight and upping it and just doing so much crap in the media lately may have an effect on him, if it goes past 6 rounds Hatton will be blowing out of his ass.

Just my opinion obviously and hope i am wrong as Hatton is a fighter i like and i would love him to get one last big fight in.

On a seperate note was funny to see Whitter get humiliated the other week .

Anyone see this?

Gone for Hatton victory in rounds 5 to 8.

Is it on Sky?

What time?

Might watch it in the pub................

I wouldn't say humiliated, in fact like the calzaghe fight... yes he got knocked down, but tbh (and don't get me wrong, the bloke's a twat) it looked like Whitters fight.

Hatton needs to forget FM, who'd take him to pieces as long as he could be bothered. The 2 fights he needs and I'd love to see would be Paulie Malignaggi or just fucking get it over and done with and fight cotto

Sorry Dave did not mean humiliated in the ring but decision wise , the bloke was 6/1 outsider just meant humiliated that way.I thought whitter deserved to lose tbh just kept hitting from the same angle and could not mix it up.

Oh right, yes definately. It's a bit of shame because he'll never get Hatton now and that would have at least made for an interesting British fight.

Hatton will win

i agree lazcano shouldn't be underestimated, he hasnt been stopped for ten years or something stupid, but hatton will have enough... i recon he'll do him, body shot in the 4th.

it's not a fake fight by any stretch, Hatton has been battering 'lesser' opponents for years, he stepped up a weight to fight the best boxer in the world and lost. not really any shame in that.

It's true what he says, no one boxer has ever had such an incredibly loyal following, what better way to repay them than an open air fight in his home city? gutted i'm working till 4ish, so i'll miss it completely, for once i wish it was in the states...

He really has to dispatch this fella though, if he loses then that's his career done im afraid.

Roll on June 10 malignaggi cotto, now that'll be interesting.

just as an aside, his career has already been made.
the 'career making' fight was Mayweather.

Boxing is full of these stepping-stone fights. The idea is, he batters him, gets the hype back up then either has another go at mayweather or the winner on June 10th.

this had me thinking.as its been quoted as the biggest post war crowd for a boxing match.i wondered what it was when bruno fought the crying twat who's name i forget?

oliver mcCall? that was at t'wembley so you might have a point, crowd always looks mental in the shots from that night.

remember watching that fight in the windmill.great atmosphere in the pub, let alone wembley that night

Fair enough fella like I say I'm not really into boxing but this homecoming vibe hasn't really hit the button with me so to speak.

is he fighting yet?

won on points.

ricky ricky ra ra ra

Fair play to Hatton he looked sharp.

Really disappointed with the Magic Man, Hatton will take him to pieces if he boxes like that - still, already looking forward to the prospect of that one.

Did anyone else shout at TV about magic man, batter him I was shouting what a cock

Hatton looked good, battered him fair play he stood and took it and fought back.

Worth teh £15

really not the sort've fight he would've wanted 16 days before cotto in madison square garden.

He reminds me a bit of naseem hamed, clearly skilled, a boxer rather than a puncher but still has tremendous power in his shots (Hamed was probably one of the hardest hitting bantam/feathers there has been).

But he's clearly cocky and a bit raw, with a lack of defence which ultimately makes him very susceptible to getting hit. N'Dou was never going to roll over, he's no mug, went all the way with Cotto and of course hatton famously refused to fight him, even gave up his belt because of it!

That said can't see anything but a Cotto knockout in this one now.

Who did Hatton refuse to fight Dex? He was a cocky cunt, what was teh hair about, and thinking 56000 came to wtach him

Does anyone know how Ricky's brother did?

Lost on points

Cheers Ash.

Dunno if you remember, but hatton beat juan urango in vegas in 2007 i think it was.
Couple of weeks later, N'dou fought this fella called ben rabah, in a 'title eliminator', basically whoever won got a shot at hatton, therefore a shot at the IBF light welterweight title.

N'dou beat Rabah in the eliminator, but hatton refused to fight him. instead he chose to fight Castillo (remember that famous body shot to the liver??)

Now hatton would've probably taken N'dou apart, but his decision not to fight him, made the IBF strip him of his light-welterweight title... so why not just despatch him?

anyway the point was, N'dou isn't bad.

Lazcano is no easy fight, Lazcano hasnt been stopped in 10 years, Hatton looked good though, chest infection in the build up couldnt have helped either