I don't like Hatton because he is too protected. Doesn't want to fight outside the UK, the refs there favor his style, he goes up to his natural weight and gets beat by Collazo and jobbed by the judges (incidentally poor Collazo just got jobbed again a month ago) so he stays in a boring and safe weight class. He's basically the opposite of Manny who will take on anyone, anywhere and mix it up.
I'm sure he's a real down to earth guy in the UK, which is why he's so loved by his fans there, but he just doesn't appeal to me at all as a boxer. I'd never pay to watch him fight.
Too protected?
Actually, he does want to fight outside the UK. I'd absolutely love to know why you think he doesn't want to fight outside it. After losing to Mayweather, he made Malignaggi look like an amateur, stateside. Obviously he's going to
prefer to fight in the UK where he has thousands of fans.
Secondly, Ricky will fight anyone. You having a little case of selective memory? Moving up a weight to fight the P4P best in the world in Mayweather? Wanting a re-match even though a win is unlikely? And are you forgetting the recent fact that Manny wouldn't even fight Hatton until he got the bigger kitty, and Ricky succumbed just to fight the best in the world (Manny)? Despite what you say, everything Ricky says and does points to the fact that he wants to be the best. He isn't, but you can't say he's scared. That's just silly.
Ricky wanted to fight DLH as much as Manny (and would have slugged him, too). I don't know why you're promoting Mannys fearlessness and not Rickys.
I don't know how you've managed to come to your conclusions, but whatever. And don't even think of saying I'm biased. I'm from Ireland, NOT the UK! And given our history with England, I have pretty much no reason to side with the Brits (I have nothing against Brits or anything BTW, I'm just sayin').
