Agreed, that would be one hell of a fight!

Pleased Hatton won so well, tbh I don't see much point in him fighting De La Hoya as he has nothing to gain but money as Hoya seems to be finished.

Great performance from Ricky but I was very disapoointed in Malignaggi. As soon as he felt the force of Hatton he didn't want to know. Still, a superfightat 140 against Pacquio would be awesome and if Hatton can perform like that again, I'd back him to win it.

Similar sort of thing to Lewis v Tyson tho ain't it, we all knew Tyson was passed his best, but we still wanted to see it.

I just want someone to beat Paciao as my mate bums him and is adamant he's the best there is.

Looking like Hatton will face De La Hoya, but Hatton is good friends with De La Hoya, surely they won't be smashing eachother into oblivion like Hatton would have done had he fought some else...?

In fairness to your bummer mate he is a top quality performer. He has never avoided the big names and has beaten the likes of Marco Antonio Barrera twice, Erik Morales twice and Juan Manuel Marquez. I feel a past it de la Hoya will be no match for a 29 year old Pacquiao.

I was massively dissapointed with Paulie, he talked up a good fight during the build-up but was overwhelmingly outclassed by a rejuvenated Ricky Hatton. I know Paulie was talking about the humilation of his trainer throwing the towel in, but I thought going 11 rounds getting knocked from pillar to post without throwing anything back was slightly more humiliating.

Ricky was fantastic though and when he is fighting at his natural weight there is nobody around who would beat him. As he said though, he could stay there now and not move up, but sort of champion would he be? You cant knock him for wanting to prove he is the best and based on that performance on Saturday night you would be a fool to back against him putting one over either De La Hoya or Pacquio.

Still a number of flaws Ricky has to iron out of his game, including stepping back after hitting his opponent. I lost count the number of times Paulie's legs had gone, only for Hatton to get close and give him something to hold onto to. It didnt matter to much as there was nothing coming from Paulie, but against someone like De La Hoya or Pacquio it could turn a fight.

Anyway, fingers crossed the big fight comes off (preferably Pacquio at 140) at either COM or Wembley infront of 100,000 fans. Could you imagine?

Malignaggi was the most negative boring fighter I've witnessed in ages. Like Hopkins without the skill or power.
Hatton looked very good, with he'd throw more right hands though, he seems to wander in, step left and look to get that left straight round the defence of the opponent. Mayweather worked that out after 1 round.

I just couldn't understand where the hype has come from for Paulie. He was awful in his previous 3 fights since winning the world title and he has no names on his record. At least Hatton has beaten some quality boxers like Tsyzu, Callazo and Castillo. He has no punching power and whilst he' technically good, he's going to do very little against fighters with good chins like Hatton.



Past it maybe, but he'd still be favourite against Ricky purely for his size. Hatton/Pacquiao would be a better fight - two fighters pretty much in their prime.

Although I hate to admit it and would thoroughly voice my support for Hatton, I think defeat is on the cards against either fighter, De La Hoya, although passed it, has experienced weight divisions ranging from 130 to 160 lbs so its not like he will be boarding new territory if he agrees to fight hatton at 140 or more so 147

But Hatton should fear Pacquiao more just for his sheer explosive knockout punches he posseses, We will determine whether Floyd Snr's techniques have truely worked there magic, as I think it was unfair to judge this after fighting a pathetic excuse of a "boxer" in Paulie Maginaggli

I just hope his next fight isn't many moons away.

De La Hoya would be a massive fight both in the UK and US and would be an obvious choice, what has happened to Cotto these days?

Im big fan of Cotto and his style but he got dismantled in his last fight vs Antonio Margarito, yet again he showed a lack of fitness in the latter rounds of the fight and ultimately lost it.

Awesome fight, Hatton looked close to (if not) back to his best. Malignaggi wouldn't do a thing about it. He showed signs of the Kosta Tyszu (if I spelt it right) fight.

James Kirkland is one to watch out for the future, that boy has one heck of a punch on him.

bt the vera chap as got 1 hell of a chin lol