Hatton rips Quigg for betrayal, Golden Boy snub
Ricky Hatton has expressed anger and disappointment over Scott Quigg’s defection to rival British promoter Eddie Hearn and revealed the unbeaten junior featherweight contender snubbed an offer to fight in America under Golden Boy Promotions.
read more‘Older, wiser’ Mayweather to face Alvarez
Floyd Mayweather on fighting Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “Canelo is one of the top guys in the sport of boxing. This is what he wanted, this is what I wanted, this is what the fans want. Why not take the fight now?”
read moreDe La Hoya: Alvarez facing Mayweather at ‘perfect time’
Oscar De La Hoya on Saul Alvarez’s shot at beating Floyd Mayweather: “I don’t think that it’s too soon, I think that it’s the perfect moment.”
read moreMayweather ‘giving fans what they want’ in Alvarez
Floyd Mayweather Jr. on facing Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: “I chose my opponent for September 14th… I’m giving the fans what they want.”
read moreMalignaggi: Holt should move to welterweight
Kendall Holt after Friday night’s loss to Lamont Peterson: “My body just wasn’t responding. My body and my mind just weren’t on the same page. My body wanted to do one thing, and my mind said do something else.”
read moreMassive media round table with Schaefer
The prospect of a highly-anticipated clash of junior featherweights between Abner Mares and Nonito Donaire was among the many topics broached by Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer in New York on Wednesday.
read moreFrom The Telegraph: Hatton’s legacy is his popularity
Despite his losses, the most recent to Vyacheslav Senchenko on Saturday, which sent him back into retirement, Ricky Hatton never lost his massive fan support. Gareth A Davies comments on the unique bond Hatton has with his devoted fans.
read moreWeekend Review: Guerrero continues to do what he does — win
Robert Guerrero won’t dazzle anyone with his performances but he’s damned hard to beat, as Andre Berto discovered on Saturday night in Ontario, Calif.
read moreFighter retires, saying ‘It is the end of Ricky Hatton’
Ricky Hatton following Saturday night’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko: “No matter how upsetting it is, I have got to be a man and say, ‘It is the end of Ricky Hatton.'”
read moreSchaefer: Hatton still deserves a shot at Malignaggi
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer contends that Ricky Hatton still is deserving of a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi despite Saturday’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, whom Malignaggi stopped in April.
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