04-29-2008, 07:33 AM
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$100m dollars each for Hatton and PBF!!
$100m Dollars!! Pints are on Ricky!! WAAAR The Hitman!! Good luck to the two of them! They are both fantastic for the sport! Worth every penny!!
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Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather have agreed in principal to a rematch at Wembley Stadium next year. Promoters believe it could be one of the richest bouts in history, a bold claim considering the largest grossing fight of all time remains the $120m (£60m) generated when Oscar De La Hoya fought Mayweather in May last year.
Discussions were held between the two camps last month with both saying that should their men come through their fights for this year, they will face each other in the spring of 2009, some 16 months after they squared up in Las Vegas. Mayweather stopped Hatton in the 10th round, inflicting the only defeat in the Mancunian's 44-fight record.
Hatton, who defends his IBO light-welterweight title against Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium on May 24, is desperate to take on Mayweather again and this time, wants the fight on home-soil. The only venue deemed large enough to stage what would likely be the year's most high-profile fight is the 90,000-seater Wembley and Mayweather's agent Al Hayman has told Hatton's co-promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, that his man is prepared to travel to London.
"Assuming both fighters keep on winning, the idea is that Floyd Mayweather will fight Ricky Hatton again," said Richard Schaefer, the chief executive of Golden Boy promotions. "I spoke to Al Hayman about Mayweather coming to Wembley and he said 'absolutely'. This fight could be a record-breaker, we're talking at least £50m($100m) each."
Money, however, is not the motivating factor for Hatton who, while admitting he was beaten by the better man when he took on Mayweather last December, remains frustrated with the conduct of the referee, Joe Cortez, who the 29-year-old says spoilt his early rhythm with a host of harsh calls. "I'd like to have another crack at Floyd with a referee on better form," said Hatton. "If Floyd was to beat me again I could say, 'now you know'."
Mayweather faces De La Hoya in Las Vegas on September 20 in a rematch of their 2007 bout, which he won by split decision.
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