Vegas look out Ricky's Army are coming

As everyone one knows I'm a big Sports fan and one Sport I love is Boxing in fact its probably the ultimate Sport. Well every so often it throws together two fighters that you just know are going to produce a Classic.
In fact seven days from now in Las Vegas the sport has come up with one such fight in fact its been built as the fight of the 21st Century, it will decide who is the best welterweight on the Planet.

So who is fighting well the favorite is American Floyd "Pretty Boy" Mayweather who by many experts is considered the best pound for pound boxer in the World. He shows a record of 38 wins in 38 fights with 24 knockouts, he has won 5 world titles at 4 different weights. His best wins are probably against Jose Luis Castillo, Felix Trinadad and Oscar De La Hoya.
Mayweather is a bit of a poser riding around in flash cars and boasting how good he is, so I reckon all the American fans will be quietly confident.

However over here in England we have our own man in Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton whom himself has won 4 world titles at two weights. Ricky is also unbeaten with a record of 43 wins from 43 fights 31 of which were knockouts. His best wins coming against Australian Kostya Tszyu, Luis Collazo, Juan Urango & Juan Luis Castillo (Hatton stopped Castillo Mayweather went the distance).

Hatton is quite a contrast to Mayweather, he's a typical northern down to earth lad who is straight talking and likes nothing more than a game of darts in his local pub with the lads.
His weight as fluctuated dramatically between fights, probably something to do with his love of Guiness and Takaway Food. Ricky's battle with the bulge

Jokingly he has had numerous Tee Shirts printed in the build up to this fight calling himself "Ricky Fatton" featuring his head on some fat blokes body. However don't believe one word of it, he is one of the fittest fighters of all time and will pressurise his opponent from the first bell. Mayweather seems to be coming 2nd best at most of the verbals he even resorted to wearing a Manchester Utd shirt to try wind up Manchester City fan Hatton at one press conference, hell he doesn't know how many of us really hate him know.

Mayweather may have the advantage of fighting on home soil but Las Vegas is set for a British invasion as many as 30,000 are making the 5,000 mile journey to support our boy. I can't wait for next Saturday two unbeaten superstars what more can you ask.

I don't know if its an omen but this week our Amateur Boxers gave their American counterparts a bit of a drubbing by 9 bouts to 2. read this GB V USA


Anyway for now I'll leave you with this tribute to Ricky Hatton, Mr Mayweather you need to be frightened very frightened.


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