Just Go Away

SI is reporting that Ricky Hatton is considering a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Since beating up Hatton, last December, Mayweather said he retired from boxing. He also appeared in Wrestlemania 24 in a boxing match against The Big Show.

Right now Hatton would rather fight Manny Pacquiao. But if that fight falls through, Mayweather would be Hatton's next choice for an opponent.

Here's my problem with this. Boxing needs to just go away.

Too many boxers now are just fighting for the money. Roy Jones Jr. just fought Joe Calzaghe for a huge payday. The fight was an absolute bust. Jones Jr. was disinterested in the fight, and was only there for the money.

I don't blame these guys fighting for big paychecks. I blame the sport itself for taking boxing down this road. Boxing has destroyed itself by giving these the opportunities to fight for huge paydays every 6 months to a year.

Hatton himself didn't have another fight since the first Mayweather fight, in eleven months. And why would he fight four months after taking a beating like he did against Mayweather.

Big money fights have destroyed boxing. MMA right now has shows that are loaded with great fight. If the main event is horrible, there is usually a mid-card fight that is absolutely great. Boxing can't have a loaded card, because it is to top heavy with fighters making millions of dollars for one fight.

Boxing needs to just go away right now. Re-think their game plan, and reconstruct the pay levels for main event fighters.

If they don't, boxing will never recover from the funk it is in right now, and MMA has finally hammered the last nail in their coffin.