Diaz Targets War With Hatton

After his contentious win over Paulie 'Magic Man' Malignaggi on Saturday, it appears Juan 'Baby Bull' Diaz has set his sights on a bout with former junior welter weight king, Ricky Hatton.

Both fighters are promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and with Diaz looking to make waves at 140 pounds and Hatton coming off a devastating 2nd round kayo at the hands of Manny Pacquiao, it appears that the two would be perfectly matched.

Diaz's trainer Willie Savannah told BoxingScene.com,

"We've wanted to fight Ricky Hatton for a long time. Juan wants this fight because he knows it would be a war. It would be a slugfest with two bulls meeting in the center of the ring. I don't know about fighting him in the UK though. Juan Lazcano trained in my gym for that fight with Hatton. When he hurt Ricky, the referee called time out. I don't know about fighting him out there,"

Savannah went onto tell BoxingScene.Com that a rematch with Malignaggi isn't impossible but only if they are not able to attract Hatton,

"If we don't fight Hatton, we would have no problem fighting Paulie in a rematch but our preference would be Ricky. I'll say one thing, there won't be a match in New York. Maybe it could happen in Las Vegas but not in New York."