Hatton Should Retire!
May 3rd, 2009
By Chris Williams: I think I’m speaking for everyone here when I say Ricky Hatton should retire from boxing. If there was ever a good time for this argument to be made it was after Hatton got drilled into the canvas by boxing’s pound-for-pound star Manny Pacquiao in a 2nd round KO on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The fight pretty much could have been stopped at the end of the 1st round when Pacquiao knocked Hatton down twice. The first knockdown was from a right hand from Pacquiao, and the second came with seconds remaining in the round with Pacquiao hitting Hatton with a big left, sending him diving to the canvas.
Hatton looked dazed and confused after getting up, appearing in shock. I guess I can’t blame him because he was fighting a so-so round up until the last minute when Pacquiao got serious with him and hit him with a big right hook. In Hatton’s corner, he spent have the time looking at his assistant trainer for advice and the other half listing to head trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr.
That wasn’t a good thing, because it seemed like Hatton wasn’t entirely focused on the advice that Mayweather Sr. was giving him. Hatton should have been listening because Mayweather was giving him some helpful advice, telling him to use his jab, move his head, none of which Hatton was using.
Hatton then went out for the 2nd round and did little, getting hit often with right hooks and left hands by Pacquiao. The end came when Pacquiao drilled Hatton with a perfect left hand that sent Ricky down on his back. The fight was stopped, and that was it for Hatton.
It was one of those types of knockouts that often have lasting damage. Even if Hatton does want to come back from this defeat, and I imagine he probably will knowing him, I can’t see Hatton having any success. Hatton will step in the ring and probably get knocked out again unless he’s very careful and fights in a different way. Hatton looked like the complete opposite of what he was against Paulie Malignaggi.
In that fight, Hatton used head movement and jabbed frequently. But for some reason, Hatton chose to do none of those things against Pacquiao on Saturday night. Hatton seemed to be trying to outslug Pacquiao using his old style. I don’t know if this was something that Hatton came up with at the last second, because in watching him spar, he fought completely different, fighting the same way he had against Malignaggi.
I wonder if Hatton listened to some ding bat’s advice telling him to put a lot of pressure on Pacquiao. That’s probably it. Instead of using the safe, defensive method that Mayweather Sr. had been trying to drum into his thick skull, Hatton went out and tried to use his old style and got knocked out for it.
It’s too bad, because the loss is a crippling blow for Hatton’s career. He could maybe work his way back into some more big money fights at some point if he was determined, but given his age and the huge amount of money he’s already made in the sport, I doubt that Hatton would want to do the hard work necessary to come back from this.
Hatton needs to fight better opponents when not facing fighters like Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao, and try to use the skills that Mayweather Sr. had been trying to teach him. After this fight, my guess is that Mayweather Sr. is gone from Hatton’s camp. Who knows? Maybe Hatton will try and get Freddie Roach to train him, but it won’t matter unless Hatton actually uses what has been taught to him. He didn’t against Pacquiao, that’s for sure.
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oh dear adams spouting his usual nonsense again i see if britain aint got no one then what have you yanks got!!OH YEAH I FORGOT TARVER DAWSON 2 HE HE HE WHAT A JOKE!!just stick to squeezing your zits fatboy and dreaming of the time you wern’t in iraq!!and maybe you can ask b-hop if he can fight on until he’s 50 or maybe holyfield will conjure up another title shot!!and as for floyd that bigmouth is gonna get his from the pacman!!so i think it’s safe to say you aint got squat.
Well my wife likes it so im happy.Sorry guys,didn’t know you where gonna go pull out a bunch of the nobodies in boxing history.You Brits really don’t have or never had sht in boxing except for Lennox Lewis.And he went out like a coward just like Calzaghe.Poor Poor brits.Ricky Hatton has no chin.That’s why he got rocked by Pacquaio,Mayweather,Urango,Lazcano,and Collazo.And Collazo flat out whooped Hatton.Good luck this year guys,it’s gonna be rough.You have nobody.
adam, sounds to me like you’ve got a bit of an inferiority complex…. it doesn’t matter to us that you’ve got a tiny penis. this is a boxing sight, take your personal issues to whatcanidowithateenyweeny.com
Wait!Froch has a chin.He must have some American in him somewhere.
Whats up with you Brits not having a chin.David Haye no chin.Amir Khan no chin.Ricky Hatton no chin.And when I was in Iraq,I saw 2 Brits get KTFO by 2 American Staff Sargents in 1 punch KO’s.So having weak as chins might be in your DNA.
One more fight, test his chin. After a Knock down like that a fighter is never really the same. I would like him to retire soon though.
Nice guys can win . . . even though, as we saw here on The Strip of broken dreams, good lads can take a fearsome beating.
My last respect to the one of the best Light welterweight champ of all time. Good night, Ricky, and thanks for the memories!!!
Manny Pacquiao made all his opponents go down to retirement. so what would be his new MONIKER? PLS give me your suggestions.
i dont know why all the hostility towards hatton he is british is he not i want him to win im scottish and i support british boxing god knows we need it… hatton is not a great boxer he is a good fighter and he is hard but he took on the best in mayweather and lost then pacman and lost these are two awesome fighters u cant diss a man for losing to the best… he probably should retire because he will not get any bigger a fight than the mayweather fight which he probably didnt deserve a shot at anyway but he is a good character for the sport so i support him
yous all pised at the hatton bashing take it like men!! we khan fans have took khan bashing for along time,fans have a right to air their views like they do for khan take the diising comments like men and stfu!!!!!!!!!!!
adam good point haye gonna get destroyed like hatton defo,its all hype make a sackful of ££ and fool the fans,hAYE MIGHT KO KLITCHKO ONCE CUS
hatton the glass jawd chav got destroyed by a blown up flyweight looooooooooooolhappy days shame hatton didnt do a chicken dance oh i forgot his was kknocked out on his arse unconcious for 2 minutes ,a disgracful display from a so called p4p great ,what a joke
Big tony im with you on that fella hatton is a legend and i thank God we had him in boxing i like khan he will never take 35 thousand 2 vegas never, hes a great boxer and a great man any1 who knocks him is not even a real man, pac man would not knock him for losing so neither should any1 else.
hatton deserves to go down in history as 1 of the most exciting fighters britain has ever produced.. he’s given us some awesome perfomances that have left us all wanting more.. unfortunatly ” and i hope i’m not alone here” i dont ever want to see anything like his last fight ever again…. plese retire with your head held high ricky… you truely are a legend
all those people whose saying that hatton lose his punch resistance are all morons, there is no such thing. any fighter who get hit in the right spot are gonna go down, and any fighter in the 140 lb division and below who will get hit by the kind of punches that ricky hatton absorbed is surely goin to get ktfo. the knock out punch in the hatton pacquiao fight is probably one of the baddest ko of the year. get over it, stop those excuses already, he got beat by the best fighter in the planet today plain and simple. morons
A weight drained washed up old man like DeLa Hoya took Pacman 8 rounds.Shows you where Ricky sits with the best.
Well I dont know what bullocks is so please speak english so I can understand you.But i’ll tell you what Hatton should do and that’s give Collazo his rematch.If Ricky gets in the ring with any of the top boxers he’s gonna find himself back in the hospital.Ricky lost to Collazo the first time and got a christmas present from the judges because he was gonna fight Mayweather.So Ricky, stuff whats left of your pride in your shorts and gice Collazo a rematch.Although Hatton will get KTFO in that fight also.
why should ricky retired? because he lost to 2 of the best pound4pounders fighters in the world. what about de l hoya? did anbody say he should retire after he lost just two fights. stop hating on ricky, still a good fighter. jmm, antonio b, manny p even bernard h, they all lost .if they had retired we would’nt have the good fights we have been having, thank you
Maywether snr should retire! The man slurs his speach like he’s had 6cans of superT.Would’nt trust him in a padded room nevermind with pads!
I definatly agree that Hattons not lost his punch resistance or is a shot fighter, lets not go down this old route.
He gave his chin to the best fighter on the planet and Pacman took it and knocked him out. If your guna do that your guna go down.
Hatton is still physically the same Hatton that beat Malanaggi and Collazo when we were sayin hes unbeatable at 140.
Whether hes the same Hatton mentally is a different story and its guna take time to tell.
manny is the best pound for pound fighter in the world at this time’hang em up ricky’ think about your family,freinds n fans,you have nothing more to prove!!
adam you talk bollocks pal
Have you all notice it? that Ricky actually landed right exactly on top of the Rockstar Logo when he struck by Pacquiao’s left cross?!hahahahahaha….its like his being measured up for his you know!!!!hahahaha….
Good article Chris……..I agree Hatton should retire.What worried me this fight with Hatton was…he had,or somebody close to him had started picking his next 3 fights after Manny(stupid)…thats a massive no-no in boxing…especialy at this level..He paid the price and got destroyed.
I’m a massive Hatton fan and found it hard to watch…it was sad to see.But full respect to Manny…what a boxer he is and also what a bloke…..the time he tried to pick David Diaz up put a tear in my eye and i will never forget that.
I hope Hatton does retire……what a man Ricky is and what a carear he’s had.
Johno
Have you notice it Ricky went down exactly on top of the ROCKSTAR ENERGY RINK LOGO,hahaha. what a shame for the Boastful over Confident Mancunian.
He should change sport now maybe try his luck on the full contact sport like MMA/UFC. cos his just plain cheater in boxing lots of holding/grabbing while punching, have you all so seen that dirty tactics of his?
Ricky is not a true talent.Not even close.He was an exciting fighter but had very limited boxing skill or talent.He has no chin and needs to retire or stay in the UK because he can’t compete with true talents like the American Floyd Mayweather.
Ray Hatton Father of Ricky said after the fight when his son was brought to the Hospital “He’s O.K he doesn’t have any bruised his totally alright” lol…
Here’s what I say Old Ray “Are you sure Papa that nothing even a scratch in your Son’s Face? “Then pls check Ricky’s Teeth I bet a tooth or two have already gone after that brutal left cross he just received from the PACMAN”….hahahahaha…..
Manny and Ricky should make a Beer commercial here in the Philippines, just like Eric Morales after they’re epic 3 game battle, he visited Manila to make a commercial which also made Filipino love him.
Tell you what he walks away with more respect than joe calzaghi hatton never ducked anyone he allways put his self up against the very best…
I was never really a fan of the guy but yeah i think hatton should stick to eating his pies and drinking beer as the years of milking the skys sports viewers with non-matches is over….i mean EVERY TIME he stepped up to a REAL challenge(twice!) in class he got beat!
His plastic wbu(we be useless)title meant nothing to no one outside of mancheter.
As a actual rated top uk fighter he was nothing special in my eyes. 4/10.
RH should retire and put up a beer pub in Manchester or somewhere.
Hatton is a fooking legend Fact i love him, and also love pacman just hatton lost so what who are we 2 judge him for it give the guy a break, hes never had a bad word 2 sat bout any1, fantastic guy fantastic father and fantastic scraper, god bless him and what hes about, and im Welsh no English before you all think im his brother or sumfin lol.
@ Why why why…
Please don’t bring Calzaghe into this.
There’s me thinking Hatton’s first 39 fight were a load of CANS, but Calzaghe’s fight record is embarrasing.
More Embarrasing than Sven Ottke. Do u even know who Ottke is? The German dude who fought CANS, and never left Germany knowing he’d lose by UD.
Hatton messed up…BIG time. But I stillthink he has a lot to offer.
everyone is sayin this and that about ricky yet we all tuned in and we all read the papers we all wanted him to knock the stuffin out o pac man
now we are sayin he’s crap get real the uk have nothin else to offer the world stage lets not forget when a fighter reaches this level then they are amoung elite fighters ho and the only defeats are against the best POUND for POUND fighters in the world if you don’t like whatch bowls respect ricky a true tallent
Ricky’s fight with the Pacman,reminded me of when Loyed Honeygan fought Marlon Starlon. In both cases, their opponent’s knew exactly how they would fight, and prepaird accordingly.In both cases,i believe our fighters had a good chance of winning,by boxing,and not brawling.a classic example of this was Hagler vs Hearns.everyone expected Marvin to box Tommy off for a few rounds,but he did the unexpected,took the fight to the Hitman, and the rest is History.In reverse, i beleive both Ricky and Loyed could of prevailed,by not running in waging all out war.
Speaking a british boxing fan I think it’s probably Hattons time to retire. Theres no shame in losing to the two best P4P fighters in the world and don’t see where else there is for him to go. Floyd & Pac-Man are superhuman pugilits and specimens like these don’t come around too often. So to have two of them around right now is something special. The fight now to see is Manny v Floyd. Thats gotta be one of the biggest fights that people want to see in boxing history!
Does anyone think that Manny’s Last Punch is the KO of the year? I mean it was disgustingly lethal
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Yep, I couldn;t agree more ! I was shocked at how Ricky had totally abandoned his training tactics from Mayweather Snr. Obviously, the aquabbles between Mayweather and the other trainer in the camp was a factor. Ricky was told by Mayweather not to engage Pacman for the first four to five rounds and just box on the outside. The other trainer was apparently adamant that Hatton should make a statement of intent early with his strength – clearly we now know whose advice should of been listening too ! I was utterly appalled at Hatton reverting to a foolish, facefirst, hands down approach against a dangerous fast punher like Pacman … I just couldn’t understand for a second what he was doing ? I think the really said thing here is that this type of loss will unfairly just play inot the hands of many who just want to completely rubish Hatton off as a one-dimensional untalented fight, which I think is fair from the truth.
I expected to see an even better box/move style from Hatton early against Pac, as Mayweather had instructed … now, sadly, for Hatton, he will be remembered for two brutal KO’s against him at the highest level.
As regards, Pacman, well done … he is a good guy and I feel good for him that he has won, even though I predicated the opposite outcome for him against Hatton. As a footnote : Had Hatton of boxed defensively and carefully, I still think Pac’s speed may eventually have been too much over the distance, and this was again contrary to what I thought would occur had it gone that way too.
Well done, Manny … roll on Mayweather Jnr !
( Oh, and I will wait until Floyd has fought Marquez until I give a full verdict on a Manny v Mayweather fight … but, as a taster, Floyd’s is just on another level to just about any fighter out there ).
To: Stupid Hatton
I am more than sure that Ricky will not be reading these messages, so do not talk as if he will be reading your stupid posts.
I lol at your sadness and stupidness
You probably couldnt beat snow off a rope
hatton and his camp are just fools they went into the fight thinking hatton would be more powerfull heavyier hands and bully him, i do think hatton is a nice guy.. but him and the camp when u go into a ring without respect for someone.
sorry hatton but u aint no Joe Calzaghe.
happy retirement
Pacman looked scarily good and my hat goes off to him and roach. But for Christ’s sake Ricky couldn’t have made it easier for him… he didnt box smart like he has been training to for the last 3 months, charged in like a crude slugger and got what he deserved.
I love the guy but I really think its in Ricky’s best interests to retire.
Bring on Mayweather v Pacquiao
Punch resistance does seem to have gone, but he was all over the place and off balance. Hatton lost his cool within about 20 seconds. I have never seen someone punch as fast as Pac did (hatton added to the problem by jumping in as usual!) that knockout blow was unbelievable. Maybe Hatton should retire. If the Mayweather defeat affected him, this one certainly will. Hes been in to many wars. But well done to Pacquaio as he proved just how insanely good he is.
I am Australian with Filipino heritage.
I have alot of respect for Hatton as he de-throned Tsyzu our hero in OZ. The decision to retire is entirely up to Ricky and no one else. As a fighter i don’t think he will retire right now. He still would sell alot of tickets but nowhere near the amount he has in the past.
As for Manny…he is the best fighter on the planet and definetly in the top 5 fighters in the history of the sport!!!
Everyone is talking about Mayweather Jr fighting Pac…in all honestly i don’t think he will even beat Marquez! Marquez is one of the classiest fighters and everyone watch…Mayweather won’t get a chance to fight Pac.
***remember i said that after the fight***
Reasonable article Chris , maybe you can stick to this type of wrtiting .Hatton had little punch resistance and was rocked by the first solid shot that caught him, a shot he would have walked through earlier in his career . Even if he had boxed it is likely that it would only have delayed the inevitable. I hope he retires and does not get caught up in the circus of fighting ODH or other over the hill fighters.
I get fed-up at those folks who come on here bad-mouthing great fighters from whatever country. Sick of the nationalistic rubbish as well. You sound like WWE fans. Proper boxing fans respect all great fighters and speak about them in the right way. Too many keyboard warriors get on here.
On Hatton – probably best to retire & I agree with one contributor that I suspect his punch resistance is suspect. Hatton, being the bigger man, thought he would simply walk thru & bully Pac – was he wrong! Hatton still a great fighter & great win for the Pacman.
Pacman gobbles Ghost
Dynamite fists, blinding blows
Greatest now you know
hatton said he’s bigger than pacman in the 140lbs, last sunday he looked like an amateur boxer in front of the pacman.he should retire and spend his day playing with his kid.even nonito donaire can knock him out in an instant if they meet in the ring
Ricky Hatton is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down. Ricky Hatton is Falling Down in second round.
hatton nearly took a dirt nap in the 2nd.
here’s hoping he walks away while he still can.
ha ha ha..
nice ronald, do agree with You.
maybe not retire , he just isnt in mannys class , he may have protected himself a little better if he didnt listen to delahoyas advice that manny had no real power , as ricky most certainly showed no respect for manny . there is no more excuses for delahoya ,he simply got flogged by a better fighter, maybe hatton fight delahoya .
I think Pacquiao retired Manuel Perez as well!
I THINK FLOYD SR. SHOULD RETIRE TO. BECAUSE WHAT HE SAID WAS ONLY A POET…HAHAHAH
I think Hatton doesn’t have to retire yet but what he does need to do more often is listen to his trainer and shut his mouth.
Hatton should rest for a few months and think about his options. I agree that he did not listen to Floyd Sr about using his jab and head movement.
stupid hatton…
you were the one who challenged paquiao and know him out, am I right… dont with the people… with that arogant style of yours… you could’nt do anything to paquiao…
2 rounds and thats all… what a damn looser you are… in only 2 rounds… their were 3 knock downs and the one who got knocked out was you…
if that continued, it will be damn very funny to see you all the way getting kncked off all the time by paquiao
I think 99% of us are in agreement,that Hatton should now retire.Surprised no one has mentioned how much his punch resistance has deteriorated.We wish you well Rick.
i think hatton should have a final fight with the loser of mayweather vs marquez fight. as much as i dont like u chris i am agreeing with u on this. where was the new ricky hatton. no head movement, not jabbing enough, no defence and no brain. u realy cant fight manny like that just comming forward coz he will pick u off. i think if manny fought cotto it would be the same but not as early. lets b truthfull the only way u can fight pacman is 2 box him and counter punch him. i cant wait 4 mayweather vs pacquiao that is the fight 2 see.
Wheres manuel perez? I wanna see the excuses he gives now. Like maybe Shane Moohre in a pacquiao costume and boxed Hatton on the night? Or maybe hatton was underweight when he went into the ring? Or better yet aliens put intergalactic steroids on pacquiao and those roids where undetectable since they were from outer space! HAHAHAHAHAH ROFL
Well observed article.
Agreed, Hatton should now retire.
My only other perspective on this is, that Ricky was hurt so early in the contest that he was quite likely still concussed whilst sitting down between rounds. Therefore unable to activate the advice given to him by Floyd snr.
I boxed professionally myself. So, have an idea as too his mental state between rounds.
From a financial stand point, Hatton ‘could’ retire…but if he cooses to continue boxing, then he should.
Hatton is still a big draw, has a great fan base, and is still a decent boxer. But I just feel that Hatton needs to pick his shot more carefully and not always feel the need to brawl. I’m not sure what he and FM went over during their training camp; but what I do know is that Hatton was very dissapointing!
Also, Hatton needs more self discipline…instead of balloning 4 stones between fights, he needs to stay in shape and respect his body!
I agree, certainly a world class fighter, like Hatton,could perhaps given a better fight (absoloutly no disrepsect)may be he got more hurt by the Mayweather fight than we realized, or his time has come, anyway the long & short is he has been beaten only by the very best, and that is no shame
wow nice article im suprised. Totally agree with you hatton should retire now hes earned enough money and given us some great fights =)
I agree.Hatton need to retire before he gets himself killed.I actually was afraid he’d been seriously hurt.This is what happens when fighters get boosted up by the media and British boxing fans when they’re really not that good.I expect the same when Klitschko meets Haye on June 20th.A cruiserweight that has faught nobody and has mouthed his way to a title fight doesnt belong in the ring and may get a 1 way ticket to the emergency room.
Ok you say that but hes facing best fighters, pac and mayweather he should retire because he cant beat probably 2 best fighters? If that was the case i guess all boxers should retire in pac and mayweathers classes….