Ricky Hatton – show the man some respect
October 21st, 2009
By Dennis Broadhurst: In the past two years Ricky Hatton has lost two fights, the two biggest fights of his career. Hatton has fought some decent fighters in his day, Castillo, Urango and Malignaggi. A lot of his opponents have been poor but that was not always his choice, tell me a fighter who has fought under Frank Warren who has not been protected? Hatton has fought with three great fighters, Tszyu, Mayweather and Pacquiao.
Now after winning that title Hatton could just have gone after easy defences of his title and stayed in his weight class, where he felt comfortable. Hatton, being confident as he was undefeated went after the p4p king, Floyd Mayweather. Hatton looked strong in the early rounds but in the end Mayweather was just too good and stopped him in the tenth.
Now Hatton was defeated in this fight which made a lot of people think he was an overrated Brit but anybody who even steps into the ring, let alone goes ten rounds with a great fighter such as Mayweather has to have guts and deserves respect. Often when a fighter falls short of his dreams he will give up but Hatton decided to persevere.
Making two comeback fights and getting a new trainer, Hatton went in against an A class fighter and new p4p king, Manny Pacquiao. After seeing how Manny had taken out De la Hoya in his previous bout, Hatton must have had guts to take such a fight even if he was just trying it for the money. Hatton was not himself on the night because of his trainer missing training sessions and only came on the night when Hatton was getting his wraps on. After losing a 2nd round knockout I do not think that Hatton would win in any circumstances against Pacquiao as he is not in the same class in terms of skill.
So looking at Hatton’s late career he may have fallen short every time he tried but at least he did try and tried again. Hatton may not have been the greatest technical fighter of all time but he was/is a great body puncher with a decent chin and heart in abundance. I would like to see Ricky back in the ring but even if he does not choose to, the man has my respect as he never backed down and went after the best of the era. Better to try than regret it once it is to late eh Ricky? So show the man some respect haters.
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I agree ! hatton is next to pacman, he has a heart. not like mayweather chosing small boxers, not fighting the great boxers
Ricky Hatton vs. Zab Judah, this is it the fight boxing fans all around the world wants to see. Make it Happen.
Hey,I got two fans now huh.First of all i’m not from the states you idiots.I never said i would win against those guys,i just said i would get in the ring with them for a seven figure payday too.I’m not scared to take an a** kicking for that amount and i’m not the only one.I’m not jealous at all of english fighters,I liked lennox and i like kessler.I think kessler has a good chance of winning the super six.And as for pitty pat joe schooling my boys,he never schooled any of my boys.The only boys he did school were those little english school boys he and you called top opponents.Joe never fought any of my boys like oscar,trinidad or vargas because if he did he would have gotten beat down and exposed just like all the other english fighters.BOOYA!!!
its not about money, its about glory.
hatton cannot beat legends in the making, for example: mayweather / PACMAN = legends.
but he can beat averange world champions.
yeh rite show hatton respect,he ducked witter for ten years made every excuse going.
Hattons complaining/excuses about his defeats is pathetic. He was lucky against Collazo!
Nepster.Hatton UD.
ricky ; just drink your pilsner and STAY retired before you get hurt …
Hatton is my current favourite British fighter since the Prince Naseem left the scene… as a fan of Hatton, I think he should retire and not be too greedy.. but that’s up to him if he wants to tarnish a very good record..
BaksiKaEh im with you here.
D.Solis – No dubt you have never laced on a pair of gloves, but you are naive enough to say you would jump in the ring with Mayweather and Pacquiao for a seven figure number. You know what, I would pay to see that. A big mouth American who believes there country is the best in the world (I’ll leave that to opinion) and the only country in the world that produces great fighters getting a well deserved beating.
You wouldn’t last two seconds with Hatton, whether you believe he is great or not, never mind Mayweather or Pacquiao.
you guys should give hatton a break. he was a two weight champion and lost to two of the best fighters around . does anybody disrespect thomas hearns for losing to sugar ray leonard and marvin hagler? hatton was not the best fighter but he had lots of heart. he should retire though because if he keeps fighting, he may probably end up like jermain taylor with no heart and nothing left.
Agree, i have a lot of respect to Hatton, he’s a descent fighter. If he decided to fight Mayweather again I think he has a better chance of at least finishing the 12 rounds with Mayweather than Pacquiuoa, for one he was able to give Mayweather difficulties in the first two rounds. If he can only learn to adjust and try not to be predictable as he did against the two and throw in good defense and head movement. Then maybe he’ll win.
yeah i respect hatton and his place in history. he had tons of heart, good power and stamina. now its time to hang them up because of how he was knocked out in his last fight. Great Fighter who is now done in the ring. God Bless
dumbest article ive ever read. Hatton has never showed any signs of greatness. he’s a fighter that will always be below the best and thats that.
pitty pat calzaghe that schooled your boys? lol you clown
im not poor at all d solis, and i dont talk sh1te about fighters just because they are not from my country like you do, i also have nothing to be upset about as my small nation keeps producing world champions. and youve just proved my point by slating calzaghe too! lmfao. another jealous american clown
I would like to say that Hatton’s trainer let him down and if Ricky Hatton had Roach for a trainer he would likely have beaten both Pac and Mayweather.
At any rate Ricky Hatton has accomplished a lot more with his life than almost all of us.
Hey rich don’t get mad at me for telling the truth.You should be upset with your boy for not getting those much needed wins.If you don’t believe me than just ask any boxing analyst,expert or boxer themselves and they will tell you what you don’t want to hear the same way i did.I guess your a brit too huh,so that means that you like pitty pat calzaghe as well.Poor Richie
hatton is my hero, so of course i might be a bit biased, but damnit he is a great in my eyes through and through.
True that Tommy – one last fight against Marquez at Wembley – Hatton in 10!
I also knew Pacquiao would beat him in that fight BUT not in 2 rounds. The guy was physically prepared came fight night but was mentally unprepared. He looked confused/dazed and nervous even before the bell rang while Paquiao was really relaxed and brimmed with confidence.
The loss is Hatton’s fault but the devastating outcome is Mayweather Sr’s fault. He (Sr) really messed up Hatton during the training camp.
to d solis, dont you mean he will never be a legend in america because hes not american ?. lmfao you clown
ANY FIGHTER…no matter how good or how bad they are. Whether they fight the best or they cherry pick their opponents, to have a job where you know you’re gonna get punched in the face hundreds of times within any given night should deserve everyones respect.
To hate Mayweather for supposedly not fighting the best in his division, to criticize Pacquiao for fighting older faded opponents, and to criticize Hatton for fighting the way he does is just ridiculous. Some of the writers on this site (Manuel Perez, Liam Santiago, Scott Gilfoid..to name a few), and a bunch of other fanboys here need to stop being so biased and having so much hatred for certain boxers. Neither of those writers or any of these other fanboys would be able to last a single round with Manny, Floyd, or Ricky. Give respect where respect is due.
Hatton is average at best,i guess you can call him a legend in england but he will never be thought of as great or legendary in the rest of the boxing world.If i would have got offered seven figures i would have jumped into the ring against floyd and manny too.
i respect hatton and everything, but i hate him for always saying he overtrained for the pacquiao fight and blablabla. Before the fight, he was like “I will knock manny out. He got KOed twice with a body shot! This is my best training camp I ever had!” After the fight, “I overtrained in the fight and blablabla”
good article, i honestly cant understand why anyone disrespects ricky, the guy was a two weight world champion that beat some quality opposition and only lost to the two best fighters around, he gave mayweather a good go but fell a little short but so what, and he got kod by a super puncher in manny but so what, ricky has done the sport credit and done britain proud. he will always be a legend here
Good article. Everyone respects De La Hoya for fighting the best and coming up short every time. But he was a like-able guy who people bought into… just like Hatton. Hatton has been a good patron for boxing and is a like-able guy who was always willing to fight the best.
He is what is good about boxing and because of this deserves the repect he deserves.