Hatton denies retirement talk, says he never asked Roach to be his trainer
March 23rd, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: After weeks of silence on the matter of retirement former International Boxing Federation light welterweight/WBA welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) has come out and quashed the idea of him retiring at this time from boxing. Hatton, 31, had this to say from the Manchester Evening News: There has been a lot of hearsay in recent weeks regarding my retirement, but I urge my loyal fans to ignore the speculation. If, and when, I do eventually retire, the announcement will be made by myself. I feel I have earned the right to do it myself.” What Hatton doesn’t say is why he waited so long to speak about the rumors.
It will be of interest to see who Hatton does end up fighting when/if he does make an eventual comeback. It would seem doubtful that he’ll be able to beat a top fighter if he stays away from the ring for much longer. Hatton is a pressure fighter who has excelled because of a combination of conditioning and pressure. He’s not a huge puncher by any means. The light welterweight, if that’s where plans on fighting at, has gotten better in the past year and it’s unclear what kind of success Hatton would have if he chooses to fight one of the top fighters at that weight class.
Hatton would be better off taking on a smaller and older fighter like Juan Manuel Marquez rather staging a comeback against a young lion in the light welterweight division like Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, Victor or Marcos Maidana. However, if Hatton is going to go after one of those fighters, he needs to fight Khan and ignore the rest of them.
A fight against Khan would be a good paying bout in the UK, and it might interest fans from the United States as well. Hatton would likely have a better chance beating the shaky chinned Khan compared to fighters like Alexander, Bradley, Ortiz and Maidana.
Hatton says “I was also interested to read that I had recently asked Freddie Roach to train me but that he turned me down. I wish to put the record straight that, while I have the utmost respect for Roach, I have never once asked him, or indeed considered him, to train me.” Roach said recently that Hatton had asked him last year if he would train him, but Roach turned him down, saying that he should retire. It seemed like an odd choice for Hatton to ask Roach given that Hatton had been stopped by one of his fighters Manny Pacquiao in May.
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@GT HAMMER…….Well said!
roberto duran your binladens bih cant wait for your petrodollar to go to s .we getting a petroeuro and the suadis are backing it lol. where will your bulls1t dollar be then. give it 5yrs you yanks will be sorry you going to drag us in to war with iran, nope and you wont invade because the brits wont be backing your sorry as, because the petroeuro will beniefit us saddam wanted this you killed him by lying to the world you yanks are not brave just very foolish.
jerry kotelink never won the fight the german judges gave it him you really need to brighten up
Roberto duran, Ha! ‘We this’ ‘We that’ You speak like you did all this work yourself! YOu must beat your self up that you speak ‘ENGLISH’! And your comment about Bristish Chicks loving american men, well, thats a suprise, A female liking a male. anyway, boxing
I think Ricky Hatton was really good and had a great career, his great career should be over now and he has so much to be proud of, My only fear is that if he died tonight some of his fanatical fans would dig him up and throw him back in the ring…..Leave the guy alone and let him enjoy life, he was really good and had a great career
@roberto duran… mate this is boxing, hitler can be discussed on a history website so can 1776 and wotever happened in tht year…british ladies can be discussed in british girls gone wild in tenerife lool… stick to boxing!!!!!
@roberto duran, although i agree with you, please put forward facts like i have done to from boxrec to back ur claim, and dont use the words fraud for boxers or use bad language, my teacher once said arguing with opinions leads to a never ending road, arguing with facts however a dead end is reached before u know it. So please let go of the hate and argue with facts…peace
@GT hammer, bro don’t be fooled man…your british ladies like american men and they like to come here in the USA which is the land of the free and home of the brave! Plus we bailed your assess out when you came beggin to us back in WWII to help you kick Hitler’s ass. Bottomline we kicked ouy out of this country back in 1776 and ever since then the USA has been more powerful than your fledgling monarchy! lol
@Jerry, agreed there’s always some kind of a lame excuse when Hatton loses or when he underperforms and the sad thing is his fans are like lapdogs lapping it all up!! Excuses are only for the weak.
@weslad, my gullible british friend….Hatton is overrated, get over it!! only the drunk brits consider him as a great fighter!!! see how low the brits standards are when considering when a boxer should be called a “great”? lol At least Amir Khan has the gots to come over here and prove himself at this early stage of his career unlike Ricky “the fake Hitman” Hatton!!!!!!! hahhahahaha
@matt porter… thanks for arguing with facts…however, i disagree khan at 23 got knocked out with someone who had a 95% knockout ratio… hatton n calzaghe couldnt have been knocked out at tht age becoz they were fighting legends (lol) in freddie pindleton 47-25-5 and carl barwise 14-28-3 at tht age…im not gonna put forward any opinion on ohh khan made a mistake, he got knocked out fair enuf… but ricky gets knocked out and makes tons of excuses tht sucks wud never respect sumone like tht. Also, if kotelnik if so slow and basic then y are people gunning for khan to face maidana i mean (in ur words) surely if a slow kotelnik can outbox maidana so wot will a fast khan do??
soccer am khan says in one breath ricky should retire in the next i want that fight after his last fight against barrera he says he would never fight ricky because he s his friend theon otr radio he is saying he will fight anyone anywhere anytime maidana comes along but not you bradley and not you alexander definately not you this guy talks verbal poo
Jerry………………Calzaghe and HAtton didnt get put on there ass in 54 seconds by the time they were 23. And when Hatton lost to Mayweather at least he wanted the rematch, then went on to fight another p4p king. Khan has won a world title from a basic, orthodox fighter with no speed.
@Roberto Duran’ ‘here in the USA/Canada/Mexico he is seen nothing more as an overrated fighter’
Have you asked every single boxing fan in these countries and constructed a chart? Wed all like to see it.
Seems your just a very jealous man, I mean as fat as Hatton is, hed knock you into next year, hes richer, and would probably steel your American girlfriend and give her some British C*ck. Not bad ah for someone whose fat, British, and is an embarrassment!
robeto duran is a envious, british fans have shown that they bring something different to the game, at least we back our talent, unlike americans who cannot even embrace one of their best ever fighters in mayweather. In britan we are proud of our atheletes and why shouldnt we be!!!!
Ricky has more credibility than FREDDIE
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“It seemed like an odd choice for Hatton to ask Roach given that Hatton had been stopped by one of his fighters Manny Pacquiao in May.”
So why did Hatton bring in Mayweather Sr as his coach right after his defeat with Mayweather Jr? C’mon man, please try and at least think (for once in your life in writing articles here at Boxing News 24) before you write your articles!
fatton got beat off mayweather and then erm yes thats right asked mayweather to train him fatty talks out of his rectum he as lost face in retirement and now feels his reputation is in the balance and at what weight would he fight ? lightweight i think not lightwelter unless against sum bum definateley not weleter weight again it would have to be some bum future does not look bright it looks guiness
There is no rush for Hatton to get back in the ring. It would make sense to use this year to slowy take the weight off. Light training and healthy eating. I know It’s not the Hatton way but come the end of the year hel be at a good weight. His body will be healthy and his mental well being well be great. Then make a decision on wheather to fight on or not. It cant be good starting a training camp with rolls of fat around your body and then using half the camp to shift weight quick.
There’s nowhere else for Hatton to go but down, in his boxing career. He hit the ceiling of his career when he got whipped by PBF. And he was hit by the ceiling, when be got whipped by Manny. These younger top guys at 140, probably, would finish him off for good. 31 is not old, by any means. But, it is a bit late to improve a boxer, who’s set in his ways. Retire Ricky…
I don’t think Roach is a liar. If anything, it is Hatton who’s lying now cause why did he bring this up too late (delayed reaction)? Perhaps he fickled and reconsidered to retrack his original decision for some reasons (like being inspired by Erik Morales’ coming out of retirement despite 4 straight losses before and Pacquiao’s rumored retirement the one that demolished him and his name).
lol looks like I ain’t the only one who thinks Fatton is an overrated hypejob!! Like I said only the foolish british drunkards think this guy is a legend…lol you step out of the UK and nobody thinks of Hatton in the same vein as the british fans do, oh and btw us yanks do love the british fans because they are so gullible and think their fatman is a legend that they come to Las Vegas in droves and give us their hard earned money thru drinking and gambling!! who’s the winner now fools? nobody but us Yanks!! hahahahahahaah
Hope he does fight JMM so he can send Fatton on a permanent drinking binge, this guy is only a legend in the UK, its funny how much this bum struggled when he crossed the pond 2 try 2 prove himself 2 the US, only 2 be sent back home as a fraud!… When my boy SAUL ALVAREZ throws a beating 2 Matt Hatton on May 1st, the Hatton sisters can both ride off in the sunset!.. Amir & Haye will be the next overated Brits 2 be exposed!… Duran & Hatton don’t belong in the same sentence!
Yet another LIE coming from someone within the Pacquiao camp. Ole Freddie Roach at it again… LOL
Two good points you make 1. Why didn’t Hatton announce this earlier; I know he’s busy with his promotions work and everything, but he could’ve quashed the rumours by saying at least something. 2. The longer he leaves his comeback the harder it will be for his body to shift the weight: Kind of depends on how he’s looking after himself lately, if he’s doing light work and eating ok foods then his metabolism will be pretty good. But if he’s pigging out and downing the pints then not so easy, as one article said on here he’s gained about 4 – 5 stone in weight (56 – 70lbs) that’s a lot of weight to lose. If he does comeback (I don’t see it happening though) it would need to be a warm up fight with an upcoming fighter as I don’t see someone like Marquez waiting around for Hatton to get in shape. A couple of names I would consider are Paul McCloskey or Lucas Martin Matthysse they are good prospects and by the time Hatton makes fitness they should be more known on the Boxing Circuits..
hope HATTON does fight again, hope he does fight JMM, that would be a good fight, but think i might have to give it to JMM, Both have lost to the best fighters in the world, but JMM took them both the distance, and gave PAC the hardests fights he ever had. and even though MAYWEATHER won easily he could not knock out HATTOn, but i gotta give HATTON the advantage of POWER AND YOUTH. hope that fight does HAPPEN.
marquez would destroy hatton. juan diaz would be a good fight. he doesn’t have pop and would be in front of ricky all night.
@Lips- Hey, I love british fighers, excluding Amir Khan, because I think he is over rated and hasnt proven anything yet. The reason im mentioning you specifically is because I dont think its fair you are bashing Americans because of an idiot like this Roberto Duran. I am as American as they come, but I LOVE RICKY HATTON! When I heard he was retiring, my heart was broken! I want to see him fight Marquez, because I would hate to see Ricky be used as a walking mat for some young, up and coming fighter. I want a fair fight against two aging legends.
YES!!! I am sooo happy Ricky is back again! I love you Ricky and I AM AN AMERICAN (to you, Roberto Duran)! He is absolutely one of my favorite fighters and Im glad to hear that there is another reason we should urge Freddie Roach stop flapping his gums all the time.
Roberto Duran- You are really dense, so I would advise you to please stop your non sense talk! Ricky is a hall of fame boxer and has beaten really good fights and only failed against the 2 best fighters in the world, so until he loses against a nobody, I wouldnt say anything about Ricky other than hes a really great 3rd best.
all good prospects are protected up untill about twenty bouts or later on in there career. hatton blasted out everyone apart from 2 pound for pound greats . im not a massive fan but he is a very very good fighter
im pretty sure there is not one person posting on this site that will ever be as good as Hatton or Calzaghe.
I would very much like to see the guys who have bad things about Hatton and Calzaghe to actually get out of their arm chair and go to a boxing gym for a week.
I guarantee that after one week you will have a different view on these fighters.
Calzaghe held on to his title for 10 years….. come back and post bad things about them when you have achieved even 1 tenth of what they have done.
I think the only people who think Hatton is a great fighter or is worthy of hall of fame entry are the brits…outside of the british isles espcially here in the USA/Canada/Mexico he is seen nothing more as an overrated fighter who mostly feasted on tomato cans during most of his career that when the time came for him to step up against Floyd and Pac he got embarassed! lol
roberto duran- I wouldnt say all of his career but majority yes…some facts: before he turned 27 he was fighting bums, then decent fighter kostya collazo urango… he looked bad in his fights against lazcano, collazo and even urango…devon who is 22 knocked out urango easily, so yes id agree hatton was overrated having said tht if had a good trainer who wud improve his all round style esp defense then he cud hv been, also hes been goin around sayin he was winning the second round against manny by a country mile, when u say stuff like tht it kinda makes u look really really dumb lol
This news has made my week, I would love to see him have 1 or 2 fight, one hopefully against marquez.
Jerry, thank you! this british fanatics are so delusional they don’t realize that Hatton did fight tomato cans the majority of his career! lol
With respect to Hatton asking Roach to train him…as a rule, unless I hear it straight from Coach Roach’s mouth that he indeed made such a statement (and we haven’t) then I would just say that it was all heresay. As for Ricky Hatton fighting again, I think he still has it in him so long as he believes he does and I hope to see him either way in or out of the ring!
Thanks for the update.
Clint-thanks for not verbally assaulting me like the morons do on this site lol… anyhoo…speakin of mayweather fight, thts how he fights, hes a defensive fighter 25kos out of 40 fights wot he will do is just take you the whole distance and win lopsided decision, gettin knocked out by him is even worse lol…anyway wot u mean by the calzaghe comment?? if u tink otherwise im outta here
Jerry – Again mate, I have to put you staright!
With regards to Khan, yes alot of Brits laughed but I was not one of them!! There was still a strong support for him here and I am please to say that he has turned it around just like I thought he would. I will be flying over to New York for the fight with Malignaggi and I am sure we shall see a knockout win for Amir!!!!
at the end of the day like roach says hatton is one dimensional and tht wen ur up against the elite fighters isnt gonna get u no where…but ranking him with british fighters hamed lewis eubank bruno were far far better then him, id put him in the same bracket as calzaghe…lets hope khan, mitchell, brook and haye can become p4p’s
Jerry! I respect your points mate but if you read closer, they were not excuses but facts!
Like I said, and this is coming from one of Hatton’s number 1 fans, that he would still have lost those fights but not in the manner he did!!!
He would have gone distance with Mayweather and Pac Man probably would have finished him inside the distance but nowhere near as early as the 2nd round!!
P.S – Don’t get me started on the Calzaghe subject you raise because we will be here a long time mate!
lips… brits stick with the fighter?? wot abt amir khan then… wen he got knocked out every pub in england went wild as if theyd won the football world cup, but filled the bar with tears wen hatton got knocked out??
clint- interesting points…but im sorry hatton was overrated, he fought bums majority of his career just check boxrec and youll see, wen he stepped up(ill give him credit for tht, unlike joe fraud calzaghe)…but please… the excuses of losing to pacquiao abt peakiing to soon i mean seriously mate, just admit you lost to someone who was 10000 times better then u, not go on and say i was winning by a country mile i mean no wonder the yanks like roberto duran hate him…
Lips and Paddy – Welcome to the party fellas!
You see Roberto Duran fake that you are – Nobody likes you!!! You are a mug!!
Do everyone a favour – put your computer away and go and play with the traffic on the nearest highway!!!
Roberto Duran – Dumb as? Coming from a mug that doesnt use his own name!!!
Mike Tyson was knocked out in his prime, Lennox Lewis was knocked out so was De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jnr, Larry Holmes, Thomas Hearns, Duran, Pac Man etc etc etc!!! Does that make any of these names less great?? NO!!
Your argument holds no water!!! I am bored of wasting my time on an idiot like you!!!
Go and find another one of your boxing magazines so you can pick a new name!!
Who will you be tomorrow – Don Curry?? – Oh yeah, you probably don’t know who he is either do you??!! Mug!!!
@ Robert Duran
I hope you die of cancer. You only Brit Bash because you can get away with it. I saw the Mayweather fight against Hatton live. He lost to the best in the world no shame in that. Us british fans stick by our fighters even mayweather pointed that out. Unlike you American plastic C***s
@ Roberto Duran … you only seem to be the one that dislikes hatton you only give him credit for the Kostya Tszyu fight..mmm??
Stop using lol mate it makes you sound like a kid.
you cant say he is over rated with only 2 defeats to his name both coming to the pound for pound champions at the time at least he had the heart to give it ago .It will be good to have him back .oh and that prick who as to hide behind a legends name like roberto duran to make your points cause your not man enough to in britain we get behind are fighters no matter how big or small the fight we are not delusional we support are fighters through the good times and the bad.And with only 2 defeats to rickys name we have had a lot of good times
LOL Clint you are now a confirmed dumb as hatton fan, excuses are only for the weak and by citing these excuses on why your favorite “fish and chips” bloke got starched just makes him look weak and lame! lol
The faked named Roberto Duran – You are the biggest idiot that I have seen on this site!!
No I didnt bet my house on him but at least I own my own house!! I imagine you still live at home with Mummy and Daddy!!!
Against Mayweather, Hatton was in the fight until Joe Cortez started messing about and for deducting a point for a punch that didnt even connect!!! He would have made it through until the final bell if he didnt have to force the fight because I was so far behind because Cortez was wrapping Floyd up in cotton wall!!!
Against Pac Man it was a well known fact that Hatton peaked to soon and that his training camp was not good thanks to Floyd Senior messing him about and not turning up on the night of the fight until he was having his hands wrapped!!!
I am not saying Hatton would have won those fights but he would have gone 12 with Maywaether which is no disgrace and he would have lasted alot longer than 2 rounds against Manny if circumstances were different! At his peak Hatton is not a 2 round fighter for anyone!!!
Just get a life you Hatton hating mug!!!
Iam a huge fan of hatton, but i have to say would like him to call it a day .. the best is behind him now and there is no shame in losing to the best 2 fighters on the planet now..
@ Clint
Totally agree with you. Roberto Duran is a big time mug!
Probably a spotty 14 year old boy that gets bullied at school then comes online and acts like he knows something about anything.
He should have a little more respect. i wonder what he has acheived in boxing. probably hasnt put on a pair of gloves in his life.
Clint, my dear foolish hatton fan…bottomline is that both Floyd and Pacman proved this british bloke to be an overrated fighter end of. Plus, if you really like hatton that much and you believe in him as a fighter were you one of those who sold their house and bet everything on the fake “Hitman” because he said so prior to his fight with Pac? lol
Roberto Duran – It’s Clint so I guess I can add the fact that you can not read to your ever growing list of making yourself look foolish!!
Making a comparison is one thing but at least I am not mugging anyone off by using a false name. You don’t deserve to use a name of a legend like Duran!!!
Use your own name or did Mummy and Daddy give you a stupid one. If so then please use it because it will match your stupid comments!! Mug!!!!
LOL nice try Clit…ooops I meant Clint, btw Ricky is no Roberto Duran so please don’t even make the comparison! lol
Roberto Duran – I love it, you just keep making yourself look like a bigger mug each time you try and write something!!
Fish and Chip guy, again if you knew anything about the man who’s name you have pinched you will know that Duran to put on shed loads of weight between fights and used to sink the ale and eat junk food!!
You are just looking like a big mouthed idiot who knows nothing about nothing!!!
@Clint, know your boxing history fool! Duran was already a legend when he got his ass kicked by hearns…it’s actually shameful that Ricky’s using Hearns monicker of “Hitman” when he’s the one got hit alot in his fights against Floyd and Pac! lol
the brits can keep on hyping up that Ricky’s a great fighter and all but at the end of the day he was proven to be an overrated by fighter by both Floyd and the Pacman!! the british fans who travelled to Las Vegas are just delusional in thinking that he actually had a chance of winning against Floyd and Pac…it was priceless to see their drunk asses get silenced by both floyd and pacman when they KO’d this over rated british “fish and chips” bloke! lol
It’s funny how people bring up Hattons two losses like they are a disgrace for him.
Dont get me wrong, the Pac-man fight was brutal. He still stepped up though, and there is no shame on how he did against Floyd. He done a lot better than many of Floyds other cherry-picked opponents.
Also funny is how you bring up the ref in the Kostya Tszyu fight, but for some reason stay silent about a certain Joe Cortez!? Hmmm I wonder why?
Peace
Response to the so called Robert Duran. Us Brits will be loyal fans to somebody we have respect for. If only Hatton had a ref that would allow him to fight on the inside against Mayweather. It is true he lost to great fighters and there is no shame in that. Do you, for example rubbish Durans name when at times he was given a proper boxing lesson?
Also I am guessing you are an american( with a lower case a ) and you are absolutely bitter that there are a lot of european champions about, especially at heavyweight. Whre I recall a certain Lennox Lewis smashed the best american hopes and dreams again and again.
In summary Hatton wasn’t the best of the best, but he would and did fight anyone with heart and soul and always gave it 100% like a true warrior. What did you ever do that warranted admiration?
I wouldn’t agree that Hatton isn’t a big hitter!He must have one of the hardest left hooks in the division. And as for “Roberto Duran” saying he has been exposed and is overated, give him a break,he got beat off two of the best pound for pound fighters in the past 10 years!
@Clint
Shut up!! The only time that Ricky beat anybody who’s remotely good is when he beat Kostya but that’s not without the help of his beloved Ref who allowed him to play rough against him…take the ref out of the equation and out him against the best and see what happens? he got KO’d both times and was exposed as an overrated fighter who the british people think is already the best and deseve a place in the Hall of Fame…don’t think so buddy! lol
If he thinks he still got it I wanna see him ask Pacman for a rematch! Maybe getting knocked out in the 2nd round is not enough for him to make him retire….maybe another beating from the pacman and another devastating KO will send him to retirement for good! lol
Could Bradley or Alexander live with Hatton? I mean, they are not exactly Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao are they. I think Khan has the hand speed and movement to evade Hatton’s tactics but Bradley is made for him. I would love to see Bradley v Hatton as it would be a real spectacle. I think Bradley would jump at the chance as he is full of confidence right now. Come on Ricky… make it happen.
You just gotta love how the brits love this overrated fighter eh?!? They already consider Ricky as one of the greats when he was clearly exposed by the two P4P kings in the world. I bet he missed his ref who allowed him to do dirty tactics against kosta Tzu back in 2005. Hang them up Ricky you are one overrated fighter and brits are all fools for following you across the pond just to see you get knock the f*ck out! lol
freddie roach needs to stop lying
Ricky didn’t say he was fighting again…..he was saying when he retires we will hear it straight from him, not from anyone else. He will be retiring soon and not fighting anymore. Don’t get too excited and start choosing his next opponent.
He can probably still give us 1 or 2 decent fights, maybe toss him in there with Margarito, that could be interesting.
Come back Ricky. Although we have got Haye, Froch, Khan and the others coming through there is nothing like a trip to Vegas to watch the Hitman.
British boxing misses and needs Ricky The Hitman Hatton!!!
He is only 31 and has only lost to the two best fighters in the World and probably of the last 20 years.
Ricky has loads more for the boxing fans.
hey ricky! Fight khan. Please!!!
I would love to see Hatton have one more fight in Manchester and then call it a day!!
A fight against Marquez would be a winnable fight and the perfect way to round off a great career!
Top man Ricky and the best of luck!!!
why would roach lie about that?
You tell them Ricky!
Nothing more to prove Ricky. Decent fighter, but came up well short against the ‘big guns’.
Don’t get me wrong, I love watching Ricky fight and his army of British fans make for a spectacular atmosphere, but I just fail to see any reason (other than money) for him to continue. Had he been disciplined enough to stay fighting fit between fights, who knows what he could achieve, but pigging out on Guiness and Kebabs for months on end is no way for an athlete to reach the top of his game.
Thanks for the memories Ricky, but do yourself a favour and settle down with your family, they need a healthy son/father/husband around!
Coach Roach at it again with the bullsh*t I see… Hatton shouldn’t retire at 31 unless he doesn’t feel the need to fight anymore. I don’t think he should jump right back in with top competition, but I think he may be able to still beat Good competition. I think at least his first 1 or 2 fights should be in UK where he feels most comfortable though. Good read.
Coach Roach at it again with the bulls I see… Hatton shouldn’t retire at 31 unless he doesn’t feel the need to fight anymore. I don’t think he should jump right back in with top competition, but I think he may be able to still beat Good competition. I think at least his first 1 or 2 fights should be in UK where he feels most comfortable though. Good read.