Hatton says he doesn’t think he’ll fight again – News
June 9th, 2010
By William Mackay: Former two-time champion Ricky Hatton has been out of action for over a year now since being stopped in a brutal 2nd round knockout a year ago against Manny Pacquiao in May 2009. Once in shape, muscular and lean, Hatton is now fleshy, rotund and carrying around 50 to 60 extra pounds of fat on small 5’6” frame. Hatton’s biggest fans are hoping that he’ll come back at least for one more fight before officially hanging up the gloves for good.
This is pretty much what Hatton has been saying over and over again since he was blasted out by Pacquiao a little more than a year ago. But it’s looking like Hatton will retire without officially retiring. If he waits too much longer in deciding to make a comeback, the decision will have been made for him because he’ll likely be too old, and too fat to come back.
Hatton needs to make the decision now while he’s still relatively young. The biggest problem for Hatton is that the light welterweight division, where he used to fight, has gotten a lot better in the past year and it’s questionable whether Hatton could have beaten some of the fighters there even in his prime. Now a year a later, Hatton is has ballooned up in weight and doesn’t look anything like his old self.
It’s possible that he can come back, but the way it’s looking it seems that Hatton will follow the lead of Kostya Tszyu by retiring without officially retiring. By keeping the door open, Hatton can always come back but realistically there won’t be much chance of Hatton winning when/if he does come back if he waits too much longer, unless, of course, Hatton picks a really soft opponent when he does come back. I doubt Hatton would do that because he has too much pride and probably wouldn’t want to face the criticism he would get.
Right now, Hatton might be still good enough to beat someone like Michael Katsidis, but it would depend on whether Hatton’s chin is still the same after his loss to Pacquiao. It would also depend on whether Hatton took off all the weight slowly rather than over a three month period in a rush job.
I think Hatton could probably burn the 50 to 60 pounds of blubber off in three months but I think he would be much weaker for having it so quickly. Hatton should take his time to burn that kind of blubber off because that’s just too much weight to be taken off in only three months without Hatton stripping off muscle at the same time he’s reducing the lard that he’s packed on.
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yeah retire!
@ johnboy
You have confused me there I don’t remember saying that Hatton was as good as Hearns what I said was being knocked out twice doesn’t make you a bum as some fans have suggested and therefore used the great Tommy Hearns as an example of this fact so grab yourself a calculator next time becouse you have put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5.
if you guys look at these hatton thing in these way you will understand that it’s better for ricky to keep enjoy is rich life as is doing now; cotto – hatton it’s the best shot that ricky might have ( very similar record but a liar one) cotto got cheated in order to take titles away from him) the margarito fight does not need comment and pacquiao fight has a very long tail but i think cotto new it but is ego and the big big money where bigger priority for miguel. in the other hand hatton got knock out cold from floyd (clean) and got clean up from a not sure manny pacquiao. so at the best that hatton can be will be ridiculized from miguel wich his the only possible money fight ricky can achive.
If Hatton doesn,t need money whats the purpose as younger stronger fighters emerge.
Forget this guy (Hatton) Hmmmm nothing good to say
after seeing him on the soccer aid match he doesn’t look like he’ll be making a come back,
Thank god – Retirement ASAP!
rickys class who ever says hes not needs to get there head tested,and watch some of his fights,because the guy has lost only twice,,,twice you muppets and thats to the two best pfp boxers,ricky shouldnt come back hes been out too long,but dont knock him because he was of the best pressure fighters ive ever seen,bar none,that lad was relentless,had a chin of granite and never took a back foot, look at his record you idiots,
all you hatton haters just take a min and reflect at what youve achieved in your own life then look at what a beer guzzlin “pig” like hatton has achieved in his pretty amazin for a kid from hyde he only lost to the very best out there i bet any of you morons would swap lifes with him and if you are a set o liars every memory i have of hatton is quality even his losses great guy great champion like it r lump it
hatton knows better, all he would do if he came back is get knocked the fu$k out! a hatton? brain damage is a bit$h shorty!
@Ukansodoff- Your exactly right, he deserves more credit for what he did
Thank God!!!
if hatton comes back i hope its sooner rather than later, if he does come back I hope its for a good tune up fight then a title fight and then khan. A true champ, and nice guy!
Ricky is/was great for boxing and I will miss him something awful. Ricky gave it a shot with limited talent and physical ability and I respect him massively for it. I don’t think there’s ever been a more popular fighter anywhere who could draw 5-7k of their countrymen across the pond to see them perform and that goes for all sports. Hatton is a class act and was a beast in his day. I don’t care what anyone says about the Tszyu win, Kostya was at his best that night, moving and punching well and Hatton just out fought him. Every style has a counter style and Hatton’s was Kostya’s. That Hatton would have walked through anyone in the 140lb division, save Manny Pacquiao. And Manny really isn’t in Jww anyways. I would love Hatton to give it another shot but will respect him either way. But as a fan, I want to see what he can come back and achieve. I mean it’s no shame to be beaten by the two best fighters of the last ten years. After all, they have both beaten a lot of other HOF’ers.(Hatton is a HOF’er in my opinion)
good for him..
Im a big fan of Hatton but i think he should just stay retired. His legacy is set as it is. Im 5’7 and damn thats alot of weight he packed on.:S
I love all the Hatton was never any good anyway rubbish, Slate him all you want the facts, record and list of world titles speak for themselves.
He was a great fighter, great brawler, poor boxer. To beat Hatton you had to be a better boxer than he was a brawler or a better brawler yourself and in the end it took Mayweather and Pacman to beat stop him.
Ive seen boxers with iron chins go down, ive seen the very best in the world in fights they lost or should of lost. It happens to them all and its just one of those things, when it happens to Haton people on here see it as proof he was just a bum.
Are these the same people that thought Mayweather askin for drugs tests to be all the proof needed to know Pacmans a drug cheat?
Hatton aint or never was the best but he was very good at what he did i think those rippin him apart are not quite as clued up on the sport as they like to think they are, or are they just sayin it to get a rise out of Hatton fans?
Everyone giving hatton credit for fighting the best and being king of 140 are right. He fell short against the best 2 fighters of his generation but has accomplished far more than any of these so called 140lbs “superstars” of today will ever achieve. Watch bradley, alexander and khan all get exposed when in with a real tough opponent. None are great fighters. Hatton should be proud of his career and can come back for 1 fight or retire now and still be considered a good world champion
Go Away Hatton, You’ll be eaten alive if you ever come back to the 140 division. £30 million in the bank for pulling one of the biggest scams in Boxing, not bad.
@ Wizzkid:
I agree with you Hatton never duck…but I look like a duck with my wide big mouth and I duck everybody…
FMJ
@GAR30
haha dont even try and compare hearns to hatton. Thats 1 of most ludicrous comparison’s i’ve ever heard. That was a good 1 mate keep the jokes coming
@ Joker C
‘We don’t need pigs like that in the sport’… Wake up.. Ricky was a legend, that never ducked anyone (Witter would argue)… He’s exactly what the sport needed!!
Rate him or hate him you have to say Ricky Hatton never ducked anyone and yes he was beaton by two KO’s but in the old days boxers used to come back from KO defeats eg. Hearns got KO’d twice by Leonard and Hagler does that make him a bum?
@DAVE
To say he walked through his division might be true but it was a very weak division in his era the only notible win was against an old kostya tszyu who had problems with jet lag.
I also thought he got beat of luis collazo when he moved up in weight.
And it is true he has never ducked anyone but pac destroyed him and even mayweather knocked him out only the second person mayweather has stopped at welterweight (35 year old sharmba mitchell the other).
Ricky has made good money in the sport because he’s a nice guy and gets good pay per view ratings, he was always overrated and in my opinion terrible to watch, just a spoiler in the ring
I agree with you Hodgy Hatton was a warrior and would have walked through this division. He went aftre the best in the business aswell and never ducked anyone unlike the keyboard warriors on here who probably get bullied in the real world.
Quote william mackey “The biggest problem for Hatton is that the light welterweight division, where he used to fight, has gotten a lot better in the past year and it’s questionable whether Hatton could have beaten some of the fighters there even in his prime.” if your on about bradley, khan, madaina and alexander your wrong. khan would have gotton KO’d madaina would have been done on points same goes for bradley because i doubt they would be able to cope with hattons constant pressure. as for alexander im not sure so sure but at this stage he wouldnt have enough experience, maybe in 4-6 fights he would.
what is he? the Bret Farve of Boxing? quit holding on 2 this guy he sucks!
Ouch! Hatton is coming back? I need to have a press conference to make my semi-retirement official. Sure, I’ll will wait till Hatton and Pacquaio and all other devouring guys out there to be washed up….then I’ll come back he he he. I dont wanna face Cotto too.
Love u all my fans,
FMJ
the writers never fail to always mention his 2nd round knockout loss to pacquiao in every article that concerns this guy.
stop the teasing, it’s been a year already since he lost by a brutal 2nd round knockout to pacquiao.
He can still comeback and forget the brutal 2nd round knockout to pacquiao and become great again.
Ricky is a good fighter… it’s just really disappointing to know that he already lost interest in fighting again. am sure he can still fight when fit.
He can also ask for a rematch with floyd. am sure he can kick the ass of that coward boxer.
No point in coming back,Though I hear Kostya wants to cone back so that might be something.
Hatton was good till he came to America.. let him rest guys, englidh pizza is so good
I see you’re quite of a Pacquiao fan oscar.
Just recently Urine testing TKO’d blood testing in Nevada boxing drug testing debate.
Have you heard the news about it?
Hatton was never any good anyways.
May chi ken is afraid of Pacquiao.
Those 2 KO losses really put out the fire in him. The whole “you never know” is him probably just being realistic and optimistic about a wide open future. But it seems like he’s hung it up already.
He should better of retiring or risk another KO.
He can start by removing those fats and changing his style if he’s going to box again.