Hatton renews boxing license, could continue his career – News
July 25th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) has reportedly renewed his boxing license for some reason. Hatton, 31, hasn’t seen action since being flattened a year ago in the 2nd round by Manny Pacquiao in May 2009. Hatton has a million opportunities for big money fights since that day. In an article at the Dailystar.co.uk, Hatton said “I haven’t announced my retirement. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was retired for nearly two years not long ago and he made a successful comeback. It is only 14 months for me. I have renewed my boxing license again with the British Boxing Board of Control in case I decide to box on. I have an open mind really, but promoting is keeping me busy.”
Hatton doesn’t have those things to fall back on. He’s the kind of fighter that has succeeded in the past by mugging fighters on the inside. For Hatton to do that, he needs to be in tremendous physical shape, otherwise he’s going to get pounded again like he was by both Mayweather and Pacquiao. Mayweather also didn’t let himself go the same way that Hatton did with excessive drinking and eating. Hatton has ballooned up in weight since his loss to Pacquiao, and it’s going to be really hard on his body when/if he ever decides to try and burn that sludge off. Mayweather had more discipline and didn’t eat and drink himself out of shape during his two years off from boxing. Because of that, it was easy for Mayweather to train and get in shape to succeed in his comeback.
Hatton says “I’d like to bow out like [Kostya] Tszyu did in an absolute war of a fight, a wonderful fight with great sportsmanship.”
Hatton’s fight with an old 36-year-old, weight drained and rusty Tszyu in 2005 was far from a sportsmanship-like event, from what I saw of the fight. The referee for the event, which took place in Hatton’s home city of Manchester, England, pretty much let Hatton get away with a lot of wrestling and holding on the inside. Besides the wrestling and holding from Hatton, he did a lot of fouling as well. It was not an ideal way for Tszyu to end his career. Hatton might see it as a fond memory, since he won the fight, but I kind of doubt that Tszyu thought of it as a “wonderful fight.” When Hatton wasn’t all over Tszyu, smothering him with wrestling, Tszyu was clobbering Hatton when his hands were free. Any time there was space between the two fighters, Tszyu was getting the better of Hatton. It was only when Hatton was wrestling and smothering on the inside that he was doing well.
In looking back at that fight, I thought Hatton should have been penalized countless times and disqualified for the holding, wrestling and fouls. Had the fight taken place in the United States where holding and wrestling aren’t usually permitted, I think Tszyu would have won that fight. As it is, the fight was very close at the time of the stoppage. This was Hatton in his prime and Tszyu at the end of his career.
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I’ve literally not google’d gilfoid for over 3 months but i thought i’d do it to see if he’s still ripping on the english….. *sigh* i hope you die gilfoid, i actually look forward to your articles reporting on european fighters coz even though you can’t stand europeans, you always favour them over the british. i hope you get tied up and have your entire naked body coloud in with the tip of a blow torch flame like it was a marker pen….. that or placed inside a huge microwave set to defrost so you mutilate from the inside out.
Hatton needs a new trainer to whip him into proper shape and motivate him properly. If he fights guys like Witter, Katsidis, and Marquez he has a chance to really cement his legacy. He has no chance to hang with the bigger and faster fighters.
@ UK FIGHTEN IS COMMIN TO GET USA— READ THE HISTORY CHAPTER CALLED “THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME FIGHTING IN THERE.AND UNLESS I AM MISTAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF AMERICIANS SOLIDERS CAME AND WERE SENT TO AMERICA FROM ENGLAND.THERE NO RED INDIANS FIGHTING IN THAT ONE.ONLY A RACIST WOULD CALL AN INDIAN– RED.
Joe Cortez refereed the Hatton v Mayweather fight and Ricky was spoiled by the ref every time he moved to the body. Cortez also allowed the Bernard Hopkins shenanigans against Calzaghe.
Just look how well the ref works for Amir Khan! The most powerful man in a Khan fight is the ref, with his 17 TKO’s! Nobody will get hurt in any one of Khan’s fights unless the ref looses it and sticks the boot in. He is like the A-Team of boxing.
The A-Team is fun to watch and doesn’t cost anything however, the Kon fights do!
I would of liked to see Hatton v Mayweather in a fair dust up, but I recon we was ripped off as usual by the Floyd corporation. He doesn’t need to be a cheat with his tremendous skill, but I suppose if you got a yellow streak a mile wide and a bank balance to match, your gonna do that sh*t!
Good luck Ricky Lad, whatever you do…
Good article but shame about your bashing of hatton. Hatton beat Kostya, deal with it.
Hatton beat Tszyu fair and square. Yeah it was rough but to say he was fouling all fight is just crazy. It’s called fighting on the inside you pleb. I watched the fight and if Hatton was constantly fouling why at the end of the fight did Tszyu get the microphone and tell everyone in the arena what a great champ Ricky was and wish him well in the future with his arms rapped around him and applaud them all on there great support. If he felt he was being fouled and cheated by Ricky and the ref there’s know way he’d do this after the fight. If Hatton was fouling Tszyu i’m sure he’d know about it.
hatton is retired hes just being a nob like hamed and not admitting hes retired.
who did he beat anyway? all i remember him for is getting destroyed by the only two elite fighters he faced and having the most annoying fans in the world.
oh…and ducking junior witter his entire career
Hatton did have the referee on his side against Tszyu but the referee was very much against him when he fought Mayweather so these things even them selves up!!
I think Hatton should retire as I fear for his health, sounds slurred and looks bloated( much more than between previous fights) however you cant blame him if he did come back and I’d love to see him against Mosely!!!
RICKY FATTON YOU MUST BE CRAZY YOU MADE YOUR MONEY NOW PROMOTE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Fight Witter!!
Gilfoid is an Idiot, Boxing is a form of fighting and us brits love to watch wars. Americans don’t know how to score a fight. I have had hundreds of unpaid fights and my coaches for years trained me to hit and not be hit, i saw Cory Spinks beat jemaine taylor up over 12 rounds he hit jemaine taylor at least 15 to 3 times in each round and the judges never gave it too him because he didn’t come forward!!! This somes up Americans…M.Ali who i still call cassius clay was a racist, slandered Joe Fraisier, was beaten by Joe Friasier (in the second fight as well!), took money from Joe when he acted like a coward after being drafted. Jow Fraiser is the try champion and is broke Cassius Clay is, the racist (he even chaired a KKK meeting) was given 50 mil $ for his advertising right! Way to go USA..Their is a God and he is American…..deluded, The only true amercians are the red indians – YOU HAVE NO HISTORY OR TRADITIONS only habits.
smothering and holding … sound familiar ?
try Andre Ward “the second biggest cheat behind Andre dirrel
Bhop – made a career from holding and smothering
John Ruiz – smothering could be his middle name
i would love to see Hatton in the ring with “the Golden boys” Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander, these guys would be schooled on boxing by Hatton
I knew Gilfoid would be all over this, slating Hatton just because he’s re-iterated he’s not permanently retired.
Hatton’s never had a problem getting into shape, he use to balloon between fights anyway…it might be a bit harder to shake the ring rust and get back to the way he was but it’s certainly do-able for Hatton.
Should he get back into the ring there’s a host of fighters he could take on, whether to carry on his boxing career or just have one more big money fight to bow out on.
Marquez has already expressed an interest in fighting him if he can’t get his 3rd bout with Pacquiao. Shane Mosely would be another option for Hatton, should he come through Mora without any problems. From a British perspective, Amir Khan could be another option, both fighters have expressed an interest in fighting each other.
Personally I think Hatton is better off staying retired, his promotion company is doing well and he seems content with it. Having said that, I would like to see Hatton end his career on a high with a high profile win.
Hopkins should’ve been disqualified against calzaghe and that fight did take place in the states, get gilfoid off this site
Ricky Hatton is 1 of my favourite fighters there aren’t many fighters I would go all the way to Las Vegas for but he is 1 of them becouse he was always in a war, he was never the most skillful fighter but what commitment and his personality and sense of humor is second to none.
I hope he does NOT fight on however becouse I have some concerns about his health with his lifestyle and ballooning weight and I don’t think he will ever have that intensity level he once had and won’t ever be the same fighter again, he could probably fill Wembly Arena just standing in the middle of a ring with a microphone by himself becouse he is a stand-up comic trapped inside a fighter!!
Hatton should stay retired and only come back if he needs the money.
Hattons fights were painful too watch, what with all that holding and hitting it was awful.
There are more talented and skillfull boxers which the U.K public should get behind, like obviously Khan, Cleverley, De gale etc who have the ability to match the top Americans.
no one mentions tyszu had only boxed 3 rds in two yrs before he fought hatton hed been in hospital with his shoulder
Gilfraud as i remember tyszu was ranked #2 on the p4p list so he was far from this washed up rusty old fighter that you make out to be. hatton style was fight on the inside and it wasnt the prettiest at times but it was effective. very effective. as for hatton been disqualified i think mate your just dilusional.
I hope he fights again. I hope he is healthy. Losing to Pacquaio and Mayweather doesn’t make him garbage. Hope he has good mathces and stays in shape. His brother Matthew is doing well. I like to see have a few more fights. Then he can retire, drink, and talk loud.
fools hattons class.
so he had one disastrous fight against the pound for pound king after a terrible training camp in which his trainer couldnt be bothered to show half the time.
and everyone writes him off.idiots,
you dont get a record like his for no reason.
hopes he comes back and hammers all these up and comers .
he needs billy graham back.
Go bac 2bed hatton u fat lump of lard…ur done already! Anymore serious hits u may die
saul canleo alveraz should fight hatton