What did you think of the Hatton failure?

Question

when i seen him at the weigh in bouncing around trying to be black, with the silly hat on. You could see the council house brain showing "silly boy"

he is the tim henman of boxing

Answer 1

I think Hatton is another over hyped Brisith fighter that was exposed just like Naseem Hamed. If Calzaghe comes to America and fights Hopkins he will get exposed too.

Answer 2

Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of boxing, including Oscar de la Hoya, who promoted the fight, would realise that Ricky Hatton just lasting the distance against Floyd Mayweather would be a heck of an achievement. Ricky weighing in two pounds under the 147 limit made it a good bet that Floyd would win by stoppage anytime from the sixth round onward. Hatton put on a great performance but he was beaten by a great artist of boxing in Floyd Mayweather. The real cause of Hatton's defeat is that he could not hit Floyd with a bag of rice, such is Mayweather's defensive skill. All the old guys think that Mayweather is being disrespectful to the likes of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson when he says that he is the greatest fighter ever. He is not, he's just blowing his own trumpet and filling the seats, that is a boxer's responsibility. Remember Ali's first words when he beat Sonny Liston? "I'm a bad man, I shook up the world, I'm so pretty" Many people did not just dislike Ali, they loathed him with a passion and he continued to trash-talk his opponents. His treatment of Joe Frazier, by calling him an "Uncle Tom" was nothing short of disgraceful, as was his taunting of Floyd Patterson, but his artistry and grace under pressure was what made him great within the ropes.
Does Mayweather have to retire before his skills are recognised? Maybe so, but when he does finally retire, his fights will be shown as an example of perfect defensive skills and accurate, energy draining punching.
Arrogance is part of a fighter's persona, it has to be, I suppose, but I would like to see a champion who talked softly and carried a big stick. One of the greatest fighters to come out of America in the recent past, in my view, was Marvin Hagler. Superbly conditioned with an unbreakable will and a softly spoken gentleman, his fights were masterclasses.

Answer 3

I think Ricky Hatton demonstrated some positive traits that have been missing from ALL top British sportsmen and women for the past 15 years. Ricky put in an amazing effort into the fight, a real lion heart of an effort against an opponent who is a clearly superior technically inside the ring. The England football team need this sort of approach to their sport, do they not.....?

As for your comment of him "bouncing around trying to be black, with the silly hat on." I find that insulting as a boxing fan. You must be aware of all the bull shyt hype that goes into the other sports on this planet. What about football, and Mr Beckham's 'image' of baggy trousers and 'gangster' jewellery? and basketball? the list goes on and on.

And one last point. Both fighters were very humble about the outcome of the fight. You will never see this in ANY other sport, not to this extent anyway. All the hype of the weigh-in was forgotten with the word of PBF himself:

'"Ricky Hatton is one tough fighter. He is still a champion in my eyes and I'd love to see him fight again.

Hatton lost a fight, but demonstrated an awesome level of physical and mental willpower that now stands as a candle light in the dark times of the contemporary British sporting scene.

jms

Answer 4

I know were you are coming from with your "council house" reference but Tim Henman ?? Both tried to achieve a dream and make no mistake they both would have needed to work hard at it.

Answer 5

People, stop dressing it up as something it is not. Hatton's failure is the equivalent of the footballers failure, you just convey it and have it conveyed to you in a different way. Hatton was not humble going in to the fight and one of the reasons for the antipathy directed towards Mayweather was probably racism, on some level.

Hatton was fighting someone out of his league. The truth is that guts and determination are no match for great skill and technical ability.

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wow, 44 fights and lost 1

I'd like to see Mayweather do that.
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Well, Mayweather has 39 and is undefeated, a title holder at five different weights and has taken on some (not all) of the best fighters of his generation and beaten them.

Answer 6

one defeat in 44 fights is that a record of a loser .and when did living in a council house make the difference between good and bad.could you go 10 rounds with the guy or do you own your house.?

Answer 7

Hatton has tremendous guts but he was beaten by a more skilful and much stronger boxer. I do not think it would be worth asking for a return fight.

Answer 8

what a prick you are brian d what has a council house estate got to do with it hes reached further in his life that anything you could possible have done do we see your name in lights etc or on the tv no he did a great job and its just crown entertaining

anyway brian d here is your stardom

BRIAN D ..PRICK OF THE DAY

Answer 9

He lasted 14 minutes longer than I predicted so I take my stupid hat off to him.

Answer 10

here we go all the negative comments about a man who went above his class to fight a man who was ( in the end) a stronger fighter then himself. he showed what all other sports do not show he had heart and passion to step up and fight for ten rounds a man who was stronger and more gifted them himself. i applaud him for what he has done and i say RICKY you are still a champion in my eyes. now all we need is for all other sports to take on board what it means to step up for your country HEART PASSION AND PRIDE not greed glory and gutless as we see so often in national sports.