Carl Froch: "If I Was Ricky Hatton, I Would Retire"
By Mark Vester
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch agrees with the opinion of trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. and advised Ricky Hatton to retire from boxing. Hatton was badly knocked out in two rounds by Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I have to say, if I was in his position after last night's performance, I would definitely retire," Froch said. "But I can't speak for another fighter. He will decide what he's going to do."
After the loss, Mayweather Sr. had advised Hatton to retire.
"I would suggest he retire. At the end of the day, it's his decision," Mayweather Sr. said. "He tried twice. He failed twice. He lost to my son and to lose to someone below that, it's time to leave the ring. He made a good profit. Sometimes you have to go when your prime is still there."
Ray Hatton, father and manager of Ricky, said his son has made no decision on his future. He said the hospital checked his son out and there were no problems.
"He's perfectly all right," Ray Hatton told BBC Radio Five. "They've checked him out. He's had all the tests and everything. He's not got a mark on him. Obviously, we will support him in whatever he does and we'll leave that with him. At this moment in time, he's probably got a few mixed feelings about it. He'll make that decision whichever way he wants to and the family will support him."
"He just said, 'The old heart ruled the head again, Dad; steaming in, got my warning signs in the first round. Set off OK at the start of the second round, caught Manny with a few shots. Really worried Manny a little bit. Manny was just throwing wild shots.' He said, 'Then the heart ruled the head again and I went steaming in.'"
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