By Mark Vester
In a recent interview with the Sunday Mirror, Billy Graham, trainer of Ricky Hatton, took aim at Hatton's former promoter Frank Warren.
Warren was very critical of Hatton's loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last December and placed most of the blame on Graham.
"What Frank knows about tactics could be written on a postage stamp. He is a boxing promoter. I've lived with boxers day in, day out for years and, if I say it myself, my record isn't bad," Graham said. "I don't know where the rumors about Ricky ditching me came from and he is adamant they are nonsense, but he did ditch Frank Warren."
Hatton was involved in a nasty split from Warren in 2005, which Graham says is the reason the promoter is still bitter to this day.
"Now Frank sounds like a jilted lover. He just slags people off in his column and can't take any criticism in return. It's a bully-boy tactic but in reality he's a wimp," Graham said. "It's common knowledge that Frank and I detest each other, but I don't keep putting it in print as he does."
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