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Just watched most of Ricky Hatton's life story which was just shown on uk tv.
One thing really struck me.
I cant help but think him living up to this 'man of the people' incarnation is actually affecting him and his boxing. The thing which got to me the most was that in the run up to the mayweather fight he was watching a video of friends, family and celebs wishing him well and telling him how much they wanted to him to win, the guy must have had a serious amount of pressure on him. I cant believe he was allowed to see that, because i could see it was making him emotional and he had a huge task in front of him already, he didnt need most of the UK telling him they expected him to win, its just adds to the burden. He had Pressure to win, Pressure to be enteraining, Pressure not to let people down, Pressure to show his fans his apprieciation for coming to see him fight.
Look at what happened after the fight, the guy was very emotional, nearly cried during a post fight interview with sky sports news because he thought he'd let down all his fans. Some say that played a factor in the amount of drinking he has been doing of late.
When you go into a fight with mayweather, you need to be focused and single minded, you gotta have tunnel vision, you gotta fight for yourself, it seems like Hatton was fighting for himself, his family, his fans, his country and his image. In future i think he needs to take some time out and lessen the burden on him a little because it clearly made him overexcited, overemtional and possibly even overtrain in the run up to the mayweather fight.
If anyone else saw his Life Story, please feel free to add comments also.
One thing really struck me.
I cant help but think him living up to this 'man of the people' incarnation is actually affecting him and his boxing. The thing which got to me the most was that in the run up to the mayweather fight he was watching a video of friends, family and celebs wishing him well and telling him how much they wanted to him to win, the guy must have had a serious amount of pressure on him. I cant believe he was allowed to see that, because i could see it was making him emotional and he had a huge task in front of him already, he didnt need most of the UK telling him they expected him to win, its just adds to the burden. He had Pressure to win, Pressure to be enteraining, Pressure not to let people down, Pressure to show his fans his apprieciation for coming to see him fight.
Look at what happened after the fight, the guy was very emotional, nearly cried during a post fight interview with sky sports news because he thought he'd let down all his fans. Some say that played a factor in the amount of drinking he has been doing of late.
When you go into a fight with mayweather, you need to be focused and single minded, you gotta have tunnel vision, you gotta fight for yourself, it seems like Hatton was fighting for himself, his family, his fans, his country and his image. In future i think he needs to take some time out and lessen the burden on him a little because it clearly made him overexcited, overemtional and possibly even overtrain in the run up to the mayweather fight.
If anyone else saw his Life Story, please feel free to add comments also.
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