Is Hatton finished?

[big paulie]

Heres why i think Ricky will never be the same fighter again:
Ricky has reached the very top of his sport and fought the best p4p fighter on the planet in a hugely promoted fight and was, of course, knocked out, in that fight Ricky reached the pinacle of his career. I think the drive to be recognised as the worlds best and to maintain that '0' was a big factor in Ricky's fighting style that now wont be quite the same. Maybe i should have titled this thread ' Is Hatton still hungry' (no pun) for instance after sharing centre stage with the best and gaining huge financial reward from it and becoming a household name certainly in Britain, how would he fair against someone like Witter who after years of hard work is still after the riches that accompany being a champion, and recognition, what i'm trying to say is do you think that hunger would play a part at all? Physically i think Hatton can come back just as strong but mentally i do not. Professionally there will never be a bigger, more defining point in Hattons career than the one he had last december therefor i think he will lose some drive which was so important in the way he fought

[th4l3pr3ch4un]

your right, you should have Titled this as, Is hatton still hungry... would have been much more fitting... because until he gets in the ring, its nothing but speculation as to whether or not he is "finished"

[Pugilistic™]

we won't now till he fights again

[Silencers]

I don't see why he wouldn't be hungry to be the best 140 pounder, we'll see in his next fight how he is mentally.

[Dorian]

we'll see in his next fight

[Spirit]

Even though you don't quite mean he's finished, I think Hatton's carreer is at it's end. Hatton is now pricing himself out against solid fighters. Fighters he could redeem himself with, should he win impressively. Malinaggi, Torres, Witter are just a few names eager to proove themselves and frankly I don't think Hatton could beat any one of them.

If Hatton should ever become what he once was, I'll be eager to watch him again

[Nicky_Hatton]

Perhaps finished in terms of development and growth?

ANyway how can we really say til his next fight. He'll need a convincing K.O win, perhaps in the later rounds to againt a fairly competetive boxer to dispel myths about his overall ability and staminia.

[JL FightFan]

I sure hope not.

[Migs]

Professionally there will never be a bigger, more defining point in Hattons career than the one he had last december

Well if he somehow gets a rematch with Mayweather and wins then I would have to disagree, and knowing how Mayweather operates, that scenario is not entirely out of the question.

[Nicky_Hatton]

Yeah but the winning bit is.