Graham "I Retired Because Ricky Hatton Fired Me"

[revs1227]

as 1 of the biggest hatton fans on this site i would have 2 admitt hatton is a lil past his prime hes not the fast as **** tough as nails young bull he once was ...trainer wouldnt matter with him anyway he fought form the heart n ppl with 44 pro fights dont need trainers anymore floyd sr couldnt do **** 4 him

[The Gully Gad]

Hatton does what he does - he doesn't need to improve on the things he already does, he needs to improve on the things he doesn't do or has stopped doing for example; start moving his head more and create angles rather than sit right in front of his opponent without any due care!!

He needs to improve on his stamina for 1
Theres maybe a few things he can tighten up on here and there
but i hear what ur sayin..Theres things his started leaving out as well
Any world class trainer might have an improvement on him
cuz all his ever known is Billy Graham and he aint world class at all.
Or it could be to late and Hatton is set in his ways...

[revs1227]

In my opinion both Billy and Ricky are too long in the tooth.
Ricky is on the slide and he has shown this since his fights pre-Kostya.
Kostya was the last time you saw the relentless workrate and serious bodywork from Hatton.
No trainer in the world can help you beat father time especially with the lifestyle Ricky chose along the way.
Billy smoking 20-40 a day aint the best example either.
THey were a great team and In my mind overachieved so full marks to them both.
I see Ricky cashing in on 2-3 more fights in which time I fear he will suffer another defeat.
Unless he fights complete stiffs.

Neither of them have anything to be unhappy about with the amount of $ they have earned or how far they got.

well siad my man

[S1MANC]

He needs to improve on his stamina for 1
Theres maybe a few things he can tighten up on here and there
but i hear what ur sayin..Theres things his started leaving out as well
Any world class trainer might have an improvement on him
cuz all his ever known is Billy Graham and he aint world class at all.
Or it could be to late and Hatton is set in his ways...

Yeah but his stamina is down to his lifestyle, introducing a new trainer at this stage of his career will not make him curve his lifestyle... Graham smokes 20 - 40 cigs a day therefore he does not have the room to tell Hatton to chill on his lifestyle outside of the ring.

Its a shame because Hatton should of kept Graham for the remainder of his career for the legacy/nostalgic aspect... In my eyes Hatton only as a maximum of 2 more top level fights in him and bringing a new trainer in at this stage I doubt will make a difference in the outcome, if anything it could make things worse - but only time will tell.

[The Gully Gad]

Yeh but thats what im sayin bro...
Graham smoking 20 to 40 cigs a day isnt a great influence is it? lol
Surely a decent trainer would sit him down and tell him
you cant keep drinking in between fights you cant be smoking either
there are things you need to knock on the head i guess if Hatton respected
them enough He'd listen...

but like you said i dont know how different the outcome will be either
it could also harm him like you mentioned and time will tell 4 sure....

[MJ406]

I don't think it's a bad idea at all for Hatton to get a new trainer, sure at this point in time Ricky isn't going to go on a whole lot longer

but still a new voice in his corner could re-spark him a lil.

cuz with Billy Graham it was more same old, but a new trainer could be a very positive thing and again maybe something Hatton saw himself that he needed in his career

because after all it was Hatton who got rid of Graham right?

[S1MANC]

Yeh but thats what im sayin bro...
Graham smoking 20 to 40 cigs a day isnt a great influence is it? lol
Surely a decent trainer would sit him down and tell him
you cant keep drinking in between fights you cant be smoking either
there are things you need to knock on the head i guess if Hatton respected
them enough He'd listen...

but like you said i dont know how different the outcome will be either
it could also harm him like you mentioned and time will tell 4 sure....

I hear what your sayin, but this late in a fighters career a new trainer coming in and telling hatton to change his ways (outside lifestyle) will only cause confrontation - respect or not.

[S1MANC]

Hatton has reached his pinnacle. Great champion that beat some great fighters and was involved in a superfight with the best boxer of his time but fell at the last hurdle. Another typical British boxing story.

Thanks... I was just trying to be nice about it all.

[Johnny Rebel]

Yeah but his stamina is down to his lifestyle, introducing a new trainer at this stage of his career will not make him curve his lifestyle... Graham smokes 20 - 40 cigs a day therefore he does not have the room to tell Hatton to chill on his lifestyle outside of the ring.

Its a shame because Hatton should of kept Graham for the remainder of his career for the legacy/nostalgic aspect... In my eyes Hatton only as a maximum of 2 more top level fights in him and bringing a new trainer in at this stage I doubt will make a difference in the outcome, if anything it could make things worse - but only time will tell.

Ricky changed his eating habits after the Floyd fight. Instead of eating take-out he's been having his girlfriend cooking healthy meals for him. The PM fight will show whether or not RH changed his bad eating habits too late.

[S1MANC]

Ricky changed his eating habits after the Floyd fight. Instead of eating take-out he's been having his girlfriend cooking healthy meals for him. The PM fight will show whether or not RH changed his bad eating habits too late.

HA HA

I see him all the time, he's ballooned up again!! so she must of been cooking some healthy bulking foods!!