Ricky Hatton, the biggest fraud in boxing?.

[Patty Tanager]

It's ok if he wants to sell himself but please stop with the "man of the people" bollocks, talking about himself in the 3rd person (if i did that in the pub i'd be thrown out through a window), and this self-delusion of being the most exciting fighter on the planet.

It's obvious that Hatton has his die hard fans that would pay £100 to watch him box his shadow and aren't open to any criticisms whatsoever.

[Technical_Skill]

Is it just me or is anyone else gettin dissalusioned with Hatton and all his crap?.

I don't post on his forum, but i always check it out before his fights.

Check out this beauty:

http://78.110.162.82/forum/index.php?topic=10439.0

He wants you to pay $100 to have your name printed in a programme, man of the people or what? .

Does anyone else think his man of the people spiel doesn't wash anymore?. These days it is brand Hatton and how much he can line his pockets with.

This isn't just a one off though apparently he did this for the Mayweather fight too and i remember before the Lazcano fight he wanted to charge people £200 to have their names printed on his shorts, which got laughed off his own forum for being such a shameful money making scam.

Now the supposed man of the people has his own clothing line . He keeps ****ing on about how much of a man of the people he is (literally every interview) when he hangs around with all sorts of celebrities and bleeds his fans dry.

Another one of his money making scams was for the Mayweather fight, Both him and Floyd got allocated 4000 tickets, Floyd passed these on at the standard price and Punch Promotions through sheer greed added on a 10% mark up on the tickets for the UK fans, some man of the people.

Yet another one, he charged fans £100 for the afterfight party in Manchester after the Lazcano fight. For this £100 you got to stand in a tent in a carpark while Hatton was in a seperate building and never even visited the official afterparty.

How many "men of the people" do you know that talk in the 3rd person?. Ricky 'Atton is just a man of the people ripping of his fans constantly init?. How deluded is he and how far has he drifted from reality that he is actually convinced he will be pound for pound number 1 if he beats Pacquiao. How many "men of the people" do you know that actually think of themselves as the most exciting fighter on the planet when he fights like **** and hugs and holds?.

You only have to read his autobiography (2005) to see just how big of a hypocrite he has become).

As a former Hatton fan, i hope Pacquaio smashed him to pieces .

There are definitely some valid points there, I noticed the talking in 3rd person thing too, hard to say, I think he does play on the 'man of the people' image, he tried to use that **** against mayweather but it didnt work, cos mayweather knew those people cant fight for him its about what happens in the ring.

[Grimmer]

I agree, I am still a Hatton fan but all this "I love my fans, best fans in the world" bull**** is patronising. But he has changed, he use to be a humble bloke and quite down to earth....he's been to American, seen Floyd, seen how Floyd promotes himself, seen how Floyd brings in the dough and now that Ricky lost his undefeated record he's decided to just sell himself for everything he can make before his career is over hence "I want the big fights now". I can't blame him, boxing is a short career and you have to make as much as you can before you retire.

I also have it on good info that he isn't the approachable guy he makes himself out to be, especially on a night out.

[mines a pasty]

I love ricky, but he's getting right on my nerves with this p4p talk.