Hatton Should Have Pulled Out From Pacquiao Fight?

[RisAri0]

Floyd Sr. showing up late in training camp for Taco Bell should tell u about his camp. As soon as I saw that I was thinking "yea its over, poor ricky." Greatest trainer of all time my ass!

[BmoreBrawler]

if it was that bad he could have just hired another trainer

[Mike_Dee]

taco bell > ricky hatton training camp

[Puntoyhauf]

LOL!... I hope Ray's house got a big backyard to accommodate all the now homeless Brits that bet their houses on Ricky.

[RodBarker]

This just goes to show how good 24/7 is at making people buy into the hype. According to 24/7 Ricky was having the best camp of his career, and Oscar was rejuvenated at the lower weight and was in the greatest shape of his life!

Not according to 24/7 get it right now ,,, it was Hatton himself do the talking ,,,, he is the king off excuses .

[DLT]

You cant say everything is an excuse though. Its no different then regular life. Weve all been in situations where before hand we have 2nd thoughts and say that we shouldnt be there. Then something bad happeneds and you get upset because you knew that you shouldve listened to your 1st instinct. We all saw Hatton on HBO at that fight before his but I cant remember who was fighting. Lampley did the interview with him and Lampley called him out on TV because Hatton was saying how great camp was but he had 2 black eyes. That was a sign right there.


Now, with all that being said. Hatton was going to get KO anyways. Lets all be real about that but maybe he couldve made it look more competitive

[RULE]

You cant say everything is an excuse though. Its no different then regular life. Weve all been in situations where before hand we have 2nd thoughts and say that we shouldnt be there. Then something bad happeneds and you get upset because you knew that you shouldve listened to your 1st instinct. We all saw Hatton on HBO at that fight before his but I cant remember who was fighting. Lampley did the interview with him and Lampley called him out on TV because Hatton was saying how great camp was but he had 2 black eyes. That was a sign right there.


Now, with all that being said. Hatton was going to get KO anyways. Lets all be real about that but maybe he couldve made it look more competitive

i think it was the Wright-Williams fight.

[Silencers]

Every bad performance from Hatton and his losses seem to have excuses.

Collazo - Fight was at 147, put on the weight wrong, short notice, should have pulled out of fight.

Urango - Virus, should have pulled out of fight.

Mayweather - Fight was at 147.

Lazcano - Another virus, should have pulled out of fight.

Pacquiao - Bad training camp, should have pulled out of fight.

They seem very keen to say Hatton should have pulled out of fights when he has bad nights. I'm not saying these things aren't true, I'm just tired of hearing about them.

[FistoftheDallasStar]

Come on, what a poor excuse. If Ray Hatton really believes this bull maybe he should have PULLED OUT on the Miss's.

[them_apples]

According to father and trainer Ray Hatton, former champion Ricky Hatton should have withdrawn from his May 2 bout with Manny Pacquiao. Hatton was knocked out in two rounds. Ray says the training camp for the fight was so chaotic that Ricky should have pulled out and postponed the fight to another date. There were pre-fight rumors that trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. was at odds with Ricky and assistant trainer Lee Beard. During a recent interview with BoxingScene.com, Beard denied that he and Ricky have issues with Mayweather. [details]

Even if he was at his peak and in the best shape, he still pulled the exact same moves and thus would get caught by the exact same shots.