Hatton Should Have Pulled Out From Pacquiao Fight?

[Chups]

An extended training or a better camp wouldn't have made a difference.............well ok........maybe 2 or 3 rounds difference.

[Shattered Jaw]

These excuses are pathetic from the Hatton Camp:

Hatton: 'Everything did not go that smoothly, there was trouble. I'm not blaming anyone or going to make excuses but my milk wasn't warmed up to the right temperature. Everything was good, very good. If the fight went on longer I would have knocked him out. If I could have punched him hard in the head lots of times I would have knocked him out.'

Hatton's Dad: 'Everything was not right, that wasn't my son in there.'

Yes it was mate. He got KTFO.

[Dave Rado]

These excuses are pathetic from the Hatton Camp:

Hatton: 'Everything did not go that smoothly, there was trouble. I'm not blaming anyone or going to make excuses but my milk wasn't warmed up to the right temperature. Everything was good, very good. If the fight went on longer I would have knocked him out. If I could have punched him hard in the head lots of times I would have knocked him out.'

Hatton's Dad: 'Everything was not right, that wasn't my son in there.'

Yes it was mate. He got KTFO.

You're quoting Ray accurately but you're making up the other quote.

It's not a camp in the sense of everyone speaking with one voice. Hatton's father is making excuses. My father would make excuses for me if I f.ucked up - that's the way fathers are.

[KingTito]

BOO ****ING HOO! Pacquiao owned Hatton, bottom line.

[mrosborne]

I think the whole so called training issues that has surfaced is because Hatton and his camp took Manny lightly. Manny handed them their asses along with their reputations so you now have Hatton's camp divided and placing blame on each other.

The simple fact is, if Floyd Sr. was out of line, Hatton should have fired him early. If Hatton was out of line and not being serious, Floyd as his trainer should have buckled down on him and made him serious.

It's all about inflated ego's. Team Hatton thought they were playing the Floyd Jr. game by picking on the smaller guy. The smaller guy kicked his ass.

Agreed. What's done is done, excuses are like *******s, etc. I lost $300 on Hatton, but I'm not crying about it. It ****** to watch Hatton lose badly. I expected a much different fight, but such is life.

[mrosborne]

Silencers said it best. the guy has a warped sense of reality when it comes to his boxing ability.

I dont know whether u just chose to lie but, i have never heard RICKY HATTON SAY THE BETTER MAN BEAT HIM IN BOTH OF HIS DEFEATS.

Just check out his most recent quote:

"I know he [Manny Pacquiao] is not that much better than me"


The whole article;

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/100717

the guy gives credit but contradicts his humility in the same interviews over & over again.

That's called rationalizing. Ever gotten your ass handed to you in front of millions of people? You would rationalize too.

Imagine your worst, most embarassing moment. Now amplify that by a few million times. Were you making excuses after it? Yes.

[mrosborne]

Well we all knew that things wasn't going to great in the camp, Hattons fight style totally goes against what Mayweather wanted to teach him, he should of stuck with the style that Hatton fights.

I think even has a Hatton fan, that Ray is making an excuse but he don't want to be pulled up on it, yeah i agree Hatton wasn't himself i've even had a thread on here stating that but truth be told he just got battered by Manny Pacquiao. And while i'm on the subject of Hatton i think he will not retire after seeing an interview of him on skysports!

Mayweather was the worst conceivable choice for a coach since day one. Why he picked a defensive minded coach who is suited for BOXERS not FIGHTERS was a terrible move. Secondly, the camp did go badly for Hatton, but who's to say exactly what happened or why it even matters? Ricky Hatton was past his prime since the Lazcano fight. We all as Hatton fans wanted to believe it wasn't the case and that Ricky could pull it off, but it wasn't to be and frankly big f'uckin deal. He lost to the best fighters of our era and nobody else, reigned from 2005-2009 as the best 140 pound champ from the U.K., achieved mass success/wealth, and can retire with pride.

Will he fight one more time? I wish he wouldn't, but I have the feeling Ricky will give one last farewell fight for his fans in Manchester and pack tens of thousands at the MEN Arena in doing so. Bad move? I think it is, but it's his choice to make.

[mrosborne]

If the training camp was so horrible why did he say "remortgage your house, and bet it on me" That would make him out to be a bigger douche bag since he knew his chances were even smaller.

The Hatton's should quit talking to the press for a little while, no need to say bury yourself even more after that lose.

He shouldn't have said bet the house on me that's for sure. I was telling some friends of mine that when Hatton said to bet the house on him I was immediately concerned, citing Tommy Hearns telling Detroit to bet the house on him against Hagler. The sad part of that is that many in Detroit actually DID bet the house on the original Hitman Tommy Hearns.

Note to fighters: Never say bet the house. Ever. It's asking to lose, and badly.

[Dave Rado]

That's called rationalizing. Ever gotten your ass handed to you in front of millions of people? You would rationalize too.

Imagine your worst, most embarassing moment. Now amplify that by a few million times. Were you making excuses after it? Yes.

That quote "I don't think Pacquiao is that much better than me" doesn't mean "I still think I'm as good as he is", it means "I don't think my ability is really as bad as it looked that night" - i.e. he thinks he under-performed. But he didn't claim that it was anyone's fault but his own that he under-performed. Ray did claim that, and made excuses, but Ricky didn't.

And he did under-perform. He'd have lost even if he'd followed the game plan, but the fact that he completely ignored the game plan and played right into Pac's hands by not moving his head, keeping his hands low, etc. didn't exactly help. And any fighter who has any pride at all is going to think after an embarrassing defeat that they aren't really as bad as they looked.

And he has given Manny props, saying it was "a fantastic performance by Manny".

Ray's making excuses and that's wrong, but it normal for a father to make excuses for his son, so it's wrong but understandable, IMO. But Ricky saying "I don't think Pacquiao is that much better than me" (meaning that he thinks he under-performed) isn't making excuses, and I don't think it's arrogant either, it just shows he hasn't completely lost his pride.

[Dave Rado]

Mayweather was the worst conceivable choice for a coach since day one. Why he picked a defensive minded coach who is suited for BOXERS not FIGHTERS was a terrible move.

Were you saying that after the Malignaggi fight?