... most of them are actually fans of Hatton, rather than fans of the sport, and its only his cross-pollination of the appeal between boxing and football ("soccer", for any Fat Yanks reading), by dint of being a twat, that makes him so popular.
The thing is, most of them are just - like Hatton himself - really, really, COMMON. If I were a boxer and my mum sat at ringside chewing gum I'd climb out of the ring and black the *****'s eyes for her.
What gets me is that 90% of Hatton's fans - you'll see this in their replies, coming up in just a couple of minutes - have zero education. They're sub-class, sub-level intelligence. Most of them are unemployed, living in caravans and doing a **** in a quarry to save having to use water flushing. It's actually a proven fact that 99% of Hatton fans don't wash their hands after going to the toilet and actually do a piss in the bath.
This is something that you'll NEVER hear from a Hatton fan:
No, instead, you'll hear:
I saw Larry Merchant interviewing some Hatton fans the other week, the ones playing the "there's only one Ricky Hatton (who gets KO'd in two rounds)" song. Playing the same song OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. That's not the behaviour of a fan... that's the behaviour of a malajusted ******.
Okay, there's been the odd bad example over the years, like some Nigel Benn fans, though Hagler was given a nice reception when the crowd offered to pay him extra for his performance. But generally speaking this was how the average Englishman was seen around the world, pre-Hatton:

"I say, old man, I've just had tea with the Queen... it was absolutely spiffing, what?"
This is how they're seen, post-Hatton:

"ENGURLUND!!!! I've just drank 50 fookin' lagers now I'm gonna fart in me pants!"
People like that are uneducated scum. They need shooting, but first, they need a ****ing bath.
The thing is, most of them are just - like Hatton himself - really, really, COMMON. If I were a boxer and my mum sat at ringside chewing gum I'd climb out of the ring and black the *****'s eyes for her.
What gets me is that 90% of Hatton's fans - you'll see this in their replies, coming up in just a couple of minutes - have zero education. They're sub-class, sub-level intelligence. Most of them are unemployed, living in caravans and doing a **** in a quarry to save having to use water flushing. It's actually a proven fact that 99% of Hatton fans don't wash their hands after going to the toilet and actually do a piss in the bath.
This is something that you'll NEVER hear from a Hatton fan:
Originally posted by Non-existent Hatton fan... this person DOES NOT EXIST
Originally posted by Average Hatton fan
I saw Larry Merchant interviewing some Hatton fans the other week, the ones playing the "there's only one Ricky Hatton (who gets KO'd in two rounds)" song. Playing the same song OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. That's not the behaviour of a fan... that's the behaviour of a malajusted ******.
Okay, there's been the odd bad example over the years, like some Nigel Benn fans, though Hagler was given a nice reception when the crowd offered to pay him extra for his performance. But generally speaking this was how the average Englishman was seen around the world, pre-Hatton:

"I say, old man, I've just had tea with the Queen... it was absolutely spiffing, what?"
This is how they're seen, post-Hatton:
"ENGURLUND!!!! I've just drank 50 fookin' lagers now I'm gonna fart in me pants!"
People like that are uneducated scum. They need shooting, but first, they need a ****ing bath.
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