Freddie roach to train ricky hatton!

[WhoreUs]

I don't personally know Freddie, but he can get that same amount training other guys who realistically have better chances of adding to his legacy as a great trainer

same amount?

trainers get a percentage of their fighters purse.

how many fighters do you know of that can get paid $500k-1m a fight? let alone a fighter where the trainer's cut is that much.

ricky just wants a couple more fights before retiring. he needs to sell it to his fans. his fans right now are thinking he should retire. getting a new and heralded trainer might convice his fans to give it another last run.

[gingeralbino]

I don't personally know Freddie, but he can get that same amount training other guys who realistically have better chances of adding to his legacy as a great trainer

freddie will be retiring at some stage due to Parkinsons, and Hatton pays better than most, especially if he gets a % of the purse.
Freddie also knows how to match his opponents well. I wouldnt rule it out.

[gingeralbino]

same amount?

trainers get a percentage of their fighters purse.

how many fighters do you know of that can get paid $500k-1m a fight? let alone a fighter where the trainer's cut is that much.

ricky just wants a couple more fights before retiring. he needs to sell it to his fans. his fans right now are thinking he should retire. getting a new and heralded trainer might convice his fans to give it another last run.

beat me to it by seconds!

[silip03]

roach will train mayweather jr. if he pacquiao beats him hahaha

[chibomber]

It doesnt matter who trains him, you cant teach old dogs new tricks. Hes not that good of a fighter and no matter who he gets he is going to go back to his old ways.

[vein]

so he will train both khan and hatton... lols

[Pullcounter]

if he trains hatton then hatton/khan will never happen

[Dirk Diggler UK]

if he trains hatton then hatton/khan will never happen

Good........I like Amir but I would hate to see Warren picking up the pieces of Ricky's dwindling career for his own good.

[cupcrazy01]

There were rumors of this before the Pacquiao fight. Not really stunning to me.

Exactly. Seems like those rumors were right on...and makes you wonder about all the criticism Roach had for Hatton as an un-reprogrammable fighter during the buildup to the fight.

But, of course, this is clearly about $$$ and ego. He wants to one-up Floyd Sr. again, and of course the job pays well.

[cupcrazy01]

It doesnt matter who trains him, you cant teach old dogs new tricks. Hes not that good of a fighter and no matter who he gets he is going to go back to his old ways.

That's the thing. Roach said this himself over and over again regarding Floyd Sr.'s attempts to change Hatton.

Does this mean when Hatton loses his next big fight, Roach will just throw him under the bus and use this excuse?