Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton Pays Tribute To Billy Graham During Hall Of Fame Induction

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Ricky Hatton, one of the most beloved figures in boxing, has taken his rightful place in history as a member of the 2024 International Boxing Hall of Fame class. The British fighter, known for his immense popularity, concluded his career with a record of 45-3, including 32 knockouts.
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[thack]

Well done Ricky , an exciting come forward top level crowd pleaser , win or lose he gave his all. We'll never forget that fight at 2 in the morning , but he is wrong no-one was fighting at 2am in the morning that night , they were all watching him!

[the mesiah]

There’s only oooonnee Ricky Hatton.!!! Singing a song in Hatton wonderland ! Them British came out for that guy and Great to see that Billy told him how much a Las Vegas fight meant back then..no one will ever say that now to their fighter ..it’s all about fighting in riyadh these days

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

You have to love a guy like Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a murderous body puncher.

[Boxing2695]

The guy defined British boxing for years. The guy took 15,000 fans with him to America which is unheard off even to this day. That's the support Hatton had because the working class background and the character he was just made fans want to support him and pay money to watch him fight. And he was a good fighter aswell maybe not the elite of the elite but a 2 weight world champion and unified world champion at 140lbs and beating the number 1 guy at the time to win the belt I think he had great career

[Oregonian]

Ricky Hatton, one of the most beloved figures in boxing, has taken his rightful place in history as a member of the 2024 International Boxing Hall of Fame class. The British fighter, known for his immense popularity, concluded his career with a record of 45-3, including 32 knockouts.
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We all love Hatton but to say “His induction into the Hall of Fame cements his legacy as one of the greatest fighters of his era.” is a bit of a stretch.

Hatton got beat by Collazio, got KO’d by Floyd and got vaporized by Pacqiao.
Beating Urango and Castillo prior to fighting Floyd and Manny were no great accomplishments.

[landotter]

Good fighter, fun legacy, passionate fan base, memorable fights. Glad he has had his day to enjoy it all.

[archiemoore1]

Billy Graham was a good wrestling coach. He taught the famous Billy goat Graham style of butt, grab, yank, punch, repeat. He taught Ricky the art of yanking on a joker's arms until they went limp and and came right out the sockets and couldn't punch no more. Ricky was one of the best British arm yankers of modern times. You have to go back to the days of "Fearless" Freddie Mills to find a better British arm yanker. Ricky would've done well in the bare knuckle era, because he'd get 45 or more rounds to yank your arms until he heard a loud pop, and your arms would be hanging to your knees after he got done with you. Also back then, he'd have referees who would make the late great Steve Smoger seem like Kenny Bayless. These guys would've let Ricky butt you into blindness, and would care less. He'd also have been able to use a good ol' hip toss, so that would've added a lot of variety and depth to his combinations. After a hard fight, Ricky also would've drank John L. Sullivan under the table at the nearest local Pub. This couldn't happen to a nicer guy.