Hatton: "Pressure is off!", Graham: "Ricky's still the best!"

[GEOFFHAYES]

Just found this. He told the MEN paper last week that his welterweight adventure might of been a "blessing in disguise".

Quotes

Hatton

"That wasn't the real Ricky Hatton (against Collazo), watch any fight of mine and then watch that and you'll see no snap by comparison."

"But maybe it was a blessing in disguise because people on both sides of the Atlantic now have wrote me off and it has taken a lot of pressure off me to be honest. I can just knuckle down and do my thing and because the expectancy has dropped I'll be praised whatever I do, and I plan on doing some destruction jobs and really looking the part."

"What people don't realise is that it usually takes two or three fights to grow into a new weight division, not six or seven weeks. I was basically a blown-up light-welterweight, it's as simple as that!"

"I feel hungry again like I did after the Vilches fight - needing to prove doubters wrong - and look what I went on to achieve after that: a couple of blockbuster performances and then the big win against Kostya. More of the same is in order: a couple of fights to make people sit up and take notice again and then try to knock Mayweather off the top of the tree like I did Tszyu."

"I don't think Carlos Baldomir has anything to trouble Floyd to be honest, other than sheer size and strength to be honest. I think Mayweather will be far too fast for him and make him look pedestrian."


Graham

"You won't find a fighter on the entire bloody planet who could win a world title in their first fight in a new weight division while still able to make the weight below without a problem. I don't recall anybody ever doing that. Floyd Mayweather was forced to move up because his body outgrew light-welterweight, but TV forced Ricky Hatton to move up."

"Don't worry, Ricky is still the business! He's the king of his division. He hasn't lost anything, you don't lose tools overnight. I've still got the best fighter in the business and we're still chasing the big one, the one we've been preparing for for three or four years, Mayweather."

[hugh grant]

Its a shame PBF is more interested in oldies like ODLH and Moseley. And then the pension book.

[medium-deek]

Good find.

[dino]

de la hoya and mosley are still better then ricky hatton and so is cory spinks..so whoever mayweather fights next will be better then hatton and cotto

[bishop2006]

Its the same **** against these guys,they say they want Mayweather but it wont come off,he'll fight Urango,Castillo then Junior Witter or someone,and before his move to welterweight Ricky was saying he moved up because thats where all the big names are,and that he can make the weight easy,and when he was at the weight,he said he feels faster and stronger then he did at light welter,after the Collazo fight,its a different story for them,its mostly his trainer that talks ****

[Shanus]

Its the same **** against these guys,they say they want Mayweather but it wont come off,he'll fight Urango,Castillo then Junior Witter or someone,and before his move to welterweight Ricky was saying he moved up because thats where all the big names are,and that he can make the weight easy,and when he was at the weight,he said he feels faster and stronger then he did at light welter,after the Collazo fight,its a different story for them,its mostly his trainer that talks ****

He's not going to admit to feeling sluggish before the fight, is he?

[deliveryman]

They yap yap yap, yet they always say "not now, in a few more fights"

[deliveryman]

The icing on the cake, however, was when they said Floyd could no longer make 140... ROFL, and that's the reason why he moved up.



Graham is delusional.

I bet if Floyd REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLLLLLYYYYYYYY wanted to he could make 135. That would be interesting... he might have been at welter a little too long and have packed on too much muscle to make 135 now, but he could definitely make 140 without a problem.

[Shanus]

The icing on the cake, however, was when they said Floyd could no longer make 140... ROFL, and that's the reason why he moved up.



Graham is delusional.

That part made me think too, he could easily go back down.

[amaru]

Graham

"You won't find a fighter on the entire bloody planet who could win a world title in their first fight in a new weight division while still able to make the weight below without a problem. I don't recall anybody ever doing that. Floyd Mayweather was forced to move up because his body outgrew light-welterweight, but TV forced Ricky Hatton to move up."

"Don't worry, Ricky is still the business! He's the king of his division. He hasn't lost anything, you don't lose tools overnight. I've still got the best fighter in the business and we're still chasing the big one, the one we've been preparing for for three or four years, Mayweather."

graham is talkin crap here, barrera beat morales in his first fight at 130lbs to win the WBC title from him, and he could have still made 126lbs comfortably.

if hatton is movin back down how is he gonna face PBF, he said himself he needs 2-3 fights to grow in the division, he needs to stay at 147lbs so his body will be adjusted to that weight and then in about 2-3 more fights fight PBF at 147lbs. and im sure PBF can even make 140lbs still.