15 minute Ricky Hatton interview, "I left my performance in the gym for Pacquiao".

Awesome interview speaks on a number of things.

Khan, promoting, fighting, his brother etc

Sky Sports | Video | Boxing | Hatton rubbishes rumours

Loosely quoted...

"walking towards the ring, I knew I'd overtrained, and I think it showed, cause I tried to go for the big punch, and it made me careless"

Not only his chin is gone, but I think his ring savvy and logic is gone also.

But I guess he felt he had to install some confidence in his fans.

As much as I like Hatton, I don't buy into his argument at all. It doesn't matter how much you overcook yourself in training, that is no reason to fight with your hands down and leave your chin open like a ninny. Hatton should drink a pitcher of beer and then sit down and watch that fight. He did fight better in the second, but he wasn't winning it easily by any stretch of the imagination and Pacquiao certainly made it a crushing 10-8 round by the end.

Nothing wrong with losing, but there is no reason not to face up to things as they really were.

Sounds a lot better then "I realized I'd overtrained when I got knocked out"

I am not sure about the whole overtraining and shit, but I do know when I watch Pacquiao-Hatton and him against Mayweather that he came in faster against Mayweather and reacted to speed speed somewhat better in that fight. I just think Hatton is terrible against southpaws and Pacquiao is one guy you can't keep getting hit cleanly against. IMO Hatton has a decent chin, but he couldn't see those right hooks, or that left hook that put him into what looked like a comma.

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Originally Posted by Taeth

I am not sure about the whole overtraining and shit, but I do know when I watch Pacquiao-Hatton and him against Mayweather that he came in faster against Mayweather and reacted to speed speed somewhat better in that fight. I just think Hatton is terrible against southpaws and Pacquiao is one guy you can't keep getting hit cleanly against. IMO Hatton has a decent chin, but he couldn't see those right hooks, or that left hook that put him into what looked like a comma.

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when you fight blinkered that tends to happen. I don't think over-training does that UNLESS you thought/believed you over-trained and tried to go for the quick win in which case all your defences (in this case) are as low as your hands.

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Originally Posted by Taeth

I am not sure about the whole overtraining and shit, but I do know when I watch Pacquiao-Hatton and him against Mayweather that he came in faster against Mayweather and reacted to speed speed somewhat better in that fight. I just think Hatton is terrible against southpaws and Pacquiao is one guy you can't keep getting hit cleanly against. IMO Hatton has a decent chin, but he couldn't see those right hooks, or that left hook that put him into what looked like a comma.

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when you fight blinkered that tends to happen. I don't think over-training does that UNLESS you thought/believed you over-trained and tried to go for the quick win in which case all your defences (in this case) are as low as your hands.

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yea i agree, i think that he just had too much doubt in himself and it showed in his ring walk, he didn't look confident and his gameplan (or lack of one) only solidified it, Pac was the better man end of

almost all fighters are the worst kind of excuse makers, you have to retain that self belief if you want to fight in the future even if it means deluding yourself.

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Originally Posted by OumaFan

almost all fighters are the worst kind of excuse makers, you have to retain that self belief if you want to fight in the future even if it means deluding yourself.

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surely in that case you would still know deep down you were faking?

In my opinion it was a case of Pacquiao being superior to Hatton as a fighter.

No matter what the reason was, Ricky did perform poorly and I doubt that it could be a single thing alone that made him to fight the way he did, maybe he overtrained, surely that the tension with Mayweather S.R didn't help but also, the way he decided to fight toe to toe with unveiled chin played a huge role into his sounding defeat.

It was one of the worst moments of my year. I had really built myself up for that fight with endless waffling on here and then that first round began. It was like I had been swamped by a tsunami, and then Hatton went down... again. As the first round ended I was almost delirious and it wasn't just because I was hungover. It was a horrible, horrible fight to endure.

And he left it in the gym? Feck off with that drivel. Hatton is much better than that, but his mindset is royally fucked these days.

Well, let's see. You train for months and look great. You only have to step inside the square circle for 36 minutes. Hatton is clearly gun shy after getting popped over and over by mayweather. He no longer appreciates getting hit in the head. With his style of fighting you are going to have to enjoy or endure a certain level of punishment.

" I was told i was winning the second round by a mile " :vd:

Ricky sometimes pisses me off always has an excuse for everything, just retire.

Next up, Ricky is going to start blaming Joe Cortez for his loss to Pacquiao.