Re: Hatton fought Urango with a chest infection!
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Ray Hatton is the source, huh? No chance of bias there. It\'s funny that they win the fight, yet there still making excuses. Could it be that they themselves know Hatton looked mediocre at best?
Kinda like the kettle calling the pot black aint it.
Who is Violent Demise bias towards? If you don\'t mind me asking, that is.
Nobody. Violent D always tells it like it is. It's just that when it involves certain fighters, that fighters groupies tend to take every thing as an insult. Case in point. Hatton's father makes an excuse about a fight his son won? Why make an excuse? He won. I point that out. Next thing you know The committee (Memphis, Little H and Miles) of the "Hatton is the Messiah" groupie club rush out to protect there masters name. And I didn't even insult the boy.
Im not too sure about being put in the groupie club!! ;D
You do tell it like it is and thats why I take notice of your posts. Ive only maintained that to be fair to Hatton, he hasnt actually been coming out with any excuses himself. He got his win, gave credit to his opponent and seems to have moved on. Fair enough IMO.
I agree. I taught that's were everybody left it at. That is until his father decides to open his mouth. I'm just wondering why he felt Ricky's performance needed to be explained
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Remind us again why Kelson Pinto pulled out of his fight with Hatton? Whenever your ready Violent D.
103 degree fever.
;D He got at least one person to swallow that line then.
If only he had a pair of stones like the great Ricky Hatton, he would have soldiered on through that shit ;)
But he doesn't. So he didn't. He would been better changing divisions to avoid the fight.
Re: Hatton fought Urango with a chest infection!
He would have been better off calling it a day right there and then I think.
Re: Hatton fought Urango with a chest infection!
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Originally Posted by bcollins
Boxing fans are getting more and more demanding. If a fighter doesn't look absolutely perfect, then a lot of fans demean them - I just don't get this. Sure, I'll probably complain if a fight turns into a hugfest or a track meet, but both of those scenarios are perfectly legitimate fight-winning strategies. May not be the most entertaining, but it gets the job done!
People complain too much. A little here or there is justified - e.g. Ruiz - but constantly demeaning a fighter is just uncalled for. These guys put it all on the line for our entertainment, and deserve our respect.
Yup. That needed saying. CC.
Re: Hatton fought Urango with a chest infection!
I certainly wouldn't be able to participate in sport with a chest infection, let alone box a beast in Vegas for 12 rounds.
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i swear hatton won the fight when i was watchuing y the excuse
Re: Hatton fought Urango with a chest infection!
If thats true, thats very impressive. I've had a chest infection for the past week, and even walking up 2 flights of stairs causes me to breathe hard and induces a coughing fit. I can't imagine someone fighting a 12 roudn boxing match in this condition.
Re: Hatton fought Urango with a chest infection!
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Originally Posted by 7777
Some quality responses on here
The media is the media - THEY MAKE HEADLINES
Ricky nearly pulled out of fight, Hatton has arm injury etc etc etc
Some of you lot would do well to not be took in by the media spin
1. Hatton never had an arm injury, he had his arms straightened by physios which made him unable to spar for a few rounds. The media spun it another way, it WASN'T a story that came out of the Hatton camp.
2. Hatton DID have a Chest Infection and anybody close to Ricky would tell you that but guess what, listen to his pre-fight interviews, it is clear as day. He can't win, if he mentions it before the fight, he gets accused of making excuses before the fight, if it gets mentioned after the fight, he gets accused again
He can't win. Ray got asked a question regarding the latter rounds and he answered it. Guess what, the media made a F****** headline out of it!!
WHAT EXCUSE DOES HE OR HIS CAMP HAVE TO MAKE??
He lost a single round.
Floyd does it against Baldi and it's called The Sweet Science, Hatton does it and it's whinge city. Yes, he smothered his work for the last 4 rounds and it wasn't pretty but he did the job, won the round and avoided the KO.
Can everyone just read 7777's take on the matter. Its spot on. Media have a need to make headlines so they twist the truth to make a story. Happens all the time. Its their job. In the build up to the fight i have read countless stories about ricky hatton that have been basically abstracted from his autobiography, merged in with a question and been passed off as an exclusive interview. They are very very sneaky little bastards. I heard he had a cold before the fight and Ray has been grilled about it and he's come clean. Big deal the media have twisted it to look like an excuse. Normal everyday conversations don't make the papers so stuff has to be twisted to make people like VD buy the paper. Cool click 7777
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I just saw a post fight interview, and he seemed really under the weather. I think the chest infection was genuine and probably affected his performance.
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I think its true that he had some kind of bad infection..
It was serious! It caused his testicles to shrink down like little raisins!
Hope he finds an antibiotic for it before his next fight!!
