amir khan told ricky hatton to "retire and chill out"

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Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force

I've just read the Freddie Roach has been quoted as saying that " Maidana is not well known enough in the UK to make the fight."

It looks like we are back to Khan vacating, and looking to beat Hatton to JMM. Khan stated he wanted the big names for his American debut, and Maidana wasnt one of them. He lists JMM, Juan Diaz and Paulie as possible suiters. Hmmmmmmnnnnn.

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aside from considering it as friendly advise, amir wanted ricky to retire and chill out so that he can have the jmm fight

imagine amir beating barrera then jmm? wow!

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

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Originally Posted by zbolt

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I don't. I know for a fact Hatton has one great ko by left in him. And I want to see it

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you want to see ricky being ko'd again?

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Hell yeah. Who doesn't? Nobody gets knocked out in cooler fashion that Hatton

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Hah! Ain't that the truth lol - Con at this stage starches Hatton, sorry to say.

But yeah, a double K.O in a match between these two would probably be the most fan-friendly, entertaining conclusion.

So Mayweather Sr trained Hatton too hard? It didn't seem to do Lil Floyd, Oscar, Chad Dawson, Guzman any harm in the past when they were trained by Sr.

So Hatton couldn't handle it? Maybe Beard shoulda kept his nose out of things and let a world class trainer (like him or not) do his job

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Originally Posted by miles

As for Amir Khan...well I couldn't give a flying fuck about his opinion. Mr. 2% body fat and all other kinds of bizarre random bullshit. The twit. :rolleyes:

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;D My 2nd favourite Khan "L.O.L" moment!

Except it was "1.5%" bodyfat - I'd love to see him come in to a fight with 1.5% bodyfat when some bodybuilders occasionally collapse at 3% body fat. :rolleyes:

i like khan but he likes to tlk reckless he did the same thing with salita, ricky should come back and fight jmm i think he can pull it off

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Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force

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Originally Posted by p4pking

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Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force

Over-trained is an understatement. He was clinically diagnosed with exhaustion 3 weeks before the fight. A 15 mile run in the morning in the hills, 12 rounds of sparring in the afternoon, and 10 miles on the treadmill at night. Also, Lee, Matthew and Ray told me that Floyd Snr looked like he was trying to break Rick.

I remember an incident with the medicine ball where Floyd Snr was throwing it very hard into the pit of Rick's stomach. Apparently Rick was in agony, and Lee pulled Rick out of that exercise, and a few sparring sessions when he was getting battered. This pissed off Floyd Snr and their friendship was severely strained through it. Rick told me that before the fight, he knew he only had 4 rounds in him so he tried to jump on Manny. The rest is history. Like I said before, GBP tried to pull the fight with 3 weeks to go, thats fact.

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Ummm, perhaps Hatton's camp were indeed trying to get him killed(and regardless of whether that was the case), your WAY off here bud. A 15 mile run in the morning, 12 rounds of sparring, than another 10 miles at night? Are you just pulling that out of your arse, and do you have ANY idea how ridiculous it would be? No fighter runs 15 miles in one stint at any point in their training, let alone someone who is five foot six with Hatton's build. I wouldn't doubt he over trained, but what you just said amounts to complete lunacy, it wouldn't even be plausible for any fighter in their right mind to do that on any given day.

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This obviously wasnt everyday but it's true. Lee Beard pulled Rick out of sparring after 6 rounds and 7 rounds respectively after he was getting owned. I'm sure it was Tim Coleman. What Ricky went through in that camp bordered lunacy. Like I said in another post, it was Shane's doctor that diagnosed him with exhaustion 3 weeks prior. Ricky was then given 5 days rest. He came back and looked much better in sparring, but by that time I guess the damage was already done.

And where are you getting no fighter jogs 15 mile in a training session ?? Rick ran more than that in his roadwork for the Tszyu fight, and that was shown on t.v.

Edit - Just checked, it was 10-12 miles in the morning, my error.

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Where am I getting it from?.15 miles??? That's well over a half marathon, to run that every day would be detrimental to ANYTHING besides just that, running long distance. No athletes besides runnners themselves would get anywhere near that with any regularity, anyone could tell you that.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

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Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force

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Originally Posted by JazMerkin

Little bit tetchy aren't we. I never said I know better, but you don't get to become the oracle of all opinions on Hatton just because you know him.

You may say something as a fact, but if someone who knew Floyd Mayweather came in here & said it was a fact that someone in Manny's team sent those emails asking about if he failed a drugs test, would you automatically believe him or her?

I may agree with your last point about it being a more competitive fight, but it doesn't change the fact that what you say remains can just come off as Team Hatton spin to some of us.

If you've seen it with your own eyes, then fair enough, why would you give a fuck what people on some internet site say about it :confused:

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I've just listened to your type before Jez, and my patience is thin after 10 years of it. It was the same crap after the Witter missing gates post, it was meant to be a bit of fun, that not many people knew about, but I found your 'hating' post after it pathetic, hence the reason I didnt reply.

It someone came on here, whom I respected and valued their opinion, and they told me something about another fighter then I would believe it. If you choose not to, without any evidence to the contrary, then so be it. There are Hatton fans on here that will be appreciative of any inside information they can get. And I'm only to happy give it, good or bad.

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Next time you're talking to Ricky ask him why, if he's so unconcerned about money -- he doesn't even know how much he's worth! -- he doesn't just pay Billy Graham the money he owes him for the Mayweather fight.

I mean if there's one thing we know about the Hattons it's that yhey're salt-of-the-earth people, unlike all the other scumbags in boxing like Frank Warren. I mean because of what Ricky's said publicly I imagine that if I shook hands on something with him then his word would be his bond, I'd be absolutely guaranteed that because Ricky is such a paragon of morality and honesty. And that would be me as just somebody doing business with Ricky, not somebody like Billy who was his friend and trainer for over a decade.

I'm sure that the last thing that would happen if I had a handshake deal with the Ricky is that he'd take me to court to try and weasel out of it. That's the kind of thing you'd expect from Frank Warren, not the great man himself. Now it can't be down to money because we both know that Ricky couldn't care less about money and would happily pay any amount he morally owed and not end up in court looking like a scumbag trying to dodge paying somebody money. Because the Hattons aren't like that. So why is Ricky doing it to Billy? Can you ask him please?

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We have already done this in another thread, and I explained what the issues were. Let me ask you a question. Do you know exactly why Billy is taking Punch Promotions to court ?

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Where am I getting it from?.15 miles??? That's well over a half marathon, to run that every day would be detrimental to ANYTHING besides just that, running long distance.

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Your right, my initial figures were incorrect, it was usually 10 miles, and not everyday. My error, I genuinely believed that was what Lee had said. I inquired last night, and I got that wrong, I hold my hand up. The bottom line is the training schedule was far too rigourous for Hatton, and thats saying something bearing in mind his trademark endurance. It was Mount Charleston as well by the way, and it was a jog as opposed to a run.

handbags ladies.

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Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force

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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

As ive said a million times over...

45-2 with his only losses at the hands of the best fighters of our generation
31 years old
still able to fill out any arena in the united kingdom

Its only us brits talking about whether hatton should retire or not. If ricky was american none of the US guys on here would be discussing whether he should retire or not because they wouldnt give enough of a f*ck about one single fighter.

90% of people on here that want hatton to bow out so early in his career use the excuse...

"we dont want to see him get badly hurt"

This is boxing for fuck sake. Whether your starting your career or finishing it the whole time your getting hurt whether its by a fellow fighter, a sparring buddy or an insanely difficult training session.

Ricky hatton has a permenantly broken nose from it getting broke so many times via people smashing him in the face. Id say on that basis the prospect of getting in the ring with juan manuel marquez really isnt as scary to him as it would be you and i

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Rick would fight anyone, I know his mentality, he really doesnt give a fuck about anyone, as far as he is concerned, he'll have a go, and I love that about him. What I will say though, is since the Manny KO he is a little different, certainly more relaxed about everything in life. My only worry is that I feel he is past his best and I dont want his denial that he is still as good as he was in his prime clouding his judgement. But Rick is and always will be his own man. Nobody can tell him anything, hence the reason he has decided to fight on, even though it's against his family and friends wishes. But in true Ricky Hatton fashion, he has the spirit of a Mexican figher, and will go out on his sword if it comes to it. I just wish the likes of Floyd had the same mentality.

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Apart from Witter

Not sayin Hatton wouldnt win but I wish we could have seen that fight

Khan will fight Hatton, if it makes money it makes sense. Good domestic fight, changing of the guard or master beating the pupil cliche.