Q & A Ricky Hatton

[littlebif]

Q&A: Ricky Hatton! | Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7

Hatton is super confident about this fight.

[Gandalf]

I already posted this in that absurdly long Hatton: Pac thread. But it's too long for people to trawl through, so probably better it gets its own thread.

Totally agree, Hatton is well up for this. I cannot see anything wrong with Hattons mental state. He is reflective but also working on new things and that is the best state to be in.

The Pac: DLH fight has built up expectations in Pac that are just not realistic. I think Hatton is going to chop him down to size. Pac is a smaller fighter masquerading as a bigger one for a few final pay days. He is going to be beaten up by Hatton though.

[littlebif]

I already posted this in that absurdly long Hatton: Pac thread. But it's too long for people to trawl through, so probably better it gets its own thread.

Totally agree, Hatton is well up for this. I cannot see anything wrong with Hattons mental state. He is reflective but also working on new things and that is the best state to be in.

The Pac: DLH fight has built up expectations in Pac that are just not realistic. I think Hatton is going to chop him down to size. Pac is a smaller fighter masquerading as a bigger one for a few final pay days. He is going to be beaten up by Hatton though.

sorry mate didnt read that thread.

[Gandalf]

I already posted this in that absurdly long Hatton: Pac thread. But it's too long for people to trawl through, so probably better it gets its own thread.

Totally agree, Hatton is well up for this. I cannot see anything wrong with Hattons mental state. He is reflective but also working on new things and that is the best state to be in.

The Pac: DLH fight has built up expectations in Pac that are just not realistic. I think Hatton is going to chop him down to size. Pac is a smaller fighter masquerading as a bigger one for a few final pay days. He is going to be beaten up by Hatton though.

sorry mate didnt read that thread.

I think a lot of people have just given up on it, so we need a few new threads. Especially closer to fight time.

Hatton will beat the living shit out of Manny. Just one of those fights where slickster looks good for two and then gets hammered.

[ono]

He wants to be the greatest 140lb fighter since Kostya.

Nice to see how highly he respects the guy he beat to become 'the man'

Good to see.

[Master]

I think this is the biggest fight for Hatton since Tszyu (Mayweather he had little chance and a big excuse with it being at 140lb). He will show that sort of form and therefore Manny Pac will be dismantled.

[Gandalf]

Nate Campbell? Are you serious?

[Nathan261]

Pacquiao, the Bali bomber look-alike, is indeed the bigger man in this fight as well as the faster and stronger one. I think Hatton will be coming into this fight as a huge underdog. He has a lot of work cut out for him.

However, I think it cannot be left unsaid that there was something in the run-up to the De La Hoya fight which I find needing clarification. In Pacquiao's training camp, it was reported that Pacquiao didn't felt well for a couple of days. When Roach was asked about it, he replied that Pacquiao was just getting used to the "vitamins" they were giving him. Pacquiao's physique, which has morphed into bodybuilder proportions, is rather intriguing when you take it in this context. One can say he's achieved it through hard work and strict dietary regimen. But then again, there's also the possibility that some so-called "vitamins" aided in that effort.

I would suggest that Hatton demand drug/steroid testing for both fighters prior to the fight, just to make sure no one's enjoying any unfair advantage. Secondly, it wasn't long ago that another of Bob Arum's fighter, Margarito, was caught placing plaster-like substance in his hand-wrap. Not that I suspect Pacquiao would ever do such a thing. Since Freddie Roach closely supervised De La Hoya's handwrapping, I think it's only fair that Hatton's people should also tightly supervise Pacquiao's hand-wrapping.

Sorry, rules are rules. You can't say Pacquiao's an exception or that conducting tests or supervising handwraps would be translated as jealousy or accusations. Hatton, being the underdog, should see to it that everything is according to rules.

To assume that Pacquiao's a model of integrity and therefore should not be subjected to these tests/supervision is absurd. Remember, Pacquiao's been known to renege gentleman's agreements and contracts.

After everything's buttoned up, may the best man win!

[Killa From Manila]

Pacquiao, the Bali bomber look-alike, is indeed the bigger man in this fight as well as the faster and stronger one. I think Hatton will be coming into this fight as a huge underdog. He has a lot of work cut out for him.

However, I think it cannot be left unsaid that there was something in the run-up to the De La Hoya fight which I find needing clarification. In Pacquiao's training camp, it was reported that Pacquiao didn't felt well for a couple of days. When Roach was asked about it, he replied that Pacquiao was just getting used to the "vitamins" they were giving him. Pacquiao's physique, which has morphed into bodybuilder proportions, is rather intriguing when you take it in this context. One can say he's achieved it through hard work and strict dietary regimen. But then again, there's also the possibility that some so-called "vitamins" aided in that effort.

I would suggest that Hatton demand drug/steroid testing for both fighters prior to the fight, just to make sure no one's enjoying any unfair advantage. Secondly, it wasn't long ago that another of Bob Arum's fighter, Margarito, was caught placing plaster-like substance in his hand-wrap. Not that I suspect Pacquiao would ever do such a thing. Since Freddie Roach closely supervised De La Hoya's handwrapping, I think it's only fair that Hatton's people should also tightly supervise Pacquiao's hand-wrapping.

Sorry, rules are rules. You can't say Pacquiao's an exception or that conducting tests or supervising handwraps would be translated as jealousy or accusations. Hatton, being the underdog, should see to it that everything is according to rules.

To assume that Pacquiao's a model of integrity and therefore should not be subjected to these tests/supervision is absurd. Remember, Pacquiao's been known to renege gentleman's agreements and contracts.

After everything's buttoned up, may the best man win!

What a suspicion mind you got there. But then we'll never know. They have mandatory drug/steroid test so you don't have to worry about that. Hand wrap issue is really hot topic lately. And they have to be really stupid to make the same mistake like Margarito did.