Otley Says........

[Otley]

Hatton wont retire and people would still like to see fight's with Junior Witters, Amir Khan and De La Hoya (if he comes out of retirement).

Yes....Hatton got exposed but is still good enough to regain a title.

Hatton can still be a force but not with the elite, he can't handle the likes of Pretty Boy and Pacman but i do believe Hatton will carry on and still do the business against everyone accept the elite.

Go back with your old trainer and get back to basics....there is plenty of fighting against the above to keep the Brits happy for a little while yet

adios
Otley

[happytrip]

Hatton wont retire and people would still like to see fight's with Junior Witters, Amir Khan and De La Hoya (if he comes out of retirement).

Yes....Hatton got exposed but is still good enough to regain a title.

Hatton can still be a force but not with the elite, he can't handle the likes of Pretty Boy and Pacman but i do believe Hatton will carry on and still do the business against everyone accept the elite.

Go back with your old trainer and get back to basics....there is plenty of fighting against the above to keep the Brits happy for a little while yet

adios
Otley

good....

[Fenster]

If he fights on i'll back anyone to KO him.

He'll never recover mentally from that loss. Ever.

[Gandalf]

If he fights on i'll back anyone to KO him.

He'll never recover mentally from that loss. Ever.

A knockout like that changes everything. It is worrying...the Floyd ringpost KO, Lazcano rocking him twice, and now this to top it all off. It's a worrying trend. He seems to be taking the punches harder and harder, it's all well and good getting stopped and getting up again. But to be laid there for several minutes is too much.

He has no reason to fight and what's the worth of a belt when he's held belts already. He aimed for the stars and fell short, no shame in it at all. I don't think he will care too much about paper belts now.

I wouldn't begrudge him a farewell fight, but would rather he retired.

[El Kabong]

He shouldn't retire....sure it was a BIG KO but hell he has only lost to 2 #1 P4P fighters, is that so bad

I am sure Hatton will want to at least have a fight in England and win and then hang up the gloves.

[Nameless]

Retiring is a possibility. Another would be: Take 6 months off BUT... in the meantime, find a good trainer that cares about you and practice some special drills for 2-3 extra months with him (not including the real training for a fight) to have time to absorb a couple of new defense wizardry tricks, one cannot change his style in one fight but can definitely adjust if he's conditioned to do so by practicing a lot before a fight and before the 6-12 weeks camp before the official "fight".

[Mark TKO]

have thought about this some more overnight - his career deserves a farewell fight over here for sure so am all for that now.

As for an opponent thats a tough one - Khan, Witter ? I am just not sure

As I've said I don't want Khan to beat him and Ricky will find it tough mentally.

I know what you're saying Otley about him being able to live with most but the elite - but that's the thing, Hatton wants to be in the elite and he won't like fighting in a lower echelon (check out the big words from TKO) to them as he knows he has been unable to join them.

Home farewell it should be