Originally Posted by
Mars_ax
I didn't mean to suggest that Hatton is stupid because he gets depressed, it's more about his admitted heavy drug usage and drinking binges, and the fact that he's never seemed like the sharpest tack in the box. Just guessing i'd say much of Hatton's "depression" was temporary and brought on by losing the fight to Pacquiao, the drugs & alcohol just fueled the already existing problem.
sorry to be presumptive, and yes I really do hope he recovers fully and it doesnt become a slippery slope!
If very intelligent people are more susceptible to depression and other forms of mental illnesses, then i'd say there's a good chance that Hatton's is short term.
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personally I think Hatton wasnt stupid in comparison to Joe Calzaghe or other cherrypickers, he just really believed intaking on the best to become the best, and that is what competitive sport is all about at the end of the day. No point in being another Jack Dempsey (championship years, his manger drew the colour line), Calzaghe (1999-2006, by cherrypicking) or John L Sullivan (his whole life spent not fighting blacks, some of whom would have iced him) and only fighting half the eligible contenders, that makes you only half a world champion, which he already was - he wanted the whole pie. And fair play to him for trying when others knew they didnt have it in them to get higher than a portion of the world title. That is the stuff that makes REAL champions. If I ever was a boxer in real (reincarnated) life, I'd do the same unless I was so incapable of sorting my finances out that I had to cherrypick so as to get rich via the easiest route. Which is what Ricky has done,
ironic given that people think hes dumb - he is light years ahead financially of the people who criticise him.
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