i don't see why hatton has to retire after this.

it was his strategy that let him down. you can understand the body might take time to adjust to being back in the ring. you can expect some power loss, speed loss, loss of timing...but he should have had a better strategy to cope with the loss of skills. he should have been smarter and realized that trying to get a glamorous KO wasn't a good idea. especially since he was taking on a decent fighter.

if he had been fighting a bum he could have gone in and head hunted and gone for the kill the whole fight, but he was fighting a former champion who had just lost his title in his previous fight. a fighter who is taller, with a greater reach and who is naturally bigger.

hatton should have realized that he wouldn't be as dominant at this weight as he was when he was in his prime and fighting at a lighter weight. i wonder what he was expecting. is he surrounded by people who think he can KO anyone he comes across?

i think that if he were to go back to the gym and train consistently with a proper coach that knows something about boxing and he were to try to learn how to fight according to his current skill level he could make a return and be successful. but if his plan is to just try to bomb thru any and every opponent then he may as well retire cause thats not a realistic plan.