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Quote Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hatton always looks like that, I don't see any difference, just because he's pale and pasty people think the weight drain is bad, boxers who boil down always have very low body fat % but seriously, ricky has complete faith in his camp and they've never let hi down. Kerry Kayes (his nutritionist) is an absolute genius, ricky can eat as much as he wants in camp, it just has to be what kerry tells him to eat, and he always makes the weight. This fight will be no excecption, you'll see it in his body language at the weigh in he's 100%.
Wouldn't you say his camp let him down slightly by convincing him to move up to welterweight? Or by landing two really pointless fights to start off his US debut( the first one which only served to establish Collazo and give Hatton a huge scare).. I agree with you about the weight though he probably will be fine... Also, I don't think a nutritionist exactly needs to be a genius, it's really not rocket science eating well, most people just don't do it. I doubt you'll find many boxers who have a "bad" nutritionist, it's just whether they follow what he recommends.
His camp didn't convince him to move up to weltweweight. It was HBO who wanted it and it was Ricky himself who decided to go ahead with it. Billy Graham warned him against it. Especially to fight Collazo. In his autobiograpy Hatton explains all this and admits that he was trying to be 'Mr Big Bollocks' by fighting up at welter when he can easily handle light-welter.

Same thing with the choice of opponent. Cotto were both signed to fight others, Baldomir priced himself out, Gatti had just been beaten by Floyd/signed to fight baldi, Lazcano ws then signed but broke a finger and Collazo was the only fighter HBO would accept on the date given (13th may). Hatton didn't want to lose that date as he had already been inactive since November 05.

Oh and if 'eating well' is so god damm easy how come you see so many fat fwocks claiming they hardly eat anything? When Hatton starts running out of steam in the ring and underperforming fitness wise, only then should we start commenting on his lifestyle, because to put it simply..i have never seen a fitter fighter. If he loses to Urango next week, it won't be because of his fitness.