Quit Now Ricky!

[Fenster]

Colin Hart gets on my nerves but he's right about Hatton not being the fighter he used to be.. I think another loss is inevitable too.. but don't think he needs to retire just yet

Of course he was not on that night, he was coming back from a brutal KO loss, jesus That guy should watch the Castillo fight. Boxing writer my ass.

I'm surprised ANYONE could think Hatton is as good as he was 3/4 years ago.

Lazcano would have been stopped.

You're well overrating him.

[leftylee]

Colin Hart gets on my nerves but he's right about Hatton not being the fighter he used to be.. I think another loss is inevitable too.. but don't think he needs to retire just yet

Of course he was not on that night, he was coming back from a brutal KO loss, jesus That guy should watch the Castillo fight. Boxing writer my ass.

I'm surprised ANYONE could think Hatton is as good as he was 3/4 years ago.

Lazcano would have been stopped.

You're well overrating him.

I never implied that at all. IMO just read ICB's post, he sums it up perfect.

[Macho]

IMO , no , he is young yet , he can assimilate some others fights , he have to be sure and make analisys of his fight and then decide if he can continue or not , but have to be Realistic.........

[porkypara]

"Compared to other light-welterweights, being hit by Lazcano is the equivalent of being assaulted by a ball of cotton wool. Yet three times he came close to dropping Hatton."



This comment made me laugh does he know anything about Lazcano ?? Lazcano has always been a solid puncher and he hits harder than majority of Jr Welterweights. None of the title holders can punch except Torres so this comment is ridiculous.

Hatton was hurt more in previous fights against Magee, Phillips, I honestly think this whole thing about Hatton almost being KO'ed is well overrated. I mean just take a look at how Hatton went back to the corner, his head was clear and his legs were fine. I think people are being way too harsh on Hatton like i've said many times, Hatton was coming off a humiliating KO loss. And to comeback against a solid opponent in front of 56000 fans i think he done very well taking all that into account.

Except for his defensive issues which he has always had what was really wrong with is performance ?? his combinations were good, his body punching was good, he showed a lot of energy in the later stages, so why all the hate ??

Well said.I agree.

When you are a pressure fighter you tend to get hit more offten than a boxer type.


Being ranked number 7 in the world at light-welter weight is a very high rating because the light-welter weight has always had lots of top leavl fighters even if most of the press dont know there names.

IMO a very good win for The Hitman.

[ono]

Colin Hart gets on my nerves but he's right about Hatton not being the fighter he used to be.. I think another loss is inevitable too.. but don't think he needs to retire just yet

Of course he was not on that night, he was coming back from a brutal KO loss, jesus That guy should watch the Castillo fight. Boxing writer my ass.

I'm surprised ANYONE could think Hatton is as good as he was 3/4 years ago.

Lazcano would have been stopped.

You're well overrating him.

It depends which Hatton from 3/4 years ago. The Hatton that struggled against Vilches? The Hatton that looked quite poor against Maussa?

He had his poor nights then fighting much shitter fighters.

[ono]

It's also very difficult to come back from a KO loss and look as good as the fighter who beat Kostya Tszyu etc...

[Fenster]

Lazcano was picked to make Ricky look spectacular STOPPING him. Lazcano was coming out of retirement. His style was made for Hatton.

But Ricky ended up working his bollocks off for 12 rounds.

I heard Rickys team even blamed the "cold" in the build up for his performance.. now theres a surprise, and shows how happy they were

[DatsiK]

The sun's credibility counts for absolutely nothing to me.

[Tins06]

When i read it this morning you can see straight away it's just an absolute load of bolocks.

Poor poor article. I get the feeling he is just dissing Ricky for the sake it...You watch now next week there will be another article going on about Naasem quiting after his first loss calling him a bum and all this. And then it will praise Hatton for being a brave great champion of the people.

The sun's only good for some Tits and Good football news.

[RozzySean]

Ricky has few good fights left in him, but the clock is certainly ticking. Between his lifestyle and his fightingstyle, he ain't going to be at this until he's 35. He should have an absolute maximum of 5 fights left, and really, I would be happy if he fought Paulie, Torres, and maybe Pac, then hung them up. As fan, I don't want to see him end up getting hurt long term.

[:::PSL:::]

Quitting is not an option for him as for the moment. He's still has plenty of gas left in his tank. I don't think he's been through many real wars yet.

[Fenster]

The Sun paper is shit. Colin Hart is an old cunt. But he's not the only one singing this tune

Buncey () thinks Ricky is done too

Boxing: Hatton rumbles on but is fat lady warming up? - Others, More Sports - The Independent

If a fight against Malignaggi was taking place 12 months ago the bookmakers would have closed the account because Hatton would have been an overwhelming favourite. Sadly, the new Hatton is just a good fighter and not any longer the outstanding, the thrilling and unmissable boxer he was in the past.

[leftylee]

Lazcano was picked to make Ricky look spectacular STOPPING him. Lazcano was coming out of retirement. His style was made for Hatton.

But Ricky ended up working his bollocks off for 12 rounds.

I heard Rickys team even blamed the "cold" in the build up for his performance.. now theres a surprise, and shows how happy they were

Werent' Oscar suppose to stop Steve Forbes

[HattonTheHammer]

Before this artical i had the upmost respect for colin hart who has always known his stuff as far as the boxing world is concerned.

But the man is not only way way off here, he is bang out of order and im afraid this has been written just to get his paper and himself a bit of attention.

44-1 aged 29 does not warrant someone hanging up their gloves however poor you think theyre last few performances have been.

To suggest ricky has nothing left in the tank is absurd.

Colin Hart rants on about the likes of robinson, la motta etc yet those guys both got through well over a 100 fights yet now he believes 45 pro contests has taken its toll on a man who should hang up his gloves

big time thumbs down on this one, hart has sold his soul to sell a few extra newspapers

[cpcompany]

The Sun paper is shit. Colin Hart is an old cunt. But he's not the only one singing this tune

Buncey () thinks Ricky is done too

Boxing: Hatton rumbles on but is fat lady warming up? - Others, More Sports - The Independent

If a fight against Malignaggi was taking place 12 months ago the bookmakers would have closed the account because Hatton would have been an overwhelming favourite. Sadly, the new Hatton is just a good fighter and not any longer the outstanding, the thrilling and unmissable boxer he was in the past.

Steve Bunce gets on my tit end. He sounds like a clueless cockney in a pub half the time. Possibly my least favourite presenter on TV at the moment.