Quit Now Ricky!

[Bx730NY]

He may get past Paulie but there's no way he beats a guy like Ricardo Torres who has fast hands and throws nice combinations on stationary targets with murderous intent as evidenced by hi fight with Cotto.

[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

Werent' Oscar suppose to stop Steve Forbes

I guess so.. which shows he's not the fighter he once was, like Ricky

[Fenster]

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

He's calling for a faded fighter with earnings of £30+ million to quit incase he gets seriously hurt.

What's the crime?

[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

I guess so.. which shows he's not the fighter he once was, like Ricky

Good comeback, i give you that even though I don't agree with it

[Fenster]

Werent' Oscar suppose to stop Steve Forbes

I guess so.. which shows he's not the fighter he once was, like Ricky

Good comeback, i give you that even though I don't agree with it

Fair do's

[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

He's calling for a faded fighter with earnings of £30+ million to quit incase he gets seriously hurt.

What's the crime?

His 29 years old
43-1
out on his own in his division as the best fighter
has 3-4 big paydays to come
wants to stamp his legacy on the sport (which he will not do if he was to retire now)

theres plenty of reasons why ricky retiring now would be stupid!!!

[ono]

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

He's calling for a faded fighter with earnings of £30+ million to quit incase he gets seriously hurt.

What's the crime?

Any fighter could get seriously hurt.

I don't see anything in Ricky Hatton to suggest that he's more likely to get hurt than any other fighter.

He pretty much brutalised Juan Lazcano who isn't that far behind the other titlists at 140.

I see what you're saying but i highly doubt Colin Hart wrote that article because he cares so much for Ricky Hatton.

[Fenster]

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

He's calling for a faded fighter with earnings of £30+ million to quit incase he gets seriously hurt.

What's the crime?

His 29 years old
43-1
out on his own in his division as the best fighter
has 3-4 big paydays to come
wants to stamp his legacy on the sport (which he will not do if he was to retire now)

theres plenty of reasons why ricky retiring now would be stupid!!!

I don't want Ricky to retire now. I get entertainment from watching him fight - win or lose i'm not bothered.

But someone that has seen 40 years of faded fighters going on too long with some suffering dire consequences, it's understandable why they would.

Is it not?

[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.

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.

He gets on my nerves 90% of the time too.

[ono]

I think Claude Abrams would make a good presenter. In place of Steve Bunce.

[Kev]

The article was complete shit. To imply that Hatton is no more the fighter he was 3 years ago is just wrong. Ricky is still every bit as good as he was 3 or 4 years ago it's just his opposition has improved.

The Kosta Tyzsu that he beat was the one who was washed up, inactive, coming to the end of his career, a string of injuries and he didn't really want it. He gave up, quit on his stool, hardly the mark of a man at the peak of his powers. He was no longer hungry and so quit when it got tough, no disrespect to him but anyone who thinks Hatton really beat the real Kosta Tyszu is just deluded.

Take that win away and Hatton has struggled against everyone.

Eamonn Magee floored him and took him to 12 tough rounds. He plodded out a win over Ben Tackie. John Thaxton completely busted his face up in another hard fought win. That fight could conceivably have been stopped.

He got cut and looked shit against Carlos Maussa, a fighter other prospects since have just blown away. He got wobbled by Urango, almost ktfo by Collazo.

Kosta aside, where are these dominant world class performances against top opposition that people hearken back to?

He's just a decent hardworking fighter who got lucky in fighting a great champion at the right time.

His win over Tyszu is about as significant as Leon Spink's over Ali or John Ruiz's over Hoylfield.


Please let's not be negative about Hatton and suggest he has declined and should retire. Just accept that in hindsight he was never that good to begin with.

[HattonTheHammer]

He's calling for a faded fighter with earnings of £30+ million to quit incase he gets seriously hurt.

What's the crime?

His 29 years old
43-1
out on his own in his division as the best fighter
has 3-4 big paydays to come
wants to stamp his legacy on the sport (which he will not do if he was to retire now)

theres plenty of reasons why ricky retiring now would be stupid!!!

I don't want Ricky to retire now. I get entertainment from watching him fight - win or lose i'm not bothered.

But someone that has seen 40 years of faded fighters going on too long with some suffering dire consequences, it's understandable why they would.

Is it not?

But hatton hasnt faded

where are all you lot getting this from, hatton fought just as well on saturday as he did against maussa, urango and castillo.

were any of you lot calling for his head when collazo almost knocked him out or when magee almost out pointed him

of course you werent

you see 1 defeat
a guy about to turn 30
12 brutal rounds of boxing

and all of a sudden ricky is washed up.

Hatton fought the fight of his life 3 years back against tszyu, since then though he has been in wars with fighters just as supposedly "average" as your juan lazcanos and made a far worst job of it.

words bangwagon and jumping come to mind!!!

[Fenster]

I think Claude Abrams would make a good presenter. In place of Steve Bunce.

Yeah, I can't remember what fight it was on Setanta, but it was Bunce and Abrams.. Abrams was clearly talking to the hardcore boxing fan whereas Bunce was appealing to the casual

[HattonTheHammer]

I think Claude Abrams would make a good presenter. In place of Steve Bunce.

Yeah, I can't remember what fight it was on Setanta, but it was Bunce and Abrams.. Abrams was clearly talking to the hardcore boxing fan whereas Bunce was appealing to the casual

bunce is very much your early 90s, don king esque kind of presenter that believes by shouting out his words and making as many critical statements as he can it`ll gain him some fans.

[Fenster]

If Hatton hasn't faded (clearly has) Bilbo must be right (he's not) Hatton was always SHIT!!!