Should Hatton retire ?

[Kev]

There are no Wembley staduim fights after a brutal loss like that.

Yes he should retire.

haha after that performance even Junior Witter won't want him

[antimoron]

Hatton is still young.. He just lost to a legend on the making.. 1 thing i want him to do first is to change that ahole trainer and look for a much more focus coach who will guide him on his training.. im not making excuses on ricky's lose but if you watch closely the 24/7 and read all the news regarding their preparation its all about mayweather this mayweather that and so on and so forth.. what the hell.. Hatton is a good fighter and im sure he can comeback.. but if he calls it a career i have no problem with it..

When money$$$ speaks everybody listen... maybe who knows he can fight DLH at wembley..

[kaneo71]

I think he should have a homecoming
I'd love to see him fight Amir Khan or Oscar De La Hoya
But it's up to him if he wants to call it a day
47 fights and 45 wins ain't bad

[THE THIRD MAN]

Hatton lost his marquee value and who is there for him to fight on the big stage? Witter? Maybe a farewell fight in the UK is a possibility at the end of the year. He needs at least 6 months off to think seriously about his future.
The KO was bad, very bad and fighters do not comeback from those sort of defeats easily.

[Mark TKO]

He won't be tangling with the main men any more thats for sure - but he has made more money than he could ever have imagined.


His pride is a bign thing though for him - he won't want to go out with the last memory of him being unconscious like that.

What worries me is that if Khan wins next month he is a viable opponent for a stadium fight with Hatton and it would sell - but after that defeat Hatton may be beatable by Khan...

I certainly don't want Khan notching a win over Ricky and putting that on his record

[KKisser]

a farewell fight in uk would be grand. this could lure dlh out of retirement for one more fight before they both ride off into the sunset. oscar should be thinking to himself right now, "hey, i wasn't that shot after all". lol

[ultraelectromagneticpunch]

I can't imagine how much mental damage that fight gave to ricky. I agree to all of you, 2 losses, 2 enormous breakdowns, he should retire... Sorry Ricky...

[TitoFan]

Hatton is still young.. He just lost to a legend on the making.. 1 thing i want him to do first is to change that ahole trainer and look for a much more focus coach who will guide him on his training.. im not making excuses on ricky's lose but if you watch closely the 24/7 and read all the news regarding their preparation its all about mayweather this mayweather that and so on and so forth.. what the hell.. Hatton is a good fighter and im sure he can comeback.. but if he calls it a career i have no problem with it..

When money$$$ speaks everybody listen... maybe who knows he can fight DLH at wembley..

Just out of curiousity... exactly how would you title this boxing card? (I have some suggestions, but I don't think they'd be very popular here).

[LEGION]

it will be an emmbarrising loss for Ricky... there was no ref excuse and i was worried for him when he was on the deck...sad to see.

hes richer than he ever imagined he would be and should retire.

however as a fan i would love to see him take on Witter as a fairwell fight BUT if he lossed that one i think that would hurt him mentally more than any of his losses.

so hang em up Ricky and thanks for giving me as a fan some great memories

I would watch him fight a farewell fight; though I gotta say I don't think I would get that feeling of WARTIME he used to give me. He's been in my top 3-4 fave fighters for the last 5 years and that was tough to see last night. I definately don't want him coming Stateside for a fight as he won't get as warm a reception as he would at home. Either a UK figh or nothing; I would prefer nothing. I never wanted to see him fight Floyd or Manny; but give respect where it's due to a guy who took the challenge, as that was his job, and did what he could. He's a fighter, so it wouldn't surprise me if he does fight one more.

I almost feel as bad for the UK fans, who spent all that $$$, to go home maybe feeling deflated. Nice to know he's got alot of love back home though, very cool

[Saddo]

I almost feel as bad for the UK fans, who spent all that $$$, to go home maybe feeling deflated. Nice to know he's got alot of love back home though, very cool

totally agree... with the credit crunch and the dollar rate to pound it really is a shame for his loyal following

[Quinito]

i want to see oscar dance one more time with ricky as his partner at a catchweight of 150lbs.

Yeah. The fight will be held at convalescent home.

[Quinito]

Hatton is still young.. He just lost to a legend on the making.. 1 thing i want him to do first is to change that ahole trainer and look for a much more focus coach who will guide him on his training.. im not making excuses on ricky's lose but if you watch closely the 24/7 and read all the news regarding their preparation its all about mayweather this mayweather that and so on and so forth.. what the hell.. Hatton is a good fighter and im sure he can comeback.. but if he calls it a career i have no problem with it..

When money$$$ speaks everybody listen... maybe who knows he can fight DLH at wembley..

Floyd Sr is a dick. I remember him saying something like to Ricky after the first round "I told from the day one of the training blah blah blah!". I can't believe hes already protecting his ass and the fight wasn't over yet.

[eleven]

if he were to fight khan come on is there anyone who would give khan a real chance a couldnt see khan lastin 4 rounds with hatton and am not really a hatton fan

[ICB]

I think he should of retired quite sometime ago i think he's been on the slide for quite awhile, he looked ok against Paul Malignaggi, but then again thats Paul Malignaggi who himself has looked a shot and rubbish fighter since the Miguel Cotto fight.

I think his last real good performances were against Ray Oliveira, Kostya Tszyu, he doesn't use head movement anymore or his jab. And he seems to have lost some of his boxing skills like punching in threes/fours.

And his punch resistance has looked shakey for quite awhile to say the least, im not taking away Manny Pacquiao's win i think he would of beaten Ricky Hatton at any stage in his career. But to me after the Kostya Tszyu fight, its all gone down hill for Ricky Hatton.

And i think Floyd Mayweather Jr wrecked his confidence. And Manny Pacquiao has just now made Ricky Hatton a totally shot fighter.

[ledsham]

He definitely should retire, the punch resistance has gone and that knock out will take some more out of him, if that's all Ricky has left its better he calls it a day while he still has some marbles.

I AGREE AFTER YOU GET KOED LIKE THAT YOU ARE DONE I THINK HE NEVER GOT OVER THE FIRST ONE.