Was Lampley Insensitive to Hatton's Ordeal?

[AdamGB]

I don't want to stir the pot too much but i'm really surprised at all the posts about how hatton was treated this weekend. I know that a lot of people like the guy and were upset when he lost but damn where was all this concern when darchiniyan got clocked, when khan got his ass kicked etc....something isn't wrong just because it happens to the guy you like. This is boxing guys hatton and his fans will get over it. Just say congrats and move on. Next people will be mad cause they didn't black out the arena secretly escort all the women and children out of the arena and hold a prayer service and vigil for the guy. Just imagine of floyd lost....my gawd how respectful everyone would be....

Way off Mar... You're comparing different fighters with different personalitys for starters, how can you not understand that it was the nature of the KO that has left this impression on people and not the simply the fact that he was KO'd.

If you look at 'Hatton Loss KO' on box rec that's not going to stir up any emotion, but if you see a human laying limp on a canvas, with vacant eyes gasping for air after hitting the mat like a ragdoll then of course you are going to be worried for their wellfair.

Luckily he is OK but people are talking about the treatment when we were uncertain.

Why talk about Khan etc? Khan got sat down, bounced back up, got sat down again and got counted out whilst TRYING TO STAND UP. Completely different... Compared to Hatton he was relatively conscious as opposed to 100% vacant.

[BoxingGorilla]

I am going to change the title of this thread. I do not want to defend it anymore. I'm lazy like that.

[bcollins]

I always find myself torn by a KO like this one. Half of me appreciates the sheer beauty of a punch that leaves the opponent unconscious before he even starts to fall. I admit it - I'll watch it repeatedly and go DAMN!! every time.

The other half, the humane half, always hates seeing a guy (ANY person, I don't care if it's a fighter I hate or not) lying on the canvas gulping for air like a fish out of water. That part always feels relieved when the fighter finally gets back to the land of the living.

Boxing fans have to have at least some bloodlust in them - it's a brutal sport. But at the same time, it's pretty bad not to feel any compassion whatsoever for someone that could be very seriously injured. In the end, it's supposed to be a sport, not the Colosseum revisited.

[SweetPea]

I have no clue what this thread is about.

After the KO, Lampley was the one who was worried about Hatton's condition and was saying that they shouldn't try to move him so the doctor could examine him.

What the hell was he being insensitive about?

[C-Lo]

I thought that Jim Lampley was a real jerk last night. Was it just me or was Lampley rubbing Hatton's nose in it by making cruel remarks?

Sure, I screamed "OH MY GOSH!" when Hatton went down. What boxing fan wouldn't be in awe of such a KO? But when I saw the close up of Hatton I got tears in my eyes. I was scared for him and was in no mood to make fun of his defeat.

BTW, I was just now able to sign on

I don't remember Lampley saying anything that bad. I was just wondering what did he say that rubbed you the wrong way?

I have no clue what this thread is about.

After the KO, Lampley was the one who was worried about Hatton's condition and was saying that they shouldn't try to move him so the doctor could examine him.

What the hell was he being insensitive about?

I'll second that! Lampley did sound somewhat worried about Hatton when they were trying to turn him over.

[:::PSL:::]

It's no big deal. Lampley just said "oh my god".

[Hulk]

Ricky Hatton has 12 million reasons not to care what Jim Lampley or anyone thinks.

[Gandalf]

How many times do you need to express your joy about him being brutally knocked out?

[Jody Lane]

Dont fall in love with the fighter you like. It really stinks that if you even rejoice a little bit about Manny knocking Hatton silly it becomes as if you're insulting someones mother or girlfriend. If you express that the way Hatton was Knocked unconscious was special, its a crime around here. I love the sport of boxing, and i love brutal KO's. Everytime your favorite fighter steps into the ring he could be brutally ko'ed its part of the game we love so much. So all im saying is dont take it personal if im thoroughly enjoying the way he was ko'ed, after all he's just fine and have 12 million reasons to be happy.

Rule number two around here: Don't gloat on your fighter because he will eventually fall.

Rule number three: When your fighter does fall, dont act like he's still coming back after he has bit the dust several times over.

[antimoron]

Dont fall in love with the fighter you like. It really stinks that if you even rejoice a little bit about Manny knocking Hatton silly it becomes as if you're insulting someones mother or girlfriend. If you express that the way Hatton was Knocked unconscious was special, its a crime around here. I love the sport of boxing, and i love brutal KO's. Everytime your favorite fighter steps into the ring he could be brutally ko'ed its part of the game we love so much. So all im saying is dont take it personal if im thoroughly enjoying the way he was ko'ed, after all he's just fine and have 12 million reasons to be happy.

Rule number two around here: Don't gloat on your fighter because he will eventually fall.

Rule number three: When your fighter does fall, dont act like he's still coming back after he has bit the dust several times over.

and finally Rule number four: This is boxing.. for sure someone gets ktfo..

[bcollins]

Lampley was very concerned at the way Hatton was being handled when he was unconscious. This idiot is bothered when Lampley at the end said to Stewart was'nt it inconceivable to think that Mayweather could turn Hatton into a boxer ?. Then when lamps was showing the slow mo he said "here comes the left, and hatton falls in a perivial heap". This is what this guy is bothered by. Rule #1 in boxing dont fall in love with the boxer this way you wont be over sensitive to everything thats said about your fighter.

Isn't there a saying about people who live in glass houses?

Anyway, BG isn't an idiot by any definition of the word. Respecting other people usually gets you respect in turn.

Dont fall in love with the fighter you like. It really stinks that if you even rejoice a little bit about Manny knocking Hatton silly it becomes as if you're insulting someones mother or girlfriend. If you express that the way Hatton was Knocked unconscious was special, its a crime around here. I love the sport of boxing, and i love brutal KO's. Everytime your favorite fighter steps into the ring he could be brutally ko'ed its part of the game we love so much. So all im saying is dont take it personal if im thoroughly enjoying the way he was ko'ed, after all he's just fine and have 12 million reasons to be happy.

I fall into this category as well, but it really isn't very cool to keep blabbering on about it. You seem to be contradicting your own advice to not take it personally - you act like you have something personal against Hatton. It's one thing to enjoy seeing a KO of the quality we saw in this fight - it's another thing to treat the fighter on the receiving end of that KO with no respect whatsoever.

Have you ever been brutally KO'd? My guess is no, because if you had, chances are good you would talk about it with a much higher degree of respect, rather than gloating like you were the one doing the punching.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

I think lampley is insensitive every fight he calls. He has me wanting to strangle him through the tv screen, every fight, due to his very biased commentary.

[LEGION]

Lampley was very concerned at the way Hatton was being handled when he was unconscious. This idiot is bothered when Lampley at the end said to Stewart was'nt it inconceivable to think that Mayweather could turn Hatton into a boxer ?. Then when lamps was showing the slow mo he said "here comes the left, and hatton falls in a perivial heap". This is what this guy is bothered by. Rule #1 in boxing dont fall in love with the boxer this way you wont be over sensitive to everything thats said about your fighter.

Isn't there a saying about people who live in glass houses?

Anyway, BG isn't an idiot by any definition of the word. Respecting other people usually gets you respect in turn.

Dont fall in love with the fighter you like. It really stinks that if you even rejoice a little bit about Manny knocking Hatton silly it becomes as if you're insulting someones mother or girlfriend. If you express that the way Hatton was Knocked unconscious was special, its a crime around here. I love the sport of boxing, and i love brutal KO's. Everytime your favorite fighter steps into the ring he could be brutally ko'ed its part of the game we love so much. So all im saying is dont take it personal if im thoroughly enjoying the way he was ko'ed, after all he's just fine and have 12 million reasons to be happy.

I fall into this category as well, but it really isn't very cool to keep blabbering on about it. You seem to be contradicting your own advice to not take it personally - you act like you have something personal against Hatton. It's one thing to enjoy seeing a KO of the quality we saw in this fight - it's another thing to treat the fighter on the receiving end of that KO with no respect whatsoever.

Have you ever been brutally KO'd? My guess is no, because if you had, chances are good you would talk about it with a much higher degree of respect, rather than gloating like you were the one doing the punching.

[CFH]

Lampley was very concerned at the way Hatton was being handled when he was unconscious. This idiot is bothered when Lampley at the end said to Stewart was'nt it inconceivable to think that Mayweather could turn Hatton into a boxer ?. Then when lamps was showing the slow mo he said "here comes the left, and hatton falls in a perivial heap". This is what this guy is bothered by. Rule #1 in boxing dont fall in love with the boxer this way you wont be over sensitive to everything thats said about your fighter.

Isn't there a saying about people who live in glass houses?

Anyway, BG isn't an idiot by any definition of the word. Respecting other people usually gets you respect in turn.

Dont fall in love with the fighter you like. It really stinks that if you even rejoice a little bit about Manny knocking Hatton silly it becomes as if you're insulting someones mother or girlfriend. If you express that the way Hatton was Knocked unconscious was special, its a crime around here. I love the sport of boxing, and i love brutal KO's. Everytime your favorite fighter steps into the ring he could be brutally ko'ed its part of the game we love so much. So all im saying is dont take it personal if im thoroughly enjoying the way he was ko'ed, after all he's just fine and have 12 million reasons to be happy.

I fall into this category as well, but it really isn't very cool to keep blabbering on about it. You seem to be contradicting your own advice to not take it personally - you act like you have something personal against Hatton. It's one thing to enjoy seeing a KO of the quality we saw in this fight - it's another thing to treat the fighter on the receiving end of that KO with no respect whatsoever.

Have you ever been brutally KO'd? My guess is no, because if you had, chances are good you would talk about it with a much higher degree of respect, rather than gloating like you were the one doing the punching.

Well said.

[CutMeMick]

I always find myself torn by a KO like this one. Half of me appreciates the sheer beauty of a punch that leaves the opponent unconscious before he even starts to fall. I admit it - I'll watch it repeatedly and go DAMN!! every time.

The other half, the humane half, always hates seeing a guy (ANY person, I don't care if it's a fighter I hate or not) lying on the canvas gulping for air like a fish out of water. That part always feels relieved when the fighter finally gets back to the land of the living.

Boxing fans have to have at least some bloodlust in them - it's a brutal sport. But at the same time, it's pretty bad not to feel any compassion whatsoever for someone that could be very seriously injured. In the end, it's supposed to be a sport, not the Colosseum revisited.

Great post.

I'm a fan 1st of the sport and I love KO's just as much as anyone but when the KO cross into someone being seriously injured for that moment it turns into something else.

Art Serwano KO loss to RJJ is an example.
Johnny Owens brutal KO loss to Lupe Pintor.
Aguie Sanchez taken out on the stretcher vs. Naz (Then the jackass has the balls to say he knew their was gonna be a stretcher moment in the fight)
Jaidon Codrington laying over the ropes almost lifeless is another example of a spectacular KO which for a few minutes was scary.

I love a great KO, but I can't help it if my human sense/nature quickly takes over and I feel for the human that's leying there.