amir khan told ricky hatton to "retire and chill out"

[Jimmy G-Force]

It's a little funny Amir was talking up about a fight with Hatton after Rick got smashed by Manny and retirement was, in my peoples eyes a done deal. Now Hatton has stated his intention to return, Amir now thinks he should 'Retire and Chill Out". Hmmmmmmnnnn.

Be careful what you wish for, it just may come true.

And TysonBruno, Hatton looked half-decent against Paulie ? It looked like a clinic to me, finished with a stoppage. If that's half-decent, then I'm a monkeys uncle.

He's a classic hater, no matter what Ricky does or has done it's never good enough for some

Well he looks rock-hard and extremely menacing in his photo avatar, so maybe that photo alone would be enough to drop Paulie in 1 round.

[HattonTheHammer]

As ive said a million times over...

45-2 with his only losses at the hands of the best fighters of our generation
31 years old
still able to fill out any arena in the united kingdom

Its only us brits talking about whether hatton should retire or not. If ricky was american none of the US guys on here would be discussing whether he should retire or not because they wouldnt give enough of a f*ck about one single fighter.

90% of people on here that want hatton to bow out so early in his career use the excuse...

"we dont want to see him get badly hurt"

This is boxing for fuck sake. Whether your starting your career or finishing it the whole time your getting hurt whether its by a fellow fighter, a sparring buddy or an insanely difficult training session.

Ricky hatton has a permenantly broken nose from it getting broke so many times via people smashing him in the face. Id say on that basis the prospect of getting in the ring with juan manuel marquez really isnt as scary to him as it would be you and i

[Jimmy G-Force]

As ive said a million times over...

45-2 with his only losses at the hands of the best fighters of our generation
31 years old
still able to fill out any arena in the united kingdom

Its only us brits talking about whether hatton should retire or not. If ricky was american none of the US guys on here would be discussing whether he should retire or not because they wouldnt give enough of a f*ck about one single fighter.

90% of people on here that want hatton to bow out so early in his career use the excuse...

"we dont want to see him get badly hurt"

This is boxing for fuck sake. Whether your starting your career or finishing it the whole time your getting hurt whether its by a fellow fighter, a sparring buddy or an insanely difficult training session.

Ricky hatton has a permenantly broken nose from it getting broke so many times via people smashing him in the face. Id say on that basis the prospect of getting in the ring with juan manuel marquez really isnt as scary to him as it would be you and i

Rick would fight anyone, I know his mentality, he really doesnt give a fuck about anyone, as far as he is concerned, he'll have a go, and I love that about him. What I will say though, is since the Manny KO he is a little different, certainly more relaxed about everything in life. My only worry is that I feel he is past his best and I dont want his denial that he is still as good as he was in his prime clouding his judgement. But Rick is and always will be his own man. Nobody can tell him anything, hence the reason he has decided to fight on, even though it's against his family and friends wishes. But in true Ricky Hatton fashion, he has the spirit of a Mexican figher, and will go out on his sword if it comes to it. I just wish the likes of Floyd had the same mentality.

[HattonTheHammer]

As ive said a million times over...

45-2 with his only losses at the hands of the best fighters of our generation
31 years old
still able to fill out any arena in the united kingdom

Its only us brits talking about whether hatton should retire or not. If ricky was american none of the US guys on here would be discussing whether he should retire or not because they wouldnt give enough of a f*ck about one single fighter.

90% of people on here that want hatton to bow out so early in his career use the excuse...

"we dont want to see him get badly hurt"

This is boxing for fuck sake. Whether your starting your career or finishing it the whole time your getting hurt whether its by a fellow fighter, a sparring buddy or an insanely difficult training session.

Ricky hatton has a permenantly broken nose from it getting broke so many times via people smashing him in the face. Id say on that basis the prospect of getting in the ring with juan manuel marquez really isnt as scary to him as it would be you and i

Rick would fight anyone, I know his mentality, he really doesnt give a fuck about anyone, as far as he is concerned, he'll have a go, and I love that about him. What I will say though, is since the Manny KO he is a little different, certainly more relaxed about everything in life. My only worry is that I feel he is past his best and I want his denial that he is still as good as he was in his prime clouding his judgement. But Rick is and always will be his own man. Nobody can tell him anything, hence the reason he has decided to fight on, even though it's against his family and friends wishes. But in true Ricky Hatton fashion, he has the spirit of a Mexican figher, and we will go out on his sword if it comes to it. I just wish the likes of Floyd had the same mentality.

Too true, though ricky will go out with more of the gatti`s about him rather than the intended all time great status he is a true showman and id very much imagine the sort of bloke who`d take on 2-3 fellas at a time if need be.

Nobody bought the training camp excuses he brought out after the pac fight. It was simply a case of a deer caught in the headlights. I do completely disregard all the "he`s past it" stuff.

Malignaggi was one of his career greatest performances. It just happened to get sandwiched inbetween 2 losses to all time great fighters. Ricky would of decked in 2rounds by pacquiao in 2006.

I`ll admit his past it when i actually see a desperate performance from a man who can no longer hold his own rather than going on 6minutes of footage against a guy in a different world to most fighters out there!

[Tysonbruno]

It's a little funny Amir was talking up about a fight with Hatton after Rick got smashed by Manny and retirement was, in my peoples eyes a done deal. Now Hatton has stated his intention to return, Amir now thinks he should 'Retire and Chill Out". Hmmmmmmnnnn.

Be careful what you wish for, it just may come true.

And TysonBruno, Hatton looked half-decent against Paulie ? It looked like a clinic to me, finished with a stoppage. If that's half-decent, then I'm a monkeys uncle.

He's a classic hater, no matter what Ricky does or has done it's never good enough for some

Well he looks rock-hard and extremely menacing in his photo avatar, so maybe that photo alone would be enough to drop Paulie in 1 round.

Look lets leave my pic out of this and lets not get personal yes Hatton looked good against Paulie i was impressed but Hatton didn't stop Paulie did he really?? Buddy Mcgirt did and the reason i say was it Paulie who made him look good because he fought so badly against Lazcano and then basically reverted back to this vs Pacquiao. Now iv'e never been a Hatton fan until the Paulie fight i thought he fought well i even fancied him to beat Pacquiao and wanted him to but the reason im against him coming back is he is fatter than ever i think losing weight caught up with him he basically had no punch resistance vs Pacquiao and i don't really want to see him knocked out like that again it was horrible to watch and i did fear for his health he was out for a few minutes. I understand his pride wanting him to comeback but like i say what if he has 2 devastating KO's back to back and when he is talking of wanting to fight either a top 10 P4P fighter a top 10 light welter or a world champ fighter like Marquez and Urango could easily take him out again. so im not hating just not sure i want to see a fighter out for minutes again with his eyes rolling and his mouth sloping to one side struggling to get a breath DO YOU??

[Mattyhitman]

He's a classic hater, no matter what Ricky does or has done it's never good enough for some

Well he looks rock-hard and extremely menacing in his photo avatar, so maybe that photo alone would be enough to drop Paulie in 1 round.

Look lets leave my pic out of this and lets not get personal yes Hatton looked good against Paulie i was impressed but Hatton didn't stop Paulie did he really?? Buddy Mcgirt did and the reason i say was it Paulie who made him look good because he fought so badly against Lazcano and then basically reverted back to this vs Pacquiao. Now iv'e never been a Hatton fan until the Paulie fight i thought he fought well i even fancied him to beat Pacquiao and wanted him to but the reason im against him coming back is he is fatter than ever i think losing weight caught up with him he basically had no punch resistance vs Pacquiao and i don't really want to see him knocked out like that again it was horrible to watch and i did fear for his health he was out for a few minutes. I understand his pride wanting him to comeback but like i say what if he has 2 devastating KO's back to back and when he is talking of wanting to fight either a top 10 P4P fighter a top 10 light welter or a world champ fighter like Marquez and Urango could easily take him out again. so im not hating just not sure i want to see a fighter out for minutes again with his eyes rolling and his mouth sloping to one side struggling to get a breath DO YOU??

Now now, no need to get touchy

Lets be honest here TysonBruno, the majority of your posts regards Hatton ARE derogatory. Yourself and VD take great pleasure in putting Ricky down and getting the boot in. Now for you to say ya dont want him to fight again incase he gets KO'ed, well thats plain silly. So any boxer you like, ya must be in bits when they step in the ring just incase they actually get hit, let alone KO'ed

As for your Marquez / Urango comment - You state they could take him out again !?!? When did either of them take Ricky out the first time please?
Urango got owned by a flu-riden Ricky the 1st time, as for Marquez, well no need to go there hey

[Tysonbruno]

Well he looks rock-hard and extremely menacing in his photo avatar, so maybe that photo alone would be enough to drop Paulie in 1 round.

Look lets leave my pic out of this and lets not get personal yes Hatton looked good against Paulie i was impressed but Hatton didn't stop Paulie did he really?? Buddy Mcgirt did and the reason i say was it Paulie who made him look good because he fought so badly against Lazcano and then basically reverted back to this vs Pacquiao. Now iv'e never been a Hatton fan until the Paulie fight i thought he fought well i even fancied him to beat Pacquiao and wanted him to but the reason im against him coming back is he is fatter than ever i think losing weight caught up with him he basically had no punch resistance vs Pacquiao and i don't really want to see him knocked out like that again it was horrible to watch and i did fear for his health he was out for a few minutes. I understand his pride wanting him to comeback but like i say what if he has 2 devastating KO's back to back and when he is talking of wanting to fight either a top 10 P4P fighter a top 10 light welter or a world champ fighter like Marquez and Urango could easily take him out again. so im not hating just not sure i want to see a fighter out for minutes again with his eyes rolling and his mouth sloping to one side struggling to get a breath DO YOU??

Now now, no need to get touchy

Lets be honest here TysonBruno, the majority of your posts regards Hatton ARE derogatory. Yourself and VD take great pleasure in putting Ricky down and getting the boot in. Now for you to say ya dont want him to fight again incase he gets KO'ed, well thats plain silly. So any boxer you like, ya must be in bits when they step in the ring just incase they actually get hit, let alone KO'ed

As for your Marquez / Urango comment - You state they could take him out again !?!? When did either of them take Ricky out the first time please?
Urango got owned by a flu-riden Ricky the 1st time, as for Marquez, well no need to go there hey

I mean take him out again as in him getting knocked out again another knockout loss not as in these guys have done him before and at the back end of the fight vs Urango Ricky struggled and im not always hating on him at all.

[HattonTheHammer]

Look lets leave my pic out of this and lets not get personal yes Hatton looked good against Paulie i was impressed but Hatton didn't stop Paulie did he really?? Buddy Mcgirt did and the reason i say was it Paulie who made him look good because he fought so badly against Lazcano and then basically reverted back to this vs Pacquiao. Now iv'e never been a Hatton fan until the Paulie fight i thought he fought well i even fancied him to beat Pacquiao and wanted him to but the reason im against him coming back is he is fatter than ever i think losing weight caught up with him he basically had no punch resistance vs Pacquiao and i don't really want to see him knocked out like that again it was horrible to watch and i did fear for his health he was out for a few minutes. I understand his pride wanting him to comeback but like i say what if he has 2 devastating KO's back to back and when he is talking of wanting to fight either a top 10 P4P fighter a top 10 light welter or a world champ fighter like Marquez and Urango could easily take him out again. so im not hating just not sure i want to see a fighter out for minutes again with his eyes rolling and his mouth sloping to one side struggling to get a breath DO YOU??

Now now, no need to get touchy

Lets be honest here TysonBruno, the majority of your posts regards Hatton ARE derogatory. Yourself and VD take great pleasure in putting Ricky down and getting the boot in. Now for you to say ya dont want him to fight again incase he gets KO'ed, well thats plain silly. So any boxer you like, ya must be in bits when they step in the ring just incase they actually get hit, let alone KO'ed

As for your Marquez / Urango comment - You state they could take him out again !?!? When did either of them take Ricky out the first time please?
Urango got owned by a flu-riden Ricky the 1st time, as for Marquez, well no need to go there hey

I mean take him out again as in him getting knocked out again another knockout loss not as in these guys have done him before and at the back end of the fight vs Urango Ricky struggled and im not always hating on him at all.

Does ricky owe you a tenner or something?

Let it go tyson eh

[Mattyhitman]

Look lets leave my pic out of this and lets not get personal yes Hatton looked good against Paulie i was impressed but Hatton didn't stop Paulie did he really?? Buddy Mcgirt did and the reason i say was it Paulie who made him look good because he fought so badly against Lazcano and then basically reverted back to this vs Pacquiao. Now iv'e never been a Hatton fan until the Paulie fight i thought he fought well i even fancied him to beat Pacquiao and wanted him to but the reason im against him coming back is he is fatter than ever i think losing weight caught up with him he basically had no punch resistance vs Pacquiao and i don't really want to see him knocked out like that again it was horrible to watch and i did fear for his health he was out for a few minutes. I understand his pride wanting him to comeback but like i say what if he has 2 devastating KO's back to back and when he is talking of wanting to fight either a top 10 P4P fighter a top 10 light welter or a world champ fighter like Marquez and Urango could easily take him out again. so im not hating just not sure i want to see a fighter out for minutes again with his eyes rolling and his mouth sloping to one side struggling to get a breath DO YOU??

Now now, no need to get touchy

Lets be honest here TysonBruno, the majority of your posts regards Hatton ARE derogatory. Yourself and VD take great pleasure in putting Ricky down and getting the boot in. Now for you to say ya dont want him to fight again incase he gets KO'ed, well thats plain silly. So any boxer you like, ya must be in bits when they step in the ring just incase they actually get hit, let alone KO'ed

As for your Marquez / Urango comment - You state they could take him out again !?!? When did either of them take Ricky out the first time please?
Urango got owned by a flu-riden Ricky the 1st time, as for Marquez, well no need to go there hey

I mean take him out again as in him getting knocked out again another knockout loss not as in these guys have done him before and at the back end of the fight vs Urango Ricky struggled and im not always hating on him at all.

Ahh right sorry bro, misunderstood ya post slightly then

Yea Rick did struggle - not just at the end either - for the sake of repeating oneself the flu was the cause more than Urango, although he did give Rick a bloody good body shot during the fight.

Look im not going to get into t handbag match with you over your love / hate for Ricky, but lets just say whenever a Ricky thread appears, if you do leave a comment invariably it's derogatory to Rick, which to be fair is your opinion

[Tysonbruno]

Look my main point is in all this love him or hate him i thought in the Pacquiao fight he had nothing left he was going over so easy yes he was a little over anxious but the last knockdown was devastating i just wouldn't want to see that again. I felt so sorry for him and concerned i thought something terrible could have happened the way his eyes rolled around his mouth sloping on one side him twitching and gasping for air just wouldn't want to see that again so i would have preferred him to walk away but many fighters don't . I have made harsh comments about Hattons career in the past but the facts are he has only got 2 losses in 47 fights and they have come against 2 Number 1 P4P fighters so why risk losing to a lesser fighter so im not slagging him off just stating a few facts had he not fought Paulie and fought Mayweather,Lazcano then Pacquiao would you say he was done now?? and do you want to see him knocked out like that again?? because i don't i don't want to see any fighter in that state love or hate them.

[littlebif]

If Hatton comes back and looks good and gets the win against a decent opponent i wanna see him take a few shots to see if he has any punch resistance left! If he has i can see him taking on Khan and i would give him a good chance of beating him.Khan is very fast on his feet and with his hands but fighters can get close to him and hit him he isnt hard to hit.Khan isnt a southpaw with will help Hatton alot cause he is crap against them.

In the build up to the Pac fight he says he over trained but he also says he was getting beat up by sparing partners which is very worry and a big sign that he is past his best imo.He strugles with southpaws but by the end of his training he should of been used to them.

[Tysonbruno]

My worry is that he does well in his next fight and gets a good win because then he will want another fight then if he loses again were back to square one and nobody wants to see Khan beat him.

[mattboxingfan]

Khan is just scared him fighting Ricky might actually happen, what a bitch!

[Jimmy G-Force]

If Hatton comes back and looks good and gets the win against a decent opponent i wanna see him take a few shots to see if he has any punch resistance left! If he has i can see him taking on Khan and i would give him a good chance of beating him.Khan is very fast on his feet and with his hands but fighters can get close to him and hit him he isnt hard to hit.Khan isnt a southpaw with will help Hatton alot cause he is crap against them.

In the build up to the Pac fight he says he over trained but he also says he was getting beat up by sparing partners which is very worry and a big sign that he is past his best imo.He strugles with southpaws but by the end of his training he should of been used to them.

Over-trained is an understatement. He was clinically diagnosed with exhaustion 3 weeks before the fight. A 15 mile run in the morning in the hills, 12 rounds of sparring in the afternoon, and 10 miles on the treadmill at night. Also, Lee, Matthew and Ray told me that Floyd Snr looked like he was trying to break Rick.

I remember an incident with the medicine ball where Floyd Snr was throwing it very hard into the pit of Rick's stomach. Apparently Rick was in agony, and Lee pulled Rick out of that exercise, and a few sparring sessions when he was getting battered. This pissed off Floyd Snr and their friendship was severely strained through it. Rick told me that before the fight, he knew he only had 4 rounds in him so he tried to jump on Manny. The rest is history. Like I said before, GBP tried to pull the fight with 3 weeks to go, thats fact.

[Fenster]

If Hatton comes back and looks good and gets the win against a decent opponent i wanna see him take a few shots to see if he has any punch resistance left! If he has i can see him taking on Khan and i would give him a good chance of beating him.Khan is very fast on his feet and with his hands but fighters can get close to him and hit him he isnt hard to hit.Khan isnt a southpaw with will help Hatton alot cause he is crap against them.

In the build up to the Pac fight he says he over trained but he also says he was getting beat up by sparing partners which is very worry and a big sign that he is past his best imo.He strugles with southpaws but by the end of his training he should of been used to them.

Over-trained is an understatement. He was clinically diagnosed with exhaustion 3 weeks before the fight. A 15 mile run in the morning in the hills, 12 rounds of sparring in the afternoon, and 10 miles on the treadmill at night. Also, Lee, Matthew and Ray told me that Floyd Snr looked like he was trying to break Rick.

I remember an incident with the medicine ball where Floyd Snr was throwing it very hard into the pit of Rick's stomach. Apparently Rick was in agony, and Lee pulled Rick out of that exercise, and a few sparring sessions when he was getting battered. This pissed off Floyd Snr and their friendship was severely strained through it. Rick told me that before the fight, he knew he only had 4 rounds in him so he tried to jump on Manny. The rest is history. Like I said before, GBP tried to pull the fight with 3 weeks to go, thats fact.

I'm sure Mayweather snr is on video blaming extra training happening when he wasn't around as one of the reasons for the poor showing?