Ricky Hatton's hilarious story about Floyd back in 2007

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  1. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Both parties going to NY for a press conference/city tour.

    A few minutes into the the journey, we’re chatting away, having a drink when the pilot gestures to me to come forward. ‘Hey Ricky, listen to this idiot.’
    He turns on the speaker and over the radio I hear Floyd arguing with the pilot of his plane behind: “I’m not letting that mother****er get there before me, ****ing overtake them!”
    “We can’t do that, Sir.”
    “Overtake that mother****er – I’m the champ! I’ve got to get to New York first. I’ll pay whatever you want.”
    Hatton summed up his opinion of Mayweather in one classic line.

    What’s the point of being the world’s best fighter if everyone thinks you’re a ****head?


    Crazy how competitive Floyd can be, don't think he can turn that competitive switch off even outside of the ring.

    I heard stories about this with other athletes like Jordan etc.

    Just nuts. :deal
     
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  2. jdw2000

    jdw2000 Active Member Full Member

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    That's not being competitive. That's being a ****.
     
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  3. BillyWhizz

    BillyWhizz Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :yep

    You write the very wise words my friend. The little bald conman Mr Mayweather is happy to risk lives of people on board the areoplane just to try and get to NYC first. I cannot wait until King Khan beats Mr Mayweather in easy style in September.
     
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  4. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah that's a real great example of his "competitiveness"
     
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  5. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Tragic. It really is. Imagine living a life where you constantly need to prove yourself to yourself and others like that.

    Floyd's quest for validation is pretty sad when you think about it.
     
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  6. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's what it takes to dominate a sport for 10+ years. Others can do it for 1-2 years. To do it for a decade plus is a sign of extreme dedication that borders on insanity.
     
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  7. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "I’ll pay whatever you want."

    Sadly for Floyd boxing judges do not also work as private pilots.
     
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  8. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    I don't believe it..that was post 9/11.
     
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  9. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I don't think there is anything borderline about it. The amount he worries about what other people think is ridiculous. In a lot of ways I do feel sorry for him. Well as much as you can for a physically healthy rich guy.

    I think there may be some truth in rumours regarding his ***uality too. It would explain a lot if he was a repressed gay guy.
     
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  10. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well but what do you expect? The level of borderline psychological syndromes present in people increases exponentially the higher you climb up the ladder:

    Mozart was a nuthead sezx-addict and narcissist
    Van Gogh was bi-polar, highly depressive and suicidal
    Alfred Hitchcokk was a sadist who played sick jokes on his underlings in order to make up for his own shortcomings

    Now you are concerned Floyd is overly competitive, shows clear signs of being a psychopath and constantly calls people names? Seriously, what do you expect? If you want to make it to the top, if you want to play the men's game, you better be a bit of a nuthead and different than your average Joe from across the street. Otherwise you won't make it.
     
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  11. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Like Fedor for example
     
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  12. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's being a proper *****, insecure as a little girl with complexes.
     
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  13. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Pathetic. As Tyson said, small man.
     
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  14. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Scared Small Man
     
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  15. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lol Hatton fans still mad...
     
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