Campbell Hatton

Respect soup, thought he spoke with a lot of self awareness on Grove's podcast a while back, so not surprised he's had the sense to retire.

 

Smart lad. Boxing's a mug's game and is only really worth it if you have some natural gifts like world class level heavy hands.

 

He’s doing solar panel installation now. At least he won’t end up with brain damage.

Hope he used Eddie’s PPV loot to pay for a nice house.

 

I agree.

Eddie Hearn is a great talker but in reality he's not that smart at all.

 

It was clear on here that most people knew Campbell Hatton was never going to go far in his pro career after the first round of his first fight.

Should never have been near TV until it was established whether he had any talent or not.

Another pup in a long line sold by Hearn.

 

No way you could’ve soft-launched Campbell off TV — if you had, he’d have landed hard and probably been 8–2 after 10 fights. The flaws were too visible, and without the hype, he wouldn’t have lasted long off the grid.

Given the initial investment Hearn made, this was always how it was going to play out — built off the Hatton name, fast-tracked before he was ready. But when your surname is the brand, there’s no slow build. It's all in or all out.

You’ve seen how these family setups go at the top level — Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather both had messy fallouts with their fathers after early success. Family ties rarely survive elite-level pressure.

And then there’s Eddie — a Barry clone in every way. More chat, less brain. Some things just run in the bloodline.

Hopefully we don’t see Campbell stumbling around with a shirt over his head in a few years or teasing a comeback.

Though who knows — Misfits might actually suit him better.

 

I’m not sure what anybody is criticising Eddie about. The guy is a promoter, he’s not running a charitable organisation.

Eddie did his job using the materials he had to work with in Campbell. Sadly the kid, was devoid of any particular talents, which was obvious before he even turned Pro.

However, I don’t think Eddie or even the Dad and Uncle proclaimed Campbell as some kind of potential star.

Eddie used his selling points which was basically just his name & background and did a pretty good marketing job. Even managed to get the kid on AJ PPV cards which was totally ridiculous, but they got away with it.

I wish Canpbell all the success in the world and glad he had the sense to knock it on the head.

 

Listen again to the build up by Hearn and Sky before Hatton made his debut - he was on a journey to emulate the achievements of his father.

The high expectations were all typical spin and lies by Hearn and the lad was always going to fall flat on his face with his limited boxing ability.

The public expected him to go a lot further than the Denton Area Title.

 

Good.

 

Had the kickboxer been awarded the win and the rematch wasn't the start of the cycles this is how Benn's career should have gone.

 

He gave it a crack and always came across a decent lad. Fair play to him and good luck with what’s next.

 

Benn lost clearly to the Frenchman and he’s obviously juiced up but Benn has far superior athleticism, particularly in speed and explosiveness than young Hatton. Benn also showed tangible technical improvements during the pandemic. With Campbell we’ve just seen zero improvements.

Benn like it or not is probably a genuine world level operator now although for me he gets washed by someone like Stevenson. That’s a Lacyesque beating waiting to happen.

 

Agree with this.

Conor Benn’s clearly the better athlete. He lived in the gym from day one, started at the bottom, and was getting rounds in with the likes of Cordina, Cheeseman, and Cash. Throw in the PEDs, and after COVID, he came back looking — and fighting — like a completely different animal - and for obvious reasons.

Campbell? Training under Matthew Hatton, with no real stable around him. Unless he was travelling the country for top-level sparring (which doesn’t seem likely), he was capped early. No juice, no elite rounds, no real growth, which showed in the Flint fights, especially the second one.

When they both turned over, their raw ability wasn’t miles apart. But Benn had the work ethic, the gym environment, and Nigel had the good sense to let Sims and the team take over — that made all the difference.

Campbell, meanwhile, was trying to clone Ricky — same style, same pads, even the breathing. It felt more like a tribute act than someone building their own identity.

As for Conor, he’s developed his own style post-Peynaud, but personality-wise, he’s hard to take. No self-awareness, not the brightest, and powered almost entirely by delusional self-belief.

Like you said, he’s a Lacyesque beating waiting to happen — unless he retires after the Eubank cash-out, which he might. Unless, of course, he blasts out a weight-drained Eubank in a couple of rounds.

 

Benn is nowhere near world level.