Sorry, I got as far as http://www.thesun and switched off. No point changing trainers yet - it's one loss - and against the #1 at that. It'd take time to make the required changes... time that he may not have, and time that his profile/marketing profile would fade in. Better to get his head down, get the loss out of his system with a couple of easier fights, then take control of 140 once again.
That was my initial point....everyone knew the way Hatton had to go about his business to beat Mayweather, Hatton tried and failed, so why is it all of a sudden Grahams fault? He's done a great job up to now and because it went wrong against the best fighter of his generation people are now saying Graham is incompetent and should be sacked :huh Just don't understand it myself, he's done a brilliant job for Hatton as far as I can see, and you simply couldn't change the way Hatton fights, it'd be idiotic.
Don't blame you And I agree. Hatton can be champ at 140 again but I still believe Witter will win if they fight.
Thats what I've been saying, Hatton had one way of fighting in order to beat Mayweather. He tried to execute it, did it reasonably well but Mayweather was just too good. Its like Graham is getting stick because Hatton couldn't go to a "Plan B" that involved him boxing Mayweathers ears off from distance....
Exactly. As I said I picked Floyd from the off and I was right (for once) but I really don't think Hatton or his camp could be blamed for the loss, it was just a case of the other guy was just too good, it's that simple. Graham has worked wonders with Hatton and I hope Hattons head isn't turned by this bull****, no other trainer in the world could have prepared him better for that fight.
i agree. i like billy graham. he is a top trainer and talked a lot of sense when he used to be a panalyst on sky sports. i think ricky has beat himself with all the yo yoing with weight that he has done The hatton of 23 years ago was a different animal to the man of the mayweather fight. he had more variation in his attack and was defensively sound. the weight loss has took the strength and zap out of him
you have heard that frank warren is now inducted into the hall of fame not any hall the big one the IBHOF:| atsch atsch atsch atsch
bob makes world fights he makes his fighters fight at least decent opposition. i mean macca career is a perfect example just a bit ago he was to face i think ezra sellers...sellers i think hurt his arm or soming and frnak had to choose an opponant out of the top 10:think who could he choose who could he choose. all the while world class (but limited) crusiers were begging for the chance of a world title tilt. darnell wilson was beying for blood and almost single handely made everyone on the net force fwank for the fight but was almost slapped off by warren becuase he was too "recent" into the rankings:yep then i remember rob calloway almost 40 year old prize fighter who hasnt got a notable win for many a year. was pleading for a shot he was in the wbo top 15 and was making great reading on boxrec forums about how much he wanted to face enzo...he started with the usual i'll fight him stance..then after that didnt work he tried the oh macca is scared manuva...then just said please pretty please. hobson was gonna be called in but he wanted no want out of it cantatore also. and behold mohamed azzaoui an unbeaten boxer from the other side of the world who was algerian as an am and fights out of new zealand. fought terrible ops but has a winnign ace in modern day boxing...no losses. you can win robberies for your whole 40 fight career ofcourse an inferior fighter and what not but you are still unbeaten. this is why i despise the guy not becuase how he is it's just he is a politician
i love that story. he is under the don king european branch. then when fwank got a bit of balls about him he tired to sue king for the terrible mismanagment and money robbings that king had...so big court case went out...and boom fwank has to pay a hefty 12 million!!! pound thats 24 million dollars in an out of court settlement.:rofl and then he was interviewed and he said somthing on the lines of "i feel like i got rid of a ****** that was on my back" then the interviewer said bluntly "does that mean you would pay 12 million on a ******" and fwanks response was "ummmm":roll:
Yep that just about sums the bloke up. Much as I hate Don King I think his way of 'make sure you get options on the other guy' is actually better for the sport than Warrens 'make sure he's fighting a guy that's got no ****ing chance whatsoever' Both ways are wrong, but Kings way at least makes for interesting match-ups.