Anybody found anything about Billy Graham's reaction to the fight? Billy loved Ricky like a son. In spite of everything, he'll be devastated
sure he will be devastated. afterall he is suing ricky at the minute, so will assume his pockets will not be a deep after the loss. soz bill - looks like your greedy out of court settlemant went down the river.
Mixed feelings I'd say. After being ****ed out into the cold I'd say there is part of him deep down that thinks 'have that you **** you deserved it for what you did'/ I'd say the greater part of him is disappointed for a lad that he was with for so long and achieved so much with
That's a bit harsh mate. He probably is gutted he loves Ricky. Graham is doing what he always said he'd do "once the Hattons and Macklin are finished with me I'll pack it and go the states" Good for him. Yes Ricky hurt him and he is bitter but years of working together and looking out for each other just doesn't go away overnight.
he desrves to be sent to hell if he comes out with any ridiculous comments like ''he would have beaten pacquiao if he had me in his corner''
Betty, Hatton's richer, more famous, more popular and has a better looking missus than you. How does that make you feel? (He can't say this about many people, but I'd wager he's better looking than you as well)
richer and more famous yes, the rest....not a ****ing chance. And i'm not a fraud and a egomaniac bullshitter like Wicky either.
In fairness Hattons missus is nothing special. You see better looking women every weekend. He's doing alright with her because hes an ugly **** that wouldn't get a ride off anyone if he wasn't a ****ing millionaire.
Hatton's missus to me is the spitting image of Nikki Sanderson.... ex-Corrie star. I wouldn't worry about taking her home to meet the mother.
He picked Hatton prefight... " I fancy Ricky Big," Graham said. "I'm really surprised that Manny Pacquiao's the favourite in this fight. So many people are picking him to win, he's the bookies favourite and that really amazes me. I think Ricky Hatton's a better fighter. I think Manny's a great fighter, that's for sure. But they keep going on about Manny's speed, but Ricky's as fast as Manny, and he's a lot bigger than him. He'll have at least ten pounds of lean tissue on him on the night. No-one can give away ten pounds against Ricky Hatton. "I think too much is being made of the [Juan] Lazcano fight. That wasn't Ricky that night, he had a really bad chest infection and personally, I wanted to pull him out." Graham also thinks too much is being made of "Pac-Man's" stoppage win over Oscar De La Hoya last December. That result means nothing to the former trainer of Hatton. "Anybody who takes any notice of that [Pacquaio's win over De La Hoya] is wrong," Graham said. That wasn't Oscar in there that night - he was crippled at the weight. That [fight] means nothing to me." Something that does concern Graham when it comes to picking this fight is the Filipino great's southpaw stance. As has been suggested in the past, Ricky does perhaps have problems with southpaws. "That [Manny's stance] is something to worry about," Graham confessed. Manny's a great southpaw, and all fighters struggle with southpaws, even though they don't admit it. That is a problem, because Ricky's more likely to pick up facial injuries if he's not smart early on. If you've noticed, he's [Ricky] got cut early on in quite a few fights. "But saying that, Ricky has the tools to deal with a southpaw. He's got a great short, right hand cross. He's got a great left hook. He's just too big, too fast, too powerful and too good. I think he wins big. I see him winning spectacularly and I don't think it'll last that long. I'd say anytime from round four to eight. I don't think Manny will go past eight." Of course, Graham , as he pointed out, has not been around Ricky for some time - therefore he cannot be sure what the 30-year-old's mental outlook is like. But overall Billy is sure his former fighter will score the biggest win of his career on Saturday night
They should have got Billy Graham on SKY tv he would not have been out of place sat next to Piper, McCrory Adam Smith and co chatting bollocks about how great Ricky is and how small and weak Pacquiao was. Billy Graham a man shat on by team Hatton but still a class one twat who believed the hype surrounding Ricky.
Whats this crap? Of course he backed his boy before the fight. I was asking for his opinion after the fight. Ricky made the biggest mistake of his life dumping his second father for a guy with all the bling. Billy sacrificed himself to take Ricky places he couldnt dream of. My most lasting memory of Billy was in the corner during the Mayweather fight. He poured his soul into Ricky that night. Ricky and Billy were meant for each other. Its tragic how things ended up