billy 'the preacher' graham - did he make or ruin hatton?

if it weren't for him, Hatton would have been ****.

 

i hated the hatton clan post mayweather fight..blamed the man who stood by ricky from the get go..!

 

stop crying guys change their trainers , thats life theyre supposed to be professional people not cry babies, ricky did more for graham than vice versa , billy missed 2 fights cry me a river guys a chain smoker , only so much "body belt" can do

billy got lucky with hatton lets get it right if he was a top trainer this would be no issue and he would have another charge winning belts

 

Did him no justice not showing him fundamentals ended up costing him his career not being able to compete at the highest level, Tzyu fight dont count because the ref one that fight for him.

 

I don't think they blamed Graham's ability as a trainer but I do think they questioned whether he was the right sort of trainer to be around Ricky, the sort of man who would go and get absolutely rat-arsed with Hatton, would let him have days off if he was hungover (what the hell he was doing getting pissed in the first place I'll never know). I think Graham missed out on some of the fundementals with Ricky, that's clear. However he was clearly the man who knew how to motivate Hatton going into a fight. I was always a little sceptical of Hatton's ability but when he got in that ring he got mean, something he never was after Graham left (that includes the Malignaggi fight in my opinion.)

Hatton took a chance to mix things up. Could of worked. Could of failed. It failed simple as in my opinion.

Well that's my post-mortem of the Hatton - Graham partnership.

 

He seemed fully aware of Ricky's strengths, and brought out the best in them. A shame he didn't bother focusing on his main weakness (defence).

 

No, Hatton ruined Hatton.

 

Floyd and Packy ruined Hatton not Graham morons!!!!

No Trainer even great ones like Roach/Dundee/Emmanuel/Rooney could have save Hatton from Floyd or Manny. Common Sense!!

Wide Punches, Face First, Bum Rush Brawling type tsk tsk tsk

 

Graham got too close to Hatton , became a pal , and that was the down fall. Going out and getting drunk together. Letting Hatton get to 180lbs between fights. Also I dont think a lot of British trainers really know top level training. Hatton should have been taught the following 1. Pressure fighters need a good Jab. 2 Pressure fighters dont come in on straight lines. 3 Learn when to put the pressure on.

If you notice in both of his loses and a close one with Collazo , when he was pressured Hatton didnt know what to do . That is very limited for a fighter with close to 50 fights. Hatton would have been much better had he gone to either the US or Mexico for a trainer.

 

fighting up in level of comp ..it took him forever to step up, but more respect to him for trying than those like ottke and sturm who fight bum after bum

 

Hatton ruined himself by being a complete and utter ***** after the Mayweather fight.

He needed to be honest with himself and realise where he was going wrong, but instead chose to make excuses and blame everybody but himself.

There's two types of sportsman. The honest one, and the rest. The honest one gets up in the morning and sets his standard, says I'm going to get better, I'm going to get better, I'm going to get better.

He doesn't complain about the flights, the hotels, the referees, these are just peripheral things that weak people are always complaining about.

The dishonest sportsman.

Hatton falls into that category.

 

graham made hatton good

alot of people dont understand although hatton CAN box he's not great at it, he was great at doing what he did, hatton with grahams style and a little bit more head movement would have been even better!