Ricky Hatton has apologised to his fans as the inquest into his devastating defeat to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao continues. The Mancunian lost his IBO and Ring Magazine light-welterweight titles in sensational fashion courtesy of a crushing second-round knockout on Saturday night. It was just the second loss of Hatton's 47-fight career, but the nature of Pacquiao's victory has led to calls for the 30-year-old to call it a day - not least from his trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr. But having received a brain scan at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas to check his health, Hatton then threw thrown a poolside party at the MGM Grand Hotel by way of apology to his loyal fans. "I'm so desperately sorry for you all," Hatton said. "I thought I would win but it went wrong. I'm okay but so upset for the supporters." Rift Mayweather Sr's position in the Hatton camp is under question, meanwhile, after talk of a rift between the American trainer and English assistant trainer Lee Beard resurfaced as a possible contributory factor in the defeat. "It's an interesting point but the one person to blame is Pacquiao," Hatton Promotions chief executive Gareth Williams said. "Lee's a lot more involved with Ricky Hatton than Floyd Mayweather is. Floyd Mayweather was brought in for 12 weeks to do a job and that's the end of it. "He's finished now and we don't know what's going to happen. Lee Beard's with Hatton Promotions 365 days a year, Floyd Mayweather's there for 12 weeks before a fight and that's the difference. "Probably the best way to describe Floyd is that he's on board as a consultant. He doesn't control Ricky Hatton, he doesn't speak for Ricky Hatton, he speaks for Floyd Mayweather and if he doesn't want to be here, he doesn't want to be here." Preacher Mayweather's war of words with Pacquiao's handler Freddie Roach also shows no sign of stopping after the former insisted he was still the better trainer, despite the loss. "Freddie Roach's man listened, my man didn't and I'm not going to take anything away from him," Mayweather Sr. said. "He overshadowed me today, but is he a better trainer than me? Hell no. "Hatton should have kept his hands up better. If you want to talk about the mistake, that was the mistake - something I've been preaching and preaching and preaching about." Yet Mayweather insisted, contrary to some reports, that it was not his place to tell Hatton to retire. "I couldn't tell anybody to retire and I wouldn't suggest that he retire, I would let him do it on his own. I think that's the best way to do that," he said. "Sometimes when people know they are through they might want to continue, try again, try one more time but at the end of the day the individual, whoever they may be, should make that decision. "He tried twice; he failed twice so I'm just saying that strike three is out. It's his choice at the end of the day though."
he must feel like a right mug today. and all this 'not got a scratch on him' line is ridiculous. He was knocked out cold with his brains getting rattled. A man of the people would give something back to all those clowns who followed him for years....a refund for the trip/fight.
That refund nonsense that you are saying in all the Ricky threads barely makes any sense and isn't funny. Am I missing part of the joke or do you expect losing boxers to pay for everyone who went to see them.
He didnt just lose he got KOed in 2 rounds 3 times! Whit such poor performance He needs retire period! I felt sorry for all fans that traveled such long distance to see their fighter put on such poor performance.
Or perhaps the fans should be blaming themselves for being so wrong. Why not? As long as we are throwing blame around, they can have some too.