"Hatton is close to the end of his career. If Manny does what I think he will do to Hatton, and if it all goes to plan, we will knock him out and bust him up. "If that does happen, I would say Amir is close to a fight with Ricky, which is a huge fight in the UK, a sell-out. We have been working on Amir's mental game, and he is getting stronger all the time." Somehow, I doubt the fight would have changed Roach's mind. Hatton showed his chronic weakness to handspeed, something of which Khan has in buckets. Warren seems to make the matches that Roach reccomends; he trusts in Roach. This fight makes a lot of sense on a financial level. It makes a lot of sense for both fighters. For Khan to step up into true world class. A very winnable farewell fight for Hatton, in the UK. Why not - if Khan beats Kotelnik and Hatton has a rest? Why not?
Lets be serious. Khan is a china chinned, china bodied joke who can't fight on the inside. Hatton would stop him early.
It may happen, and I'm a big Hatton fan...... But Khan has a big chance of a KO win in this one... he is a fast powerful puncher, and Hatton can't take a punch anymore
Agreed. But I can see where Roach would be coming from. Eventually Khan has to sink or swim, and of all the fighters you could put him in with Hatton displays a lot of weakness to Khan's strengths. He can't defend himself against any type of handspeed. The reverse is also true of course, if Hatton gets inside. I suppose Roach would be working on footwork.
i actually see khan TKO'ing him not that my opinion has any respect the amount of wrong predictions i made!!!!!!!!!! but **** it, i see khan winning definitely a better boxer, he would outbox and out move ricky......
I genuinely don't want to see Ricky get another beating, his punch resistance as gone, he's aged and can't absorb the punishment. Khan IS a fast, precise puncher, no doubt he'd be given first hand advice from Manny. I can see Khan blowing Ricky out of there with speed if last nights performance is a good guage of Rickys boxing age. I'll be happy to see Rick retire and hopefully still be involved in boxing through his promotion side.He's a enthusiastic boxing fan and seems a positive person.
Hatton should retire now. It's only going to get worse. This fight wouldn't prove anything if he won and he already had his farewell fight 'for the fans' against Lazcano. Retire and enjoy life in good health as a millionaire.
they'll be racial tensions in england and possibly riots a worse case scanario which iv mentioned on numerious occasions is something my errupt like a bowe-gollota riot in the M.E.N arena with oestrogen levels running high between the pakistani rude boys and the manchunian chavs and scallies wouldnt be a pleasant place to be
On the other hand it makes you think what the right hand Hatton landed on Pacquiao might have done to Khan... Roach must see what Khan does with Pacquiao in sparring, he would be in a real good position to determine Khan's chances. If he is well keen on this fight it makes you wonder...
Hatton should just retire now , he has nothing left to prove, made **** loads of money so I dont see no point why he would take this fight. Khan is faster than even Manny plus also taller at 5'10 and would have a great reach ad over Hatton. Roach knows Hattons flaws and Khan would just stay on the outside and pick Hatton off and stay away from the inside and have a gameplan for Hatton. Hatton chin is now not the same as before, and his defence was nowhere last night.
Hatton by TKO but it would just give him false hope especially if Kahn has a title by the time it happens.
I think it may have decapitated Khans head from his shoulders but then again every punch that connected on Ricky seemed to have an effect. Usually he enjoys a few fists in his face.. I think Roach views Hatton as a badly schooled brawler.. he may not be too far from the truth but Hattons ability to absorb and give back has got him through up to now but no more I think.
I don't think Hatton would be interested at all in the fight. Big step down going from fighting the P4P best to fighting Amir Khan.