Is Hatton shot? Should he retire?

Hatton should retire, £40m+ is not bad for the rest of his days.

 

it should also be noted that Duran was conscious and up again pretty quickly, Hatton was lying motionless on the canvas for minutes, well almost motionless...his lips were opening and closing like a guppy fish.

 

If you knew anything about boxing Betty you would know that back then fighters would jump back up pretty quickly because they were allowed to, nowadays as soon as a fighter gets kd'd the ref and cornermen, doctor, ring announcer, peanut seller and dolly bird go and sit on the fighter and stop him from getting up so they can make sure he is 100% ok.

All that said I do think it was a bad ko. Ricky needs to retire now and think of his family rather than his ego or bank balance.

 

The warning signs were there during the Lazcano fight...I didn't see it but others did....that Hattons punch resistance was going. I don't think that he is shot as such but not far off.

 

hattons punch resistance is gone, all the punches hes taken over the years have had their effect, and i truly believe floyd cracked his chin, from there one it just went downhill. Duran hearns is a good example, but duran was the one moving up in weight and hearns was the much bigger man.

He should retire.

 

I think it's time for Hatton to hang up his gloves, only I don't think he will. If he does carry on I think it will only be for a farewell fight in Manchester because even Hatton must concede he'll never get back to the elite level in his weight class due to the brutality of his KO defeat at the hands of PacMan.

 

He's not shot, but the hard fights and the lifestyle are, IMO, catching up with him. Though Pac is a murderous hitter, it was easy to see his punch resistance is not what it used to be.

As for should he retire, yes I think he should. He's 30 years old with a style which is not conducive to fighting well into your 30s. If he hasn't already declined significantly, he is going to shortly and a couple of KO defeats never did anyone any good. He has enough money that neither he nor his kids or grandkids should ever have to work again and has created a good enough career for himself to ensure he'll be remembered in a few years. He probably isn't going to achieve much more (he can't be successful up at welter and fighting the likes of Bradley, Torres, Kotelnik isn't going to add much, he's beaten plenty of those level guys already). Maybe one last "homecoming" fight and then call it quits.

On the other hand, with no fights to train for he'll probably end up 20 stone by Christmas!!!