Ricky Hatton Reveals Why He Had To Let Billy Graham Go

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IN CONTROL ... Ricky Hatton

RICKY HATTON insists he had no choice but to part company with trainer Billy Graham.

Hatton, 29, ended his 11-year relationship with Graham last month amid fears that the 53-year-old's health was deteriorating.
And the Hitman has confirmed he no longer felt Graham was physically up to the task of preparing him to face IBF champion Paulie Malignaggi in November.
The Manchester fighter said: "How do I know how hard or correctly I'm punching when he has needles and cannot feel his hands when we're on the pads?
"If he thinks anything of me, he'll have a good look in the mirror and admit 'I'm falling to bits. I'm physically done'.
"I don't want to hear from my trainer, who is taking so much medication to ease the pain, 'Don't worry, Rick, I'll get through this training session'."
Hatton also admits he was the man responsible for Graham's departure.
He added: "Billy thinks other people have conspired for him to leave but I am the boss and make the final decision.
"He would have still been in the camp if he'd swallowed his pride and said 'Lee Beard isn't coming in to take over, he's coming in to help me'.
"But typical, proud Billy, would not work with 'some amateur coach'.""

 

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No choice yet he was the man solely responsible for making the decision.

Now I am a huge Hatton fan, but refuse to see through this shroud of bull**** - it's not as if some dodgy football agent has caught him with his banger up a bloke or summat, Graham is pretty much a lifelong friend and mentor. To ditch him seems crazy - shift to one side maybe, but I couldn't imagine me doing something similar.

 

If Hatton is to be believed (and I'm not saying he is, or isn't, or that he is necessarily right in doing what he did); Billy wouldn't shift to the side.

"He would have still been in the camp if he'd swallowed his pride and said 'Lee Beard isn't coming in to take over, he's coming in to help me'.
"But typical, proud Billy, would not work with 'some amateur coach`"

 

We all saw what a great job Lee Beard did with Matthew - in the Watson fight he only threw 20 punches a round, lazy ****er.

Watson was there to be beaten as well, Matthew was like a lazy bum paid to make someone look good!

 

I read it in the news of the world today and to be fair i think it was a fair assesment. I think Hatton has fair enough reasons to part with billy. It was also intresting that hatton said how could billy stand there any say that his shots are good and powerful when he cant even feel his hands? I think that just sums up the attitude and feeling hatton had. He feels he needs someone who can give him more. Someone who can get more out of him and isnt slowly slipping and the most important, billy has a lot of injuries and hatton wont want to damage him more.

I think in general, it comes down to 3 things.

1) Hatton feels the billy was slipping and not getting the best out of him

2) Billy didnt get along with hattons father and one of his advisors

3) Billy physically had taken too much, he had a lot of injuries and it was the best time for him to retire. Hatton obviously have a lot of respect for Billy and he wouldnt want him to carry on damaging himself like that.

 

Hatton states that Billy would not accept a second guy to help out, and that if he did, he would still be there.

 

Are you playing Watson to Fat Joe's Sherlock ?

Surprised you don't cut yourself - you're that sharp. Seriously.

 

thats just the kind of sharp and witty response I would expect from a "funny comedian" guy

Hello Ricky Hatton:hi:

 

Let's have it right you've been rumbled Ray, no point trying to bluff your way out of it now.

 

Listen Ray - you a greedy ****er - full of lies.

But Money Mayweather has got more money than you and your family - and he knocked Ricky the **** Out.

 

Lets have it right Ray.......

 

Its as simple as this. Ricky Hatton was never going to accept that he lost to Mayweather, his ego is utterly out of control to this day. I predicted that he should & would dump Graham, & thats exactly what has happened.
Its like this. Ricky has put the blame on his loss to Floyd as Grahams fault.
& now that Hattons father is involved its a recipe for ruin. They have swapped Graham for some complete nobody as Rickys father has decided its time for him to jump in & try to steal the credit for Rickys belt wins.

Its as simple as that.

 

Is this true?

 

I'll let you into a little secret fella, as I feel sorry for you

Most of the posters accuse me of being Ray / Ricky in a poor attempt at winding me up (I hope)

I'm a little afraid that you actually think you're posting to Ray Hatton

Like the boxers in your garden shed thing, it's not real chief, it's not real...

Sorry to have to break this to you on a Monday morning