"The 'REAL' Ricky Hatton does not exist anymore..He should retire" Billy Graham.

Graham has pretty much said what I have thought myself,Billy is a top bloke honest and straight up,no gloating or nastiness in this interview or in his thinking.A top bloke.I suspect that like myself he may have scene little signs in Ricky but chose to not see them,not wanting them to be there. I allso said at the time of his appointment that Mayweather was totally the wrong man for the job,Hatton should have gone with Roach as I said at the time or stayed with Billy.
As regards style,Rickey pretty much stopped using his skills after he beat the Champ/Kostya but did show it in spurts against Collazo and Urango,both hard fights as far as putting miles on a fighters clock but both VERY VERY clear wins for Ricky where he took allmost EVERY round.In hindsight the signs were very clear that the shine had gone from Ricky in the Lazcano fight,I even think Ricky knew so too,coupled with all the afforementioned points his last fight had disaster written all over it.That said NOTHING can or should be taken away from Manny at all,he is a quality fighter and maybe even the best in the world right now.He was certainly the best on the night last time out.

 

Good interview that. No nastiness, just being genuine and truthful as he knows it, about a mate basically.

Taking nothing at all from Manny, class bloke class fighter and he probably beats any version of Hatton, but not like that, not as easy as that.

The punch resistence has gone, get out Rick.

 

big respect to billy,he knows what hes talking about he knows ricky as a fighter better than anyone,hes spot on in everything he said there.

 

Thanks for posting this Guy. Been looking for this ever since the fight. Graham's sound as ****

 

Punch resistance is only one part of it.

I don't think he would have lasted very long,at any stage in his career, if he allowed himself to be caught clean by that final monstrous left hook/straight left that Pacquiao threw.