The sadness of once great brit fighters falling from grace

I respect Ricky Hatton just as much. He is enjoying himself like most on here would. Which is why I like him in the first place, for being a normal guy.

 

You take coke don't you? I can tell cause people who take it always think it's OK cause EVERYONE does it. They don't.

 

What a strange comment? Every normal person takes coke and is an alcoholic? The kid has problems. That much is evident from he's behavior outside of boxing. If thats what you think is "normal" behavior then i suggest you take the red pill.

 

And that's why I don't like him. Most 'normal' people are ****tards, the general public are ****ing ******ed. Hence why the country has many problems, tabloids sell a lot and reality tv prevails.

 

Mate i respect Hatton too, but for what he has done in the ring and some what he has done out of the ring, but this is not good, especially for his legacy he has left in boxing history, his fan base and his reputation, I just think boxers like this have had to many punches to the head and cant help but turn to drugs etc. its not good and its a shame its gone this way.

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Good topic mate! Yeah it is a fuuuckin shame, they at start off great then go mental, strange eh. You could make a huge list of ****ups if you had time to think about it. I reckon sometimes these guys start out too early in their boxing career, miss out their young times, birds, pals, drink etc, and when they get a bit money decide to revisit those times, and go off the rails.
Horrible to see. The guy who stepped away from boxing and held it together the right way was Lennox Lewis.

 

Camacho, Leonard, Tyson, Berbick, Hagler the list goes on and on, its not a British problem, its a generational problem.

 

I just think boxers lives are all about extremes. On the one hand there is the deprivation and i dont just mean coming from that kindof background because some dont. What i mean is even above any other athletes boxers will deprive themselves of food and water to train. They punish their bodys making weight, sparring.

On the other end of the scale they do all this for the few moments of bliss after winning a fight and whatever financial rewards they may be big or small. I think what i am getting at is that mentally fighters aren't prepared for normal life or find it harder to adjust. When boxing i think in one sense they are completely removed from reality in their singlemindedness.

When boxing is removed you are left without the same purpose and i think as a result more than other boxers are attracted to a more unorthodox existence after their career ends. You seem the same in football and many other psort but not with the same regularity as in boxing because i dont think anything i squite on the same level as boxing

 

This good analysis, it's just a mixture of boredom and looking for the next high sadly.

 

Yep it's sad man .This show comes to mind man .Watch this 1.15 to 1.30 for a laugh
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KijhnkRxTFM[/ame]

 

Hatton's got to be carefull he doesn't get hooked man but it is a bit worrying because he's never had control of binging through his career .Binging on coke and booze man dangerous .His family are worried he'll end up like Gazza

 

I could give a **** what they get up to outside the ring. It's got nothing to do with me.

 

other sports have support functions like horse racing has the injuried jockey fund where money that is generated from the sport is put a side for jocks that dont just get injuired in the sport but fall on hard times out of it or face problems from addictions etc. im not sure if anything is done in boxing but it would sure make sense to put say 2% from promoter fees aand tv income aside to help and educate.
if its not already being done i feel it would be very benefical to do so

 

Dude, one of the best posts I've read on here in a long, long time. Hit the nail on the head there. Now I don't mind Ricky, I'm certainly not a huge fan but not a hater either. He seems like an okay guy but most normal people are ****ed up. If you're normal, you've got serious problems. Like you say, that's why this country has so many problems.