This is why I admire Ricky Hatton...

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  1. DINAMITA

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    Extract from an interview with Mick Gill for Boxing Monthly in the UK, April edition:


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  2. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    Hatton is a moron with his p4p title bull****.

    Also i read an interview transcript where he says he won 4 titles in 3 weight divisions. Am I missing something or is he permanently drunk? The guy said that twice.
     
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  3. DINAMITA

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    There's no way Hatton is going to be p4p#1 if he wins, I'm not even taking that seriously enough to make comment on it. But that's not the point of the thread, the real point is that I find Hatton's attitude commendable. If only others would have felt like frauds for not going for the biggest, best and toughest fights available, then boxing would be in a far better state.
     
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  4. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    While it's an admirable statement by Hatton, he doesn't mention that he essentially had no choice except to move up to 147 if he wanted a megafight. He had no leverage whatsoever in asking Mayweather to come down to 140.
     
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  5. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    I respect Ricky but he has to realize that just because he were to beat Pacquiao does'nt automatically mean he gets to be p4p #1.

    If that were the case then Forrest would have been p4p #1 when he beat Shane Mosley.
     
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  6. DINAMITA

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    He had no need to chase that fight though. He could have stayed comfortable at 140, stayed at home, defended his title for years, made money from a big domestic fight with Junior Witter, unified his division, protected the zero, and waited for opportunities to materialize. That's what many other fighters do. He didn't, he felt compelled to chase the best fighter in the world purely because it was possible.
     
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  7. DINAMITA

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    Or Jermain Taylor when he beat Hopkins.

    Who cares if Ricky thinks he will be p4p#1 if he beats Pac. He won't be, so it's irrelevant what he thinks. Marquez will be the clear #1 in that event, and nothing Ricky says or thinks will change that.

    Not the point of the thread though.
     
    DINAMITA, Apr 5, 2009
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  8. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    Hatton likes two things: fattening up and beating the crap out of people. For the first, he likes English cooking and beer. For the second, he likes to go for the best in the world, hence wanting to fight the likes of Tszyu, Floyd and Pacquiao. It's a shame that he was stuck in Warren's WBU farces for so long.
     
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  9. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Of course he had need to chase the fight.

    He could've either moved up in weight to make millions and millions of dollars and a shot at the biggest win of his career.

    Or he could've made a minute fraction of that against a junior welterweight contender like Witter with the possibility of Witter upsetting Hatton.

    Hatton went the practical route... The same route 99% of all fighters would've went. When you have a shot at the top dog for the big money, you take it. Because you never know what might happen in your next fight -- whether a fluke cut or something along those lines might cause you to lose and then you'll be regretting the decision for the rest of your life.
     
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  10. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    Good attitude, same as David Haye.
     
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  11. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Good post.

    I think there are quite a few professional fighters currently active who have given the fans many reasons to ridicule them.

    Not Ricky, though.
     
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  12. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Zzzz. Most elite fighters fight bigger guys.
     
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  13. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    nice avater girl got hourglass figure.
     
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  14. DINAMITA

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    If 99% of fighters have the same attitude, then why do so many potentially great fights never happen? Of course 99% don't. Join the rest of us in the grim reality.
     
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  15. rydersonthestorm

    rydersonthestorm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So him saying he would have to beat pacman and marquez to be p4p number 1 makes him a moron :roll:
     
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