Where's Ricky??

And hes only on his second round...

 

it hasnt been that long.....oscar didnt retire till april....and the pac fight for him was dec....

i think hatton will fight one more time, i did read a report where his mum and his girlfriend are urging him to retire....but hatton is very torn on what to do, this was coming from a close manchester source...i read.

 

So much for not wanting to give Witter a payday.

 

I'm not sure why some people feel he's obligated to give a decision on his future in a specified time period. Personally I think he might be waiting until after the Kotelnik v Khan fight.

 

Back in 2003 I was charged 5 euros for a pint of guinness in tenerife... :roll:

 

IMHO the Witter fight is no more likely now than it has been for the last 5 years. I really don't see that Hatton needs Witter to either a) get another belt before he retires, b) earn well in his last fight c) have a high profile fight in Manchester before he retires and I think those will be the 3 things that keep him fighting. I think he's very unlikely to "cave in" now and give the Witter the fight at this point.

 

I don't see it happening either but it's one of the typical situations in boxing where one fight can take you back several steps in your career.

Hatton's plan was obviously to beat the Pacman and have some equally huge fights after that against the elite class of boxers.

Now he's in a situation where he can get a top British fighter, at best. I seriously don't see him getting back in the ring with the likes of JMM, PBF etc.., simply because they wouldn't get any credit for beating him. The highest he can go internationally speaking would be someone like Zab Judah, which isn't too bad but nothing near what he was hoping for when he went to America.

In fact, if the whole Witter episode hadn't gotten as far as it did, they might have been fighting some time soon.

It's not an easy decision for Ricky. He wouldn't want to retire on a big loss, not when there's the prospect of finishing in front of his home crowd at Manchester.

On the other hand, if he does go ahead and fight someone like Khan, AND loses, he would be absolutely gutted.

Losing to PBF and Pacquiao is nothing to be ashamed of, not even for the best fighters out there. But losing to someone on a lower level would be hard for Ricky to take (in my opinion), especially when he's always considered himself among the best in the trade.

 

I agree I think he should accept the losses to 2 greats and retire being proud of what he achieved in his career.

 

The last KO was so brutal, I'd be surprised if Hatton would risk putting his family through all that again.

 

^Top avatar mate.

 

it's time for ricky to hange em up now but i have a horrible feeling that JMM could happen. you say that no one at the top would fight him but ricky does bring a lot of money to the table with his support , if JMM loses why wouldn't he want another big pay day ??? who else would he fight for that amount of cash following a defeat ??

pacman will obviously go on now to fight cotto / floyd and i think he will call it a day

 

^ Good shout, JMM might be the only elite Hatton could tempt into the ring. JMM is desperate to get Pacqiaou one more time though and I think it could well happen.