Where's Ricky??

i think JMM will take a superfight at Wembley etc despite being invloved in some of the best fights over the past 8 years i bet he's not earned as much as hatton ...both will retire after and again if Ricky loses does it really damage his career anymore ???

 

I'm quite convinced he's done and unless any future matchmaking is shrewder than shrewd, he's just going to put further dents on his legacy

I thought he should've gone after Floyd, I certainly have no appetite to watch him now

He'd just be chasing the dream ending that very, very rarely comes in this game

 

I agree with all that except I thought the Malignaggi fight was where he should have ended his career. I think retiring after Mayweather would just have led to criticism of him being unable to handle defeat like a man, etc. He won every round against Lazcano but was far from convincing in that performance but I felt he had enough left to beat Malignaggi because Paulie is so feather fisted and is far from great defensively. He should've retired after Malignaggi and gone out on a high, but Hatton typically wanted to go out higher.

 

To be fair though, its very easy to look back on a fighters career and see where the ideal place for them to retire was. Not many fighters want to retire after a good win, it usually takes a loss (or losses) to make a fighter realize he needs to pack it in.

 

Very true. It's a shame though, the Malignaggi fight would have been a nice way to finish.

 

Bianca??

 

But when you look at three of his four last fights as him being outclassed by Mayweather, being shook and putting up a poor performance against Lazcano and being blasted away inside 2 by Pacquiao it's a different story. In the Malignaggi fight everything went right for Hatton, but let's face it - Malignaggi can't punch, has a leaky defence and was coming off an unconcincing split decision win over N'dou.

 

So now the Malinaggi win is getting pulled apart after the event?

It's true the matchup was stylistically good for Hatton but Paulie had lost only once in 26 fights (to Cotto), had beaten other beltholders, was #1 ranked by the ring and was dispatched by Hatton in a convincing fashion (more convincing than Cotto has dome it).

 

i think he is either going to wait to make a announcement after the khan fight, or he may even sit out till after the pac-cotto fight......

i thought for a couple weeks hatton would walk away, but i dont think so now...i think he wants to fight again....i read something from a manchester publication where his mum and fiance are urging him to retire, but ricky is having a real hard time with the decision....

my hunch is he fights one more time with billy graham

 

see i think he is going to fight again, but that could be ricky being a businessman talking

 

anyone think that the possibility of a JMM and floyd cancellation may pave the way for a poss hatton fight ??? JMM was getting less than $4m dollars for that fight i'm sure he could earn as much fighting ricky ...after all it does look like a very easy win on paper

 

Thats fair enough Gaz, as I say I was just thinking out loud, I wasnt demanding that Hatton fight Witter, I just got the scenario in my head, & posted my thoughts. & I still think that hatton v Witter would be huge, even now. Benn-Eubankesque. Even at this stage in their careers.

The only thing I disagree with you Gaz is saying Hatton is 'past his prime' I have to disagree with anyone who says that.
All Hatton is is a guy who failed against the two elite level fighters, & employed a trainer in Mayweather snr who took him backwards as a fighter.
Now I screamed in here ages go about the folly of Hatton taking on Floyd snr, & how it would ruin his chances of success against the pacman. No-one really listened though, probably cos of my history as a Hatton hater here, & everyone thought that self-obsessed bozo would actually help Hatton!
Thats why I have been saying Ricky shouldnt retire, he should just get rid of Floyd snr, & act like the Pac fight never happened. Its the only way to go IMO.
Hatton past his prime? No way. Hatton needing to get back to reality? yes way.
Time to get himself back to doing what he does best, & thats getting superfit & keeping with his old style of fighting. Haton will never change, he just needs a trainer who works on his plusses, & ignores the minuses, much like Billy Graham did.
I still cannot believe to this day that Ricky Hatton thought he was an old dog who could learn new tricks.

Ray Hatton has a lot to answer for...