Where's Ricky??

The "prime" thing is tricky Dunky because the looks in great shape, did a good job on Paulie before getting flattened by Pac (which was nothing to do with not being 'prime'), its just that theres not too many boxers with Hattons style that can keep it going once they get past 30.

As you say maybe going back to the old methods and fighting at the level below the likes of Pac and PBF he can still cut it....

 

He should retire.

Lara has said he had Hatton all over the place and he wasn't even hitting him hard.

Pacquiao seemed to hurt Hatton with every punch, ending in a brutal, brutal KO.

His punch resistance has gone, he's gonna end up getting KO'd by a lesser fighter than himself.

 

pac is a beast though, a freak of nature. a small man, with killer power, allied to the fact Roach has turned him from great fighter with great power to all round fighter with great power.

To say any man should retire cos Pac flattened him? Thats a bit heavy. & I say that as a man who openly admitted that even my hero Scotty Harrison wouldnt have beaten Pac when both were at feather, & Scotty was still active.
people have to remember what Pac did to a prime Barrera in the first fight for instance, he had a prime Barrera looking to his own corner pleading to be pulled out, & Pac made another mexican legend in Morales happily stay on the canvas to be counted out rather than face anymore Pac power punches.
Pacquiao is an ATG, & Hatton was just his latest victim.

Hatton can come back, cos it wasnt as if he sustained a brutal beating for 12 rounds, he got caught cold & he got caught quick. JMM survived a similar pac whirlwind by the skin of his teeth in their first fight, but thats cos hes probably the most stubborn ******* in boxing I have ever seen. There aint a word invented to describe JMM's recuparitive powers yet, thats all I can say!

 

It's not just what Pac did.

It's what Lara said happened in sparring + Pac Koing him + Lazcano having him on ***** street + Mayweather sending him into a ring post = punch resistance failing him.

ODLH has a great chin admittedly, but even as a corpse he was shipping punch after punch from Pac and not going anywhere......Hatton got put down for 5 minutes when he took the punches.

 

I think we've got to take this one with a massive pinch of salt. Let's be honest this isn't exactly a new plot "unproven prospect claims to have bashed up established world champ in sparring session". I agree with the overall sentiment though. Maybe one last homecoming fight in Manchester, but I think all of those hard fights and his yo-yo lifestyle are catching up with him. I would like to see him retire, proud of what he achieved, and run a pub in Hyde rather than carry on out of pride and risk damaging his memory by losing to fighters who would not have held a candle to him at his peak.

Unfortunately, as someone said on another thread, it's probably not likely. No fighter wants to go out on a bad note, so he will probably fight again. And once he has done he'll be convinced he can still do it at top level so will fight again and again and will end up with a couple of bad losses to average fighters before he decides to call it a day. We've seen the story so many times before.

 

I believe he's going to fight again. His father has given hints to that effect.

 

I dont agree his punch resistance is shot, he took something like 65 power shots inside 6 minutes, your looking at 6-7 rounds worth of power shots there inside 2 rounds, he showed bloody good puch resistance to last aslong as he did leaking punches like that. His problems the same as it always has been, blocking shots with his head, only now against the elite, more punches are being landed. Mayweather Hit him with some HUUUGE shots and Hatton kept walking forward, that showed a great chin, it wasnt like the KO puch was the 1st one Mayweather landed, it was one of many big shots

 

kind of agree here mate,but the last shot,pacman had his eyes shut tight,and it caught hatton bang on the button,all his body behind that shot there was.
still think his resistance has gone somewhat:good

 

I agree its not what it once was, the Lazcano fight showed that, but its not gone to the extent some make out

 

Agree to some extent, but I honestly don't think his chin's what it was. I suppose Pac just had the perfect combination of lethal speed and power which doesn't mesh well with Hatton's lack of defence.

 

As a Hatton fan I want his career to end on a good note, but this is boxing - fairytale endings seldom occur. I just want him to retire now, it would be selfish of any Hatton fan to want him to continue really. He doesn't owe his fans or his career anything and him continuing is possibly tainting his career and more importantly gambling with his health.

 

If Hatton does take on JMM then he will be despatched with ease as JMM could have stepped up to LWW with a couple of weeks notice and beaten Hatton six months ago.

Retire now Ricky or you could get some injuries you may never recover from......