Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:jamesmcdonnell wrote:
I think it's easy to say 'Hatton's badly on the slide' based on his terribly loss to Pacman
It isn't just the loss though, Jim. It isn't even the manner of it - though it's partly that. It's the terrible camp before it and his self-indulgence since which has reached new depths.
I heard an interview with him on Cockney station Tawk Spawt this morning and although he trotted out the same 'nothing to declare' bits and bobs, he just sounds like a man who has had enough but can't face calling time on it. And anyone with a heart can understand why if this is the case.
Who knows though - I'd love to see him knock the pop and pies on the head and come back with genuine fire rather than a fried breakfast in his belly. But I'd hate to see a Hatton shell step through the ropes and get bashed up just for money.
Yes me too. I too question his psychological fitness. He's a multi-millionaire who likes the live the good life, and those two combined don't make for great determination and hard training. He's been training long enough to get into fairly good shape, but at top level, that's just not enough.
My other concern is that he will sit it out for a year or longer, before making a comeback, another 12-18 months of pissing it up, gorging himself on ginsters cornish pasties, and generally acting the goat, and we could see him coming back at welterweight and getting smashed to pieces, or killing himself to make 140, fighting Khan, and quitting on his stool.
If he is going to come back, I think it needs to be within 6 months, otherwise it's only going to get harder to get motivated, not easier.