Hatton pictured with Guiness and Cigarette?

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 22 Mar 2006, 12:36

Here's the link:

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/att ... 1142983558

Until now, I always thought Hatton never smoked, so what's with the cigarette?

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 22 Mar 2006, 12:42

I remember Billy Graham saying he never worked with fighters that smoked. Maybe it was just a one off. I think you have to be a member of Eastside to view the link as well.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 22 Mar 2006, 12:45

The state of Billy's fingers you would swear down he is a sixty a day man himself!

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 22 Mar 2006, 12:47

Graham does smoke, I heard him say it in an interview.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 22 Mar 2006, 12:53

Can't imagine that Ricky does though.

Not with that engine.

I havent seen the photo but surely its a 'staged' comedy photo taken down his local?

Can some one post it here, I cant get on eastside?!

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:07

I signed up to eastside

just for the pic but can't find it.

lvlarc · Post by **lvlarc** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:13

Yeh someone post the pic in here, use the "URL" tag

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:24

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Graham does smoke, I heard him say it in an interview.

Smoking's not all he does

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:28

boxingchat wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Graham does smoke, I heard him say it in an interview.
Smoking's not all he does

Correct.

He also trains the undisputed world No 1 at 140lbs!

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:47

boxingchat wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Graham does smoke, I heard him say it in an interview.
Smoking's not all he does

Yup, he regularly shags your mum.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:48

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/att ... 1142983558

Reckon he's just posing with Graham's cig for a laugh.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 22 Mar 2006, 13:51

And obviously a tall latte frappe in his other hand.

Chesney_Chambers · Post by **Chesney_Chambers** » 22 Mar 2006, 17:30

Smoking's good for ya

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 22 Mar 2006, 17:39

Chesney_Chambers wrote:Smoking's good for ya

Yup, a little tar never hurt anyone...

Mick Sturbs · Post by **Mick Sturbs** » 22 Mar 2006, 19:37

TerribleTerry wrote:
boxingchat wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Graham does smoke, I heard him say it in an interview.
Smoking's not all he does
Correct.

He also trains the undisputed world No 1 at 140lbs!

What? has Floyd sacked his uncle? Where did you hear this?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 22 Mar 2006, 19:43

TerribleTerry wrote:Can't imagine that Ricky does though.

Not with that engine.

I havent seen the photo but surely its a 'staged' comedy photo taken down his local?

Can some one post it here, I cant get on eastside?!

Carlos Monzon smoked 40 a day and was never short of puff....it is possible, though I've never heard Hatton was a smoker.

As for whatever else Graham gets up to, I'm not really that bothered, he's a trainer, not an athlete, he's not required to be a paragon of virtue, and let's face it, boxers are hardly known for being the most fastidious trainers or clean livers anyway. Come to think of it, neither are most sportsmen.

states · Post by **states** » 22 Mar 2006, 19:50

Whilst it's never advisable, plenty of athletes have been known to smoke. Monzon, as James mentioned is probably the best boxing example. Johan Cruyff was a 40 a day man, as was 80's football superstar Socrates. Scott Gibbs was known to puff on a few fags after a game for the Lions. Flintoff smokes, or has been known to.

My point is, you think that top-flight sportsmen would never do it, but a lot of them do. For the record, I think the Hatton photo is a posed job with one of Billy's fags, but you never know. Of course, as a smoker myself, maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that I can still be healthy despite the tabs.......

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 22 Mar 2006, 20:23

Imagine, if you stopped smoking, you'd put on loads of weight. Just think of it as 'smoking yourself thin', works for me

lvlarc · Post by **lvlarc** » 22 Mar 2006, 20:57

Good on him.

http://img123. .us/img123/1933/hatton2db.jpg

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 23 Mar 2006, 00:01

yeh, all those great fighters loved a ciggy and nobody mentioned JOE FRAZIER

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 23 Mar 2006, 04:55

Manuel Madina is another fighter who smoked, whilst not in heavy training at least, but these successful boxers are more the exception than the rule.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 23 Mar 2006, 04:56

Mick Sturbs wrote:
TerribleTerry wrote:
boxingchat wrote: Smoking's not all he does
Correct.

He also trains the undisputed world No 1 at 140lbs!
What? has Floyd sacked his uncle? Where did you hear this?

Anyone who can get past the combined might of Bruseles, Corley and Gatti surely HAS to be the divisions No1 eh Mick?!

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 23 Mar 2006, 06:03

Lionel Rose's trainer got him off the smokes by getting him onto a pipe

When Rose turned up in Japan to fight Harada they couldn't believe their eyes at the sight of a fighter smoking a pipe. The Japanese stared in wonderment as only the japanese can

G-man · Post by **G-man** » 27 Mar 2006, 17:13

Rick doesn't smoke, the cig was Billy's.

J · Post by J » 29 Mar 2006, 05:31

states wrote:Whilst it's never advisable, plenty of athletes have been known to smoke. Monzon, as James mentioned is probably the best boxing example. Johan Cruyff was a 40 a day man, as was 80's football superstar Socrates. Scott Gibbs was known to puff on a few fags after a game for the Lions. Flintoff smokes, or has been known to.

My point is, you think that top-flight sportsmen would never do it, but a lot of them do. For the record, I think the Hatton photo is a posed job with one of Billy's fags, but you never know. Of course, as a smoker myself, maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that I can still be healthy despite the tabs.......

xcan confirm freddie smokes, actually a lot fo cricketers do.

seen butcher ricky clark obviously tuffers all smoke.

Serge Blanco was another 40 a day man.