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DG. wrote:

Cannibal wrote:25,000 Brits in Vegas are probably wondering how much they paid per round between flights, hotels, tickets etc.

Very true!

there'll be some upset hookers when this fella hangs 'em up that's for sure!

metropol wrote:This is a shit thread , should be merged and
As for UFO i haven't paid 1500 for the fight and am definitely a boxing fan. Want to reply?

What UFO... ?

Where?

hurlock wrote:say what they want ;;-)
thats the shittest ive seen him look,he looked no diffrent from the weigh in.
he's had 47 odd fights,that wasnt ricky in there.

that was exactly ricky hatton there.. that was the same icky hatton there has always been.. the one who takes to many shots to the head, and cant stick a jab for his life

im a big hatton Fan and i can honestly say that he was up against something special
total different fighter from mayweather but none the less a great man
to go though the weight divisions like he has always comands respect and he beat the man at light welter.
Many Pacquio is is a great great fighter

JayWater wrote:

hurlock wrote:say what they want ;;-)
thats the shittest ive seen him look,he looked no diffrent from the weigh in.
he's had 47 odd fights,that wasnt ricky in there.

that was exactly ricky hatton there.. that was the same icky hatton there has always been.. the one who takes to many shots to the head, and cant stick a jab for his life

search - are you junior witter

search wrote:the best part was when hatton got knocked down the first time and the camera pans right up close to him as he's on the ground. then it pans out slowly, and we progressively see pacman getting bigger and bigger in the background looking OMINOUS.

fantastic

i predicted many months ago that this would be carnage. To be honest I'm surprised that he took the match, showed some balls, but I feel the cash was probably just too big a lure. As with Mayweather. I see no other reason to start going in with these types of guys after such a cagey start on the World scene, and coming from a very low risk camp.

Gazmac81 wrote:search - are you junior witter

search wrote:the best part was when hatton got knocked down the first time and the camera pans right up close to him as he's on the ground. then it pans out slowly, and we progressively see pacman getting bigger and bigger in the background looking OMINOUS.

fantastic

You've got to understand this has been a long time coming for our Search after he got so shown up by Hatton not only turning up to fight Tzsyu but actually winning. Maybe the Mayweather loss just wasn't enough.

Can't really understand someone taking so much pleasure from somebody loosing? Sure you celebrate somebody winning, but to celebrate them loosing? Each to their own I suppose

Coco is right, Ricky has gone out to the States and fought the best two fighters in the world. He came up well short both times but he tried and gave enough British fans some great nights. He should now retire and he will be missed. Our only legit PPV fighter currently.

Had £100 on the KO. THANK YOU MANNY!!!

Exactly what I thought would happen. It was just one of those fights where you could see one man didn't have the arsenal to deal with the other. Hatton would have been ko'd by Pacman at any stage in his career, all this crap about his lifestyle catching up with him is irrelevant.

He should retire. He could have done serious damage after that fight.

Hope he recovers fully but he should enjoy his money now.

if Ricky hatton and Joe Calzaghe are off the scene then the Brit scene is bleak

David haye apart im not that excited for the coming few years
Carl Froch is not the answer as god as his fight with pascal was his last performance was not good to watch apart from then finish , up till that point not much action from him.

Hatton and Calzaghe will be missed

hope hatton goes out in style with top fight

Boxingmad wrote:I wasn't expecting that. That was a bad KO for Ricky Hatton.

What next for the Hitman?

Well, not top level fighting, that's for sure.

He can operate comfortably just below the Mayweathers & Pacquiaos of the world, but he shouldn't attempt to take on the big boys again.

Syntax Error wrote:

Boxingmad wrote:I wasn't expecting that. That was a bad KO for Ricky Hatton.

What next for the Hitman?

Well, not top level fighting, that's for sure.

He can operate comfortably just below the Mayweathers & Pacquiaos of the world, but he shouldn't attempt to take on the big boys again.

Yeah, but even guy's like Tim Bradley and Kendall Holt are gonna give him a hard night and for a lot less money than he's made against Floyd and Pacman. It's just not worth fighting on in my opinion, because he's not gonna become the best at 140 or 147 in my opinion. And you can totally forget about those p4p dreams which were just that in the first place.

Sad end, but this is the risk when you fight a P4P#1.

Gutted that it ended so early and devastating, credit to PacMan but that was really poor by Ricky. Easiest win for PacMan in a good while.

I think Hatton may need one more soft fight in Manchester as a farewell then retire.

U.F.O wrote:to be honest if your a boxing fan and have not forked out 15-00 for this then your not really a boxing fan imo.

what a load a shit

Floyd - best trainer in the world??

Hatton soon to be P4P #1?

Both claims shot down in flames, and thank god for Manny Pac

yep, hatton has never seen a lead right hook coming

he did leave his best at the MEN in the prolonged WBU reign, but he did reach fame and fortune

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:
I have about 25 boxing books in my home, a couple hundred boxing news's over about 7 years and I've attended approximately 60 shows both amateur and pro.

Wow you're the greatest, please tell us more about your "25 boxing books" you really could be the biggest boxing fan on boxrec! have you ever thought about taking your "25 boxing books" on tour around the UK

MightyWarrior wrote:Floyd - best trainer in the world??

Hatton soon to be P4P #1?

Both claims shot down in flames, and thank god for Manny Pac

Couldnt agree more.

Hatton was a very good fighter and did reach the "world class" level but like most things in boxing was hyped to the hilt, and acheived "superstar" status, but IMO this was due more to his ability to get a huge following rather than his abilities in the ring. At the ultra world class level was found well short, as stated by Jim Watt. Ive never really been a fan of his style. Ive never liked watching pressure fighters who lack a consistent one punch KO shot. Having said that, I was quite upset seeing Hatton at the end, for a moment I thought he was in a real bad way, thank god he recovered.

Pacman was his usual awesome self. He was light years better than Ricky in every department, handspeed, power, combination punching, defense, and especially footwork, Manny's footwork was some of the best I have seen.

Thinking about it the way Ricky fights, he was hand made for Pacman, if Ricky had boxed he may have prolonged the fight to the mid way point, but Pacman is so good, the ended wouldnt have been different.

The fight reminded me of a combination of Don Curry - Milton McCrory and Kenny Vice - Jim McDonnell. Although those fights werent as chilling as the defeat of Hatton by Pacman.


The term great fighter is way overused in boxing and at least 50% of the time it is used is inappropriate, but Pacman is right up there with the all time greats in Boxing. There is no discgrace in Hatton losing to him. He was simply way out of his depth.


If Pacman beats Maywesther convincingly I would have to put him up there as one of the greatest fighters in history.

Hatton wAS TOTALLY blasted, but you have to wonder about his conditioning, I mean he was KTFO and polaxed with that punch, but to be honest he was dazed after the first punch of round 1, by a supposedly smaller man???

Mayweather will not want any part of pac-man, he'll run a mile before fighting him.

Pac-man is by far the p4p no 1.

ricky retire mate, bernard manning has left a hole in the comedy circuit.

Hagler2002 wrote:

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:
I have about 25 boxing books in my home, a couple hundred boxing news's over about 7 years and I've attended approximately 60 shows both amateur and pro.

Wow you're the greatest, please tell us more about your "25 boxing books" you really could be the biggest boxing fan on boxrec! have you ever thought about taking your "25 boxing books" on tour around the UK

ha ha

search wrote:truth is, hatton was never that good. he was always one dimensional and struggled with fighters who had any semblance of skill. and dont talk about that joke malignaggi. i have absolutely no doubt in my mind that witter would have absolutely MULLERED hatton back when they were having their verbals.

pacman made him look like an ABSOLUTE FU*KIN BUM tonight

Wouldn't be too cocky about it - Hatton made you look like a kunt over your bet for the Tszyu fight and will always have that over you.

search wrote: pacman made him look like an ABSOLUTE FU*KIN BUM tonight

I think the clue is in the first word of that sentence, Pacman. Pacquiao is a true all time great. The idea that Witter would have mullered Hatton is preposterous. Witter couldn't even muller some of the european level guys he was fighting. And did you forget the Bradley fight?

MightyWarrior wrote:Floyd - best trainer in the world??

Hatton soon to be P4P #1?

Both claims shot down in flames, and thank god for Manny Pac

Mayweather's mouth has got on everyone's nerves. If he's the so-called best trainer in the world then why didn't he have a strategy to deal with the Pacman's southpaw style. To me it looked like Hatton had never seen a southpaw in his life!

Freddie Roach quietly went about his work, no trash talk etc. just getting on with the job. It's very sad that Parkinsons disease is taking it's toll because Roach has so much to give.

Carbo wrote:

Goz wrote: pacman made him look like an ABSOLUTE FU*KIN BUM tonight

I think the clue is in the first word of that sentence, Pacman. Pacquiao is a true all time great. The idea that Witter would have mullered Hatton is preposterous. Witter couldn't even muller some of the european level guys he was fighting. And did you forget the Bradley fight?

Oi quote the right idiot!