W arren has his say on Hatton

[Spud]

Knew it wouldn't be long ....

Warren has his say on Hatton

[Coco]

But don't ban FW for not paying Calzaghe!

[hurlock]

how can they ban him :!: & we all no why that serpant want's him banned :!:

he'll be in the priory next week, then an interview in the following month's if he's guided by clifford.

[Horse]

But don't ban FW for not paying Calzaghe!

Very good point.

If Warren ever gets caught taking drugs, will he hand in his boxing license in disgrace?

[steelcity 65]

Imagine though if u had ur young prospect signed with hatton,how can u have confidence if ur manager and promoter is a coke head,

[Deadendgeneration]

Imagine though if u had ur young prospect signed with hatton,how can u have confidence if ur manager and promoter is a coke head,

Come now, what % of rich successful people do you think haven't tried it at least the once?

[boxingchat]

They have to ban him. How can that be good for the sport they are supposed to regulate?
Any other sport would ban him and it's far worse than anything I've seen before.

He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near fighters or the sport he has disgraced until he has cleaned himself up. Even Max Clifford has suggested he was taking it whilst he was fighting. Hatton's quote that "it only stays in your body for three days" suggests he has looked into it and that makes Clifford assumption look very likely. If he wasn't fighting anymore when he became a junlie then why would he care how long it stays in your body?

Therefore, if this is the case he has cheated and cociane would certainly help him shift the three stones of blubber he regularly dumped to make his fighting weight.

Someone had a thread yesterday asking why all the Hatton threads were taken down. Surely the biggest topic this year so why censor it? You will recall that in the past any question as to WHO OWNS BOXREC was also removed. Anyone starting to put 2 and 2 together?

Wake up an smell the coffee everyone.

[Exoddus]

They have to ban him. How can that be good for the sport they are supposed to regulate?.......He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near fighters or the sport he has disgraced
Wake up an smell the coffee everyone.

Blatantly ripping off the blood supply of the sport (the boxers) out of cash they are owed is a disgrace too. That's not good for the image of the sport either.

Someone had a thread yesterday asking why all the Hatton threads were taken down. Surely the biggest topic this year so why censor it? You will recall that in the past any question as to WHO OWNS BOXREC was also removed. Anyone starting to put 2 and 2 together?

I remember a certain someone who forced boxrec to have threads removed from this forum . I hope you can see the irony in your post .

[Carbo]

Warren's absolutely right.

Hatton should have his licence withdrawn immediately. If I was in charge of the BBBofC's PR department, I would also couple it with a message of support for Ricky and his family during this difficult time, reassure him that the BBBofC is ready to help, and say that as soon as he can prove that he has cleaned up his act, and taken whatever punishment could come his way, that he'll be welcomed back into the fold.

However, is Warren not being just a teeeny bit hypocritical here? What was Warren's involvement with promoting Scott Harrison when he had a similar problem with alcohol, and had taken to petty and violent criminality? Didn't Warren still try to promote him? There have been others, too.

I respect Warren as by a long way the best manager/promoter in the UK. Perhaps even the world. However, these columns and his attitude to any fighter he doesn't promote -- especially the ones he used to -- irritates me. Haye, for instance, could beat both Klitschkos twice, and Warren still wouldn't give him credit.

Warren has been in the game for years, and really knows boxing, so his insights could be extremely illuminating and interesting. Instead, they're all to often spiteful, score-settling sermons from his own morally unimpeachable ivory tower.

[wadey]

I agree, I have a great deal of respect for what Frank has done for britsh boxing and british fighters, but his tiresome rants against other british boxers is some what cringe worthy at times, Carl Froch, Haye and Hatton always seem to bear the brunt of his comments.

[bigdaddy]

They have to ban him. How can that be good for the sport they are supposed to regulate?.......He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near fighters or the sport he has disgraced
Wake up an smell the coffee everyone.

Blatantly ripping off the blood supply of the sport (the boxers) out of cash they are owed is a disgrace too. That's not good for the image of the sport either.

Someone had a thread yesterday asking why all the Hatton threads were taken down. Surely the biggest topic this year so why censor it? You will recall that in the past any question as to WHO OWNS BOXREC was also removed. Anyone starting to put 2 and 2 together?

I remember a certain someone who forced boxrec to have threads removed from this forum . I hope you can see the irony in your post .

[DavidPayne]

I think there is a fine line between the defence of the sport's reputation and one man's personal vendetta. After all, personal ethics are not to be sniffed at.

One thing that is certain, Ricky Hatton can never again be the likeable, mainstream face of boxing.

Forget Strictly Come Dancing, Question of Sport and British Sports Personality awards.

And you do have to wonder for all Warren's obvious inclination to maximise the impact of this news on his former fighter, how Hatton can ever oversee the career of young fighters or established champions?

Warren has a point, plenty might wish to sanitise this news by reminding people how difficult life is when the spotlight swings away, the adrenaliene rush of the big nights has passed and you have a beautiful, doting girlfriend, 9 year old son, close knit family, £30 million quid to spend, the adoration of the British public, worldwide recognition and a promising promoting business to run in which you make all the decisions.

But I doubt many will have much sympathy, for every poster who has suggested this is typical Saturday night behaviour and common place on the kitchen sink estates in the North West, there are probably 5,000 who have never taken coke, nor its contemporaries and will be appalled at the choices Hatton has made.

Like many here, the rumours and off-the-cuff remarks from those based in the area, often from newbie posters, have been dismissed or over-looked for over a year.....smudged in with his drinking, nobody bit on the suggestion toot was part of his intake. We didn't want to suspect the most popular fighter of his generation. Like so many stories in boxing; fight-fixing, steroids, sanctioning body corruption, we dont want to talk about it. We're ostriches. Cannot spell that word. Unconnected but, tevery week now it is commonplace for their to be smearsd about drug use in boxin, perrformance nehancing drug-use. A new name linked or presumed to have used. It reall is time that story was outted. Mosley, Jones Jnr....all guilty, what puishment was meted out....fkk all. Boxing fans are guilty of suporting cheats and the lack of one federal governing body means drug use can be side-stepped too. Nobody is taking a stance.

On Hatton, don't get me wrong, having money and wealth doesn't bring happiness or fulfilment automatically but surely a close family, a fit bird, a young son, professional success, a sense of purpose and responsiblity in his company and a stack of personal wealth must cover most bases for most people? If not, what the fkk are we all chasing.

[Rockys gum shield]

This has nothing to do with the fact Hatton promotions is the fastest growing promotions company in country does it Frank.

[ourkid1984]

He's apparently going into rehab so don't that mean that he will be clean?

How would the BBBoC be able to prove that he is scientifically 'clean' as if it only stays in your system for 3 days then it would be hard to prove whether he is off the stuff anyway. It will only come down to his words. So to me someone who claims to be clean is someone who manages to get other people's trust that they actually are clean.

I don't think you can ban someone for getting caught snorting coke, it might not be good for a role model to be caught doing it and seemingly not having any punishment but when he is a promoter it only punishes so many other people and not just him as a promoter, ie his boxers, trainers, family, friends, fans, tv etc....

If Hatton gets banned then what happens to all of his fighters, the tv contract. Warren only wants him banned so he can own more of the tv share. It's just him being greedy.

I'm sure loads of promoters have taken drugs in the past and present. I'm sure Don King has

[Autobarn]

when hatton and haye make fools of themselves, they're just giving guys like warren ammunition.

[jBacca]

Can someone copy and past the article please?

[Carbo]

I think there is a fine line between the defence of the sport's reputation and one man's personal vendetta. After all, personal ethics are not to be sniffed at.

One thing that is certain, Ricky Hatton can never again be the likeable, mainstream face of boxing.

Forget Strictly Come Dancing, Question of Sport and British Sports Personality awards.

And you do have to wonder for all Warren's obvious inclination to maximise the impact of this news on his former fighter, how Hatton can ever oversee the career of young fighters or established champions?

Warren has a point, plenty might wish to sanitise this news by reminding people how difficult life is when the spotlight swings away, the adrenaliene rush of the big nights has passed and you have a beautiful, doting girlfriend, 9 year old son, close knit family, £30 million quid to spend, the adoration of the British public, worldwide recognition and a promising promoting business to run in which you make all the decisions.

But I doubt many will have much sympathy, for every poster who has suggested this is typical Saturday night behaviour and common place on the kitchen sink estates in the North West, there are probably 5,000 who have never taken coke, nor its contemporaries and will be appalled at the choices Hatton has made.

Like many here, the rumours and off-the-cuff remarks from those based in the area, often from newbie posters, have been dismissed or over-looked for over a year.....smudged in with his drinking, nobody bit on the suggestion toot was part of his intake. We didn't want to suspect the most popular fighter of his generation. Like so many stories in boxing; fight-fixing, steroids, sanctioning body corruption, we dont want to talk about it. We're ostriches. Cannot spell that word. Unconnected but, tevery week now it is commonplace for their to be smearsd about drug use in boxin, perrformance nehancing drug-use. A new name linked or presumed to have used. It reall is time that story was outted. Mosley, Jones Jnr....all guilty, what puishment was meted out....fkk all. Boxing fans are guilty of suporting cheats and the lack of one federal governing body means drug use can be side-stepped too. Nobody is taking a stance.

On Hatton, don't get me wrong, having money and wealth doesn't bring happiness or fulfilment automatically but surely a close family, a fit bird, a young son, professional success, a sense of purpose and responsiblity in his company and a stack of personal wealth must cover most bases for most people? If not, what the fkk are we all chasing.

I think that this is wrong, David. There's a lot of hokum talked about "turning to drink and drugs" as if the only reason people became addicted to them was because they have mental problems or are having difficulty coping with life, for whatever reason. What about those who lack willpower? Who let drugs or drink or whatever creep in until they're utterly addicted and it really is difficult to stop?

Let's not forget that both are addictive. I seriously doubt that this happened because he was "missing the bright lights" or "struggling to cope with retirement". More likely it was something kept in check by two twelve week training camps a year and the prospect of having to fight in the future, but now has no barriers. He now has loads of time on his hands, and loads of money and no reason to stay fit, so without serious amount of self control, its easy to imagine him drinking every day and slowly building up on the coke where it goes from being the occassional line, to something you have when you go out with mates, to something you have every time you go out, to something you need.

Just my view, of course, but I would be extremely surprised if he "turned to coke and drink because he was in a bad way". The truth is probably that he was in a bad way because he had let drink and coke take over.

[Srebmun]

Therefore, if this is the case he has cheated and cociane would certainly help him shift the three stones of blubber he regularly dumped to make his fighting weight.

Technically, coke is prob' the reason he put on 3 stone of blubber so quickly, it may surpress appetite temporarily, but it then encourages binge eating + drinking. I've seen it plenty, people with coke habits putting on weight quite dramatically.

[Asterix]

Can someone copy and past the article please?

allegedly wants drug-shame star Ricky Hatton banned from boxing until he cleans up his act.

The Hitman's career is in crisis after he was caught snorting several lines of cocaine during a bender in Manchester.

SunSport columnist Warren, who used to promote Hatton, said: "His actions are bad for his and boxing's image."

Former world champion Hatton renewed his fight licence with the British Boxing Board of Control in June and is also a licensed promoter.

But Warren believes the fight legend should not now be allowed anywhere near a ring or gym until he has got help to conquer his demons.

Warren added: "The Board of Control need to show their mettle and ban him until he sorts himself out.

"Ricky obviously needs help and I hope for his sake he gets it. He has brought the sport into disrepute and must not be allowed to fight or promote again until he can show he is clean.

"How can he go into a gym and guide a young fighter when he can't even guide himself properly?

"Ricky remains a role model to loads of promising young fighters. If the Board of Control don't take action it will send out a message you can take drugs and still have a career in the sport."

Our sister paper, the News of the World, reported yesterday Hatton used 'industrial quantities' of cocaine on a night out with a pal.

Hatton's spokesman, Max Clifford, said last night: "He feels he has let everybody that matters down badly - his friends, family, fans and, of course, most of all himself.

"In his own words, he's been in a bad place for some time, probably even before his last fight. He's really upset."

Hatton has not fought since he was KO'd by Manny Pacquiao last May.

[Rocky Balboa]

This has nothing to do with the fact Hatton promotions is the fastest growing promotions company in country does it Frank.

Oh no, nothing at all to do with it! DD

Allegedly, have you paid Calzaghe what you owe him?

I'd be more concerned with that rather than concerning yourself with what Ricky Hatton is doing!

[rhino222]

i agree with FW, clean up hattons act then let him back in !!

[DavidPayne]

I think there is a fine line between the defence of the sport's reputation and one man's personal vendetta. After all, personal ethics are not to be sniffed at.

One thing that is certain, Ricky Hatton can never again be the likeable, mainstream face of boxing.

Forget Strictly Come Dancing, Question of Sport and British Sports Personality awards.

And you do have to wonder for all Warren's obvious inclination to maximise the impact of this news on his former fighter, how Hatton can ever oversee the career of young fighters or established champions?

Warren has a point, plenty might wish to sanitise this news by reminding people how difficult life is when the spotlight swings away, the adrenaliene rush of the big nights has passed and you have a beautiful, doting girlfriend, 9 year old son, close knit family, £30 million quid to spend, the adoration of the British public, worldwide recognition and a promising promoting business to run in which you make all the decisions.

But I doubt many will have much sympathy, for every poster who has suggested this is typical Saturday night behaviour and common place on the kitchen sink estates in the North West, there are probably 5,000 who have never taken coke, nor its contemporaries and will be appalled at the choices Hatton has made.

Like many here, the rumours and off-the-cuff remarks from those based in the area, often from newbie posters, have been dismissed or over-looked for over a year.....smudged in with his drinking, nobody bit on the suggestion toot was part of his intake. We didn't want to suspect the most popular fighter of his generation. Like so many stories in boxing; fight-fixing, steroids, sanctioning body corruption, we dont want to talk about it. We're ostriches. Cannot spell that word. Unconnected but, tevery week now it is commonplace for their to be smearsd about drug use in boxin, perrformance nehancing drug-use. A new name linked or presumed to have used. It reall is time that story was outted. Mosley, Jones Jnr....all guilty, what puishment was meted out....fkk all. Boxing fans are guilty of suporting cheats and the lack of one federal governing body means drug use can be side-stepped too. Nobody is taking a stance.

On Hatton, don't get me wrong, having money and wealth doesn't bring happiness or fulfilment automatically but surely a close family, a fit bird, a young son, professional success, a sense of purpose and responsiblity in his company and a stack of personal wealth must cover most bases for most people? If not, what the fkk are we all chasing.

I think that this is wrong, David. There's a lot of hokum talked about "turning to drink and drugs" as if the only reason people became addicted to them was because they have mental problems or are having difficulty coping with life, for whatever reason. What about those who lack willpower? Who let drugs or drink or whatever creep in until they're utterly addicted and it really is difficult to stop?

Let's not forget that both are addictive. I seriously doubt that this happened because he was "missing the bright lights" or "struggling to cope with retirement". More likely it was something kept in check by two twelve week training camps a year and the prospect of having to fight in the future, but now has no barriers. He now has loads of time on his hands, and loads of money and no reason to stay fit, so without serious amount of self control, its easy to imagine him drinking every day and slowly building up on the coke where it goes from being the occassional line, to something you have when you go out with mates, to something you have every time you go out, to something you need.

Just my view, of course, but I would be extremely surprised if he "turned to coke and drink because he was in a bad way". The truth is probably that he was in a bad way because he had let drink and coke take over.

Carbo, you miss my point - the only defence these chaps have is the "miss the adreneleine or euphoria" because in every other aspect of their life....the story is rosy. So, perhapsI'm just naive or led a shelterered life.....but isn't the obvious contentment he would seem to have at his fingertips not enough. When does getting bollacksed not enough.....i suppose thatas addicition,. tried once...fkked.

[Carbo]

Carbo, you miss my point - the only defence these chaps have is the "miss the adreneleine or euphoria" because in every other aspect of their life....the story is rosy. So, perhapsI'm just naive or led a shelterered life.....but isn't the obvious contentment he would seem to have at his fingertips not enough. When does getting bollacksed not enough.....i suppose thatas addicition,. tried once...fkked.

Yes, this is right. I reckon that's the only excuse: struggling to cope with life without the adrenalin of the big stage, bright lights, etc. Ultimately, it's just about discipline and debauchery, as it is for the vast majority of us.

[Deno1986]

how can they ban him :!: & we all no why that serpant want's him banned :!:

he'll be in the priory next week, then an interview in the following month's if he's guided by clifford.

Yep, Max Clifford is a plonker but he is excellent at what he does. No doubt we will see a trim and healthy looking Hatton giving an emotional, tear sodden interview in the coming months.

[Chambers2]

Boxing needs to make an example of Hatton as he's a role-model for millions of children. If he's allowed to get away with taking class A drugs scott-free then what kind of example does that send to the children whoo look upto him? I think his behaviour is disgusting (as is the removal of all anti-Hatton posts from this forum).