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Ricky Hatton has got some advice for us when it comes to the question of making a comeback. He told the BBC this week that we shouldn’t believe anyone but Ricky Hatton on this one:
“I have not made a decision yet. Until you hear it from the horse’s mouth, then don’t take it seriously.”
He added: [...]
Watson so nearly breaks the records
It seemed to be scripted in fairy-tale. Tom Watson had been at or near the head of the leaderboard for four days. After 71 holes of the Open, he had just drained a birdie to give him a one shot lead. At the age of 59, he was preparing to par [...]
Pacquiao floored Hatton less than a week ago, but it hasn’t stopped the chatter around the prospect of Ricky Hatton’s next fight. The damage inflicted on Saturday means that Hatton may well still be physically sore, and certainly will be mentally drained. The biggest question facing him at present is surely whether to box again, [...]
Notice any similarities between the following two comments? Who was closer to the mark?
Ricky Hatton, April 21, BBC:
“Manny fights the same way all the time. He’s effective at what he does but he’s not a versatile fighter.
“He’s never met a man as fiery, ferocious or rough as me, and certainly not as big and strong.
“I [...]
If you’re as excited about the clash between Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao as we are this weekend, then allow Kurt Spinstein and John Johnson to navigate you through the fight rhetoric and big bad words which have come before the clash. As Kurt concludes, it’s going to be amazing.
The last pieces of training are being completed and now it is time to step up the war of words. This time, though, as the BBC point out, the best talk is coming from the trainers, and the eccentric lyricist Floyd Mayweather Snr is giving plenty of it:
“I’m the motivator, elevator, creator of boxing, and that’s [...]
Your career record reads 38-6, you’ve been the unanimous light-welterweight champion, but now you have a string of defeats to steadily less prestigious fighters. You need to rebuild your reputation. You are Zab Judah.
What to do? You want to fight someone whose reputation is still intact, but nobody of that calibre would step in to the [...]
Officially, for now, at least, Ricky Hatton’s proposed fight with Manny Pacquiao is not going to take place. The BBC, amongst others, report promoter Gareth Williams as saying that the fight, or lack of it, has been compromised by Pacquiao’s financial demands:
“I woke up on Wednesday morning and read Manny was still demanding a 60-40 split,” [...]
Misleading headline - BBC
BBC article
Hatton vows to continue lifestyle
Hatton’s coach, Floyd Mayweather Snr, has advocated he stop drinking altogether, which Hatton says is not going to happen. That said, Hatton already talks in this article of a “compromise”, and points to his improved lifestyle and domestic habits. A more accurate headline would be “Hatton suggests he’ll change a [...]
