RICKY HATTON: "I can't stop crying."

[borikua]

And he won that fight...imagine if he had lost.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Yep. I don't think he can get his head around the idea that you need more than 43 straight wins and a profound belief in destiny to beat Floyd Mayweather. That's what I think is hurting him - he believed, in something bigger than just his ring abilities. And he prepared, hard. And none of it was enough.


If you watch the HBO coverage, there's a moment before Floyd's ring-walk when Ricky is turned facing a turnbuckle while salve is being applied - as the Floyd highlights reel kicks in on the big screen, his eyes flicker briefly upward to see what the boos are greeting and you can literally see the weight of all that belief in fate suddenly run through him with a grimace and a shiver. It's a small thing, but telling. He'd clearly placed a level of emotional importance, 10, maybe 20 times above that of a fight, on beating Floyd.
So I agree there's no joking around when he talks about how bad he's hurting right now.

I boned M.I.A.

[Easy-E]

Scoring fights is going to be contentious, but I'm siding with Lederman on his card. For a change. I felt Ricky controlled the action through four rounds of the first six, but that's all he did, and he lost a point in one of those rounds. There was a marked difference in his approach in the sixth and in the seventh and subsequent rounds, and he said himself afterwards that he lost his rag. It really showed.

Of course we can argue did Ricky win one round, did he win three, but one thing that didn't happen is a colossal beatdown a la Mayweather-Gatti or Calzaghe - Lacy in which none of the rounds were even close. I think Mayweather's impressive victory is being repainted by some into something it was not, and in all honesty I don't think we need to rewrite history here. Mayweather did a good enough job and was magnaminous enough in victory to not need the favour.

Poor judgement on your part.(IMO)
Floyd landed the cleaner punches, at a higher rate and threw less.
He outlanded Hatton 2-1 throughout the fight, and dominated the second half of the fight. Floyd showed more effective agression, better defense and incredible clean punching.
Not to mention he knocked Hatton out in devestating fashion.
A knockout like that shows more dominance than winning 12 rounds, in my opinion.

[Easy-E]

Yep. I don't think he can get his head around the idea that you need more than 43 straight wins and a profound belief in destiny to beat Floyd Mayweather. That's what I think is hurting him - he believed, in something bigger than just his ring abilities. And he prepared, hard. And none of it was enough.


If you watch the HBO coverage, there's a moment before Floyd's ring-walk when Ricky is turned facing a turnbuckle while salve is being applied - as the Floyd highlights reel kicks in on the big screen, his eyes flicker briefly upward to see what the boos are greeting and you can literally see the weight of all that belief in fate suddenly run through him with a grimace and a shiver. It's a small thing, but telling. He'd clearly placed a level of emotional importance, 10, maybe 20 times above that of a fight, on beating Floyd.
So I agree there's no joking around when he talks about how bad he's hurting right now.

I agree, this is so devestating for him that he thought there was NO way he could lose, he was confident in himself and his abilities and he was certain he was going to win that fight, more certian that he has been of anything. Thats why his world is crumbling all around him right now.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I agree, this is so devestating for him that he thought there was NO way he could lose, he was confident in himself and his abilities and he was certain he was going to win that fight, more certian that he has been of anything. Thats why his world is crumbling all around him right now.

Squealpiggy and other Hattonites will have you believe that hatton was confident he could beat Floyd, had the gameplan to beat Floyd, and was en route to beating Floyd before Cortez ruined Ricky's world in the 6th.

The truth...Punches landed/punches thrown

Round 1:

FMJ: 12/37
RBH: 5/24

Round 2:

FMJ: 7/27
RBH: 6/30

Round 3:

FMJ: 11/27
RBH: 7/36

Round 4:

FMJ: 15/36
RBH: 6/44

I'm sorry, but what part was Ricky doing so well in??

[Mozza]

Squealpiggy and other Hattonites will have you believe that hatton was confident he could beat Floyd, had the gameplan to beat Floyd, and was en route to beating Floyd before Cortez ruined Ricky's world in the 6th.

The truth...Punches landed/punches thrown

Round 1:

FMJ: 12/37
RBH: 5/24

Round 2:

FMJ: 7/27
RBH: 6/30

Round 3:

FMJ: 11/27
RBH: 7/36

Round 4:

FMJ: 15/36
RBH: 6/44

I'm sorry, but what part was Ricky doing so well in??

He was throwing the more meaningful punches in some of those rounds and was making the fight ugly which was always going to benefit him.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

He was throwing the more meaningful punches in some of those rounds and was making the fight ugly which was always going to benefit him.

I challenge you to tell me THREE (total) meaningful punches Hatton landed in those four rounds.

Don't even try to say Floyd's stagger in round 1. That punch missed and it was a trip.

Floyd was BY FAR landing the more meaningful shots.

[MindBat]

An emotional moment for Ricky...

If crying weren't invented, then I'd say Ricky was taking things too hard.

But, it's understandable.

The man may have felt he could win for not only himself, but for his country.

He may have felt he had the both the weight and support of his fans on his shoulders to perform in spectacular fashion, but came up short.

My guess is he is more distraught at losing in such fashion against the best fighter he's ever faced, than for just plain losing the biggest fight of his life.

I'm thinking, if he had fought a damn better fight against Floyd, and had not lost the way he did, his self esteem may not have taken such a bad beating.

And, I could be wrong, but my speculation is he was showered with both praise and disdain by many of his fans for the way he performed.

All in all, he should learn from it, and come back to win in spectacular fashion if he is to spare his ego any further ruffling, and if he would like to remember his fight with Floyd as a far distant blip on his radar.

JMO

[Mozza]

I challenge you to tell me THREE (total) meaningful punches Hatton landed in those four rounds.

Don't even try to say Floyd's stagger in round 1. That punch missed and it was a trip.

Floyd was BY FAR landing the more meaningful shots.

I'm not prepared to do that because it is ludicrous to say that Hatton didn't land three meaningful punches and also because I can't be bothered watching the fight again.

[MindBat]

Sure thing...

And he won that fight...imagine if he had lost.

No doubt.

His ego would've taken a massive hit, and he'd have been crying, if not openly in front of the cameras, but behind closed doors.

Or both.

Knowing him, he wouldn't want to go out with a loss, and would be planning a re-match to vindicate himself.