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

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Sport: Boxing





Hatton "can't stop crying"

by Mark Doyle, 20 December 2007

Ricky Hatton has revealed he cannot stop crying in the wake of his devastating welterweight title defeat to Floyd Mayweather.

‘The Hitman’ was stopped in the tenth round of his bout with the WBC champion in Las Vegas a fortnight ago and Hatton freely admits that the loss, the first of his professional career, has had a massive effect on him.

“I feel like a woman at the minute - I can't stop crying. All that's missing is a pair of t*ts,” the 29-year-old Mancunian is quoted as saying by metro.co.uk.

“I feel like my world has come to an end. It's going to take a while for me to get my head round it. The biggest fight of my life was the biggest disappointment.

“I think the problem was I lost my head a bit. I was feeling sorry for myself.”

However, Hatton is not entertaining any thoughts of retirement and is planning to drop back down to 140lbs and prove that he is still one of the finest fighters in the world.

“I'm still the best light-welterweight in the world, so I'll get over it,' he claimed. “I'll be back.”

[deh707]

[THE REED]

[Left2body]

I think Hatton is saying that tongue and cheek........he is known for his sense of humor, I doubt he is crying unless its cheers of joy knowing his son and family are financially secure for the rest of there lives.

[Boxingboxing101]

This thread will be fun.

[ßringer]

I'm an American Hatton fan and this is just gay. I felt sorry for him and still do for losing, but fighters lose fights. If you don't want to risk it then don't fight anybody you can't beat. You're a fighter for ****'s sake, get back out there and do what you do best, beat somebody's ass.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

He's clearly mocking the fools who claim his career is over. He probably heard the "..Malignaggi will beat Hatton" calls and couldn't stop crying...with laughter.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I think Hatton is saying that tongue and cheek........he is known for his sense of humor, I doubt he is crying unless its cheers of joy knowing his son and family are financially secure for the rest of there lives.

Was he also tongue IN cheek when he asked them to turn off the camera before he started crying?

Ricky's family was financially secure BEFORE this fight. I think he REALLY wanted this one. Throughout the pre-fight, he said that he dreamed of this fight FOR YEARS.

[SkillspayBills]

That "all that's missing is a pair of ****" line was hilarious. All the training, the hours put in, the cutting wait, the people who counted on you, and the country that made you their hero and traveled in the thousand to watch you win, they all come to a crashing halt with that loss. It doesn't hit you at first but than you realize all that hard work and the hours you put in have gone to waste in a way. You realize all the people you let down and the goals that you aimed for being setback, it's hard for anyone to take. Especially that first loss in a match as big as this one.

[sonofisis]

Sport: Boxing





Hatton "can't stop crying"

by Mark Doyle, 20 December 2007

Ricky Hatton has revealed he cannot stop crying in the wake of his devastating welterweight title defeat to Floyd Mayweather.

‘The Hitman’ was stopped in the tenth round of his bout with the WBC champion in Las Vegas a fortnight ago and Hatton freely admits that the loss, the first of his professional career, has had a massive effect on him.

“I feel like a woman at the minute - I can't stop crying. All that's missing is a pair of t*ts,” the 29-year-old Mancunian is quoted as saying by metro.co.uk.

“I feel like my world has come to an end. It's going to take a while for me to get my head round it. The biggest fight of my life was the biggest disappointment.

“I think the problem was I lost my head a bit. I was feeling sorry for myself.”

However, Hatton is not entertaining any thoughts of retirement and is planning to drop back down to 140lbs and prove that he is still one of the finest fighters in the world.

“I'm still the best light-welterweight in the world, so I'll get over it,' he claimed. “I'll be back.”

That isn't funny but for some reason, it is (to me).