Hatton - Documentary

5 Hit Gibbon said:
Watched it last night. It was a really good programme. It was quite sad to watch in places.
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Randomly flicked on to it about 5 mins in and stayed to watch the whole thing; thought it was very good and as you say at times was very sad. Hope he continues to get his life and relationships back on track.

Don't know much about boxing but found the part with Mayweather Snr all a bit weird!
 
I've just watched this and my blood is absolutely boiling. It's weird, I dont know any of the protagonists whatsoever, but I am absolutely raging.
I have always thought Ricky's father was a bit of a wrong'un just from the outside, but watching that documentary, he is clearly an absolute, hateful, **** of the highest order. And I use that word very deliberately.
An absolute, **** **** ****.
What sort of father rips off his own son? And his mother is equally as bad as she didn't do anything to stop it. Two utter, complete, bastards.
May they rot in hell. Sat there on their 1970's settee with a smug, satisfied smirk on their ugly fucking faces as they discuss ripping off their son who was literally risking his own life every time he went 'to work', whilst they openly and deliberately stole his money.

His ex-girlfriend comes across very well indeed however. She is a lady.

Poor old Billy Graham. did his best for Ricky, and had to watch helpless as Ricky's father and mother ripped everyone off.
 
Kazzydeyna said:
I've just watched this and my blood is absolutely boiling. It's weird, I dont know any of the protagonists whatsoever, but I am absolutely raging.
I have always thought Ricky's father was a bit of a wrong'un just from the outside, but watching that documentary, he is clearly an absolute, hateful, **** of the highest order. And I use that word very deliberately.
An absolute, **** **** ****.
What sort of father rips off his own son? And his mother is equally as bad as she didn't do anything to stop it. Two utter, complete, bastards.
May they rot in hell. Sat there on their 1970's settee with a smug, satisfied smirk on their ugly fucking faces as they discuss ripping off their son who was literally risking his own life every time he went 'to work', whilst they openly and deliberately stole his money.

His ex-girlfriend comes across very well indeed however. She is a lady.

Poor old Billy Graham. did his best for Ricky, and had to watch helpless as Ricky's father and mother ripped everyone off.
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Great Post KD,one of the best Sports Documentaries I’ve ever seen upsetting at times.
 
threespires said:
Randomly flicked on to it about 5 mins in and stayed to watch the whole thing; thought it was very good and as you say at times was very sad. Hope he continues to get his life and relationships back on track.

Don't know much about boxing but found the part with Mayweather Snr all a bit weird!
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It looks like he was getting badly advised and some people were blinded by the money. I didn't think his dad came across very well.

Hatton was very open in it talking about his issues. Quite brave I thought.
 
Kazzydeyna said:
I've just watched this and my blood is absolutely boiling. It's weird, I dont know any of the protagonists whatsoever, but I am absolutely raging.
I have always thought Ricky's father was a bit of a wrong'un just from the outside, but watching that documentary, he is clearly an absolute, hateful, **** of the highest order. And I use that word very deliberately.
An absolute, **** **** ****.
What sort of father rips off his own son? And his mother is equally as bad as she didn't do anything to stop it. Two utter, complete, bastards.
May they rot in hell. Sat there on their 1970's settee with a smug, satisfied smirk on their ugly fucking faces as they discuss ripping off their son who was literally risking his own life every time he went 'to work', whilst they openly and deliberately stole his money.

His ex-girlfriend comes across very well indeed however. She is a lady.

Poor old Billy Graham. did his best for Ricky, and had to watch helpless as Ricky's father and mother ripped everyone off.
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I’ve not watched it yet but I thought I’d have a read on here to see if anyone was mentioning his dad after I saw a post earlier from a mate on Facebook, basically saying what a **** Ricky’s dad is.
Now I know why.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Half way through. Very good watch so far. Shame that money seemed to change things after the Tszyu fight. What a great boxer he was though. All heart. Real man of the people and a City fan to boot. Saw him at Chelsea away a few years back and the concourse was rocking with the Ricky Hatton song. Did anyone see him in Istanbul ? Saw the pics of him there.

Mayweather was just a step too far and even then, watching that fight, the ref stepped in way too often to separate them. Still rocked him in the first with that jab.
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Felt for his trainer, treated like shite by Ricky’s dad
 
Twisted-wheel said:
Felt for his trainer, treated like shite by Ricky’s dad
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Just watched it.
Incredible documentary.
What a **** his dad is.
Hopefully Ricky and Billy can sit down in the future and share a pint and have a good chat.
Such a shame his dad destroyed their relationship with his controlling ego and greed.
Seeing that it’s no wonder Ricky has demons.
I remember watching Ricky at City square when all that was going on.
He was pissed, clearly on something, slurring his words and swearing his head off.
It was heartbreaking to see.
I walked off as I couldn’t watch it.
Glad to see he’s in a better place and controlling his demons.
A true Manchester hero.
The Manchester Mexican.
 
Excellent documentary, very genuine, open and probably too honest?
Really feel for Ricky in the dark times but he looks to be in a much better place now, so glad he was able to speak to someone about his demons and hopefully he’s been able to rise above them and be happier in his life.

Genuine legend for what he brought to boxing, what he did for City and also Manchester
 
I'm Blue said:
Just watched it.
Incredible documentary.
What a **** his dad is.
Hopefully Ricky and Billy can sit down in the future and share a pint and have a good chat.
Such a shame his dad destroyed their relationship with his controlling ego and greed.
Seeing that it’s no wonder Ricky has demons.
I remember watching Ricky at City square when all that was going on.
He was pissed, clearly on something, slurring his words and swearing his head off.
It was heartbreaking to see.
I walked off as I couldn’t watch it.
Glad to see he’s in a better place and controlling his demons.
A true Manchester hero.
The Manchester Mexican.
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Spot on about his dad. I find it astonishing that his dad was batting it all away like it was something trivial and coming up with some barely believable excuse for it. The fact that Billy won the case and got a 7 figure sum out of it shows that it was anything but trivial. His dad ripped both Billy and Ricky off and destroyed their relationship into the bargain. Who needs enemies when you've got cunts like that in your life? Seriously, his dad is lucky that Ricky is even on speaking terms with him these days. I really wanted the documentary to end with Ricky meeting up with Billy but maybe that will happen in the future.

Ricky was clearly in a dark place a lot of the time. I think the drinking was pretty much par for the course as going on the lash with his mates has always been a big thing for him. But when you add in the drugs as well it becomes a different problem altogether. The trouble is, when you become rich and famous those things suddenly become more accessible. I dread to think how I would've got on if I suddenly had too much time and money on my hands.

As for the boxing, I was at the Tszyu fight and it was an incredible night. I couldn't see Hatton pulling it off beforehand but he put in a superhuman performance against a fantastic fighter. Remember that this is the boxer who had Zab Judah doing the chicken dance, yet Hatton forced him to quit on his stool.

After that, I don't think he ever quite hit those heights again. His first fight after Tszyu was against Carlos Maussa who had somehow won a world title against Vivian Harris a few months previous and was so far away from Tszyu's level it was laughable, but Ricky made much harder work of that one than he should've done before finally knocking him out in the 9th. There then followed a couple of unconvincing wins against Collazo and Urango (although he stepped up a weight for that first one) before he turned in a vintage Hatton performance when knocking Castillo out with that textbook body punch of his. To be fair to him, the Mayweather defeat was no disgrace and he did get some change early on. On another day with a different ref it might just have ended differently but Mayweather is sheer quality and seemed to have a knack of solving puzzles presented to him as fights went on. The less said about the Pacquiao bout the better but I'm sure a peak Hatton would've made a much better fight of it.

Overall he had a stellar career IMO and unlike the bullshit we see from many boxers when avoiding opponents, Hatton never shied away from fighting the big names. It was clear that Frank Warren didn't want him fighting Tszyu when he did, despite him being nearly 40 fights into his career. It was only because Ricky put his foot down that the fight happened.
 
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