Hatton - Documentary

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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.
 
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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I saw Ricky in Istanbul he got the metro to the ground with about 5 of his mates quite happy to chat and have pics when asked.
 
I've got this one recorded and looking forward to watching it.

He was a boxer who you wanted to watch - he was all action and always went in looking to win. He was fantastic at times, but maybe stayed in the game too long and went looking for the wrong fights for the money. Don't blame him though, I'd do the same.

Great character and City fan, he's done a fair bit to put us in the minds of other people so full credit to him.
 
We first came across Hatton in about his fourth fight when he was on the undercard to a Prince Nassem fight at the Arena.

After that we followed him all over the country. From Bristol, to Bethnall Green, Halifax, Doncaster, Newcastle. Just to name a few. All cumulating in that amazing fight in the middle of the night against Tszyu back where it all started ( for us not him ) at the Arena.

Never felt it was quite the same after that. Even though he went on to win numerous other World Title fights.

Wonderful memories of a genuine great fighter and as nice a bloke as you could meet. A rare combination.

Really looking forward to watching the documentary.
 
Stephen230 said:
We first came across Hatton in about his fourth fight when he was on the undercard to a Prince Nassem fight at the Arena.

After that we followed him all over the country. From Bristol, to Bethnall Green, Halifax, Doncaster, Newcastle. Just to name a few. All cumulating in that amazing fight in the middle of the night against Tszyu back where it all started ( for us not him ) at the Arena.

Never felt it was quite the same after that. Even though he went on to win numerous other World Title fights.

Wonderful memories of a genuine great fighter and as nice a bloke as you could meet. A rare combination.

Really looking forward to watching the documentary.
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The undercard for the Tyson fight was my favourite, bar the penultimate fight by the Cockney Italian.
 
Corky said:
The undercard for the Tyson fight was my favourite, bar the penultimate fight by the Cockney Italian.
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Yeah that was some weekend that. All the circus around Tyson. I think Calzaghe and all the usual Manchester fighters like Gomez and Farnell were on the undercard as well. Bit vague now though.

Think it was the year we’d been knocked out of the cup to Leeds and so had a blank weekend.
 
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