Brisblu
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Balti said:
This and that.
Great effort Ricky.
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This and that.
Great effort Ricky.
Not really read the thread but I'll guess from some comments in the couple of pages I have read, there are a lot of people slagging him for having a last hurrah and falling short.
I'm not one of them. However dangerous it is, professional boxing is essentially a form of entertainment and I've had some quality nights over the years following Hatton.
Not the best fighter I've ever seen but not a million miles away either. Certainly the best Mancunian fighter there has been in my lifetime. But that's not why I follow a boxer. He always came across as a normal geezer who knew where he was from from. Normal geezers act like knobheads from time to time but so what?
From Telford Ice Rink to The MEN. Via Sheffield, Newcastle, London, Liverpool and many other places on the way. And he never failed to give his best, win or lose.
Loved every minute of it and hope he has a long and happy retirement.
I'm not one of them. However dangerous it is, professional boxing is essentially a form of entertainment and I've had some quality nights over the years following Hatton.
Not the best fighter I've ever seen but not a million miles away either. Certainly the best Mancunian fighter there has been in my lifetime. But that's not why I follow a boxer. He always came across as a normal geezer who knew where he was from from. Normal geezers act like knobheads from time to time but so what?
From Telford Ice Rink to The MEN. Via Sheffield, Newcastle, London, Liverpool and many other places on the way. And he never failed to give his best, win or lose.
Loved every minute of it and hope he has a long and happy retirement.
dannyboy29
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Cant believe peole slag him off for coming back, it must have played on his mind everyday. "have i still got it" "can i still box at world level" he answered the questions in one night. now he can move on and reflect on a top career and enjoy his life. He could have fought 3 bums, battered them and kidded himself he still had it, instead he did it the Hatton way and can bow out still idolised and still remembered as a great.
Carstairs
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wayne71 said:TFC said:Damocles said:Wow, I cannot believe how vicious some people are being over a guy who just wanted to have another go at boxing. "Can't believe how Mayweather carried him to a fight"?
Am I the only one who recalls that this man is a multiple World Champion at multiple weights?
What did YOU bunch of dicks ever accomplish?
I beat Geoff Capes at an arm wrestle at 'Its a knockout' in Bury when I was 7 or 8. Observers will say he 'let' me win, but I took that old fucker to the cleaners.
I once scored a penalty against gary barlow, and he was really trying.
not much of an achievement, that.