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Ricky Hatton - Returning to Boxing

Clem_Snide
Clem_Snide Posts: 11,735
in Other Football and Sports
Oh dear……

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cz6g8jvdjxqo

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,722
    Embarrassing . 
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    Christ's sake. Is he broke? 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,731
    47 year old has been vs a 46 year old never was. 
    Should be a great spectacle. 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,722
    Boxing has become a joke . A sport I adore has turned into a circus . 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    Bedsaddick said:
    Boxing has become a joke . A sport I adore has turned into a circus . 
    It basically hasn’t been able to keep up with MMA and now the only things that get headlines are this sort of nonsense. 

    It’s a shame, there are still really exciting things that happen they just get drowned out. 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,723
    Could tell he needed the money when he started flogging that CBD product on twitter along with Merson and Jodie Marsh
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,987
    Surely this is just going to be an exhibition? Hatton is 47 and the guy he's fighting is 46, with a pro record of 8 wins and 3 defeats.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,179
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,347
    Can't they just be honest and locate the fight at midnight in a shopping precinct outside a dodgy boozer. Oh, and each of the protagonists has to have a 7 stone girl friend holding him back, shouting "Noooah Rickee, you'll kill him"
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,897
    This really ought not to happen 
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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,238
    He got hyped up something crazy but in truth was never the same level as Manny and Floyd. 

    Now he's washed up and out of money (like most boxers) and chasing one last payday.

    I hope for his sake it doesn't end in disaster
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,020
    Boxing is barbaric and a circus.
    All the hype with the Eubank and Benn fight showed boxing for what it is.
    As for Eddie Hearn :#
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,361
    The Eubank and Benn fight delivered very well against the hype though.

    This just feels a bit sad. 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,240
    I hope for his sake he isnt skint, he had a great career and I'd hoped was only scratching these itches because he has something in him that says "do it while your body let's you" as opposed to any financial need as he really did earn well in his career. 

    Wrung everything out of what he had and people may think he got shown up against Pacquiao and Flloyd but those two were elite level, he was a world class body puncher and relatable in a way I cant remember any British boxer being 

    I won't watch but millions will all the while the circus keeps circusing 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,020
    edited July 7
    Carter said:
    I hope for his sake he isnt skint, he had a great career and I'd hoped was only scratching these itches because he has something in him that says "do it while your body let's you" as opposed to any financial need as he really did earn well in his career. 

    Wrung everything out of what he had and people may think he got shown up against Pacquiao and Flloyd but those two were elite level, he was a world class body puncher and relatable in a way I cant remember any British boxer being 

    I won't watch but millions will all the while the circus keeps circusing 
    Agree with all.

    I will say that I have total respect for boxers, f*** getting punched in the face to earn a living.  The discipline and training as well.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,987
    Ricky Hatton three years ago talking about one of Mayweather's exhibition fights:

    "I don’t get it. Surely, he’s made enough money. Is he skint, or is it greed? I mean, come on. Who wants to watch that? It’s making a mockery of boxing."

    Hmmmm.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    I think oasis reforming has stirred something in him/ society in general.

    Smart money says we'll all be walking round in kickers and kappa tracksuits by September and The Word will be back on telly. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,779
    usetobunkin said:
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
    I'm not seeing anything about fiddly-winks.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,067
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    I think oasis reforming has stirred something in him/ society in general.

    Smart money says we'll all be walking round in kickers and kappa tracksuits by September and The Word will be back on telly. 
    Superb, will be like Donnie Darko/Flight of the Navigator were everything gets put back to how it should be!

    I personally don't have an issue with two 50 year olds having an exhibition match. Tyson v 20 something influencer is a different matter.

    Boxing is the checkers to MMA's chess, so not really a surprise the sport is going in this direction. 
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    I think oasis reforming has stirred something in him/ society in general.

    Smart money says we'll all be walking round in kickers and kappa tracksuits by September and The Word will be back on telly. 

    Boxing is the checkers to MMA's chess, so not really a surprise the sport is going in this direction. 
    Boxing is the Aston Martin DB5 to MMA's monster truck 😉 . (Both superb in their own right)

    (Agree with the sentiment about the glorified white collar celebrity death match nonsense though mate)
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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,612
    edited July 8
    No way he should be granted a license and non licencedfights should be illegal.
  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,180
    He was doing an interview over webcam yesterday on SSN and he honestly looked and sounded like the homeless spice addicts that roam Piccadilly gardens. I’d put money on him dying in that ring.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    usetobunkin said:
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
    Obviously your view as you must enjoy it but I doubt boxing makes it into a top five in terms of popularity.

    Its miles behind Cricket, Rugby, F1, Tennis etc

    Boxing is and has been a joke for years, just glad I am old enough to have watched the great fighters and fights 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,216
    arny23394 said:
    He was doing an interview over webcam yesterday on SSN and he honestly looked and sounded like the homeless spice addicts that roam Piccadilly gardens. I’d put money on him dying in that ring.
    Saw an interview with him yesterday, thought it was an Haribo ad judging by the tone of his voice.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,179
    eaststandmike said:
    usetobunkin said:
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
    Obviously your view as you must enjoy it but I doubt boxing makes it into a top five in terms of popularity.

    Its miles behind Cricket, Rugby, F1, Tennis etc

    Boxing is and has been a joke for years, just glad I am old enough to have watched the great fighters and fights 
    Absolutely agree, and it's my personal view, Rugby/Cricket are public school games. F1 is just areodynamicist and engineers battling it out on computers. 

    Boxing for me was the same as football, working class lads with the skill and application could lift themselves to great heights.
    But as I say its my personal view.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,723
    eaststandmike said:
    usetobunkin said:
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
    Obviously your view as you must enjoy it but I doubt boxing makes it into a top five in terms of popularity.

    Its miles behind Cricket, Rugby, F1, Tennis etc

    Boxing is and has been a joke for years, just glad I am old enough to have watched the great fighters and fights 
    Not sure I'd agree it's miles behind rugby and tennis. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,471
    Don’t do it Ricky.🫤
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,987
    eaststandmike said:
    usetobunkin said:
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
    Obviously your view as you must enjoy it but I doubt boxing makes it into a top five in terms of popularity.

    Its miles behind Cricket, Rugby, F1, Tennis etc

    Boxing is and has been a joke for years, just glad I am old enough to have watched the great fighters and fights 
    I won't disagree that boxing is becoming a bit of joke, especially with the mIsfits stuff and Jake Paul but it's still very popular.

    Outside of the 6 Nations, how many people regularly watch rugby? I reckon the average man in the street could probably name more current boxers than current England rugby players.

    Same with tennis, everyone gets well into it during the summer for Wimbledon, but how many people follow it year round?
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,905
    I was a massive boxing fan but pretty much stopped following it the last few years it has become a circus and fights like this just make it worse

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