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Ricky Hatton - Returning to Boxing

Clem_SnideClem_Snide
in Other Football and Sports
Oh dear……

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

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  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    Embarrassing . 
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    Christ's sake. Is he broke? 
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    47 year old has been vs a 46 year old never was. 
    Should be a great spectacle. 
  • se9addickse9addick
    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. 
  • CroydonCroydon
    Could tell he needed the money when he started flogging that CBD product on twitter along with Merson and Jodie Marsh
  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    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.
  • usetobunkinusetobunkin
    And people will pay to watch, and the slow sad decline of the best sport after football will continue.
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    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"
  • lolwraylolwray
    This really ought not to happen 
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  • sam3110sam3110
    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
  • ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    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 :#
  • cafctomcafctom
    The Eubank and Benn fight delivered very well against the hype though.

    This just feels a bit sad. 
  • CarterCarter
    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 
  • ElfsborgAddickElfsborgAddick
    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_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    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.
  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    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. 
  • AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    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 DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    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. 
  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    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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  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    No way he should be granted a license and non licences fights should be illegal.
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