Ricky Hatton Welterweight Nightmare
I didn't make the bar last night. The Hatton / Maussa world title fight didn't start until 10pm. Before the fight 27 year old Hatton said,
By 11.05pm it was all over. Hatton had won by a knockout in the ninth round to unify the IBF and WBA world light welterweight titles despite suffering cuts to both his eyes in the first three rounds and I was left sitting in front of the TV, incapable of rational thought.
The fight was brutal but then all Hatton's fights are. He's somehow a throwback to the days of fighters like Terry Downes before Sky Sport's over theatrical, over hyped fights threatened to turn boxing into a pantomime. I even get the feeling I should be watching the fights in monochrome.
Ricky Hatton is a nice guy full of genuine respect for his opponents until he is in the ring with them, at which point he single-mindedly sets out to destroy them. In doing so he asks for and gives no quarter.
After the ninth round destruction of the Colombian, Carlos Maussa's corner raised Hatton's hand in recognition of his superior ability. It was a strangely touching moment. You don't see it often these days in any sport, let alone a sport where fighters are overhyped and mismatched against inferior opposition purely to protect their unbeaten records and to increase their box office potential. This guy is, as they say, the real deal. He doesn't need the hype.
I am sitting here now at 3.00am because I was woken by a nightmare and I have no doubt at all that the fight I watched late last night was responsible for it.
When Ricky Hatton steps into the ring next time, I'll be watching again but it'll probably be from between my fingers.
"There'll be fireworks to say the least. It'll be a fight where parents might have to put the kids to bed early."He wasn't joking.
By 11.05pm it was all over. Hatton had won by a knockout in the ninth round to unify the IBF and WBA world light welterweight titles despite suffering cuts to both his eyes in the first three rounds and I was left sitting in front of the TV, incapable of rational thought.The fight was brutal but then all Hatton's fights are. He's somehow a throwback to the days of fighters like Terry Downes before Sky Sport's over theatrical, over hyped fights threatened to turn boxing into a pantomime. I even get the feeling I should be watching the fights in monochrome.
Ricky Hatton is a nice guy full of genuine respect for his opponents until he is in the ring with them, at which point he single-mindedly sets out to destroy them. In doing so he asks for and gives no quarter.
After the ninth round destruction of the Colombian, Carlos Maussa's corner raised Hatton's hand in recognition of his superior ability. It was a strangely touching moment. You don't see it often these days in any sport, let alone a sport where fighters are overhyped and mismatched against inferior opposition purely to protect their unbeaten records and to increase their box office potential. This guy is, as they say, the real deal. He doesn't need the hype.
I am sitting here now at 3.00am because I was woken by a nightmare and I have no doubt at all that the fight I watched late last night was responsible for it.
When Ricky Hatton steps into the ring next time, I'll be watching again but it'll probably be from between my fingers.
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