World title challenger and Sky Sports‘Pundit Matthew Macklin was part of Ricky Hatton’s camp. He shares his memory of the journey…
Wondering, wonderful fighter, a great person. I was sad and shocked and my heart goes to his family. I can imagine how they feel.
It was well written that he lived as much as possible, but he was as hard as a person in the gym. A true expert when he is trained. Diet, everything … he did everything perfectly.
He has a great boxing brain I think, a very underrated skill set. I knew that everyone was a fearful body funcher, but he knew it was very strong, but he was a fantastic boxer when needed.
Perhaps when he could be pulled out, he had a fight. I remember Juan Urango fight. He probably withdrawn. It was a world title fight, his Las Vegas debut, there was a lot of pressure, and he went through it.
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Boxing manager and promoter Frank Warren pays for Ricky Hatton.
Even the fight of Manny Pacquiao: If it is supported, it would probably be out of the fight. The training was not good. But he did not. He was a soldier through it. He walked in every sense.
A great fighter around him, the way he handles pressure, the way he deals with all media obligations.
He was really a character. It’s so fun, the gymnasium. Boxing is a tough game and a lonely game, but when you have a character like Ricky in the gym with you, you will be happy to share and travel.
KOSTYA TSZYU … It was one of the special nights in British boxing history. It was definitely in my age, it did that night.
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Spencer Oliver, a former boxer and a Sky sports boxing expert, pays for his close friend Ricky Hutton after he passed by at the age of 46.
It was late at night because we had to fit the prime time television, and the men were packed in Manchester and Kostya Tszyu and had already strengthened all of his legacy.
Many did not give Ricky Hatton a chance in the fight. Even those who knew Ricky were true deals, believed in him, and thought he was world -class. I don’t think it’s good enough to beat the same legend like Kostya Tszyu.
But it was his night, and he was not rejected and he made it a war of destruction. He jumped into Kostya Tszyu. He did not give him a room or time. He attracted him to Ricky Hatton’s fight, close branching and strong. It was ferocious, cruel and ultimately he wanted more.
It was his time, and he was willing to donate him every time 20,000 fans punched him in the stadium. At that time, I was very close to Ricky, we were trained together, a member of his team, and from the point of view of a young fighter with a young fighter, I could not believe it to absorb and learn the experience.
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The original sky from Ricky Hatton’s amazing story.
For Floyd Mayweather Fighting in Las Vegas, it was confusing in a good way. I remember some of the blackjack dealers. They said they were there for 30 or 40 years and have never seen something similar. They couldn’t believe it, support, noise, it was unrealistic.
He shortened in the match against Mayweather but pushed Mayweather. It is probably one of the best performances of Mayweather. Ricky made the most of what brought to the attack and the fight in Mayweather. And it was Mayweather Prime.
He would have been related to fans. He really accepted it all. He never forgotten his roots and was a man of people.
And it is not easy when you are famous and everyone wants your sculpture. But he always tried to make sure he did not forget him, but he always spent time for people. I think he really enjoyed it. He was really grateful and never forgotten it.
