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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: Capo de La Cosa Nostra]
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12/08/07 01:49 PM
12/08/07 01:49 PM
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I've decided that, if Hatton wins, I'm jumping through my bedroom window - through it, glass and all! - with excitement. Get your video camera ready.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." -Calvin and Hobbes
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Re: Ricky Hatton
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12/08/07 02:01 PM
12/08/07 02:01 PM
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Okay, my English friends. I'm with you guys tonight. Go Hatton! But I just found this classic on Youtube. Most of you boys would be too young to remember, but I remember it like it was yesterday. It's your boy Alan Minter getting his ass kicked by the American Marvin Hagler back in 1980. Check it out: Hagler-Minter
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: pizzaboy]
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12/08/07 04:31 PM
12/08/07 04:31 PM
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Capo de La Cosa Nostra
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I'm actually getting quite nervous now. I was watching the press-conference from Wednesday, and Floyd's dad was talking with a kid on his lap, and he said "fuck(ed)" several times. In the presence of the kid, it lent a nasty tone to things, and I didn't like it. All flash, all gloss.
In short, I hope Hatton beats the fucking shit out of the whole entire Mayweather camp.
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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: pizzaboy]
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12/08/07 09:07 PM
12/08/07 09:07 PM
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Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK
Yogi Barrabbas
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Okay, my English friends. I'm with you guys tonight. Go Hatton! But I just found this classic on Youtube. Most of you boys would be too young to remember, but I remember it like it was yesterday. It's your boy Alan Minter getting his ass kicked by the American Marvin Hagler back in 1980. Check it out: Hagler-Minter I remember this fight well PB...but perversely i was wanting Hagler to win! He was one of my main boxing heroes as a kid  Minter was a good honest fighter but Hagler handed him a whupping.... GO RICKY 
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: Blibbleblabble]
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12/09/07 03:58 AM
12/09/07 03:58 AM
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I didn't have much background to go on -- I'm not a big boxing fan, tho I do appreciate a good fight. I didn't watch the HBO series "24/7" building up to this until tonight to catch up a bit before the fight. After watching that, I saw Hatton as "one of us" (well, at least one of ME -- a guy who does what he has to do, but also likes to eat and drink and party like the rest of us, and with a terrific sense of humor, as well as being a seemingly good Family Man). I really had no opinion against Mayweather, despite the flashing of "bling" like an idiot who got too much money too quickly and has to flaunt it. But, watching them both train, Mayweather was definitely the most disciplined. I figured Mayweather would probably win, but Hatton would put up a decent fight. And that's what happened -- in a great fight! Congrats to both for a great fight -- and perhaps next time I'll talk about how embarrassed I felt for the human race in the pub I went to tonight. I had NO idea how many racists there were in NJ... NJ!! 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Ricky Hatton
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12/10/07 10:34 AM
12/10/07 10:34 AM
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Yogi Barrabbas
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I really hope Floyd isnt talking two years off like he said he was. I would love to see him vs Cotto. That would be a great fight! Which Floyd would win i reckon....
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
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12/12/07 11:48 AM
12/12/07 11:48 AM
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Yes,Mayweather deserved the win,he is a class act in the ring.... Hatton and the Brit fans did us all proud though  He will be back! The fans did us proud in turning up in great numbers but what was with the anthem booing crap?  I hate that....its such bullshit!
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: DE NIRO]
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12/13/07 01:34 PM
12/13/07 01:34 PM
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Capo de La Cosa Nostra
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There's a great, witty article on the week in Vegas and the fight itself here. "I was doing all right until I @$@&* slipped. Oh, sorry, I'm at it again, swearing in front of the kids…"
One minute Ricky Hatton’s getting his head scrambled by Floyd Mayweather, the next he’s firing off rat-a-tat quips. The Hitman, make no mistake, is one classy guy.
When his marching band sparked up another round of Walking In A Hatton Wonderland, Hatton wise-cracked: "I'm getting a bit sick of that song meself to be honest with ya…"
Mayweather, with barely a mark on his face, gave him a hug, thanked the band, waxed lyrical about the British fans and launched into a little song of his own.
"There's only one Mayweather, there’s only one Mayweather, he talks the talk, walks the walk, walking to the money land."
His trainer and uncle Roger, an unwitting comic genius, clearly thought it was rubbish and he made no secret of the fact, shaking his head and rolling his eyes like a grandmother desperate to escape a family wedding.
Hatton was then introduced, one by one, to the entire Mayweather clan, and it was strange to think that only an hour earlier both men were going at it hammer and tongs in the ring.
Some newspapers were reporting that 4,000 Brits were expected at the fight, but I’d wager there were closer to 15,000 in the MGM Grand Arena on the night.
They were a little bit naughty at times, what with booing the Star Spangled Banner, and you had to feel for poor Tyrese, who must have felt at times as if he was warbling into a wind tunnel.
But otherwise they were tremendous, as they have been all week, and you can be 100% certain that Las Vegas will never witness anything like it again.
"You're supposed to be at home," they roared at one point, which summed the situation up perfectly.
Sir Tom Jones (that still sounds a bit weird) had no such trouble, although accompanied by a chorus of thousands, he proved a touch superfluous.
As David Beckham made his way to his ringside seat, I was reminded of a tremendous quote I read earlier in the week on the Fox Sports website:
"If Hatton so much as gets in the ring on Saturday night, he will have accomplished more than the last British export, the metrosexual soccer star with the bony wife."
Other ringside celebs included Tiger Woods, who always looks a little odd without a cap, Will Ferrell (other than Hatton, the biggest cheer of the night) and Gwen Stefani, a magnificent woman and a huge boxing fan, or so I'm told.
Sly Stallone and Bruce Willis were also in attendance, joshing with each other like a couple of high-school jocks, and all the pieces of the puzzle were in place as Blue Moon sparked up and Hatton made his way to the ring.
Mayweather, decked out in a George Cross dressing gown, entered to Springsteen's Born in the USA, a big middle finger to the Hatton fans, and why not?
I swear I saw Hatton glance nervously up at the crowd before the bell sounded for the opening round, perhaps realising the enormous responsibility as well as the enormity of his task.
Ring announcer Michael Buffer, who is now so famous in his own right he has another ring announcer introduce him to the fans, could barely be heard above the din, but did hear him say "somebody's '0' has got to go", so he's still a ruddy legend.
And then…well, then we know what happened. We saw a masterclass in boxing from Floyd Mayweather, and there really is nothing more to say on the subject than that.
The Hatton fans around me knew the game was up when 'The Hitman' was docked a point in the sixth, proving that for all their bluster, they're also a knowledgeable lot.
Ricky apologised to them afterwards, but they were having none of it, serenading him with as much gusto as they would have done if he'd knocked Mayweather bandy inside one round.
"I’ve been coming to Las Vegas for longer than I care to remember," said Ricky after the fight. "I watched Frank Bruno here, Naseem Hamed, Lennox Lewis, all my heroes.
"And I've never seen support for a British fighter like they gave me this week, it brings a tear to your eye." And not just your eye, Ricky, I can assure you of that…
PS. I looked at myself in the mirror before I started writing this. After a week of buffet breakfasts and lunches, pizza every night for dinner and a thousand cigarettes, I'm bloated, my skin's gone to pot and, to be brutally frank, I look a little bit ill.
That's what this town does to you. But what’s a bit of illness when you get to experience a 'happening' like this? Those who witnessed the events of this week will never forget them. Here's hoping for Calzaghe-Hopkins in New York next spring…
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
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Re: Ricky Hatton
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
#457902
12/15/07 08:09 PM
12/15/07 08:09 PM
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Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 7,952 It's fun to stay in the YMCA
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Cotto reminds me a bit of the great Roberto Duran.. Amir Khan vs Graham Earl on ITV at about 10pm. Definitely Khans toughest task so far and don't be surprised if Earl does him over  Then Jamie Moore fights for the European title (to my shame i forget who he is fighting) but this will be a good scrap also,Moore is a nice guy and an under-rated boxer.Anyone see his scrap with Matthew Macklin last year? Classic! Then over to the US for the big one...but before then on the undercard,Jeff Lacy vs Peter Manfredo. 2 of Calzaghes recent victims. Does Lacy have anything left? Manfredo has something,his fight with Joe was a premature stoppage i think! Intriguing match this! Then onto Ricky beating the shit out of Floyd ..and then i can go to bed Duran, don't get me started with him, I'm a huge fan. I got it completely wrong with Amir's fight too Yogi - I though Earl would provide a tougher test than he did. Maybe Khan IS that good. Earl is a top fighter - or maybe WAS a top fighter. Yup I remember the Moore Macklin fight from last year. That was one of the greatest fights I'd ever seen. And on the actual fight the topic is based on - I'm proper gutted. I awoke with a little help from my alarm clock to listen on the radio. Bouncing a few texts to Capo and back in a half dreamy state. I've been a huge fan of Hattons for quite a long time now and still think he's a legend and one of the best ever British boxers. The only person to have beat him is the phenomonal talent of Mayweather. If he sticks to his light welter weight I don't think anyone else can beat him. But unfortunately that rules out a superfight against De La Hoya.
So die all who betray Giuliano
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