Reading about Ricky Hatton is one of the reasons I don't like being overly critical of fighters.

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I think it might be because him and tyson were both 24 when they got KO'd so they were able to get pass it

hatton was like 28 and 29, think mayweather is like two years older than him

but neither judah or tyson got back to there same level of prestige or the aura of being dominant

manny probably the only fighter to progress after being KO'd


Yeah...Zab always had that "stigma" attached to him. Mostly because of how he got up too fast after Tszyu dropped him:heh:
 

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I can see why it would be mentally difficult, having a nation behind you and then losing fights in that manner, yeah Floyd and Manny are ATGs but a true competitor will never find comfort in that.
 

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I swear down i cartwheeled when floyd ko'd that wasteman (i've never had such a :ohlawd: fufilling sporting moment other than when the final whistle blew in the fa cup final and arsenal finally got over their cup curse)...i was so happy...white britain and rickys smugness was getting on my damn nerves. Who remembers when ricky mocked floyds pad routines? When he got knocked out my dad was like "your b1tchass now knows what them routines are about don't ya? :lolbron::umad:"



I rewound the pacqiauo knockout like 10 ten times too at a family gathering reacting like :banderas: everytime "and then....BLAOW!...night night". I turned it off once i realised all the females in the room were looking at it like :huhldup:
 

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Yall ain't catch that Leonard-Duran 30 for 30? He got shyt on non-stop for years for that by the media and by the fans...the butt of jokes from late night comedians, the whole nine...

Yeah...I seen it. But combine that treatment with social media of today and the Internet message boards with tons of gift and memes, and he gets destroyed. Black twitter would go in on him badly lol
 

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just ask broner and :deadmanny:


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Dude lost to the two greatest fighters of this generation(his size :mjpls:) and feels like he let his people down :wow:

Dude had some of the GOAT crowds in boxing.
he also made more money than floyd in that fight :wow:

Floyd didnt negotiate for any of the UK ppv money, that fight sold over mil ppvs over here and hatton took the whole split :banderas:
 

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he also made more money than floyd in that fight :wow:

Floyd didnt negotiate for any of the UK ppv money, that fight sold over mil ppvs over here and hatton took the whole split :banderas:

at 4am too :ehh:

Manny got a cut of the uk ppv when they fought but only sold about a third of the hatton/floyd fight

Makes sense why floyd was talking about giving ricky another shot, then putting matthew hatton on the shortlist to fight him too :feedme:
 
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