Ricky Hatton hasn't decided yet whether he'll ever box again, but he sounded in the above interview with Sky Sports like a man who's ready to hang up the gloves and move into a career as a promoter.
"People are still going to see plenty of me," Hatton said. "I'm going into promoting now, I've got the future of youngsters and they're going to be fulfilling my dreams from here on in. I've fought for so many promoters that going into promoting I believe I can do a great, great job. I've been a great world champion, I've been the best in the world. I feel I can be the best promoter in the world, and that's the next avenue I want to go. But as far as actually boxing myself, I don't know what I'm going to do at the moment."
As for his loss on Saturday night to Manny Pacquiao, Hatton said, "I'm devastated."
Hatton has a huge fan base, but I'm not convinced that he'll be a successful promoter. Just because his fans like watching him fight doesn't mean they'll like watching the fights he promotes. And anyway, if he wants to be a promoter, why doesn't he start by promoting his own fights, instead of letting Oscar De La Hoya promote them?
The only thing Ricky Hatton shown was how easy it really is for him to get knocked out and he should be devastated and so shouldn't the people who paid for the pay perview.
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5-06-2009 @ 4:48PM
mike said...
Hatton has a huge fan base, but I'm not convinced that he'll be a successful promoter. Just because his fans like watching him fight doesn't mean they'll like watching the fights he promotes. And anyway, if he wants to be a promoter, why doesn't he start by promoting his own fights, instead of letting Oscar De La Hoya promote them?
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5-06-2009 @ 6:27PM
srewel said...
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5-06-2009 @ 9:43PM
c006c said...
HE IS STILL A GOOD FIGHTER HOPE HE CONTINUES IN THE BOXING GAME
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5-07-2009 @ 10:10AM
bobetj7 said...
Ihe becomes a promoter, He'll have England sewened up completely.
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5-08-2009 @ 2:28PM
goldcrow66 said...
The only thing Ricky Hatton shown was how easy it really is for him to get knocked out and he should be devastated and so shouldn't the people who paid for the pay perview.
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