The right decision.

Definitely.

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Sad but had to be done, don't want to have to see him like that again, was fkin horrible seeing him crying and so upset you could see how much it meant to him and how badly he wanted it.

But massive respect and fair play to him for even coming back, shed 5 stone in a year and put all his past problems behind him and stepped back in the ring and gave it a go and his best which just sadly wasn't good enough anymore.

I just seriously hope he takes heart from this and just stays in the gym training and keeps himself occupied and doesn't go back to that dark place and get all depressed because it's sad seeing him like that.

Well done Ricky and thanks

Well put Oscar

Fair play to Hatton. He could have fought some bum and won and then be in denial but no he took on a recent world champ and top5 ranked boxer and was given the answers he needed.

Back to training and promoting and staying away from the white powder.

well done ricky, good decision, one of the great fighters ever to come from these shores, thanks for the memories ricky

Hardly a difficult decision to make. Everybody knew it was ludicrous to come out of retirement. He has ruined his legacy.

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Tbh if anything he has increased his legacy/respect, he has been through hell and back the past 3 years and had some serious depression problems and sadly ended up drinking even more and getting involved with drugs, yet he managed to put all that behind him and shed 5 stone and make a comeback after 3 and a half years out against a guy who had only lost once and was a former champ and he actually done well and looked like winning for a while. No shame in that whatsoever tbh.

I guess all those years of abusing his body finally caught up to him

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This , you just can't do it,you either have to dedicate your life to boxing and not drink and abuse your body or you don't do it, you won't get anywhere doing both as proven time and time again.

It's the body shots that kill you off when you've drunk in the past as well because it weakens your stomach muscles, seen so many examples of this over the past few years, look at Kevin Mitchell, totally ruined his chances of being a world class fighter, can't take a body shot that well anymore, Nicky Cook was another classic example

Hardly a difficult decision to make. Everybody knew it was ludicrous to come out of retirement. He has ruined his legacy.

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Complete tosh. He has gained more respect from going into the ring after all he has been through to fight a former champion.

Complete tosh. He has gained more respect from going into the ring after all he has been through to fight a former champion.

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yeah, that massive pay day would have softened the blow

Maybe he should try a new sport - cricket maybe ?

He should have called it a day the he used his head to break his fall when Pac Man sparked him!