HATTON A NO SHOW AT PRESS CONFERENCE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 15 Sep 2008
Britain?s Ricky ?The Hitman? Hatton was a no-show at the press conference to promote his November 22 fight against Paul Maliggnagi for the IBF/IBO light welterweight title in Las Vegas last Saturday but he did find time to show up at the Juan Manuel Marquez ? Joel Casamayor title fight and was seen seated next to ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya at ringside.
Hatton claimed he was knocked out after drinking lemonade at a hotel bar in Las Vegas following the long flight from London and was quoted as saying it was ?the last time I drink lemonade, I can tell you that.?
Independent Television News in London quoted Hatton?s lawyer Gareth Williams as s saying ?we don?t know what the problem is. We came in last night, had some food and then he got sick. When he?s eating burger, chips and beer, he?s fine.?
Williams insisted that Hatton who enjoys eating and drinking but maintains a strict diet during pre-fight training was not suffering from a hangover. In fact there were claims that Hatton may have had a slight case of food poisoning but those who know of Hatton?s lifestyle in-between fights were not sold on the lemonade story.
Hatton who is handled by his father/trainer Ray Hatton will be trained for the Malignaggi fight by Floyd Mayweather Sr, father of Floyd Mayweather Jr who scored a tenth round TKO over Hatton last December 8 at the MGM Grand which is also the venue for his fight against Malignaggi.
Malignaggi?s promoter Lou DiBella said ?no matter how sick he (Hatton) feels right now, he?s going to be a lot sicker? on fight night.
Malignaggi is known as a fine boxer but not a heavy puncher and this is shown by his ring record of only 5 knockouts in 25 wins with 1 loss against Miguel Cotto. Hatton, on the other hand has a record of 44-1, 31 KO?s)
Hatton?s father Ray told www.insidesports.ph, Manila Standard and Viva Sports prior to leaving for Las Vegas that they were looking forward to a clash with Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao sometime in May or June next year. He said they want the fight and promised it would be explosive.
Pacquiao himself told us he's like to fight Hatton next year but it all depended on the negotiations between the two camps.
Hatton revealed they would begin sparring after about one week in Vegas. He said Ricky Hatton ?doesn?t do a lot of sparring because he?d rather do quality not quantity. Too much sparring means you leave your fight in the gym.?
He trainer said they wouldn?t? have to bring sparring partners from Britain and would instead get sparring partners from the US . He said they have rented a house in Las Vegas and were ?very comfortable with it.?
Hatton said the fight against Malignaggi would be a good one because Malignaggi is ?a beautiful boxer and it should be an exciting fight.?
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