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Sting in the tail
Pt II -Ricky wins at the MGM Grand - but crashes at cards
Posted: 30th October 2008 10:26
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Hattonhits the heights of Mount Charleston
I have phoned my family and they told me it has been snowing in England. It's starting to get cold over here too. It was down from 90 degrees to 87 yesterday!
Ricky Hatton
Quotes of the week
Well this is the second week of training and things are going well.
When I am in training I call it the monastery. The reason being, I live like a monk!
But this time is even more intense. I used to run in the evenings after gym work in England but Floyd wants me to run in the mountains first thing in the morning.
That means early to bed every night and up running in the mountains. I was running up Mount Charleston at 5,000 feet above sea level today - and believe me, there is plenty of gas in the tank.
I did manage to get into Vegas on Saturday to do some shopping and then popped into the MGM for a flutter. And I won $300.00. Lovely jubbly!
My second sparring partner arrived on Monday. His name is Dominic Salcido from California.
He has a style similar to Paulie's and together with Timothy Coleman, they make sure I am getting first-class sparring.
Comeback
I have phoned my family and they told me it has been snowing in England. It's starting to get cold over here too. It was down from 90 degrees to 87 yesterday!
With all the air conditioning over here its easy to forget where you are, but we had a reminder on Monday when our Matt was about to start sparring.
Lee Beard noticed something on his back and when he checked... it was a scorpion. Now he is checking all his kit every time he puts something on!
During the evenings after training we have a card school at the house, when we play a game called Crash.
It's me, Matt, Speakie and Val and at the moment our Matt is winning - he always does - but I am making a comeback!
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Comments
Leeroy Powell says...
Hahaha, we'll have to start calling Matt the Scorpion... He packs a mean sting and before you know it, you'll be reaching for the antidoat. Good luck fellas, knock 'em down. Peace
Posted 13:05 12th November 2008
Christopher O 'neill says...
i guess ricky is under the right treatment during his training camp. Early morning run before he starts his day this just shows how determined not only ricky is but mayweather snr is to make ricky successful and with weeks left before the fight i think ricky will be in the shape of his life and will win with ease !!
Posted 14:20 4th November 2008
Dean Kelly says...
I wish dan and ricky good luck as truly looking forward to there next fights.I am a huge man city fan and the hattons are the greatest people you could ever meet.good luck boys.
Posted 11:15 3rd November 2008
Ben Cunningham says...
Hi Ricky, Love reading your prefight blogs, and am looking forward to seeing you smash paulie in the next couple of weeks. Just a quick question for you! Will billy graham be attending the mgm to watch you fight ?
Posted 20:41 2nd November 2008
Michael Duffy says...
Good Luck with the fight Ricky...... Hope Your Training is going well and u feel alot stronger and better with Mr Mayweather. You keep that british flag flying..........Hope to see you in Vegas. Big Mick Middlesbroughs Barmy Army on Tour In Vegas. LOL By the way Ricky Boro 2 City 0..............Come On Ricky
Posted 06:42 1st November 2008
Michael Blemmings says...
Ricky will be like a phoenix rising from the flames in this next fight.When all are doubting his commitment he will come out and show us all the real deal , the sort of stuff we seen against Eamonn Mcgee , Ben Tackie and Tysu !!! I wish him all the best even though unfortunatly i cant be there , ill be watching and expexcing a master class.Come on Ricky !!!!
Posted 12:37 30th October 2008
Stuart Wilson says...
Ricky doesnt need luck,hes the best in the business and will prove it on the 22nd, Matt will do his best put on another good performance like last time out and will be british champion soon.
Posted 11:57 30th October 2008
Mak B says...
Get a poker game going instead! see if you can figure out the Mayweather bluff!!
Posted 10:42 30th October 2008
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