Word on the streets is Ricky Hatton is back in the gym preparing for his next fight. Ricky's opponent is TBD, the date of the fight is TBD but hopefully in May, and his condition mentally and physically TBD. No one likes to lose and for damn sure no ones wants to be KOd. For Ricky he stepped up considerably in competition challenging Pound4Pound King Floyd Mayweather Jr. on December 8, 2007 and he was handily beaten and KOd. I have read reports that Ricky went on a drinking binge that consisted of 57 pints of beer in 3 days (WOW) and really seemed to take the loss to Mayweather extremely hard. Anytime you work so hard for a goal and it does not work you feel bad. Everyone deals with it differently but I really wonder how well Ricky has recovered from this. He had never lost before and the stakes had never been higher. With his whole country behind him and it appeared they all were at the fight, Ricky simply got beaten by a better fighter. No shame in losing to someone better than you, but the pain is still the same. You could see it all in his eyes right after the fight it was like a piece of his heart died. So now Ricky is back in the gym trying to put the loss behind him, move on with his career, but can he do it. The last time he fought he was KOd and it broke his heart. What has the time done for him, did it help or hurt the Hitman? Can he bounce back like champions are supposed to or did this loss ruin the relentless fighter he once was? Hopefully one by one all of those TBDs will be filled in with answers that make sense to his fans and most of all to Ricky Hatton himself. My only question is... Is He Ready???
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