b'ROUND 7If Ricky ate clean all year, it would probably destroy him mentallyRicky Hatton chose to wear his fatsupply of pies. Hatton also insisted thatmuscular disorder. The mitochondriaoff. If you took that away, if you said to T-shirt on Tuesday. Ricky Fatton isHollands place a Hatton advertisementare the spark plugs in the muscle whereRicky you cant walk round Manchester the name emblazoned across it in largein Boxing News. As Kayes said, rolling hismuscle energy is produced and LeMond13st and out of shape like all your fans and capitals, above a picture of our heroeyes: Hes dead proud of this.was unable to produce the required energy.you cant be down the nightclub with a tucking joyfully into a burger wearingThe bare stats are as follows: HattonThe same kind of fatigue, Shilstonebig beer belly and sweaty armpits, youd a childrens cardboard Burger Kingboxes at 10st, but between bouts he tendssaid, will strike Hatton and if nothingsmentally destroy him. crown. And here is the point: Tuesdayto balloon to nearer 13st. In one year, whentelling the muscle to spark, he isnt goingAs Graham said: This is the lesser of was media workout day and he wantedhe had four bouts, he shed an accumulatedto perform.two evils. Hatton may be getting older the world to see it.13st. Youd have to be brain-dead to sayThe good news is that this is not lost ondouble-quick, but while he is still getting Behind the T-shirt lies a story. Thethat its OK, Graham said.the Hatton camp. Hatton is 28 and there isbetter, the Fatton T-shirt remains an picture was taken when he was on holidayBut he has also given up trying toan acceptance that he will retire long beforeacceptable joke.in Tenerife; he sent it by phone to Kerryforbid it. Ive tried thousands of times. Ahis 32nd birthday. Kayes, his strength coach and nutritionist,couple of fights ago, I said to him, WhenThere is also good news from the gym, whose job is also to mastermind theIm walking up those steps for our firstwhere Hattons performances show that, shedding of all the weight he enjoys puttingday back training, Im dreading seeing yourather than being slowed by the ageing on. Sending the picture was a joke; Kayesbecause youre so fat. And he said, Whyprocess, he is an improving athlete. He has responded by printing it off as a T-shirt andare you so surprised? I always am. Hebeen lifting more weights Hatton liked it so much that he had moreused to say, Ill try. But he never did. Nowin the gym than ever and 68 Sport2WC THETIMESThursdayJanuary182007made.I dont ask. He just says, Thats the way IGraham and a sparringBoxingDust-upinthedesert SportontelevisionThe joke runs back in his Denton gym,am.partner who has workedPHOTOGRAPHS:MARCASPLANDtoo. 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And with the weigh- rate.Theres the mentalRickyHattonchosetowearhis fatterandmoreroundthan . agreementwithHollandsPies, Whichis hourAliofRapESPNs , party on AndsoListonhadtosufferAli outclassed a beforethey talking it featureseditorofHeatmagazine, or requiring determination,fat T-shirt on Tuesday. everandKing.itsallthanksto adealstatesthatincludesif aclause entertaining an saying:ImgonnaputthethatfightuglyImbear toYou ring. better somelong-forgottendrivetimeDJ nottomentionin significantorpossiblyintheRickyFattonisthename Burger that that, hebeats wasyielded thefloorand get other investment cutting,emblazoned it of true Urango, winsalifetimesup- American-madeby documentary,lightly gonnabuild afteraprettyhome headontheAmericankindclip-shows.of andwayBobofMills.doingItsthings,justaI extensions,dependingonwhichwayaboveacrossa inoflargeour eliteTheathleteswords inoneBritainofthecould pies.heHatton myself differentin tomorrow for his IBF world light- One expert in this field is MackieRicky Hatton and thecapitals, picture intoa hardlybemore the with plyof Hollands in alsoinsisted butconvincinglyarguingthatAli andusehimasabearskinrug.And Here,onAliRapwasSylvester rare suppose. people fortheentire youchoosetogowithit.The out Atherotucking withtop-heavy that places Hatton was, hinting, firstrapartist he Stallone,filmedononeofthose Anyway, gravitysuchwithasthem.PoitierAnd paperwork hoursburger wearingjoyfullya childrens irony.And weigh-in advertisement Boxinga News. and technically,equallythe persuasively, hadintowhichendurethethehaplessgreat,bearextendedis days bringsome arecertainlyandnotmantobesneezedinvolvedat.versecardboard crown. tomorrowfor world AsKayes hiseyes: that still catch-up, punchedinto whenthehelengthwasntandfollowingbreadthof herewasthething: thesametime,thejobiscryingAndhereisBurgerKingTuesday hisboutIBF against Hesdeadsaid,proudrollingofthis. rapforis Alisplaying hisrange,his Yes,the orbitdidinnotrounddream/eight. 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If Ricky ate cleanstory. hehewason takenin Hattonisinfamous so balloon nearer13st.Inonewhen holiday junkfoodthatheconsumes year,whenhehadfourbouts,Tenerife; sentit phone he accumulatedKerry Kayes, hisby strengthto Thisbodyabuse to shedhavean tobebrain-dead13st.Youdhardly be more pertinent.of scores of world champions, includingfor 52 weeks of the year,coachandnutritionist,whose seemsaludicrous saythatitsOK,Grahamjobisalsooftoallmastermindthe waytobehave said. hehasalsoshedding theweighthe Butenjoysputting tryingtoforbidit. giventrieduppicture was a on.joke; avidlyintheaftermathofevery thousandsoftimes.A Ive ofSendingKayesthe coupleHatton is infamous for the junk food thatBernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr and Riddickit would take less toll onresponded he printinglikedmade.ititoffasa boutand,likewise,who boredto fightsago,Isaidtohim,stepsWhenT-shirtthatandbyHattonhadmore so tearswiththose chooseis to Imwalkingup formuch criticiseit.Hisresponse to ourfirstdaybackthosetraining,Imhe consumes so avidly in the aftermath ofBowe. Shilstone gives Hatton four morehis body. But it wouldThejokerunsbackinhis throwbacktheFattonjoke dreadingseeing so you to becauseDentongym,too.Onthewall and Kayesand youresofat. henexttothe trainer, thosewhosuchunderstandas the Whyareyou Andsurprised?Graham, said,IBilly officetheofsamehis picture damage himself, always Heused say,IllGraham,forcedhetoislaughdoingalong.to Butam.heevery bout and, likewise, bored to tearsyears at the top, until the age of 32 - andprobably destroy himhasbeenassembledintosmall are a Christmas, Hatton try. wayask.I He neverdid.NowIpostersize,withthewords Before dont justsays,Thatsannouncing: I am bigger, agreed new sponsorship the am.Healsoinsiststhatitwillnotwith those who choose to criticise it. Histhen hell be taken out.mentally.affect his performance,althoughsciencesaysother-wise.WhatHattonisdoingtohimself,Kayesageingsaid,isacceler-response is to throw back the FattonIn time, hell find it harder and harderWeve all seenating the age,your process.Whenyou metabo-lism slows and when youbinge-drink, eat badlyseverely,andjoke and those such as Kayes and Graham,to take off the weight, so hell train harderathletes who burnyo-yoinweighttoso slowingthat theofthecontributes rate.metabolicOneexpert thiswhofieldisMackie Shilstone,in haswho understand the damage he is doing toand take longer to recover, Shilstone said.themselves out mentallymastermindedthebulking-up SuitedtoaT:Hattonenjoyswearingtheshirtthatpokes is funathisweightproblems mentallyandslimming-downregimesofscores of world champions, The mitochondria are the ageing process, he an burnthemselvesoutincluding Bernard Hopkins, spark plugs in the muscle improving andyetlookattheextramoreathlete.weightsHeinhasthebeengymhimself, are forced to laugh along.He might still look a toned athlete, but- and yet look at the extraRoy Jones Jr and Riddick wheremuscle pro- lifting everandGrahamanda pressureRickyof isunder.doesIthinkducedandLeMondenergywasisunable than gettingout shape himBowe.Shilstoneyearsgivesat Hatton to energy. sparring who has goodmentally. offourmoreage 32 thetop, producesamethekindrequiredoffatigue, worked partnerhimbeforesay switchingoff.IfItsyouhistookwaythatuntilthe ofout. andthen The withBefore Christmas, Hatton agreed a newyoull see his punch stats go down.pressure Ricky is under. Ihellbetime, to finditharder Shilstone said, will he strike thatheisgettingfaster. body away,ifyousaidtoRickyyoutakenhell Hattonandifnothingstelling Andyet,whilethis Manchestertakeoff themuscletospark, isnt abuseseemsaludicrousway cantandwalkoutroundofshapelikeallandInhardersohelltrainharderthe goingtoperform. foranathletetobehave,italso 13st fansandyoucantbeweight, yoursponsorship agreement with Hollands Pies,Shilstone mentioned Greg LeMond, thethink getting out of shapeandtakelongerHetomightrecover,still notThelostgoodon newsisthatthisis shedslightonthechampionsthe downbellythenightclub bigShilstonesaid. theHattoncamp. psychology. Theres beer andsweatywitharmpits,alookatonedathlete,butyoull Hattonis28andthereisan mentalRickyHattonandthe youdmentallydestroyhim.AsGrahamsaid:Thisistheseehispunchstatsgodown. acceptancethathewillretire physicalateone,clean Kayessaid.If Hattonmaya deal that includes a clause that statescyclist, who was forced to retire becausedoes him good mentally.Shilstone mentioned Greg longbeforeis his32ndnewsbirthday.from Ricky it fortake52 it weeksof lesseroftwoolderevils.double-quick,begettingLeMond, totheretirecyclist,becausewhowas There alsogood theyear, wouldBut lesstoll butwhileheisstillgettingforced of the gym, where onhis body. wouldmitochondrial performancesshowthat,Hattons probablydestroyhimmentally. better, the Fatton T-shirtmuscularmyopathy,disorder.an ratherthat, if he beats Urango, he wins a lifetimeof mitochondrial myopathy, an inheritedIts his way of switchingFightingfit:Hattonsperformanceinthegymisimproving inherited than being slowed by the Weveallseenathleteswho remainsanacceptablejoke.Top Rank Gym, Las Vegas, 3.33pm, Tuesday 16th January 2007, Ricky not looking bad for a binge eaterpage 33'