http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3-2005550601,00.html (對拳擊不是很瞭解，如翻譯有誤請見諒） I laugh my c**k off By DAVE KIDD WHEN Ricky Hatton hears footballers whining about their heavy workloads, Britain's top boxer 'laughs his c**k off'. 每當Ricky聽到足球員抱怨他們的工作量有多重時，這位英國最頂尖的拳擊都會笑 到'老X掉下來'。 World light-welterweight champion Hatton, 27, is an avid Manchester City supporter. 世界輕量級冠軍Ricky Hatton，二十七歲，是個熱中的曼市支持者。 But after making huge sacrifices to get fit for his title fights, the Hitman has no time for footballers moaning about playing too many matches. Hatton gives up booze for weeks and sticks to strict diets as he pounds the pavements to make the weight for bouts. 但是為了他的頭銜挑戰賽，Ricky 必須做犧牲，他沒時間像足球員一樣那樣抱怨 比賽太多。為了比賽，Ricky放棄了喝酒，謹守嚴格的飲食菜單，為的就是確保他的 體重在該量級之內。 And he insists no professional footballer would have the discipline to become a world-class fighter. 且他認為這世上沒有足球員可以謹守這種為了成為世界冠軍拳手的紀律。 Hatton added the WBA belt to his IBF title when he beat Carlos Maussa on Saturday. Ricky在擊敗Carlos Maussa後，又添了一條WBA腰帶。 He needed 23 stitches and plastic surgery after the fight. 在那場之後，他必須逢二十三針，且需要動整型手術。 But Hatton thinks footballers are soft. He said: “There are times now when I shake my head in disbelief. Obviously, great players like Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham work incredibly hard. Ricky認為足球員太軟弱，他說："有時我對一些足球新聞感到不可思議，很明顯的， 偉大的球員像是席丹與貝克漢一定很努力" “But when a manager says he's resting one of his ordinary players because they are exhausted after appearing in two games in six days, I laugh my c**k off. "但是每當教練說，他必須讓一名常比賽的主力球員休息時，因為他們在六天之內打 兩場比賽後實在太累，我笑掉我的XX" “The sacrifice a boxer makes are incomparable, I know what it's like not to eat to make the weight. "一名拳手所做的犧牲是沒法比較的，我知道為了確保體重不能吃東西是什麼感覺" “I know what it's like to do road work every morning. And I know what every punch feels like during sparring. And that's before you step inside a ring, alone, in front of thousands of people. "我知道每天早上在馬路上練跑是什麼滋味，我知道每次在散打時被拳頭打到是什麼 感覺，而那一切都是在你步入幾千人的拳擊場之前所做的準備" “A lot of footballers come to my fights and tell me they couldn't do what I do for a living — and I know they couldn't.” "很多足球員來看我的比賽，都說他們做不到我為了謀生而做的事，我也知道他們做 不到。" Yet Hatton's love for City is obvious, right down to the sky blue shorts he wears in the ring. Ricky對曼市的熱情也表現在拳擊場上，他每次比賽都穿條天藍色的短褲。 City boss Stuart Pearce — one of the few football men who probably could have cut it as a boxer — was at ringside in Sheffield to cheer Hatton to a ninth-round knockout of Colombian Maussa at the weekend. 曼市教練Stuart Pearce，少數幾個俱有當拳擊手資質的足球員之一（XD，Pearce以前有 Psycho之稱），也去雪菲爾為Ricky對哥倫比亞拳手Maussa的比賽加油，那一場Ricky在 第九回合把對方KO。 Hatton's fans have also adopted the City anthem Blue Moon. Ricky的粉斯也用曼市的加油歌Blue Moon為Ricky歌頌。 Speaking to Arena magazine, he said: “No money in the world can compare to the emotion I feel when I hear my fans belting out Blue Moon in their Man City shirts as I make my way from the ring, victorious. 在對Arena雜誌訪問時，Ricky說："當聽到全場的身著曼市球衣的粉斯，用曼市的藍月 歌曲送我以冠軍身份離開拳擊場，這世上沒有任何金錢可以與我這份感動相比" “It sends a shiver down my spine just thinking about it. It fills me with pride in myself and in Manchester.” "每當我一想到就一股冷顫直達我的背脊，我的心中充滿驕傲，曼城也是。" Hatton celebrates his victories in the New Inn pub in Hyde, Greater Manchester, which used to be run by his parents Ray and Carol. Hatton在曼城的Hyde一間酒吧New Inn慶祝他的勝利，這間酒吧曾經為他雙親所經營。 And he insists he has stayed true to his roots far more than most big-name fighters. 不像其他的出名拳手，Ricky Hatton堅持說他會守住在曼城的根。 Hatton said: “I can't see Oscar De La Hoya celebrating a world title win over a few pints at a pub on a council estate, can you?” Hatton說："我沒辦法想像Oscar De La Hoya會在一個council estate的小酒吧，慶祝 他拿到世界冠軍。你可以想像嗎？" ======= Ricky是個蠻實在的人，good lad. 想知道他長怎樣的，可以上gettyimage用Ricky Hatton查。 但在此也替足球員說句話，足球員必須要perform week in week out,足球員的fight 跟拳擊手的fight還是有點不太一樣。不過，如果要足球員為了比賽禁酒禁食，可能 很困難。 --

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