http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3-2005550601,00.html (对拳击不是很了解，如翻译有误请见谅） 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'. 每当Ricky听到足球员抱怨他们的工作量有多重时，这位英国最顶尖的拳击都会笑 到'老X掉下来'。 World light-welterweight champion Hatton, 27, is an avid Manchester City supporter. 世界轻量级冠军Ricky Hatton，二十七岁，是个热中的曼市支持者。 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. 但是为了他的头衔挑战赛，Ricky 必须做牺牲，他没时间像足球员一样那样抱怨 比赛太多。为了比赛，Ricky放弃了喝酒，谨守严格的饮食菜单，为的就是确保他的 体重在该量级之内。 And he insists no professional footballer would have the discipline to become a world-class fighter. 且他认为这世上没有足球员可以谨守这种为了成为世界冠军拳手的纪律。 Hatton added the WBA belt to his IBF title when he beat Carlos Maussa on Saturday. Ricky在击败Carlos Maussa後，又添了一条WBA腰带。 He needed 23 stitches and plastic surgery after the fight. 在那场之後，他必须逢二十三针，且需要动整型手术。 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认为足球员太软弱，他说："有时我对一些足球新闻感到不可思议，很明显的， 伟大的球员像是席丹与贝克汉一定很努力" “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. "但是每当教练说，他必须让一名常比赛的主力球员休息时，因为他们在六天之内打 两场比赛後实在太累，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. "一名拳手所做的牺牲是没法比较的，我知道为了确保体重不能吃东西是什麽感觉" “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. "我知道每天早上在马路上练跑是什麽滋味，我知道每次在散打时被拳头打到是什麽 感觉，而那一切都是在你步入几千人的拳击场之前所做的准备" “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.” "很多足球员来看我的比赛，都说他们做不到我为了谋生而做的事，我也知道他们做 不到。" Yet Hatton's love for City is obvious, right down to the sky blue shorts he wears in the ring. Ricky对曼市的热情也表现在拳击场上，他每次比赛都穿条天蓝色的短裤。 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. 曼市教练Stuart Pearce，少数几个俱有当拳击手资质的足球员之一（XD，Pearce以前有 Psycho之称），也去雪菲尔为Ricky对哥伦比亚拳手Maussa的比赛加油，那一场Ricky在 第九回合把对方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为Ricky歌颂。 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. 在对Arena杂志访问时，Ricky说："当听到全场的身着曼市球衣的粉斯，用曼市的蓝月 歌曲送我以冠军身份离开拳击场，这世上没有任何金钱可以与我这份感动相比" “It sends a shiver down my spine just thinking about it. It fills me with pride in myself and in Manchester.” "每当我一想到就一股冷颤直达我的背脊，我的心中充满骄傲，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一间酒吧New Inn庆祝他的胜利，这间酒吧曾经为他双亲所经营。 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坚持说他会守住在曼城的根。 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说："我没办法想像Oscar De La Hoya会在一个council estate的小酒吧，庆祝 他拿到世界冠军。你可以想像吗？" ======= Ricky是个蛮实在的人，good lad. 想知道他长怎样的，可以上gettyimage用Ricky Hatton查。 但在此也替足球员说句话，足球员必须要perform week in week out,足球员的fight 跟拳击手的fight还是有点不太一样。不过，如果要足球员为了比赛禁酒禁食，可能 很困难。 --

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