News - Ricky Hatton

Former WBA welterweight champion Yuri Nuzhnenko (30-1-1, 14 KOs) continues his preparations for upcoming meeting with the EBU 147lbs champion and WBA #15 Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KOs) of Manchester on July 16 at Bolton Arena in Bolton, England. Despite his business Nuzhnenko, 34, took some time to speak with both Boxnews.com.ua and BoxingScene.com about his future challenge read more ...

Vadim Bukhkalov, the head of K2 East Promotions, commented on the recent status and upcoming future of several most notable fighters from his team in his interview for the Boxnews web portal. About WBA #5 and WBO #10 middleweight Avtandil Khurtsidze (21-1-2, 12 KOs read more ...

EBU (European) welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KOs) will fight against former WBA welterweight champion Yuri Nuzhnenko (30-1-1, 14 KOs). In an interview on the Internet-TV RingSide Show, Nuzhnenko’s promoter Vadim Bukhkalov stated “The Matthew Hatton-Yuri Nuzhnenko fight will take place in September in England read more ...

Undefeated welterweight prospect Saul Alvarez (31-0, 23KOs) of Mexico is going to fight Jose Miguel Cotto (31-1-1, 23KOs), the older brother of two-division champion Miguel Cotto, on the pay-per-view undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...

Welterweight Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KOs) claimed the vacant European 147lb title with a twelve round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Gianluca Branco (43-3-1, 22 KOs) on Friday night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England read more ...

According to local sources, WBO #11 ranked Sherzod Husanov (14-0-1, 7 KOs) may be next-in-line to collide with Ukrainian WBO light middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KOs). The proposed fight would take place on May 14 at Chumash Resort & Casino in Santa Ynez, California. read more ...

Hot welterweight prospect Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (31-0-1, 23 KOs) knocked out Brian Camechis (19-3, 8 KOs) of Ohio in three rounds at the Palenque de la Feria, Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico. After working him over in round one, Alvarez got him in serious trouble in the second round by dropping him twice. Alvarez then landed a massive lead left hook to drop Camachis in the third for the win read more ...

Undefeated welterweight prospect Saul Alvarez (30-0-1, 22KOs) may fight none other than Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14KOs) on the pay-per-view undercard to Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions vice president Eric Gomez said Hatton was a very strong possibility but there were others in the running if Hatton turned the fight down read more ...

Frank Warren, the former promoter of Ricky Hatton, has once again urged the Manchester star to forget about a comeback and focus on retirement. Two weeks ago Hatton announced a comeback in the middle of the year. Hatton plans to start training in February. Warren says Hatton is so overweight that he might seriously hurt himself by trying to work off so many pounds read more ...

It’s official. Ricky Hatton is coming back to boxing – as a fighter. After months of speculation, Hatton officially announced his return on Wednesday. He plans to start training in February for a tentative return in the next few months. No opponent has been set - but Hatton mentioned IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango as a possibility. Hatton won a twelve round decision over Urango in January 2007 read more ...