News - Ricky Hatton

- Is there any added pressure coming into this fight with this fight being an enormous fight? LC: No I am not under pressure. I think if anything Ricky will be under pressure with this being his first fight in America and with him trying to win the fans in America. I am going to be cooler than the other side of the pillow on May 13th read more ...

It's finally official. IBF/WBA jr. welterweight world champion Ricky “Hitman” Hatton, 40-0 with 30 knockouts, of Manchester, England, will move up in weight and challenge WBA welterweight world champion Luis Collazo, 26-1 with 12 knockouts, of Brooklyn, New York. The world championship fight card was announced Monday at a press conference in Boston. The event will take place on May 13 at the TD Banknorth Garden read more ...

Ricky Hatton announced yesterday that he will give up the IBF jr welterweight title rather than make his mandatory defense against Naoufel Ben Rabah. "The Hitman" will keep his WBA title as he moves up to 147 lbs to challenge for the WBA 147lb crown. Rabah will now likely face the next highest available contender. With #2 vacant and #3 Junior Witter likely to fight for the WBC title, #4 Juan Urango and #5 Lovemore N'Dou would be the read more ...

The fight between Ricky Hatton and Luis Collazo is signed, sealed and delivered. "Although we are not content with the offer Banner Promotions gave us, we are taking the fight anyway," Collazo's manager/trainer Nirmal Lorick told Fightnews.com. Lorick has just arrived back in The Big Apple from Deerfield Beach, Florida, where the deal was finalized at Don King Productions headquarters on Saturday. "We will take less to get more on the read more ...

On September 19, 2005, Naoufel Ben Rabah defeated Arturo Morua to become the #1 mandatory challenger for Ricky Hatton's International Boxing Federation (IBF) title. In accordance with the IBF rules, Hatton would be obligated to defend against Rabah either before or on March 5, 2006. Due to Hatton's pending court case pertaining to the WBA title, the IBF decided to hold off notifications. However, with the case still pending and Team Hatton read more ...

With the news that Juan Lazcano has broken a finger and is unavailable to fight Ricky Hatton on May 13 on HBO in the USA, the “Black Panther” Lovemore Ndou has his hand up and is ready to take the fight. “I think there is a greater power working to make this fight,” said Ndou. “Ricky Hatton vs. Lovemore Ndou must happen. HBO and the fans will not be disappointed when this fight goes down. Ricky and I are the two fittest fighters in the super read more ...

Promoters Robert Waterman and Dennis Hobson of Fight Academy Promotions and Arthur Pelullo of Banner Promotions failed to announce Ricky Hatton's next opponent at this morning's press conference because a television outlet has still not been determined. They did, however, reveal that the date, time, and opponent for his next fight will be based on television consideration. That announcement should be made within the next read more ...

According to reports in the media IBF/WBA light-welterweight king Ricky Hatton is to step up a division and challenge WBC welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut on May 13. There are also rumours that the undefeated 27 year-old could face either IBF mandatory Naoufel Ben Rabah or big punching Brazilian Acelino Freitas read more ...

IBF/WBA light welterweight Ricky Hatton has announced his shortlist of potential foes. The Hitman named Arturo Gatti, Acelino Freitas, Diego Corrales or Jose Luis Castillo as his next opponent and confirmed that the fight will likely take place in Las Vegas or New York City in May. "I don't know who it will be yet, it is genuinely still being negotiated but I expect to know by the weekend," Hatton told BBC Radio Five Live. He also stated read more ...

Britain's IBF and WBA light world welterweight champion Ricky Hatton is ready to ditch his warm-up plans and jump straight into a career-defining fight against American superstar Floyd Mayweather. The Hitman was expected to take a couple of easier fights in America in 2006 before taking on Mayweather in a junior-welterweight unification bout at the end of the year read more ...