News - Ricky Hatton

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 ...

Ricky Hatton will fight again on May 13, 2006, on HBO television in the United States but, beyond that the future of Britain's biggest boxing star is to be decided upon over the next two weeks. Manager/father Ray revealed that the Hitman will fight in New York, Atlantic City, Las Vegas or Los Angels in five months' time but says Team Hatton are currently in the final stages of negotiations for the Hitman's first major fight on American read more ...

Ricky Hatton will not fight again for six months after knocking out Carlos Maussa to add WBA light welterweight honours to his IBF belt on Saturday. The Briton dominated, but got cut above both eyes in separate clashes of heads and went to hospital for treatment. "One cut is quite bad and the other is not so bad," said trainer Billy Graham read more ...

WBA jr welterweight champion Carlos Maussa needed three trips to the scale to make weight for tomorrow's clash against IBF champ Ricky Hatton. Maussa first weighed in at 140.25, but shed the excess poundage within forty minutes. Hatton weighed in at 139.5 on his first attempt read more ...

It’s been a hard few months for IBF Jr welterweight king Ricky Hatton. After winning the belt from all-time great Kostya Tszyu, there was a split with promoter Frank Warren that turned sour. Warren threatened to have the upcoming unification fight with WBA champ Carlos Maussa cancelled, and there was a period of limbo for Ricky whilst he waited for things to be sorted out. With Warren’s threat of an injunction now taken back, Ricky is read more ...

Fortunately for American fight fans, the unification clash between IBF light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and WBA titleholder Carlos Maussa at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England on November 26th will be broadcast live in the United States on Pay Per View ($19.95) at 4:00pm ET. “I originally wanted this fight to be in the States for I could fight in front American fans,” said Hatton. “But since that read more ...

It was announced today that IBF jr welterweight champion Ricky Hatton will face WBA titlist Carlos Maussa in a unification bout on November 26 at the Sheffield Arena in Shefield, England. This will be Haton's first fight away from the umbrella of promoter Frank Warren's Sports Network. The fight will be promoted by Dennis Hobson. "I said after I beat Tszyu that my next fights would be unification matches," stated Hatton read more ...

World junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton plans on signing a new promotional contract with Sheffield, England promoter Dennis Hobson, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Frank Warren, the most powerful promoter in the United Kingdom and Hatton's longtime promoter, has already filed a lawsuit against Hatton, claiming there is still has time left on his deal with Hatton. Hatton's father Ray denied they breached any contract read more ...