News - Ricky Hatton

Two-time world lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo (55-7-1, 44 KOs) will travel from his home in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico to Los Angeles tomorrow to join promoters Bob Arum and Fernando Beltran on a flight to Manchester, England, where on Saturday Castillo and three-time champion Ricky Hatton (40-0, 30 KOs) will attend a press conference to officially announce their June 23 clash at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas read more ...

Wayne McCulloughWayne McCullough has advised his friend Ricky Hatton to change his lifestyle if he wants to prolong his boxing career. Hatton, 28, reclaimed the IBF light welterweight crown from Colombia's Juan Urango on Saturday but tired alarmingly over the last four rounds. Belfast's former world champion McCullough, whose Las Vegas gym Hatton used to prepare for the fight, told BBC Sport: "Nobody's saying he can't drink. "But it's up to him to say 'I'm getting older, maybe it's time to cut down'." read more ...

At Saturday's postfight press conference, promoters Bob Arum, Art Pelullo and Dennis Hobson announced that an agreement had been reached for Ricky Hatton to face Jose Luis Castillo some time in June at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Hatton said he looks forward to the fight and that "it will be an honor to share the ring with a fighter like Castillo who has been in so many great fights." He added "this ain’t going to be a read more ...

Unbeaten Ricky Hatton (42-0, 30 KOs) regained the IBF junior welterweight championship with a twelve round unanimous decision over defending champion Juan Urango (17-1, 13 KOs) Saturday night at Paris Las Vegas. Hatton was much quicker and outboxed Urango over the first four rounds. Urango has his best round in the fifth, landing some murderous body punches on "the Hitman." Hatton, however, was able to adjust and regained read more ...

IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango (17-0, 13 KOs) and former two-division champion Ricky Hatton (41-0, 30 KOs) both weighed in at 139 lbs. at Friday's official weigh-in for Saturday's big fight card at Paris Las Vegas. Also, former two-time champion Jose Luis Castillo (54-7-1, 47 KOs), who has notoriously had problems making in recent fights (at lightweight), weighed in at 139 lbs. for his WBC 140lb eliminator against read more ...

On Thursday at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, IBF Junior Lightweight champion, Juan Urango and challenger, Ricky Hatton faced the media for the final time before their hotly anticipated clash this coming Saturday. Both men appeared full of confidence and were all smiles as they sat with their respective camps before both fans and assembled media. Sat next to Hatton was younger brother, Matthew, who himself has a tough read more ...

Ricky Hatton is set to relinquish his WBA welterweight crown and drop back down to his favoured 140lbs. Hatton is expected to challenge IBF light welterweight champion Juan Urango of Colombia in Atlanta on 9 December. It will be the second time Hatton has fought for the title, having dethroned former champion Kostya Tszyu last year. read more ...

Ricky Hatton's camp hinted he could relinquish his WBA welterweight crown instead of a staging a low-profile fight in America on 9 December. A prospective fight against Arturo Gatti is not an option after his WBC title loss to Carlos Baldomir. read more ...

Moments ago Ricky Hatton's American promoter Artie Pelullo informed Boxingtalk.com that the WBA welterweight champion will likely return to HBO on December 9 to face mandatory challenger Oktay Urkal at an undisclosed location in the United States. Pelullo also informed Boxingtalk that Team Mayweather recently "reached out" to him to discuss a possible Mayweather-Hatton bout, but according to Pelullo, "I have said to Al Haymon that we read more ...

What asked about chances of Jose Luis Castillo facing Ricky Hatton if Castillo gets by Diego Corrales on June 3, promoter Bob Arum stated on Tuesday, "I think Hatton has been exposed pretty much as being a relatively ordinary fighter based on his last fight. I don't think he is going to be ready to fight anybody real soon as long as he can grab HBO money to fight second rate fighters." Hatton promoter Dennis Hobson hit back later in the read more ...