Hatton Promotions prospects Ryan Burnett and Zhanat Zhakiyanov proved why they are earning names for themselves in the bantamweight division on Friday night. The Ricky Hatton-trained punchers scored impressive stoppages over their respective foes on a show promoted in association with Jane Wilton at the Holiday Inn in Belfast.

Ricky Hatton is confident his charges, Ryan Burnett and Zhanat Zhakiyanov, will cause quite a stir when they appear in Belfast this evening.

I was bitterly disappointed recently to see Scott Quigg leave Hatton Promotions to move across to the Matchroom stable. Scott was one of my first signings and a young man I brought up from the boxing dinner show circuit to world title level.

Ricky Hatton is delighted to have found a new home for his Hatton Promotions stable. ‘The Hitman’ has agreed a co-promotional deal with Frank Warren which will see the company’s stars, including the likes of Martin Murray, Gary Buckland and Sergey Rabchenko, box exclusively on the specialist network BoxNation (Sky …

Martin Murray says he’s more than happy to move up a weight division and face fellow Brit Carl Froch. The St. Helens puncher is a career middleweight and has no problems scaling 160lbs, but he feels a clash with Froch is the kind of opportunity every boxer dreams of.

Sergey Rabchenko believes he’s got the continent’s best light-middleweights on the run. The unbeaten Belarusian boxer, who has won 17 of his 23 fights by KO, was due to defend his European and WBC silver crowns against Emanuele Della Rosa.

Ryan Burnett says he’s going to follow the blueprint set by fellow Belfast-native Carl Frampton, in his attempts to get to the top. The pair trained together under the legendary Gerry Storey at the Holy Family Golden Gloves Boxing Club as amateurs and have remained firm friends.

Zhanat Zhaklyanov says he’ll be showing off some new skills when he returns to action at the Holiday Inn in Belfast, on June 28. The Kazakhstani puncher began working under the stewardship of trainer Ricky Hatton just a month ago, but he believes his ability has moved to a new …

Adam Little isn’t letting a niggling injury distract him from his goal of winning his first professional title before the end of the year. The Ricky Hatton-trained welterweight prospect was due to box in Blackpool this evening but decided to pull out so that he can spend some more time …

Martin Murray is targeting a big fight in the United States before the end of the year. The St Helens middleweight proved he belongs on boxing’s biggest stage when he dropped Sergio Martinez before pushing him to an extremely tight and controversial decision in April.

Anthony Crolla is hoping that a win over Gavin Rees will earn a chance for against the WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns. Crolla knows he cannot overlook the danger Rees will bring when they fight on the Matchroom Sport’s June 29 show at the Bolton Arena.

Hatton Promotions international matchmaker Philippe Fondu thinks Sergey Rabchenko’s European light-middleweight title defense versus Emanuele Della Rosa will offer the ideal springboard to a world title chance. Sergey Rabchenko is rated as the number 1 challenger Saul Alvarez’s WBC title, whilst Italy’s Emanuele Della Rosa occupies the same sanctioning body’s …