Ricky Hatton to hold news conference on Friday

[Beanz]

Could be an interesting week

http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sp...=feeds-newsxml

BBC Sport - Ricky Hatton expected to announce boxing comeback

[armyash]

Any ideas on opponents?

Theopane, Daws?

or a complete unknown confidence builder? Seeing as he is going to sell out the arena anyway he isn't going to take on anyone too risky.

I have no idea just throwing a couple of names out there.

[ross]

It will be a complete no hoper.

Iv read somewhere that he is needing to do this to get a tv channel on board to show his fighters.

Lets be honest, people will still watch him whoever he fights, remember his WBU days?

[Tam Seddon]

Boxingscene is saying Lovemore N'Dou is a possibility.

[ross]

Boxingscene is saying Lovemore N'Dou is a possibility.

Seen that, I dont think it will be. Ndou is far too strong for a comeback opponent for someone whos been out for over 3 years and whos last fight got splattered.

Ndou is tough and durable and has only just done 12 rounds so is in good shape.

[armyash]

Alex Arthur?

[Kirkland Laing]

They won't announce his opponent straight away, just announcing the comeback gets him headlines everywhere, naming the opponent later gets more headlines and starts the ticket selling process. It's not going to be anybody British in case they beat him. It's going to be some ancient fucker who was world champ or world level at 135 or 140 a decade ago, so he's got some kind of name they can sell, clips of him fighting in Vegas are available for Sky or whoever to show him when he was actually world level. N'Dou is probably too old for the BBBC to sanction, or at least they used to have a rule saying foreign over 40s couldn't fight here unless it was for a world belt. Maybe the WBU will come to the rescue for auld lang syne.

[Fenster]

His opponent is basically irrelevant, he'll probably sell the M.E.N out without naming anyone.

Hatton-Khan is gonna be beyond fucking massive though, down the line.