Welcome back ricky....

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Look when i say lets not be synical im saying it with a sense of perspective also...no one is seriously suggesting he will become unified LWW champ again (not even ricky think's that i can asure you!) Nor do we expect him to steam roll over numerous world class opponents like he used to do, He never meant for the pacman fight to be his last, he deserves to finish on a high and fight a couple of farewell, fights for himself and his fans! Why would no one support such honourable intentions and hatton fights are HUGEEEEE, every fighter and boxing fan alike will scramble for tickets!! Wladimir klitschko is a massive hatton fan believe it or not! It will be good for some of the younger british fighters too to experience the hatton show!

Hatton was special, he just was, froch and hatton are cut from the same cloth yet carl never captured the public imagination like hatton for some reason! Calzaghe only ever courted the mass attention following lacy, most ppl followed hatton right from the get go, a lot of boxing fans grew up watching him and it is nice to know the show isn't over quite yet. Fighters like hatton come along once a generation, there's no one on coming through like him so we should appreciate him a little more, the sport is a far duller place without him!

Most fighters have problems dealing with life after the ring, i can list a dozen fighters straight off the top of my head that spiralled into vice following there careers, until u experience such highs and then come crashing down you should not judge! He should be commended for turning a shitty time into a positive, and believe me i hate most sportsmen, they are overpaid pre madonnas, on any other occasion i would be on here saying 'poor, over paid, pampered milionaire bla bla bla...' but hatton is a genuine guy and i think he deserves better.

And for the guy whining about he will fight some old LW or some nobody, i doubt it personally, its pointless coming back, they will be a couple of decent oponents, maybe not a cotto but someone worthy, and if he performs well who knows.....

Thats if he does come back, it's still not definite!!