Ricky Hatton to hold news conference on Friday

[Kirkland Laing]

He's never going to fight anybody British first time out in case he loses. Definitely not Witter. There's zero chance of that fight happening. It'll be some foreign hasbeen who can make him look good.

[Fenster]

There's more chance of him fighting Wlad than Witter.

He kept mentioning getting world rated and the only "champ" he mentioned was Powederpuff. There are plenty of fighters in the WBA top 15, with pretty unbeaten records, that he could beat.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Maidana would be good.

Souleymane Mbaye is probably a possibility.

Im sensing a kell brook fight, 3 fights in if everything goes well. Would that be a bad idea??

[Fenster]

Maidana is much to dangerous - the last thing he wants is a comeback against some younger, stronger, granite crude fucker that walks straight through his punches then beats him into submission in the 7th round.

Fossils like M'baye, that are still ranked, is more like it, or Corley or N'dou or a whole host of unbeaten ranked fighters that are actually quite toilet.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Maidana is much to dangerous - the last thing he wants is a comeback against some younger, stronger, granite crude fucker that walks straight through his punches then beats him into submission in the 7th round.

Fossils like M'baye, that are still ranked, is more like it, or Corley or N'dou or a whole host of unbeaten ranked fighters that are actually quite toilet.

Do u need a hug fenster?

[Fenster]

Maidana is much to dangerous - the last thing he wants is a comeback against some younger, stronger, granite crude fucker that walks straight through his punches then beats him into submission in the 7th round.

Fossils like M'baye, that are still ranked, is more like it, or Corley or N'dou or a whole host of unbeaten ranked fighters that are actually quite toilet.

Do u need a hug fenster?

Not really... I may be up for a tug though if you're interested?

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Maidana is much to dangerous - the last thing he wants is a comeback against some younger, stronger, granite crude fucker that walks straight through his punches then beats him into submission in the 7th round.

Fossils like M'baye, that are still ranked, is more like it, or Corley or N'dou or a whole host of unbeaten ranked fighters that are actually quite toilet.

Do u need a hug fenster?

Not really... I may be up for a tug though if you're interested?

Im not that way inclined.

Flattering though.

[armyash]

Comeback Nov, Malignaggi next spring/summer (possibly squeezing in another rust shedder before then) if successful against the magic man then big money fight against Khan/Brook at the end of the year.

Khan is probably quicker than Brook but i'd give the edge in power to Brook and I think it's safe to say Brook has the better chin and can probably dig a bit deeper when the going gets tough. Going on that I would expect Hatton to aim for Khan.

Could be an exciting 12 months. I just hope Hatton doesn't pick Ndou as his November opponent. Yes he's old but he's going to be in good shape he was supposed to fight recently and I think a last minute offer to fight Hatton is the real reason he pulled out. He's tough as old boots and could wreck some plans.

[Fenster]

A fight with Khan/Brook (especially Khan) would be a stadium gig. They would piss-up 50,000+ tickets. You can't do stadiums in the winter.

[smashup]

A fight with Khan/Brook (especially Khan) would be a stadium gig. They would piss-up 50,000+ tickets. You can't do stadiums in the winter.

Wembley has a roof

Im pretty shocked at this news...Why a comeback

He has nothing to prove... Is he skint and wants a mega payday against Khan?

[Nameless]

A fight with Khan/Brook (especially Khan) would be a stadium gig. They would piss-up 50,000+ tickets. You can't do stadiums in the winter.

Wembley has a roof

Im pretty shocked at this news...Why a comeback

He has nothing to prove... Is he skint and wants a mega payday against Khan?

Apparently that his promotion company didn't go well after the tv deal got broken.... I guess that he doesn't have that much money, not enough to feel comfortable and wants to make sure that he's fine for an extra 10 years.

[Althugz]

He has come out today saying he is aiming for rematches with Mayweather and Pacquiao - Honestly, Ricky makes me cringe. I'm not surprised police were called..I imagine Ricky's dad finally had enough of enabling Ricky and gave him a cold, hard dose of truth - You don't have it anymore!

This was what I meant when I said Ricky claims to be humble but is actually arrogant because he believes this stuff. Don't get me wrong, you need belief but he's heading for disaster and playing with his health.

Furthermore, I really don't want him fed to Khan who is the only man more delusional than Ricky at the moment. If he beats Ricky we'll not hear the end of it about how wonderful he is for beating a way over the hill Hatton..

I will watch his comeback fight..I hope it is against a live body who has some fairly decent power. I want to see if he still has the speed, stamina and most importantly for Ricky's style, ability to take a punch. I'll be holding my breath during that one..

[ono]

He has come out today saying he is aiming for rematches with Mayweather and Pacquiao - Honestly, Ricky makes me cringe. I'm not surprised police were called..I imagine Ricky's dad finally had enough of enabling Ricky and gave him a cold, hard dose of truth - You don't have it anymore!

This was what I meant when I said Ricky claims to be humble but is actually arrogant because he believes this stuff. Don't get me wrong, you need belief but he's heading for disaster and playing with his health.

Furthermore, I really don't want him fed to Khan who is the only man more delusional than Ricky at the moment. If he beats Ricky we'll not hear the end of it about how wonderful he is for beating a way over the hill Hatton..

I will watch his comeback fight..I hope it is against a live body who has some fairly decent power. I want to see if he still has the speed, stamina and most importantly for Ricky's style, ability to take a punch. I'll be holding my breath during that one..

To be fair, he's trying to sell tickets. He's not going to come back and say "i'd like to be WBU Champion again" is he? Haha.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

I don't understand the paulie fight, the first wasn't exactly a classic and hatton pretty much dominated him! Why a rematch? Pointless fight really.

Here's what id like to see, a solid ring rust fight vs the likes of i.e mbaye then someone on the fringe or world level, and then if he looks somewhat like the fighter of old then maybe a maidana and a judah fight! It's probably looking like he'l comeback for about 2 years so i see about 4/5 fights for him (That's if he is still any good!) If he's even 75% of the fighter he was then it will be good enough to fight maidana and judah.

That's what id like anyway! But we are getting ahead of ourselves here.....as for kell brook and khan, Brook is a natural WW, Hatton and brook are at the opposite ends of there careers, Prime hatton beats brook (younger hatton went the distance and brook looked a bit shit last time out but im still not sure id favour ricky if they were to meet now! Ricky would have to stop khan IMO, he's still young and very fast, i can see hatton dogging him though!

[Gandalf]

He has come out today saying he is aiming for rematches with Mayweather and Pacquiao - Honestly, Ricky makes me cringe. I'm not surprised police were called..I imagine Ricky's dad finally had enough of enabling Ricky and gave him a cold, hard dose of truth - You don't have it anymore!

This was what I meant when I said Ricky claims to be humble but is actually arrogant because he believes this stuff. Don't get me wrong, you need belief but he's heading for disaster and playing with his health.

Furthermore, I really don't want him fed to Khan who is the only man more delusional than Ricky at the moment. If he beats Ricky we'll not hear the end of it about how wonderful he is for beating a way over the hill Hatton..

I will watch his comeback fight..I hope it is against a live body who has some fairly decent power. I want to see if he still has the speed, stamina and most importantly for Ricky's style, ability to take a punch. I'll be holding my breath during that one..

I see what you are saying. I was watching at times myself and thinking that he was revising history somewhat and that even suggesting possible future names like Khan is a bit off as he has no idea where he really is.

The arrest of Hatton's Dad suggests something is really odd behind the scenes too. It just all seems a bit off. None of us knows the real deal with Ricky Hatton and unfortunately whatever it is is going to unravel in the ring. Either he is truly motivated or he is deluding himself, I guess we are all going to find out.

There is no turning back now unlike last time. He is going to have to go through with this and really I am not sure I buy the reasons. He wants to make everyone proud of him? We already were. The man is 34 next month.