sorry greig, looks like the waiting game it is mate. for a few days at least anyway,

John Rawling
Monday February 5, 2007
The Guardian


Ricky Hatton looks set to relinquish the IBF title he won last month against Juan Urango in order to next face the Mexican Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas, instead of the South Africa-born Lovemore N'Dou, who became mandatory challenger yesterday by winning an IBF final eliminator in Sydney when his opponent, Naoufel Ben Rabah, retired in the 12th round.
Hatton-Castillo had already been put in the schedules of the American television network HBO in June, but the IBF has made it clear it will strip Hatton of his belt if he chooses not to first face N'Dou because federation rules do not allow him to make a voluntary defence at this stage. It seems unlikely HBO would be prepared to delay a Castillo contest until November.
Hatton's British promoter Dennis Hobson said last night that the Castillo fight was what Hatton wanted. "We hope to have this resolved in the next few days," he said. "We will be speaking to N'Dou's people this week to discuss exactly what our options are. I would personally rather do the Castillo fight."