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.

[armyash]

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.

oh yes. Hatton can ease himself back with a couple of confidence builders to gauge his fitness and shake off some rust then go for malignaggi in the summer then Khan at the back end of 2013.

That would be 'fucking massive'.

[Master]

Hatton is doing it more for his promotional stable than his own come back. Has he found a TV company yet? I hope he comes back to ITV for this boxing comeback.

[Mattyhitman]

Hatton is doing it more for his promotional stable than his own come back. Has he found a TV company yet? I hope he comes back to ITV for this boxing comeback.

This is part of the comeback isnt it ? to help gain more exposue of his stable and get them back on TV.

He was in Cardiff yesterday in front of the board to re-apply for his licence, apparently all looks good to get that back.

[Gandalf]

It has to be about himself otherwise it is just a business move and I cannot respect that. I want Hatton to comeback properly, I don't a business move to get his fighters more exposure. I don't care about that.

[Gandalf]

You have to mean it and mean it completely, to do anything otherwise is a sham. If Hatton isn't aiming for the stars, then I don't care.

[Saddo]

got to be Hatton - Khan.

I still think Witter hatton would sell in the UK although it is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to late I think they could sell it.

looking at hatton on Sky news today i think it might be against Haye

[Mattyhitman]

You have to mean it and mean it completely, to do anything otherwise is a sham. If Hatton isn't aiming for the stars, then I don't care.

I hear what ya saying but when a panda gets scared, its white patches turn black and visa versa