Rickey Hatton talk to his brother Matthew

Ricky Hatton tried to talk to his brother Matthew out of his fight life.

European welterweight champion Matthew takes place on Saul Alvarez for the vacant WBC light-middleweight title in California.

But former two-weight world champion the Hitman before he avoid WBC belt was placed on the line.

Hatton said: “Matthew was desperate to take the fight. He asked me my opinion and I said, ‘Matthew you don’t have to take this fight.

“You’re the European champion, you’re climbing up there in the world rankings, bit by bit you’re getting there. You’re improving massively. You don’t have to take this fight.’

“His attitude was: ‘No I’ll beat him.’

“I said, ‘Fair enough.’ I was the same in my career, Amir Khan’s doing the same in his career now. Matthew wanted to take it.”

When Alvarez, 20, he has amassed a daunting 36-fight unbeaten record.

The Mexican is start to follow to the Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr in the net fight.

But Hatton said his brother's biggest upsets seen this game could be one reason.

He said, “I’m very proud of him and it’s not a foregone conclusion.

“When I fought Kostya Tszyu no one gave me a cat in hell’s chance and I completely turned it around.

“Don’t forget, Matthew is really improving now. He’s coming on in leaps and bounds.

“He’s got a wealth of fights behind him now. And he’s got a wealth of experience of when he used to fight on my undercards going to America and preparing so that will stand him in good stead.

“It’s something he wanted to do. We’re right behind him and he’s got a good chance.

“We always knew Matthew had it in him to get to this level. A lot of the time he underperformed, but he’s changed trainers.

“He’s got a full-on trainer now in Bob Shannon. Unfortunately, he was second string to me when he was with Billy Graham.

“Billy had to put the majority of time and effort into me so unfortunately Matthew suffered because of that.

“Now he’s got a full-on trainer he’s improving like crazy. When you think he lost a couple of six-rounders and was disqualified once earlier in his career, you’d have thought he’d have no chance of getting to the level he’s got to.”

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Ricky Hatton Televise Canelo's Next Fight

Mexico's Saul "Canelo" will comeback in March, may be Vyacheslav Senchenko or Matthew Hatton are still perform, the younger brother of British superstar Ricky Hatton is going to televise Canelo's next fight.

Schaefer is hoping to finalize the details in the next seven to ten days. He said, "What's next for him is it looks like he's going to be fighting in early March, and I've been actually working with HBO on the date and coordinating the site. We would like him to fight in Los Angeles. And, you know, we would like to see if he could fight for the world title against the WBA champion. Another name that has been mentioned is Matthew Hatton as well. So we are going to see what we can put together. I would hope that within the next week or 10 days, that we have all of that firmed up. But he's definitely going to be back in early March."

Ricky Hatton: Cancels tour dates

Ricky Hatton cancelled three dates tour by promoters of his An Evening with Ricky Hatton tour, and reasons are unclear it is understood the 31 year old is still no closer to deciding whether he will make a return to boxing. `Hatton, a former two weight world champion, has not fought since being knocked out in two rounds by Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May 2009 but he is out of the country on holiday and when he returns plans to continue his varied work outside of the ring.

At the Comedy Store Hatton will include appearing Store in Manchester in October to perform stand up and continuing his long term commitment to Hatton Promotions, his fight promotion arm.

In July Hatton renewed his boxing licence, provoking speculation that he would end his hiatus. If he were to do so, a potential super fight against Amir Khan, the WBA light welterweight champion has been mooted an encounter that could prove the most lucrative in British fight history.

Khan like to fight Hatton last Saturday. The Bolton boxer said: "I'm not sure if Ricky has retired but a fight would be huge."

Before the tour dates were cancelled Hatton had been due to seem with Frank Bruno, the former world heavyweight champion, in Preston, Sheffield and Wolverhampton next month.

Ricky Hatton: Would Hatton have beaten Tszyu on neutral ground?

By Scott Gilfoid: The June 2005 I currently watched bout between Ricky Hatton and then IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu, and I came away from the fight firmly believing that Tszyu would have beaten Hatton had this fight taken place on neutral territory rather than at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Hatton was 26 at the time, and in the prime of his career, well before his one sided losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

In Manchester fighting at home, Hatton was able to hold and wrestle for prolonged periods of time against Tszyu without the referee breaking the action, giving warnings to Hatton or taking off points. Whenever there was any separation between the two fighters, Tszyu would clock Hatton with straight right hands and left hooks to the head. It was painfully obvious that Tszyu had the much better punching and boxing skills on that night, even though he was 35 years old at the time and past his best years of his career.
However, Tszyu wasn’t a wrestler and didn’t know how to pry Hatton off his body to keep him from hitting and holding, and dealing with his rough house tactics. I personally thought Hatton should have been penalized and disqualified by the 6th round for the constant holding, wrestling and holding hitting. By the 10th, I would have disqualified Hatton multiple times for all the fouls, yet he was still able to continue to wrestle like a champion.
I’ve seen this fight many times and I still can’t fathom how Hatton was able to get away with all the holding and wrestling without being disqualified. It’s actually too bad that this fight didn’t take place on neutral ground because I think Tszyu would have easily beaten Hatton on that night. Actually, it likely would have been too easy because Hatton would have likely been disqualified early in the fight for his holding and grappling had the fight taken place in another country which enforces rules against holding and wrestling in fights.
I would have loved to have seen Hatton fight Tszyu in a rematch in Australia or Russia. That would have been nice. The referee would have liked kept Hatton on the outside or at least prevented him from holding. At that point, the fight would come down to whoever the best puncher was between the two. I think Tszyu would have carved Hatton up. But can you imagine what that 35 year old version of Tszyu would have done to the now 31 year old Hatton? I’d put my money on Tszyu for an early knockout win, even if Hatton was able to wrestle and hold nonstop.

'I should've demanded tests', Ricky Hatton also doubts Pacquiao

A year after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton British pug still swinging.
The National other day in an article that came out, Hatton said his biggest mistake against Pacquiao was not his lousy defense but his failure to demand blood testing.
“I could have had those rules, but I wasn’t bothered. Maybe in hindsight, I should have done,” said Hatton, who went down against Pacquiao like he was never to get up again.
But he did, after laying on the canvas for quite some time, and a year and a month after that night in Las Vegas he’s raising some doubts against the reigning pound for pound champion.
“I must admit, I fancied my chances against Manny,” he told The National.
And it’s only now that he’s claiming that Pacquiao, who had gone undefeated for over five years now, and had jumped five divisions higher, could be into some performance enhancing drugs.
“A few years ago he was getting knocked down by little men like [Juan Manuel] Marquez, then all of a sudden he is knocking out Oscar de la Hoya, myself and [Miguel] Cotto, who are powerhouses in comparison.
Ricky Hatton said,“It is a little bit . He could be on what Floyd (Mayweather) is accusing him of [performance-enhancing substances], or it could be that he is just a great fighter who has improved. We will never know”.
The Mayweathers have aired similar thoughts and was hurled by Pacquiao to court.
Hatton also said that if and when the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight pushed through, the undefeated American, the first one to deal Hatton a loss in the ring, should have the upperhand.
“I think Floyd is too good defensively. He is so hard to hit, and I think he might ultimately just have a few too many tricks up his sleeves for Manny,” said Hatton, who left some nice words for Pacquiao.
“I would like to think Manny would win, because I have a lot of time for him. He is a great man and a great person. I think they are both greats, no matter what they do now. Whoever won a fight between the two of them would become an all time great,” he added.
Hatton said he thinks that the fight everybody wants to see can be done.
“Floyd is of the opinion he may possibly be taking something illegal, and that is why he is asking for certain tests to be done. It is a grey area for people, and they are puzzled as to what is going on. They just want to see the fight.
“Manny will say Floyd is running scared of him, asking him to do certain tests, Floyd will say he is guilty. But I think it will happen eventually,” Hatton was quoted as saying.

Ricky Hatton likely to make comeback at Manchester's MEN Arena

Ricky Hatton's comeback looks set to take place in his old stomping ground of Manchester's MEN Arena.

Hatton was hoping to make an emotional return to his beloved Eastlands where he packed in a post-war British record crowd of 55,000 to see him outpoint Juan Lazcano in May 2008.
But he has run into problems trying to secure the stadium for his proposed fight date in the last week of May-first week of June.

Old Trafford is an obvious non-starter and Lancashire's cricketing home across the road is also not viable.

That leaves the MEN as the Hitman's only real option in Manchester and he hasn't fought there since he famously vanquished Kostya Tszyu in May 2005 in the highlight of his career.
Hatton used to pack out the 22,000-capacity MEN regularly when he was the WBU light-welterweight champion before his split with Frank Warren

Ricky Hatton hints at a return to the ring

FORMER world light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton has hinted that he could comeback to the ring next year.
Future of Hatton's has been unclear since the English fighter lost badly to Manny Pacquiao in May. That defeat was Hatton's second in the space of two years after he lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr and it was widely predicted that he would not fight again.
But Hatton, who has 45 wins from 47 career fights, currently made a guest appearance on the WWE Raw wrestling show and admitted the experience rekindled his desire to get back in the ring.
"It was brilliant and I must admit, when I got into the ring and heard the crowd roar, I started thinking to myself 'I've missed this','' Hatton told Sky Sports News. "Who knows? Next year after Christmas and New Year, and after the holiday I've got booked for January, I might have a serious think about what I'm doing.
"Seeing (his brother) Matthew and all the lads I'm promoting be successful has given me that itch back. Hearing that roar and seeing my fighters succeed, I might give it another go.''

Promoting Kevin Hammond to Ricky Hatton keen

Former world champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton could be set to take a opportunity on Kevin Hammond, having moved into the world of promoting following his defeat to Manny Pacquiao in May.
The 30 year old has held talks with Hammond's manager, Carl Greaves, about promoting the International Masters light middleweight champion and has already arranged for the 28 year old to spar with his brother, Matthew, ahead of the Mancunian's IBO welterweight title challenge against Lovemore N'Dou in November.
Hammond is recently tied to a five fight deal with top international promoter Frank Maloney but that deal is in doubt following Hammond's shock frustration to Jonny Musgrave, in Lincoln, in May.
"I spoke to Ricky Hatton (pictured) last week about Kevin and I am going to take Kevin along in a couple of weeks to spar with with Matthew and Ricky will take a look at him," said Greaves.
"I have got to sit down with Frank Maloney and he might be happy to release Kevin from his contract.
"The contract was signed when Kevin was with Mike Shinfield and I have not read it yet but I know the deal is assignable after a defeat.
"I think Frank was likely thinking Kev would be levels above and was actually surprised when he lost to Musgrave.
"He has got a lot of fighters on his books and we have yet to hear anything from him."

Lament tragic death of Darren Sutherland to Ricky Hatton and David Haye

Ricky Hatton and David Haye may be challenger promoters of their own arrangements, yet the pair of pugilists were on Wednesday united in their plaint for fellow boxer Darren Sutherland, who was found hanged in his south London flat on Monday.

There is nary a soul in the boxing sodality not shocked by the week’s events.
“I was sickened by Darren’s death, it still doesn’t seem real. I have known him a while, through his Olympic campaign, we had kept in contact and he had the world at his feet,” said Haye.

Hatton added: “It’s prefectly tragic. I was following Darren’s career with great interest. All of the Olympic boys have looked sensational but he had a little bit of class, he was very exciting and stood out.”
After boxing’s summer of discontent, with several major fights cancelled and a series of deaths involving boxers, the new British season has begun with a controversial refereeing decision, more postponed bouts, the suicide of Sutherland and a heart attack and surgery on Wednesday for promoter Frank Maloney.
Maloney, who suffered the heart attack after he discovered the body of Sutherland on Monday, insisted he will be back at work next week. “Boxing is my life. I have had plenty of highs in the sport and plenty of lows. But nothing will ever compare to the shock and sorrow of finding Darren in his flat on Monday night.”
Returning to matters inside the ring, Hatton tipped Haye to unseat 7ft Russian Nikolai Valuev from his World Boxing Association heavyweight title throne on Nov 7.
As Haye began six weeks of hard readying, Hatton said: “This is the perfect fight for Haye in the heavyweight division. The difference in this fight will be David’s velocity. Valuev is so, so slow compared to David.
“If David boxes a cagey fight and keeps his chin down it will be very hard for Valuev to nail him.
“David has the opportunity to do to Valuev what nobody else has done and then he can sit down and negotiate with the Klitschkos.”
Haye said: “The fights against Vitali and Wladimir (Klitschko) will happen, but in a merger contest. I can go to the table as a world champion. I believe I will stop Valuev or knock him out.”
Hatton said he had no plans to fight again after his last bout, against Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May, ended in frustration.
“This is the hardest game in the world. I’ve been doing it for a number of years and my last defeat was heartbreaking.
“In order to do the training, the sparring, the dieting, the roadwork, everything that goes with it, you’ve got to actually need it. At the moment, I don’t have that.”

Cotto tough to beat, Pac Man

Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach are expecting a tough fight for the WBO welterweight title against Miguel Cotto on November 14.
Pacquiao will enter the ring as favourite contempt being the naturally smaller man, although that hasn't stopped him beating Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton in his last two fights.
However, the man currently rated the best pound-for-pounder in the world is taking nothing for granted against Cotto, who suffered the only licking of his career against Antonio Margarito last year.
"This will be my toughest test as a professional boxer," he said. "I know he is an brilliant, smart fighter and a great world champion.
"We also know that he is excellent in body punching and that he's strong so we have to study that, how to counter it and fight that in the ring.
"We also want to use our own advantage over Cotto. Everybody knows that I am faster than Cotto so how can I use that speed in the fight? I will do my best in this fight to capture my seventh title belt."
Roach, who correctly predicted Ricky Hatton would go down inside three rounds last time, expects this one to go the distance.
"It's going to be a much more tactical fight than people think because he (Cotto) is a very smart fighter," Roach said.
"It's who can apply their game plan and use it to the fullest advantage.
"I think this is going to be a 12 round fight, no knockout. This guy (Cotto) is very bounce. If a knockout comes, it comes but if you go out there looking for a knockout, you might get caught yourself. We have to be very tactical."

Place on Hatton's bill, Blackwell earns

TROWBRIDGE professional boxer Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell has been selected to fight on a Ricky Hatton Promotions show to be held on Sunday, October 4 at the Marriot Hotel in Bristol.
The 18 year old, who opponent is yet to be compulsive, who trains under Mark Kent at the Compitition Gym in Trowbridge, has been sparring with Masters and Western Area Champion Danny Butler, who is in training for an English Title shot against Darren McDermott on the 25th September in Manchester.
“Now and again someone special comes along and Nick Blackwell is the one,” said Kent.
“I have no uncertainty in my mind that this lad will take a British Title in two years and then his sights will be set on a world title.”
Blackwell, and fellow local pro Liam Richards, will be in action at Trowbridge Civic Hall on Friday, September 11. Bradford’s Gareth Heard will also be debuting.

Muhammad Ali his wheelchair to meet Ricky Hatton

Muhammad Ali proved he can still float like a butterfly when he visited Ricky Hatton's gym yesterday.Despite being virtually confined to a wheelchair because of Parkinson's Disease, the Greatest affirmed on getting to his feet to meet Hatton at the Hitman's impressive new base in Hyde.Hatton was abashed by Ali's gesture and caressed his hero before showing him around his state-of-the art gym."I think he was going to come in a wheelchair initially," said the former light welterweight king."Then he said: 'I can't have Ricky Hatton meeting me in a wheelchair. I've got to walk in'."That's a boxer through and through. That's a boxer's mentality and that's a champion's mentality.

"Hatton, 30, presented Ali with a cake iced on top with the initials 'GOAT', which position for 'Greatest Of All Time', once they were inside his gym.It was his way of paying tribute to someone he cares as not just the wonderful fighter of all time, but one of the greatest people of all time.Hatton was blown away by meeting Ali and posed for footage outside his gym with the three time former world heavyweight champ."This is certainly sensational," said the Mancunian."I've been advantageous to meet some of the greatest stars of boxing during my career, but I'd never had the chance to meet the greatest of all."He's not just the greatest boxer of all time, he's one of the greatest men of all time."Even youngsters know Muhammad Ali. And I think his price of the gab has made the entertainment side of boxing what it is today."The 67-year old ring story was greeted by chants of "Ali, Ali" when he appeared at Hatton's gym and he is touring the British Isles to raise funds for his charity foundation, the Muhammad Ali Centre, in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky.Last night he was appearing at a £1,000-a-plate dinner in his honour at Old Trafford, frequented by some Manchester United players.And Ali has other fundraising events lined up, including one at Stoke's Britannia Stadium during what is wonted to be his final visit to Britain. He is also due to meet old opponant Sir Henry Cooper in the unlikely surroundings of Windsor Castle at the Alltech FEI European Jumping & Dressage Championships 2009. He then flies to Ireland next week.

Ricky Hatton after first defeat £20m profit is consolation

Boxer has invested £200,000 into each of four new ventures By Simon Binns. A company owned by boxer Ricky Hatton standed up a pre tax benefit of almost £20m in 2008, accepting “The Hitman” to plough working capital into different of his other business ventures. Punch Promotions Ltd promotes and organize sporting activities, especially bouts featuring Hatton, such as his holocene high profile championship fights against Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao. Hatton lost both fights and may now depart to dressed ore on promoting other boxers, but newly filed accounts show that his company recorded a pre tax profit of £19.8m in the year to November 30, 2008, up from £3.7m the previous year. In June, Hatton opened his own Hatton Health & accordance Gym in Hyde and is better to expand it into a chain. Manchester City Council has approached the boxer about potential sites in east Manchester. Punch Promotions ticker £200,000 each into branded leisurewear business Hatton Independent Trading Ltd, Hatton Promotions Ltd, Hatton Health & Fitness Ltd and Punch Developments Ltd. In January 2009, Hatton also set up Hatton Boxing Ltd and Hatton Nutrition Ltd as he looks to accrue his business empire once he depart from the ring. Hatton's lawyer, Gareth Williams, has left George Davies LLP in Manchester to work for the boxer and his family full time and attend to on building the Hatton brand. In the director's report that accompanies the accounts, David Evans, an auditor and tax adviser, writes: “The earning ability of the company has been dependant on Mr R J Hatton's accomplishment in the boxing ring. Whilst operations will continue within the company, the directors are of the opinion it will be subject to reduced income in future years. “The company has invested working capital of £200,000 into each of its four accessary companies, of which three acceded trading in December 2008. It is await all of its subsidiaries will contribute to the holding company's future earnings. The abbreviated accounts do not show turn over for the year, although Hatton was connected in three title fights during the financial year. On December 8, 2007 Hatton abided his first ever professional conquest to Mayweather Jr in Las Vegas, although the Hyde boxer achieved a reported £5m purse from the bout, his occupation best at the time. Hatton made his comeback on May 24, 2008, beating Mexican Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium to retain The Ring Magazine and IBO light welterweight titles, acquireing a total of £6m in television fees and ticket sales. Hatton then conquested Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 22 November, earning him another £1.2m. His fight against Manny Pacqiuao in Las Vegas in May, which ended in defeat, pushed his career earnings through the £40m barrier. Cash in the bank at Punch Promotions totalled £22m, up from £10m the previous year. The three directors, Hatton, his father Ray and Evans, were paid a total of £3.1m by the company, up from £530,000 the previous year.