Ricky Hatton to box again in November

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Ricky Hatton to box again in November

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Former world champion Ricky Hatton said he will box again, more than 3 years since his last bout.

14 September,2012 10:41 pm

Its more than a comeback, said the Manchester-based boxer, 33. Im fighting to redeem myself.Hatton retired last year with a record of 45 wins and two defeats.But the Briton, who held the WBA and IBF light-welterweight and WBA welterweight titles, has decided to return, with a fight scheduled for 24 November against an unnamed opponent.I want British boxing to be proud of me again, added Hatton, whose fight will take place at the Manchester Arena. The only way to convince everyone Im back is by flattening someone on 24 November.Hatton, nicknamed The Hitman, has not fought since suffering a second-round knockout by Manny Pacquiao in May 2009.He was then stripped of his licence to box in 2010 after admitting using cocaine.But he appeared before the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) in Cardiff on Wednesday to ask for it back.BBBoC general secretary Robert Smith said Hatton looked very well and seemed to have sorted himself out.Hatton dominated the light-welterweight division, his most notable win coming against IBF champion Kostya Tszyu in 2005.The following year, the Briton defeated Puerto Rican Luis Collazo to take the WBA world welterweight title and followed that victory by beating Juan Urango to reclaim his IBF light-welterweight title.He lost to American five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2007 and suffered a comprehensive beating by Pacquiao in his final fight three years ago.