Ricky Hatton Not Thinking About Amir Khan, Fighting
By Mark Vester
Former two division champion Ricky Hatton has finally been released from the hospital after battling an unknown stomach illness for several days. With Amir Khan winning the WBA junior welterweight title from Andreas Kotelnik last Saturday night in Manchester, many speculated that Hatton would try to challenge his good friend to a big money showdown.
Hatton has plans and they don't involve a fight with Khan or any other fighter. He talks like a fighter looking to retire - and not a fighter looking to box again. This past May, Hatton was knocked out cold by Manny Pacquiao in two rounds.
"I'm not thinking about boxing at the moment. Maybe I'll wake up one day and think let's give it another go, but I might not," Hatton told the Manchester Evening News . "I'm not missing it. Fighting is the furthest thing from my mind. I'm delighted for Amir. I can't praise him enough. He's gone back to the drawing board and answered any questions there might have been about him.
"But the fact that he's won a world title has not made me any closer to a comeback. It hasn't entered my head. I don't think I have to beat Amir Khan to prove anything. "When I look back at my career nobody expected me to do what I've done. I won five titles at two different weights. I've only lost to the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world. If I don't fight again I can hold my head high.
"Maybe somewhere down the line I might think about giving it another go and if he is still world champion then obviously he would be a possibility."
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