Six months after being left wide-eyed and legless by Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton is getting itchy fists again. We hear the Hitman is poised to announce a New Year comeback against Juan Manuel Marquez, the 36-year-old Mexican last seen losing to another Hatton nemesis, Floyd Mayweather Jnr. Although he still declines to confirm his intentions, the word in boxing is that his desire not to go out a loser has been rekindled by the build-up to last night's Valuev-Haye scrap. He acknowledges he misses the big-fight atmosphere and insists there would be no problem getting back into shape at "Hatton House", the new £2 million fight HQ he has built near his Manchester home. "Sometimes when you've been doing this game for so long, you need to recharge your batteries and then you can come back with a bit more fire in your belly," he says. "There are things I know I can put right, and if I give it another go it will not be an eight-rounder after beating some of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. It's got to be a fight that will get me excited." Marquez has already been earmarked as a trial horse for a hoped-for meeting next summer with Amir Khan which Hatton, 31, insists he must promote himself. "That would not be negotiable, otherwise it's a non-starter." Hatton's novice promotional expertise will be tested on Friday when he stages his first "world title" fight, featuring his welterweight brother Matthew, who meets South Africa's Lovemore Ndou for the little-regarded IBO belt – which Ricky himself once held – in Stoke.
Ricky Hatton vs Juan Manuel Marquez at 140 in 2010, who do you think will win??
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I would say if Marquez fought the Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu or from that error then i would say hatton...hatton was a bulldog back then ...but now !? i dont know ! ?? Marquez i would say
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I don't even understand why people want to see this fight. This fight represents everything wrong with the sport. JMM is an elite fighter, so that means he needs to fight other elite fighters. Jermaine Taylor was KOd in brutal fashion with his head hitting the canvass a week ago and he needs to retire ASAP. Ricky Hatton is not only coming off a brutal KO loss. But he is nowhere near fighting shape and he weighs close to 200 lbs right now. Taylor will at least show up to his fights in decent shape even though he fades late as well.Comment
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