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Hard to say, but it much be depressing for him to have ended his career on such a low.

I don't see the point in him returning he will struggle to get in a good enough condition to fight a top boxer and if he doesn't want a big fight there is no point in him getting in the ring.

What weight are Barrera and Morales fighting at?

I don't think he will, but I think that keeping up the mystery surrounding all this is very good PR for his promotional company, it keeps Ricky in the spotlight and therefore passes down onto the other things he does which can only be good. I think he looks like he is enjoying guiding his brother and other fighters whilst he can still sit at the side and go for a pint. I think he'd lve to get back in the ring in his mind but when it comes down to it I don't think he will have the 'hunger' as he calls it.

I think he'll be back, but against the right opponent - There is too much money to be made.

TheCobra wrote:I don't think he will, but I think that keeping up the mystery surrounding all this is very good PR for his promotional company, it keeps Ricky in the spotlight and therefore passes down onto the other things he does which can only be good. I think he looks like he is enjoying guiding his brother and other fighters whilst he can still sit at the side and go for a pint. I think he'd lve to get back in the ring in his mind but when it comes down to it I don't think he will have the 'hunger' as he calls it.

Spot on.

Twinkle Toes wrote:I think he'll be back, but against the right opponent - There is too much money to be made.

Theres a good possibility he will wait until a few of his fighters are ready for world wide exposure and then make a comeback and put them on the undercards. I'd like to see him do a good level farewell fight against an estabished champion or legendary former world champion.

DavidPayne wrote:What weight are Barrera and Morales fighting at?

For a million pounds?
Light heavyweight,if thats all ricky can make.

He's not in shape, he's not in training. His lifestyle is hardly monastic. He doesn't have a trainer. He's in his thirties and old for age on the evidence of previous fights. He based his best wins on a ferocious workrate despite stylistic and defensive deficiencies that would be magnified with age. Its almost impossible to get back to his best weight division - he'd be in a division where he has struggled whenever he fought there. He's already made all the money he could ever need.

Put like that, he's the least likely candidate for a comeback ever.

If Mayweather wants wants a big payday at Wembley, he'll go for that.
Mayweather likes the cash and Hatton has said he'd like to fight him again. It's win-win to a degree, Hatton will do everything to last the distance and then he can say he bowed out in a barnstormer as he wants anyway.. It may be a one sided one mind you but that's ok...

MachoMan09 wrote:

lefty wrote:I think if he does come back and he ends up fighting khan then there will be nobody to blame but him self if he ends up with brain damage!I know thats a very harsh statement but if he was to come back i only think he would be doing it because he knows a fight against khan would be massive and make him another huge payday.Greed is not a good thing especially when you're already very well off like hatton is now.

Ricky is too proud to risk his legacy against Amir. In a 47 fight career, when your only losses are against Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Manny Pacquiao, you've done exceedingly well. To comeback and fight a guy from a different fighting generation, after a long lay-off, would be stupid and could leave Ricky looking like a mug. He won't expose himself to that. Not a chance.

yes.