Ricky Hatton (45-3, 32 KOs), announced on Sunday that he will come out of retirement for a December fight, 13 years on from his last professional bout.
The 46-year old former world champion — who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame last year — will take on United Arab Emirates’ Eisa Al Dah (8-3, 4 KOs) in a middleweight contest on Dec. 2 in Dubai.
One of England‘s finest exports, Hatton — who fought out of Manchester — announced the fight by joining a livestream of the promotion event, led by Al Dah.
“I wish I was there but I had a little bad injury on my eye,” Hatton said at the news conference in Dubai, via livestream. “The main thing is the fight will take place and I can’t wait, I’m really looking forward to it”
His last professional fight came in the form of a knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko in 2012, taking his record to 45-3 which included blockbuster wins against names such as Jose Luis Castillo and Luis Collazo and infamous defeats to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. He also fought Marco Antonio Barrera in an exhibition in 2022.
Organizers said Hatton’s comeback bout is set to be a professional contest. His opponent Al Dah, 46, holds a professional record of 8-3 and his last bout was a knockout loss to Pedro Alejandro Delgado in 2021.
Source: espn.com