RICKY HATTON is looking forward to reawakening his boxing talents when he fights Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

RICKY HATTON yesterday laughed off a series of vicious jibes from forthcoming opponent Paulie Malignaggi and launched a vigorous defence of his record in the ring.

RICKY HATTON has vowed to prove the world wrong and leave Floyd Mayweather with no room for excuses when the pair clash in their world welterweight title showdown on December 8.

RICKY HATTON admits to being star-struck by messages of support from David Beckham in the run-up to his super-fight with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas next month.

RICKY HATTON is relishing the opportunity to prove himself the best fighter on the planet after contracts were signed yesterday for his December super-fight against Floyd Mayweather.

Ricky Hatton admits he has been below par for his last two fights and is looking for improvement against Jose Luis Castillo next month.

RICKY HATTON reclaimed his old IBF light-welterweight title and set up a June super-fight back on the Las Vegas Strip after battling past Juan Urango at the Paris Casino.

EVERY time Ricky Hatton gazes up towards the bright Las Vegas sky he is reminded of the reason why he has earned the right to top the bill in the entertainment capital of the world.

JUNIOR WITTER has labelled Ricky Hatton a “bully” and a “coward” as the war of words between the British rivals rumbles on.

YOU can never have too much jewellery, even if you’re an elite sportsman.

RICKY HATTON dredged up a performance full of guts and grit to claim the WBA welterweight title from Luis Collazo in Boston then admitted: “That was the toughest fight of my life.”

Don King has backed Ricky Hatton’s bid to establish himself as one of the world’s leading welterweights irrespective of whether a title is on the line in Boston on Saturday.

Leading American cable network HBO have vowed to help make Ricky Hatton “as big a star in the US as he is in Britain”.

IBF light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton is to surrender his title after refusing to fulfil his mandatory defence against Ben Rabbah.

RICKY HATTON’S dream of emulating his sport’s trans-Atlantic greats moved closer to reality after heovercame another cuts nightmare to unify the world light-welterweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Carlos Maussa in Sheffield.

Ricky Hatton has warned his world light-welterweight title unification showdown with Carlos Maussa in Sheffield tonight will not be a fight for the faint-hearted.

Ricky Hatton’s status as the world’s finest light welterweight may be in little doubt but the ambitious Manchester ’Hitman’ insists he will not be satisfied until he has conquered America.

Ricky Hatton is to face Carlos Maussa in a light-welterweight unification battle in November – but could first face a fight in the courtroom.

Ricky Hatton’s trainer Billy Graham has dismissed the prospect of a rematch against Kostya Tszyu.

Alex Arthur claims he is on course for his date with destiny as he prepares to take on European super-featherweight champion Boris Sinitsin at Meadowbank on Saturday.

Phil Taylor, who was at ringside to watch his friend Ricky Hatton defeat Kostya Tszyu last weekend, produced his own masterclass in Bolton this afternoon to book a place in the semi-finals of the Budweiser UK Open.

Ricky Hatton’s new number one rival Diego Corrales has promised to come to Britain to claim his IBF light-welterweight title.

AMERICAN warrior Diego Corrales has challenged Ricky Hatton to put his IBF light-welterweight title on the line on an amazing double-bill in front of 60,000 British fans.

RICKY HATTON stands tall among the British boxing legends after overwhelming the great Kostya Tszyu to seize the IBF light-welterweight title on a fight night to remember in Manchester.

Kostya Tszyu needed two attempts to hit the 10-stone light-welterweight limit at today’s weigh-in for his IBF title defence against Ricky Hatton in Manchester.

Miguel Cotto has backed light-welterweight kingpin Kostya Tszyu to knock out Ricky Hatton in what he believes will be a “one-sided fight”.

EXCITING Irish middleweight prospect John Duddy insists he will not be “star-struck” when he fights at the prestigious New York venue Madison Square Garden next month.

Kostya Tszyu arrived in Manchester last night with a stark warning for Ricky Hatton ahead of their June 5 light-welterweight super-fight.

NASEEM HAMED yesterday announced he is planning to return to the ring in the Middle East this summer after a three-year absence.

Light-welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu is set to sign a four-fight deal which would see him take on England’s Ricky Hatton and Oscar de la Hoya, according to reports in his homeland.

Exciting Puerto Rican light-welterweight Miguel Cotto is willing to travel to England to fight Ricky Hatton, according to his promoter Bob Arum.

Promoter Frank Warren insists Ricky Hatton will challenge world light-welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu in the spring – regardless of what the Russian boxer says.

Ricky Hatton has finally landed his dream fight after his promoter Frank Warren revealed the world’s number one-ranked light-welterweight Kostya Tszyu will come to Manchester in the spring of the new year.

American veteran Ray Oliveira expects to face the full fury of a fired-up Ricky Hatton when he challenges for the WBU light-welterweight title at London’s ExCel Arena tonight.

Ricky Hatton is expecting one of the toughest tests of his career so far when he clashes with American Ray Oliveira on Saturday night.

Ricky Hatton remains on course to challenge Kostya Tszyu for the world light-welterweight title next year.

Ricky Hatton remains on course to challenge Kostya Tszyu for the world light-welterweight title early next year.

Ray Oliveira has vowed to make Ricky Hatton eat his words when the pair meet in London next month.

American Mike Stewart has promised Ricky Hatton a war to remember in their WBU light-welterweight title clash in Manchester.

Ricky Hatton will fight American Mike Stewart at Manchester’s MEN Arena on October 1 as he re-routes towards a major world title shot.

RICKY HATTON is ready to step into the ring for the biggest, and most lucrative, fights of his career after retaining his WBU light-welterweight title in impressive style.

Ricky Hatton’s masterful points win over Ben Tackie at Manchester’s MEN Arena last night elevated him into the light-welterweight elite.

Ricky Hatton insists his brand new dietary regime has made him more hungry than ever for success.