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.

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.