Boxing: Hatton expected to announce comeback

Former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton is expected to announce his return to boxing tomorrow, according to the BBC. Hatton, 33, has not been in the ring since suffering a second-round knockout by Manny Pacquiao in May 2009. The Manchester-based, former light-welterweight and welterweight champion officially retired last year and is an owner of a promotions company. But he has called a news conference for tomorrow to make a ‘major announcement’. In 2010 Hatton was stripped of his licence to box by the British Boxing Board of Control after allegations of cocaine usage.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 13^th, 2012.