By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton’s comeback has knocked some crazy ideas into his head where he thinks he’s going to beat the top fighters in the sport. I bet. Hatton will be starting his comeback on November 24th against former WBA World welterweight champion Vyachslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) at the Manchester Arena (formerly M.E.N Arena), in Manchester, Lancashire, UK. This should be easy fight, even if Hatton is only 50% of what he once was.

Hatton said to the Dailystar.co.uk “To the fighters out there holding the world title belts; my message is that I am after you because I want to get right back to the top.”

See what I mean. I think Hatton’s last knockout against Manny Pacquiao might have knocked some ideas into his head and he’s going to need to be brought back down to reality. Anyway, few people see Hatton as going after the best fighters at welterweight. Instead, a lot of see Hatton angling himself towards a title shot against WBA champ Paulie Malignaggi, who is clearly the weakest leak among the four welterweight champions.

Senchenko is ranked #5 by the World Boxing Association and not ranked at all by the other sanctioning bodies. It’s pretty much academic at this point that Hatton is making his comeback with the thought of getting a rematch against Malignaggi, who he already easily beat in 2008 by an 11th round knockout.

I see this as a money thing with Hatton. If he beats Senchenko, then he’ll probably face the pillow punching Malignaggi in early 2013. Hatton can probably still beat Malignaggi I imagine. From there, Hatton will likely either milk the WBA strap for one fight against a bottom ranked contender or look to get a nice payday against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao or Amir Khan. One of those three. You’re probably not going to see Hatton ever defend the WBA strap against Kell Brook or Thomas Dulorme. I don’t see that happening. Brook is a small possibility for Hatton if he can’t lure Khan, Mayweather or Pacquiao into a fight, but I don’t think so. Brook doesn’t bring the green and Hatton probably can’t beat him, not that Brook is all that good. We just saw how good Brook is in his fight with Carson Jones where Brook won a controversial decision.

Senchenko never beat anyone during his time as the WBA 147 pound champion and was soundly beaten by Paulie Malignaggi last April in his first real fight against decent opposition. Hatton can beat Senchenko in his sleep. Beating him is no big deal. Hatton’s fans think Senchenko is a great fighter because of his glossy record but it’s filled with wins over weak opposition. That’s one of the most inflated resumes I’ve ever seen before. Senchenko beats Yuriy Nuzhnenko to pick up the WBA title in 2009 and then beats three obscure welterweights that I’ve never even heard of defending the strap. Finally, Senchenko faces Malignaggi and gets whipped badly. That fight showed clearly how good Senchenko is, and it’s incredibly sad that he was able to hold down a world title for three years.