By Liam Santiago: Now that light welterweight king Ricky Hatton is almost certain to make a comeback, many UK boxing trainers are already eyeing the chance to take charge of the Hitman. Joe Gallagher has stated that he would like to train Hatton. Personally, I do not think Joe is the right man for the job. I’m sure he is a lovely guy but I just don’t think he is the man to lead Hatton back to the top.

The man that I believe can put Hatton back on top of the world (if anyone can) is Mexican Nacho Beristain. Yes, his gym is located in Mexico, but maybe Hatton would have to get out of his armchair and get out there. Or even bring Nacho to Manchester. If you pay the money you can bring a trainer anywhere. I could get Freddie Roach to train my Cat for twelve weeks if I coughed up the money. However, I do think Hatton would benefit from a full twelve week training camp outside the UK. He should get away from the distractions and go abroad where he will find his hunger to train again.

Personally, I just believe that Hatton’s fighting style and Nacho’s training style would go together so well. I think Hatton has at least three fights left in him and Nacho could be the man to help him go out at the top. Timothy Bradley, Nate Campbell, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Amir Khan, Junior Witter and Marcos Maidana are just a few of the possibilities. The one fight I do not want to see is Hatton vs Marquez. Marquez is ineffective above lightweight, he should stay there.

If he is to only have one fight more then the fight I want to see Hatton take is Timothy Bradley. Bang. Back to the top at 140 pounds. If he is going to follow my advice (which many fighters do) and have about three more bouts, I think he should fight someone like Junior Witter. Then after knocking him out he should take the Bradley fight. If he wins that he should fight one last big name and bow out of the sport.