By Sean McDaniel: Matthew Hatton (38-4-2, 15 KO’s), the younger 28-year-old brother of former light welterweight and welterweight champion Ricky Hatton, doesn’t see the huge interest from Ricky for boxing right now. In article at The Sun, Matthew Hatton says “Ricky said he was going to fight again and he believed that he would, but everyone is entitled to change their mind. He’s never said anything to me, but I could tell when I saw him in the gym that the spark wasn’t there. It is a very, very hard sport and if your hearts not in it, it can be even more dangerous.” Ricky Hatton is reportedly poised to retire from boxing.

There is talk that Hatton will be holding a press conference in the next few days to make an announcement about his retirement from boxing. Hatton had been looking for a sign that he still had the desire to continue fighting. However, this past weekend while partying in Tenerife with friends, Hatton is said to have revealed that he no longer had the motivation to continue fighting in the sport.

It’s not surprising that Hatton would be considering hanging up the gloves for good. Hatton has made tens of millions of dollars in boxing, and unlike most others fighters that are struggling from fight to fight to earn a small living, Hatton is fabulously wealthy and doesn’t need to fight anymore. As long as Hatton doesn’t throw his money away like some fighters do, he won’t have to work another day in his life.

Hatton was brutally knocked out in his last fight against Manny Pacquiao last May, suffering a 2nd round knockout. Hatton wasn’t just stopped in that fight, he was completely knocked unconscious. That was Hatton’s second knockout loss in his last four fights, and although both knockouts were against great fighters, it was a painful blow to Hatton’s once great career.

For Hatton to continue to fight, he would have to likely downsize the quality of his opposition and settle for taking on less talented fighters than Pacquiao and Mayweather if he wanted to turn his career back around. There’s nothing wrong with that, as Hatton would have still been paid handsomely in his future fights and probably would have still found success, but he seems to have lost his drive for boxing after the loss to Pacquiao.

In addition to staying out of the ring for the past 10 months, Hatton has put on a great deal of weight on his short 5’6” frame, and reportedly weighs in the neighborhood of 190 to 200. For a fighter who has fought at 140 for most of his career, having to take that kind of weight off would be incredibly hard and painful for Hatton to have to do. You can’t blame Hatton for not wanting to even have to try, because he’s got so much money, why bother with having to burn that much weight off? Hatton has always put weight on in between fights in the past, but things are different now. There’s little reason for him to continue fighting, because aside from Mayweather and Pacquiao, there’s not a lot of opponents that interest Hatton.