Hatton-Senchenko

By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is like a lot of old fighters that make the mistake of stepping away from the game and assuming he can come back in the same form that he was at when he left off from the game three years ago. The mind plays tricks on fighters by making them think they can still fight like they used to, but the fact is they rarely do.

The body ages, and the fighter ends up getting slapped around and humiliated 9 times out of 10 by some sorry opponent they take on early in their comeback. I see this as Hatton’s fate in his November 24th comeback fight agaisnt former WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, UK.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) could wind up being televised by Showtime in the United States on November 24th, according to Dan Rafael. Hatton, 33, hasn’t fought in three years and has picked out the 35-year-old Ukrainian Senchenko to make his comeback against at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, Lancashire, UK.

The fact that Senchenko has been selected by Hatton straight away without him having a tune-up bout to start with seems to suggest that Hatton isn’t too worried about Senchenko. I don’t blame him if he’s not because Senchenko has one of the most padded records I’ve ever seen before from a former world champion, and he took such a bad beating last April when he stepped it up against Paulie Malignaggi. Senchenko made Malignaggi look like Mike Tyson. I can only imagine what Hatton will do to Senchenko if he has a little left in the tank.

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By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at all that weight that former two division world champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) gained and recently took off for his scheduled November 24th fight with Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) in Manchester, I’d say there’s a better than average chance that Hatton is going to be a lot weaker than he once was in the prime of his career.

But more than that all that blubber that Hatton took off, which has to be well into the 40 to 50 pound range, is going to hurt him by likely making him more susceptible to getting hurt in the future when he takes big shots. Senchenko isn’t much of a puncher, but he hits plenty hard if compared to some of the tiny tots that Hatton fought while at light welterweight.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) seems to be in the gambling mood with his career with his decision to fight former WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) in his big comeback fight in front of his fellow Brits on November 24th at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko ( 32-1, 21 KO’s) may have looked like harmless paper champion in his last fight in getting taken out by Paulie Malignaggi last April, but Senchenko has a much better chance against the plodding Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) on November 24th at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, UK.

What gives Senchenko a good chance of beating Hatton in this fight is because of Senchenko’s huge height and reach advantages, as well as his ability to box. He’s a much better boxer than Hatton, and he’s been active all these years, whereas Hatton has been sitting on his duff doing nothing.

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(Photo: Ricky Hatton twitter) By Scott Gilfoid: With over 7 weeks to before his fight with former WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s), Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is already looking cut up and ready to fight. It sure does look like Hatton, 33, is overdoing it a bit. He’s never been this cut up with that much time before a major fight, and I think we could see an over-trained Ricky when he steps inside the ring with the 35-year-old Senchenko.

At least it’s a good excuse Hatton can use if things turn out badly for him in this fight, and by judging how cut up he is already I think things could go to pieces rapidly for him. I don’t know why Hatton is this in shape with as much time that he had before the Senchenko bout. It doesn’t look like a wise decision if you ask me. Normally, Hatton uses his training camps as mini-fat farms by coming into them badly overweight and then slowly burning the blubber off until he’s ready for the fight.

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By Alex Prodromou: The popular Ricky Hatton is making a controversial, but long awaited comeback to the ring after a 3.5 year layoff. People have said that he shouldn’t make a comeback, but I think he should as he will likely become a World Champion again. There is no denying that people who didn’t want to see him in the ring again will take time to watch this interesting fight wondering whether or not he will be good as he was before.

I believe that he will be, just like when George Foreman came back he had a better chin as he was fighting for an inner reason. This is also why Hatton will have a better chin.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) will be taking on the former WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) on November 24th in Hatton’s comeback fight.

This news has been welcomed with great joy from Hatton’s fans who see it as a gutsy move on his part for taking on a guy that just recently held down a major world title. I don’t see it that way. I never really considered Senchenko, 35, a world champion because of who he beat to get the title and the guys he faced while he had the title.

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