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.