Red pandas are pretty cute. But they don’t handle fear very well, apparently. Kind of like the opposite of boxers. This week should give a few fighters a chance to show off their cojones – from Ricky Hatton trying his luck in a comeback to Roberto Guerrero continuing his campaign four divisions north of where he began. Apart from that there’s not a whole lot of televised boxing, so let’s get to it.
Ricky Hatton vs. Vyacheslav Senchenko, Saturday, Showtime, Manchester. There’s only one Ricky Hatton, and he’s back after more than three years away from the ring. Once one of the most reliable action fighters in the sport, the Mancunian welterweight (formerly junior welterweight) has much to prove. Hatton (45-2, 32KO) hasn’t lived the healthiest life since his 2009 knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao; drinking, being caught in a cocaine sting by a British tabloid and ballooning in weight. It’s not like the “Hitman” set the world on fire in his last venture to welterweight, against ...
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November 21, 2012
