Ricky Hatton popping out of boxing retirement aged 47 for December combat towards Eisa Al Dah in Dubai | Boxing Information

Former world champion Ricky Hatton says he’s popping out of retirement for a December bout in Dubai 13 years on from his final skilled boxing match.

The legendary Manchester fighter, who turns 47 in October, is ready to combat Eisa Al Dah in Dubai in December 2.

Hatton final fought professionally in November 2012 when a knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko dropped the Brit’s document to 45-3, however he did return to the ring for an exhibition bout with Marco Antonio Barrera in 2022.

The previous welterweight and light-welterweight world champion joined a livestream on Sunday confirming the combat, throughout which he revealed a watch damage had stopped him from attending the occasion in individual.

Hatton stated: “I want I used to be there however I had just a little dangerous damage on my eye. The primary factor is the combat will happen and I can not wait, I am actually trying ahead to it.

“It is simply certainly one of them freakish issues, I caught certainly one of my sun shades in my eyes and I am very lucky it is not performed any everlasting injury. It is simply scraped the floor, so fingers crossed we’re good to go.”

In his prime Hatton secured well-known victories over the likes of Kostya Tszyu and Jose Luis Castillo, earlier than occurring to endure brutal knockout losses to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

Al Dah, who’s simply two months youthful than Hatton and can flip 47 in December, has solely fought as soon as professionally since 2012, which was a 2021 knockout defeat to Pedro Alejandro Delgado in Mexico. The UAE fighter holds knowledgeable document of 8-3.

The announcement of Hatton’s return comes after Pacquiao introduced his personal comeback, with the 46-year-old Filipino combating for a welterweight world title towards champion Mario Barrios on July 19 in Las Vegas.