MATTHEW Hatton is set to face Lovemore N'Dou for his IBO welterweight title following the collapse of his proposed fight with Zab Judah.

Hatton was set to fight Judah last month on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jnr-Juan Manuel Marquez bout before it was cancelled.

N'Dou then claimed he was set to face Hatton, only for the Judah fight to be re-scheduled for next month when Mayweather and Marquez are scheduled to go head-to-head.

But following Judah's change of heart, the Hatton and N'Dou camps are in talks with the fight set to be confirmed by the weekend.

Hatton said: "The last few weeks have been absolutely ridiculous but until I see Lovemore's name on a contract, I'm not taking anything for granted.

"The fights just seemed to be falling apart one by one while I've been out running and training.

"Hopefully we're close to doing a deal for the fight I always wanted."

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