RICKY Hatton may turn his back on ITV's boxing revolution - and part company with promoter Frank Warren.
The IBF light-welterweight champion's contract with Warren expired with his last fight, when he surprised Kostya Tszyu to take the title and move himself firmly into the sport's superstar bracket.
And now, with an expectation that Hatton will fight again in late November or early December, his camp is examining several offers, including some from American promoters.
Hatton's dad and advisor Ray said: "We have offers from other people to consider and it would be wrong, at this stage of Richard's career, not to look at them."
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From the USA, congratulations to Ricky Hatton on winning the title. He is a strong, but limited fighter. Based on the limited coverage we receive on the British fight scene, I would say it would be in Ricky's best interest to get a new promoter. Frank Warren is a joke! He always talks a good game, but never comes through. Okay, he got the Tzsyu fight done, but so many British fighters fail to go beyond Europe, and seem to lack the promotional expertise to make it in the USA.
It is unreasonable to expect champions to always come to the UK to fight. In the US, UK fighters appear weak as they refuse to make the "real" fights. Joe Calzhage(?) is a prime example. Could he be a truely great champion? We'll never know because he will never fight the best. Maybe, the consensus is "screw the USA, who needs them"? Well that is all well and good, but at some point a fighter, as an athelete, wants to test his skills against the best. The "best" in boxing typically reside in the USA.
Ricky fought in Madison Square Garden in his second professional fight, in Germany for his eighth, Atlantic City for his ninth, and later on in Detroit. He's never been afraid to travel, and wants to fight in the States. The question now must be can Frank Warren, a UK promoter, arrange the fights in the States? The decision to be made at this point seems to be who is best placed to deliver fights in the States.