Ricky Hatton should continue to fight on

Ricky Hatton has been the best Junior Welterweight for 5 years. He has been one of the most exciting fighters in Boxing today. He is 45-2 with 32 KO's and his two losses are to Boxing's best, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. These two fighters once they retire, and stay retired, will go down as top 100 Boxers of all-time. Ricky Hatton is no where near the same Ricky Hatton that fought Kostya Tszyu, Jose Luis Castillo, Luis Collazo, and Juan Urango. The Floyd Mayweather Jr. loss did take a lot out of Ricky Hatton and you could tell that the Hatton that fought Pacquiao was not the same Hatton of three, four years ago. I'm not taking anything away from Manny Pacquiao's terrific perfomance, but he fought a Hatton that was a shell of himself. Ricky Hatton may not be able to fight at an elite level anymore, but I think he can still be king at Junior Welterweight for a couple of more years.

It would be a shame for Ricky Hatton to go out on a note like that after a great great career. Ricky Hatton should have a fight in Manchester, kind of like the 'Homecoming" fight he had with Juan Lazcano, and then go after the young tough Tim Bradley and then may'be call it a career. Ricky Hatton deserves a farewell like that after putting up such a Hall of Fame resume.