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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Stephen Killen

Ricky Hatton boxing comeback vs Marco Antonio Barrera rescheduled after postponement

Ricky Hatton will fight Marco Antonio Barrera at the Manchester Arena on November 12th after their original exhibition was postponed after Hughie Fury's, Tyson Fury's cousin, bout with Michael Hunter was cancelled due to the former falling ill.

The Hitman had lost three stone in two months in preparation for the fight initially scheduled for July. He will now need to wait until the penultimate month of the year to fight the legendary Mexican.

Although the 43-year-old insisted, previously, that the fight was not the start of a comeback. The event at the Manchester Arena in November will also have no decision.

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