Ricky Hatton will now make his ring return on November 12, not July 2 as was originally planned.
The former two-division world champion was set to make his comeback against Marco Antonio Barrera at the AO Arena in Manchester in an event that would follow the Hughie Fury vs Michael Hunter fight set for the same night. But when Fury pulled out of his fight with an illness, the entire evening collapsed, costing Hatton his homecoming.
Instead, he will have to wait a further 19 weeks for his chance to fight again after losing around three-stone to get back into ring shape. The boxing icon hadn't competed in almost a decade, and had been losing weight in order to regain control of his mental health after a tough lockdown period.
