Ricky Hatton ready to quit again if he regains world boxing title in comeback The former two-weight world champion, 34, was also adamant that he would not prolong his career if his body failed to respond as he expects it to. "The end of the "Ricky Hatton Story" was not being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao. If I win a world title, that will be it, I will walk away," he said. But win lose or draw on Nov 24, if it's not there, and if I'm not up to it, I'll walk away, too. I'll have done what I needed to do. Hatton has battled depression, suicidal thoughts and ballooning in weight to box again, revealing: "I haven't spoken to my counsellor for a while, but I've come a long way from waking up on the sofa, having been drinking or not, with a kitchen knife in my hand having thought about cutting my wrists." Five weeks out from his appointment in a 10-round return to the ring against Vyacheslav Senchenko, 42 months after his self-imposed exile after being knocked out by a boisterous Pacquiao, Hatton revealed on Friday that he is 10 pounds away from the 147lb welterweight limit. That's two pounds a week I have to lose. Not bad, really. In the past I was three stones over the weight and would be losing that over the 12-week training camp for a fight," he said. If any of the boxers I now promote came into the gym in that kind of shape, they'd be thrown out of the Hatton Promotions stable. I had a make a change. How could I be walking around at 15st and telling my boxers to train hard keep on the weight and live right between fights? Andrew Flintoff, the former England cricket captain, will be granted a licence to box for 12 months by the Boxing Board of Control once his medical details are approved next week, Robert Smith, the Board secretary, said. It is likely to be granted next week. The reports from our area council representatives indicate that Mr Flintoff is fit, in shape, and has been well-schooled by Barry McGuigan and his son Shane," Smith said. But I think it is fair to say we are not expecting Freddie Flintoff to be the next Sugar Ray Leonard. In Sheffield on Saturday night, welterweight Kell Brook, unbeaten in 28 fights, faces Argentina's Hector Saldivia (record 41-2) in a final eliminator contest which, if he wins, could put him in contention for the International Boxing Federation world title.