{"id":215156,"date":"2025-10-21T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215156\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:43:11","slug":"kell-brook-to-return-to-the-ring-next-year-for-a-boxing-bout-to-support-the-ricky-hatton-foundation-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/215156\/","title":{"rendered":"Kell Brook to return to the ring next year for a boxing bout to &#8216;support The Ricky Hatton Foundation&#8217; | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kell Brook will return to the ring for a fight &#8216;in support of The Ricky Hatton Foundation&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Brook, who retired after defeating Amir Khan in February 2022, will face Eisa Al Dah in Dubai on February 13, according to &#8216;The Ring&#8217; magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Hatton had originally been due to face Dah in December before he died at the age of 46 last month.<\/p>\n<p>The promoter of the Brook vs Dah bout has stated that &#8220;the evening will feature tributes and honour the legendary Ricky &#8216;The Hitman&#8217; Hatton and support the newly-formed Ricky Hatton Foundation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/skysports-hatton-funeral_7047688.jpg\"   alt=\"hatton\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Ricky Hatton&#8217;s funeral was held this month<\/p>\n<p>The Ricky Hatton Foundation was set up after his death to support &#8216;those facing their own fights with mental illness and ensuring that no one ever has to face those battles alone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Hatton had spoken openly about his own mental health battle following the end of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Brook, who attended Hatton&#8217;s funeral this month, has also publicly spoken about seeking help for his mental health following his retirement from boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kell Brook will return to the ring for a fight &#8216;in support of The Ricky Hatton Foundation&#8217;. Brook,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-215156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}