Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton is all too familiar with making a comeback after years of retirement.
Hatton retired from the sport in 2009, when he was knocked out cold by Manny Pacquiao.
In 2012, Hatton was able to overcome a lot of his demons outside the ring and got himself in proper form. He made an attempt at a comeback, and once again retired after getting knocked out by Vyacheslav Senchenko.
In the recent headlines, is 53-year-old former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Tyson, who retired back in 2005, has been pondering the possibility of returning to the ring for a few exhibition fights to raise money for charity.
After releasing a viral video clip, which showcased his speed and power in training, Tyson began receiving massive financial offers to return to the ring.
Hatton hopes Tyson stays away from the ring and remains in retirement, because he doesn’t want to see the Hall of Famer get hurt.
“Mike’s in a good place now,” Hatton told IFL TV. “A few years ago, not when he bit [Evander] Holyfield’s ear and all that, even when he retired he wasn’t in a very good place. I think he was on medication and stuff like that. But now he’s doing real positive things with his life. He’s doing motivational speaking, he’s talking well, he’s looking well.
“Now his body is right and his head’s right, why is he thinking about a comeback? I don’t get it. It would be a tragedy for him after going through all those bad times to getting right on the straight and narrow to giving himself some serious injury. It would be heartbreaking.”
At 53 Mike Tyson is plotting to return to the ring
US Women’s equal pay claim dismissed by court
The United States women’s football team’s bid for equal pay has been dismissed by a court, with the judge rejecting the players’ claims they were underpaid compared to the men.
The lawsuit was filed by 28 women’s national team players last year against the US Soccer Federation (USSF). They had been seeking $66m (£52.8m) in damages under the Equal Pay Act.
Molly Levinson, the players’ spokeswoman, said that they planned to appeal against the decision. “We are shocked and disappointed,” said Levinson. “We will not give up our hard work for equal pay. “We are confident in our case and steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls and women who play this sport will not be valued as lesser just because of their gender.”
Federal judge Gary Klausner allowed the players’ case for unfair treatment in travel, housing and medical support to go to trial, which is set for 16 June in Los Angeles.
Giving its ruling, the court said: “The women’s team has been paid more on both a cumulative and an average per-game basis than the men’s team over the class period.”
The US team won the Women’s World Cup last summer for their fourth title overall. They have also won five Olympic gold medals.
After the equal pay claim was dismissed, striker Megan Rapinoe, who won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at last year’s World Cup, tweeted: “We will never stop fighting for equality.”
Fellow US striker Alex Morgan said: “Although disappointing to hear this news, this will not discourage us in our fight for equality.”
The USSF said it wanted to work with the team to “chart a positive path forward to grow the game both here at home and around the world”.
Before they played Japan in the SheBelieves Cup on 12 March, the US players turned their tops inside out during the warm-up to hide their badges, leaving only the four stars which represent their World Cup successes on show.
The women’s case had been publicly supported by male players, and in February the US men’s team issued a statement criticizing the governing body, saying that “the federation continues to discriminate against the women in their wages and working conditions”.
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Parliament ratifies decision not to conduct election in August
The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that the risk of ending COVID 19 pandemic should be disclosed by the relevant public health entity.
Birtukan Midekssa, Chair of NEBE, told the parliament that the board will only state that the risk has ended if the relevant government body announced that the spreading of the virus calmed down.
At the parliament regular session held on April 30 at the hall in the compound of the Office of the Prime Minister, one of the parliament members representing the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) asked the board when the pandemic risk will be ended.
The board chair said that it will be disclosed by the relevant public health institution than the election board.
The same parliament member also argued that the virus is not at the stage that can be said an outbreak in Ethiopia and argued that the election should be conducted in the timeframe scheduled before.
Initially election board targeted to undertake the national election on August 29, while it has recently announced that it could not keep the timeframe because of the coronaviurs outbreak.
It claimed that the virus has significantly affected the board activity and preparation to conduct the election.
The TPLF member argued that it is difficult to state the virus is at an outbreak stage in the country, “the meaning of outbreak is different at this condition,” he said.
Other members who gave their opinion at the session strongly criticize the idea that come from the TPLF member.
“We should not see high deaths like Europe and America to call it pandemic or outbreak,” one of the parliament members criticized the claim raised by the TPLF member. “We have to keep our society responsibly than looking for political gain and power,” she ridiculed the idea to conduct the election as per the schedule.
The parliament will conclude its term at the fourth week of September 2020 due to that the election should be conducted before that, according to the constitution. However because of COVID 19 outbreak NEBE claimed that it will not conduct the election on time.
Birtukan told the parliament that the board conducted a study to evaluate the situation that concludes the election cannot be undertaken at the time. The board’s evaluation is approved by the parliament and assigned the law, Justice and democracy standing committee to come up with possible way-out based on the constitution.
A day before the parliament leaders of political parties discussed the possible scenarios to conduct the election in the future.
The possible scenarios conducted by separate group of professionals and presented by Gedion Timothewos, Deputy Attorney General at the Federal Attorney General is tabled and discussed by political opponents.
Gedion stated four thematic alternatives tabled by the groups. The four legal alternatives raised in the present scenario were: dissolving the House of People’s Representatives (parliament), declaring state of emergency, making constitutional amendment, or requesting constitutional interpretation.
The standing committee may come up with similar alternatives, while experts claimed that consensus between the parties might be solution for the election challenge that the country faces because of the virus.
One of the political elites who participated at the political party leaders’ discussion on Wednesday April 29 mentioned the experience of Chile, which postpones the election that was supposed to be held this month.
He said that political parties should have consensus than any legal way out to bypass the current challenge and conduct the election in the near future.
