Ricky Hatton is not the only one hoping to set up a shot at the WBA title next year on Saturday as Scott Quigg and Martin Murray face career-changing fights.
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One of Ricky Hatton's main concerns for Saturday is that he does not burst into tears on the way to the ring.
The former world light-welterweight and welterweight champion admits his battle with personal problems will be on his mind when he walks to the ring - and he admits it could get emotional.
"I can't guarantee I'll be able to hold it together after the fight but before it it's what I've got to do," he told
Punchlines.
"That's what a champion has to do. I could shed a tear on the ring walk when Blue Moon kicks in. I really will be choking them back, but I've got to use that in a positive manner and unleash all that on Senchenko. But let's not have another Manny Pacquiao revisited where I'm like a chicken with no head."
As
Carl Froch and
Tony Bellew both delivered in the ring on Saturday, their partners are looking forward to a delivery of a different kind.
The boxers' partners - both called Rachael - are both pregnant with Bellew's other half was due to give birth to their third son the day after the Liverpool light-heavyweight's controlled and dominant points win over Argentina's Roberto Bolonti in a WBC world title eliminator.
Froch's partner Rachael Cordingley is four months pregnant and will be due by the time The Cobra next gets in the ring after his ruthless three-round demolition of Yusaf Mack in last Saturday's IBF world light-heavyweight title defence.
James DeGale has a busy schedule. He fights in Hull on December 8, before a swift return to action at The Glow, Kent, for a defence of his European super-middleweight title against Mohammed Ali Ndiaye on January 26.