Ricky Hatton has admitted he would move up to welterweight for the chance to fight either Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.
Hitman would move up to face De La Hoya or Pacman
Ricky Hatton has admitted he would be willing to move up to welterweight for the chance to fight either Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.
The Hitman, who is due to take on Paulie Malignaggi at light-welterweight on November 22, has struggled on his two previous fights at 147lbs.
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He beat Luis Collazo for the WBA welterweight title in 2006 but only after a sluggish performance, while the only defeat of his career came against Floyd Mayweather Jnr at the same weight.
After being knocked out in the 10th round by Mayweather Jnr, Hatton claimed he would remain in the light-welterweight ranks.
However the Manchester fighter could be tempted to step up a division again to fight the winner of the super-fight between De La Hoya and Pacquiao.
"Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao fight in December at welterweight and my aim is to fight the winner of that," Hatton told
Sky Sports News.
"What kind of a fighter would I be if the best pound-for-pound fighter is just seven pounds up from me and I wasn't ready to give it a go?"
First up for Hatton, though, is the challenge of Malignaggi at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - with the Hitman going into the fight with a new trainer in Floyd Mayweather Snr.
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And despite reports criticising his training camp, Hatton insists that things are going to plan - with Mayweather Snr set to arrive next week to work on his defence.
He said: "I keep hearing that my training camp has not gone well. Everybody thinks the build-up has been higgledy piggledy, but that's not true.
"Just look at the size of me. I'm right on my weight and feeling fit. Floyd Senior is coming over next week and he's been talking to Lee Beard on the phone. They have been working together for four or five years now so they are both on the same wavelength.
"They are going to show me a few new little moves and a few new training methods.
"I've been known for years as having the worst defence in boxing and Floyd Snr is the best defensive coach in boxing so I would have thought it's obvious what he can bring to my game."
