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08-03-2007, 01:49 PM
Hatton won't pile on extra pounds
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Ricky Hatton will not make the same mistake of adding extra weight for the sake of it ahead of his dream super fight against Floyd Mayweather, according to his father Ray.
The Manchester 'Hitman' laboured to victory when he moved up from light-welterweight to beat Luis Collazo last year.
He had a close shave against Collazo and Ray Hatton said: "When we fought Luis Collazo, we made a mistake.
"We tried to make him as big as the guy he was fighting. When you only have a stature of 5ft 7in there are limitations of what weight he can put on before it affects him.
"We slowed him down. His body was carrying more weight than what it was used to when it was put under exertion in a 12-round fight, so his performance dropped off.
"I caused a lot of confusion a few weeks ago when I said that Ricky Hatton wouldn't be fighting at welterweight. What I actually said was that he may be fighting for titles at welterweight."
Hatton's father has been in talks with the Mayweather camp over a potential superfight for as long as 18 months.
He added: "He'll be coming in the ring as a light-welterweight fighting a welterweight.
"We won't to be putting on weight he doesn't need. We've made that mistake once; we won't be making that mistake again."
© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Ricky Hatton will not make the same mistake of adding extra weight for the sake of it ahead of his dream super fight against Floyd Mayweather, according to his father Ray.
The Manchester 'Hitman' laboured to victory when he moved up from light-welterweight to beat Luis Collazo last year.
He had a close shave against Collazo and Ray Hatton said: "When we fought Luis Collazo, we made a mistake.
"We tried to make him as big as the guy he was fighting. When you only have a stature of 5ft 7in there are limitations of what weight he can put on before it affects him.
"We slowed him down. His body was carrying more weight than what it was used to when it was put under exertion in a 12-round fight, so his performance dropped off.
"I caused a lot of confusion a few weeks ago when I said that Ricky Hatton wouldn't be fighting at welterweight. What I actually said was that he may be fighting for titles at welterweight."
Hatton's father has been in talks with the Mayweather camp over a potential superfight for as long as 18 months.
He added: "He'll be coming in the ring as a light-welterweight fighting a welterweight.
"We won't to be putting on weight he doesn't need. We've made that mistake once; we won't be making that mistake again."
© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.