Hatton’s trainer: Mayweather is no Ali

RICKY HATTON’S trainer Billy Graham has delivered a withering riposte to Floyd Mayweather’s brash proclamations of all-time greatness, insisting the unbeaten Grand Rapids man is no Muhammad Ali — neither inside nor outside the ring.

Graham admits to hoarding a “cellar-full” of old boxing videos in his Salford home, where he pores over footage of the greats of his sport in a quest to add something extra to Hatton’s already formidable armoury.

That includes the art of the pre-fight hype, best encapsulated by Ali’s seemingly off-the-cuff press conference poetry and his hilarious ‘bear hunt’ escapade to track down a reluctant Sonny Liston in 1964.