Food loving Hitman’s hunger for success

RICKY HATTON fights tomorrow night in Las Vegas, where he takes on Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand for the WBC world welterweight title. Enjoy some chips and curry if you watch the fight, and toast the men you’re watching.

Here’s why. Welterweight is 140 to 147 pounds, or about 10 stone in your socks. The reason this column is taking an interest in that specific weight is because Hatton — whose name can’t legally be printed in an English newspaper without lovable Mancunian/never forgotten his roots following close behind — doesn’t have an ascetic’s approach to his waistline when he’s out of training.

Mayweather’s midweek sneer at his opponent came pretty close to the mark: “Ricky Hatton never had this many fans here before — it's all part of the Mayweather experience. I'm putting him in a position to buy a lot of Guinness.”