Hatton makes American plans

Ricky Hatton’s status as the world’s finest light welterweight may be in little doubt but the ambitious Manchester ’Hitman’ insists he will not be satisfied until he has conquered America.

Hatton dreams of taking his exhilarating, all-action style of fighting to some of the world’s most famous boxing cities and to that end he expects tomorrow night’s IBF and WBA title unification clash against Carlos Maussa in Sheffield to be his last in Britain for some time.