On this day Floyd Mayweather beat Ricky Hatton

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TODAY (December 8) marks the 10th anniversary of when Ricky Hatton fought Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas. In this weekโ€™s issue of Boxing News magazine Declan Warrington speaks to Floyd Mayweather, Ricky Hatton and all the key players involved in that event. Here is an exclusive extract:

โ€œHe was a superstar very few people liked,โ€ Hatton, then 29, told Boxing News.

โ€œHe was very cocky; very brash. But it was made to be the success it was [despite being at 5am it sold a then-record 1.2million Pay-Per-Views in the UK]. It was perfect. I thought Floyd lost his first fight to Castillo, so when I knocked him out in four: I knew it was always going to be big, but I donโ€™t think weโ€™d seen anything like it, and I donโ€™t think weโ€™ve seen anything like it since.

โ€œIt was the 24/7, and going to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Michigan, London, Manchester. Youโ€™re flying there on your own private jet. I donโ€™t know if it was for the camera: every press conference he was in my face. By the end of the press tour it was getting tedious and I was thinking โ€˜Will you just p**s off?โ€™. Iโ€™d be in restaurants and heโ€™d come in and throw $100 bills on the table, โ€˜Iโ€™ll pay for your meal, manโ€™. He was a f*****g pest.โ€

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To read the full inside story from Floyd Mayweather’s famousย  10 round victory at the MGM Grand, including Mayweather’s exclusive take on the event, donโ€™t miss this weekโ€™s issue of Boxing News magazine.

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