By Edward Chaykovsky

Former champion and now full-time promoter, Ricky Hatton, is hoping Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are able to reach an agreement on a May 2nd showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Their respective teams, and networks HBO and Showtime, continue to negotiate.

Hatton faced both fighters during his career. Mayweather stopped him in the tenth round of their 2007 clash. The following year, Pacquiao devastated him with a brutal second round knockout.

If the negotiations fall apart, Hatton says both Mayweather and Pacquiao are to blame. Their teams, and the networks, have been trying to get them in the ring since 2009.

"The pair of them [are to blame], [because] it's up to Manny and Floyd to make it happen. The reason I got into boxing is to be the best. You don't want to be on the sofa, 20 years from now as an old man, thinking 'could I have beat him, could I have not.' I fought both of them and they don't want to fight each other. A massive fight for boxing. I bought my flight just in case [it happens]," Hatton told BoxingScene.com/Be Real Boxing.