By Mark Vester
In a recent interview with PA Sport , unbeaten Ricky "Hit Man" Hatton said he is still hoping to collide in a super-fight with WBC junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Hatton is set to take on Jose Luis Castillo for the vacant IBO junior welterweight title on June 23 in Las Vegas.
Mayweather promised he would retire after his May 5 decision win over Oscar De La Hoya, but Hatton does not see him keeping that promise.
"I don't think Mayweather will retire because he wants to be remembered as an all-time great, but to do that he has still got to do something a little bit more. As far as talent and boxing ability goes he is second to none but in terms of excitement I haven't seen Mayweather in one good fight yet. He has got very negative as he has got older," Hatton said.
While Mayweather calls himself the greatest fighter of all-time, Hatton thinks that few historians will be watching Floyd's fights in the future.
"In 10 to 15 years' time when you're a fight historian and you look on that shelf where all the great fights are, are you going to reach for a Floyd Mayweather video? I think Floyd is a far better fighter than Arturo Gatti but I think people will be watching Arturo Gatti's fights for long after they will be watching Mayweather's. He just never gets me on the edge of my seat," Hatton said. "I'm not bothered about being remembered as the greatest of all time but I want people to watch my fights in years to come and say, there was a guy who could really fight."
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