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Ricky Hatton's world title clash with Floyd Mayweather will be live only on Sky Box Office.
Sky has won the exclusive live rights for the biggest fight of the year as two undefeated world champions go head-to-head in Las Vegas for the WBC Welterweight crown, on Saturday 8 December.
The super-fight pits Britain's world light-welterweight champion, undefeated in his 43 fights, against the man rated best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Pretty Boy Mayweather has won world titles at five weight levels and defeated Oscar De La Hoya for the WBC Light-Middleweight title in his last fight. He remains undefeated in his 38 professional fights.
Announcing the deal, Vic Wakeling, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: "We are expecting this to be Britain's biggest fight since Bruno-Tyson in 1996 and it will make Ricky the biggest earner for a single fight in the history of British boxing. He deserves it.
"Ricky takes one big fight after another, and this could be the toughest of the lot; in Las Vegas against an unbeaten fighter who is rated as one of the greatest of the modern era."
Many of Hatton's defining fights have been live on Sky, including his first British title victory, his memorable defeat of Kostya Tszyu for the IBF World title and victory over Luis Collazo to become a two-weight world champion
Sky has won the exclusive live rights for the biggest fight of the year as two undefeated world champions go head-to-head in Las Vegas for the WBC Welterweight crown, on Saturday 8 December.
The super-fight pits Britain's world light-welterweight champion, undefeated in his 43 fights, against the man rated best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Pretty Boy Mayweather has won world titles at five weight levels and defeated Oscar De La Hoya for the WBC Light-Middleweight title in his last fight. He remains undefeated in his 38 professional fights.
Announcing the deal, Vic Wakeling, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: "We are expecting this to be Britain's biggest fight since Bruno-Tyson in 1996 and it will make Ricky the biggest earner for a single fight in the history of British boxing. He deserves it.
"Ricky takes one big fight after another, and this could be the toughest of the lot; in Las Vegas against an unbeaten fighter who is rated as one of the greatest of the modern era."
Many of Hatton's defining fights have been live on Sky, including his first British title victory, his memorable defeat of Kostya Tszyu for the IBF World title and victory over Luis Collazo to become a two-weight world champion
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