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Ricky Hatton says his next fight in America must be held at a venue with the capacity to host his fans.
Hatton beat Juan Lazcarno to retain his IBO light-welterweight title in front of 57,000 supporters at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday.
He is next set to face the IBF champion Paulie Malignaggi in front of another big crowd in America in November.
"If we go to fight in Las Vegas again and they want to give me 4,000 tickets I won't put up with it," he said.
"There's nothing to say I have to fight at this place or that place."
A number of Las Vegas casinos and New York's Madison Square Garden are keen to stage the contest but Hatton's popularity, despite his defeat to Floyd Mayweather last December, means that finding a venue with sufficient capacity is a problem.
"My intention is to go back there and win world titles but it's hard for me to look people in the face who have had tickets off me all through my career, and tell them they can't have any," Hatton added.
A November fight date rules out an outdoor venue such as the 60,000-capacity Yankee Stadium, with Madison Square Garden's 20,000 capacity likely to sell out within minutes.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is relishing the prospect of taking Hatton back to the States.
"There is no other fighter like him," he said. "He's the biggest box office in the game right now."
Hatton beat Juan Lazcarno to retain his IBO light-welterweight title in front of 57,000 supporters at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday.
He is next set to face the IBF champion Paulie Malignaggi in front of another big crowd in America in November.
"If we go to fight in Las Vegas again and they want to give me 4,000 tickets I won't put up with it," he said.
"There's nothing to say I have to fight at this place or that place."
A number of Las Vegas casinos and New York's Madison Square Garden are keen to stage the contest but Hatton's popularity, despite his defeat to Floyd Mayweather last December, means that finding a venue with sufficient capacity is a problem.
"My intention is to go back there and win world titles but it's hard for me to look people in the face who have had tickets off me all through my career, and tell them they can't have any," Hatton added.
A November fight date rules out an outdoor venue such as the 60,000-capacity Yankee Stadium, with Madison Square Garden's 20,000 capacity likely to sell out within minutes.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is relishing the prospect of taking Hatton back to the States.
"There is no other fighter like him," he said. "He's the biggest box office in the game right now."
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