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Q: What will determine at what weight Ricky Hatton fights next?
A: It doesn't matter. This was a sensible move, because there's so many big names moving up to welter from junior welter, so I think this fight against Luis is a good move. A win here should open up matches against the other big names in the welterweight division, like Mayweather, Gatti, Judah, and people like that. To be honest, I can do both weights, so if a fight with Cotto was offered back at 140, or the winner of Castillo - Corrales, or something like that, then I'd move straight back down. I'm not really bothered by what weights the fights are at now, it's more about who they're against. The size of the challenge is more important to me.
Q: Billy Graham says he keeps waiting for you to reach your peak, yet you continue to get better every training camp. Do you feel as though you are in your prime right now?
A: Yeah, I mean as well as I've done it boxing. Twenty-seven is round about the age where you should come into your prime, your best. So, if last year was supposed to be a good one, by all the accolades I won, this year I'm expected to be better then.
Q: After all your accomplishments thus far, do you ever have a hard time motivating yourself?
A: You know, people always say 'has any complacency has set in, have you still got the hunger?' Of course I have the hunger! I want to become champion at two different weights, I want to fight in the United States, like I'm doing Saturday. I want to do Madison Square Garden, Las Vegas. I want to fight the best pound for pound in boxing, like Mayweather and De La Hoya and people like that. So, I've got plenty of hunger there!
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A: It doesn't matter. This was a sensible move, because there's so many big names moving up to welter from junior welter, so I think this fight against Luis is a good move. A win here should open up matches against the other big names in the welterweight division, like Mayweather, Gatti, Judah, and people like that. To be honest, I can do both weights, so if a fight with Cotto was offered back at 140, or the winner of Castillo - Corrales, or something like that, then I'd move straight back down. I'm not really bothered by what weights the fights are at now, it's more about who they're against. The size of the challenge is more important to me.
Q: Billy Graham says he keeps waiting for you to reach your peak, yet you continue to get better every training camp. Do you feel as though you are in your prime right now?
A: Yeah, I mean as well as I've done it boxing. Twenty-seven is round about the age where you should come into your prime, your best. So, if last year was supposed to be a good one, by all the accolades I won, this year I'm expected to be better then.
Q: After all your accomplishments thus far, do you ever have a hard time motivating yourself?
A: You know, people always say 'has any complacency has set in, have you still got the hunger?' Of course I have the hunger! I want to become champion at two different weights, I want to fight in the United States, like I'm doing Saturday. I want to do Madison Square Garden, Las Vegas. I want to fight the best pound for pound in boxing, like Mayweather and De La Hoya and people like that. So, I've got plenty of hunger there!
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