Moderator: Kelly Swanson
November 27, 2007

KELLY SWANSON: Thank you operator, and thank you everybody for joining us today for Ricky Hatton’s conference call, his last call before the big fight December 8th. And now without further ado, I’d like to turn the call over to Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA, PRESIDENT, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Thank you very much Kelly. We are getting closer to the big fight, Undefeated. Now Ricky Hatton is looking in tremendous shape. He feels ready to go, and from the talks we’ve had with Robert Diaz who was our matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions. He’s telling us that Ricky is looking in the best shape ever. He’s never seen Ricky like this, so we’re very confident that Ricky is going to do and be the first to give that 0 to Mayweather.

And let me tell you one thing, with the odds, a lot of people are going to be losing a lot of money in Vegas. And, Ricky Hatton, I believe, is in for the treat of his life. He’s going to be in fight mode and ready to go, and we’re just totally excited to be working with Ricky Hatton and be working with both fighters. But without any further ado, we’d like to introduce to you Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton.

KELLY SWANSON: Just one more programming note, the third episode of Mayweather Hatton 24/7 airs this Sunday December 2nd at 10:00 PM. And so the other two parts of the series, if you haven’t seen them already, are on HBO on demand at this time.

OK, so now Ricky Hatton.

RICKY HATTON: Hello everybody. Thank you for joining us this morning. Yes, I’m sure every fighter says the same thing when there are travel preparations. They all say they’re in the best shape of their life. But just don’t want this to be true again, but the training is going absolutely fantastic. And my sparring partners were exceptional. No perfect mirror image to me opponent. I’ve had several sparring partners. I mean all in all for the five weeks or six weeks I’ve been sparring now about maybe five, six, seven different sparring partners and it has been great. The training has been great. No injuries, and I’ve been down on the weight for some time, so me and my food has been better than ever. My strength training with Cary Kays has been better than ever. I mean if I could have written down on a piece of paper how I wanted my preparations to go, the stage I would like to be at this moment. I’m in training camp. It’s exactly the way it is at the minute. I am just roaring to go.

I mean as the fight gets nearer, you would expect me to start feeling a little more nervous, but, I feel with confidence building with each day that passes by really. I mean there’s no doubt in my mind what the outcome of this fight is going to be. And it’s great to finally set foot in Las Vegas. I think when you set foot in Las Vegas the fight is upon you, it’s here now. So you get a little bit of a tingle down your back because you know it’s finally nearly upon us.

Yes, my body clock’s back on track now. Obviously it takes maybe three or four days to get your body clock on track what with the long flight over and the time difference, but I’m back to normal now in that department so to speak. So we’ve settled in nice to the house. We’ve got our routine in the gym and everything, so it can’t be going any better at the minute. And I don’t ask for much, but the only thing I ask for is that every person from the past picks for Floyd Mayweather to win this fight I think. But I’m sure you’ve all got a lot of questions you want to ask.

So rest assured, I’m in the best shape of my life, and looking forward to shocking the world. So thank you for listening and finally your questions guys.

DAN RAFAEL, ESPN: Hey Ricky, I’ve been watching 24/7 like I’m sure most of the folks have. And I’ve seen also yourself and the way you interact with Billy in the corner and the way you guys get along outside the ring in the press conference and such. Can you just talk a little bit about the bond that you and Billy have developed over the years? He’s quite a character it seems like. Obviously you like to have a good time also, but you seem to get real serious, obviously, in the ring when you’re training, but it seems to be a real friendly relationship outside the ring. Just talk about the way you guys get along with each other and how that’s worked over.

RICKY HATTON: Yes absolutely