Hatton in Heaven after signing contract with Mayweather

British lightweight star Ricky Hatton (43-0, 31 KOs) is reportedly in 7th heaven after the recent signing of a contractor to face boxing pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. (38-0, 24 KOs) in Las Vegas on December 8, 2007. “I am fighting the best fighter in the world; It doesn’t get bigger than this,” Hatton said. Based on reports, Hatton is set to make in the neighborhood of $10 million on the fight with Mayweather, which far and away tops his career winnings in one single night. However, the monstrous payday will come at a cost for Hatton, as he will have to move up in weight to the welterweight division, a move that is likely to place Hatton – a natural lightweight – at a significant disadvantage going into the fight.

Even still, I suppose it may not even matter much in the long run, as with that kind of payday, Hatton, perhaps, may not mind taking a single nights beating. Indeed, for that kind of money, it would have normally taken Hatton 4-5 fights to make an equivalent. Then again, if Hatton had agreed to take on Oscar De La Hoya, who had made mention of wanting to fight Hatton, then he’d have made much more than that. Only, that wasn’t guaranteed like the fight with Mayweather is, so I can hardly blame Hatton for taking the sure thing.