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Hatton's December 8 clash with the self-styled 'Pretty Boy' has been made at the 147lbs welterweight limit, where the 'Hitman' struggled when he moved up to beat Luis Collazo last year.

"We tried to make him as big as the guy (Collazo) he was fighting," said Hatton's father Ray. "We won't be putting on weight he doesn't need. We've made that mistake once - we won't be making that mistake again."

He added: "When you only have a stature of 5ft 7in there are limitations of what weight he can put on before it affects him.

"We slowed him down. His body was carrying more weight than what it was used to when it was put under exertion in a 12-round fight, so his performance dropped off.

"I caused a lot of confusion a few weeks ago when I said that Ricky Hatton wouldn't be fighting at welterweight.

"What I actually said was that he may be fighting for titles at welterweight, but he will not be coming in the ring as a welterweight. He'll be coming in the ring as a light-welterweight fighting a welterweight."