Ricky Hatton's mindset and focus is "very similar in frame of mind to when he fought Kostya Tszyu", according to the British boxer's father and manager Ray Hatton.
Hatton has cut to within 10lb of the 10st weight limit for his showdown with Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao, a month from now in Las Vegas on May 2.
"I've not seen Ricky in this frame of mind since 2005, when he was preparing for the biggest step up in his life," Hatton Snr said on Wednesday.
Hatton battered Tszyu, then considered in the top five pound for pound fighters, to a standstill at the MEN Arena to take the IBF 140lb title, the Australia-based Siberian unable to come out for the 12th round.
"Yes, he was hyped up when he fought Floyd Mayweather 16 months ago, but without the controlled focus he is showing this time," Hatton's father said.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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