Hatton v Mayweather
Date: Sunday, 9 December
Starts from: 0100 GMT
Location: Las Vegas
Watch: Sky pay-per-view
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live
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Ricky Hatton had to be pulled apart from Floyd Mayweather as their media conference threatened to boil over.
"There's a time to laugh and joke and be my usual sarcastic self but the fight's two days away now and I've done my laughing and joking," said Hatton.
"When I leaned on him he said, 'Don't touch me'. I gave him a 'you're dead' gesture then I smiled. If he's annoyed at that, wait till the bell rings."
The pair fight for the WBC welterweight crown on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The physical confrontation came at the end of a stare-out between the two fighters that lasted two full minutes.
Mayweather and Hatton shoved each other back and forwards with their chests before being kept apart by handlers.
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Hatton said: "These kind of mind games aren't my thing, but he was pushing me."
Hatton is convinced he has managed to get under the skin of a fighter who clearly revels in his enormous self-confidence and seemed visibly perturbed by his rival's antics.
"I think Floyd preys on that confidence and that's why he did it. I think it'll hurt him more than me. I'll go away and forget about it now but I think he might be seething," he added.
Mayweather spent most of the news conference with his every move being cheered by a handful of followers who help massage the fighter's confidence each day.
And in his usual confident style he said: "He can't get under my skin. I'm not at all worried about that. We will see if it's an advantage. I'm not shaking.
"When I went over to the UK they threw bottles at me, rocks at my car, giving me the finger. And he says I'm disrespecting him?
"I've been there plenty of times. I know what it takes. Just another day for me, I've been here so many times.
"Come Saturday night you'll see a Floyd Mayweather that shows versatility, inside, outside, toe-to-toe," added Mayweather.
"Come Saturday night you'll see a Floyd Mayweather that shows versatility, inside, outside, toe-to-toe."
"I've faced every style there is and I'm pretty sure I've faced the Hatton style before. But he's going to bring his A game and we're going to give the fans one hell of a fight.
"I'm in tremendous shape, I always come prepared because I don't overlook no guy."
Mayweather's uncle and trainer, Roger, believes Hatton will need more than just his fists to defeat his nephew.
"How do you beat a guy like Floyd Mayweather? He's got good hand speed, tremendous defence, so if Hatton tries to bum-rush him, he's going to get messed-up," he said.
"You can't do that. The best way to deal with my nephew is to use a stick, a fishing pole.
"But if you ain't got a fishing pole, and you come in there with your face, I ain't gonna tell you what's gonna happen. He's too crafty, he's too slick, he can do it all.
"You'll see on fight-night why they call him the best fighter in the world."
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