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British boxer Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and American WBC Champion Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather exchanged insults at a Los Angeles media conference as a promotion to their world welterweight title bout. The pair, who meet at the Las Vegas MGM Grand on 8 December, both claim they are the best pound-for-pound fighter.

Hatton started up by saying: “He is doing the show ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and that’s how he’s boxing”. Mayweather responded by calling the Manchester boxer “Vicky Fatten” and suggesting he should be a wrestler.

The prize on offer in Las Vegas is Mayweather’s WBC belt, and Hatton, 28, is confident he can get the job done. “I was delighted when I won my British title, then I got more and more and the world Boxing title,” said Hatton, who is unbeaten in 43 fights.

Mayweather, is unbeaten in 38 fights, spoke straight into an impervious Hatton’s face during the event, saying: “Talk to me, talk to me.”

The 30-year-old American said: ” When I am done with you I’ll collect more and more pay check’s in the future because I am the best in the world.” Mayweather is a six-time world champion in five weight divisions, including super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight.

Hatton has also been successful across the weight divisions winning multiple world titles at light welterweight and welterweight. The Manchester boxer enhanced his reputation as a ruthless boxer with victories over Kostya Tszyu (for the IBF light welterweight crown in 2005) and Jose Luis Castillo in 2007, when he became the first boxing fighter to put the Mexican down.

“I am proud of this, but very sorry for all my fans - 10,000 people always follow my fights and most of them won’t get a ticket,” said Hatton. However Not all is lost for British fans as www.ticketsofamerica.com has a large stock of tickets to suit your need. Just visit our homepage for more info.