Winning the IBF title was the greatest night of my life. To give it up outside the ring is truly painful.

What's the point being the best fighter on the planet if no likes you?

The one thing that's hurt in my career is people saying I don't want to come out of Manchester to fight people.

What sort of champion would I be if I just stayed in my normal weight division and didn't take the big challenges on? Bring them on, that's what Ricky Hatton's all about.

Both of us don't go backwards and I think that is the key to the fight. Whoever ends up going backwards is going to lose.

He's won't push me back on the night and he certainly wasn't going to push me back up there.

The fans only don't support me cos of the way I fight, they support me cos of the way I am.