I think if you get the opportunity to try and become the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and you turn your back on it, then you're a bit of a fraud.

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

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.

If there was such a thing as re-incarnation, Floyd would come back as himself

You can't let a man like this beat you.

As long as I've got the love of the fans, that means everything to me.

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.