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I think that headband and that brylcreem and that gel on his hair will do him no good should we get it on.
It's unbelievable really. For something that started off as a hobby, I ended up getting paid for doing it.
If boxing had a professional boxing association or something like that, I think it would be a better place.
You can't kid the public. When they see me they see I'm just a kid off a council estate - no more, no less.
You write an autobiography because you want to tell people how you felt about a certain matter at that time.
The one thing that's hurt in my career is people saying I don't want to come out of Manchester to fight people.
I've been giving a little gamble on the roulette and just sitting having a coffee with the fans, chatting away.
When I stepped up a division I can remember suffering the worst fatigue I had ever felt. I noticed it massively.
My second pro fight was at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Naseem Hamed's fight against Kevin Kelley.
Just like footballers want to play at Wembley, the Nou Camp and the Bernabeu, boxers have their dream arenas too.
I always loved training to get fit, make all those sacrifices that you do, but it just wasn't there after Pacquiao.
I could come in the gym to train with the boys and they'd think I was alright, but I'd go home and sit there crying.
I'm very fortunate. I've looked after my money and I'm happy with where my career is at as a trainer and a promoter.
I want to go down as a champion who redeemed himself, made up for letting everyone down and regained his self-respect.
As I went into my role as a trainer I had to get more professional as people were putting their livelihood in my hands.
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.
Depression is a serious thing and, after my defeat to Pacquiao, I was facing retirement and didn't cope with it very well.
People with success are less able to cope because you're used to being on Mount Everest and when it's gone, what do you do?
When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'
I went to the darts, went to the football, had a little pint, no airs and graces. I think that's why I had the fan base I had.
They say 'you've over trained, you've left it in the gym' is the most common phrase used in boxing but my god it is the truest.
I've fought at such a high level I couldn't have people look at me and say, 'well, he's just fought someone to knock them over.'
I've been asked by 'Big Brother,' 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!,' 'Strictly' and 'Dancing on Ice,' but it's not for me.
Before I turned professional I used to do carpet fitting for my dad. I wasn't much good, it's a miracle I've still got 10 fingers.
I was getting depressed, I was going out, having a few drinks and the worst thing you can do with depression is add alcohol to it.
Boxers don't tend to come from Cambridge or Oxford. Sometimes the things we say don't come out well. We are not known for our vocabulary.
It's an individual sport so you get in the ring on your own and then when you retire you tend to spend the rest of your life on your own.
I'm known for my strength and it helped that from a young age I was carrying around crates of beer or carpets and heavy rolls of underlay.
Everyone knows my story and lots of people have been disappointed in my deterioration as a man. But they can see I'm trying to get better.
We're out of our comfort zones with depression. I certainly was and whenever I have bad days now I speak to someone to get it off my chest.
My mum and dad had four pubs when we were growing up, but the main one was the New Inn in Hattersley, on the estate. It was a very good pub.
The thing is with boxers we don't come from Cambridge and places like that, we come from council estates. So in boxing it's very, very hard.
If, and when, I do eventually decide to retire, the announcement will be made by myself. I feel that I have earned the right to do it myself.
I had to come to the United States to prove myself. I fought for a long time in England and a lot of people thought I was a protected fighter.
I'm a Mancunian born and bred and I feel I'm no different to the man in the crowd and it's nice to reward them. I want to become a great champion.
I'm not going to say I was Britain's greatest ever world champion. I think Joe Calzaghe was the best - although I think I fought a lot better fighters.
I want people to look at me as a four-time world champion, in two weight categories, as a down-to-earth man of the people, not the joke that I had become.
It doesn't matter how many people say 'don't be hard on yourself,' I feel like I have to redeem myself to my fans, my family and the whole of British sport.
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.
Pacquiao has been stopped a 'couple of times by body shots and has been knocked out and I don't think there's anything you can do to improve your ribs or chin.
He's a very, very clever fighter, Manny, but you'd have to say the cleverest fighter in boxing is Mayweather. He adapts his style against whatever opponent he faces.
Everyone wants to be a world champion, but when you take that first punch it will tell you if you really want to be in this sport or not. For me, there was no doubt.
It's a hard game, boxing. You're up every morning running every day, you train in the afternoon, you're dieting, you're up and down in weight and it can wear you down.
I think everyone is pretty excited about me. I have a style that any fight fan would love. I am a real value-for-money fighter. People want to see me against the elite.
We think, 'I'm Ricky Hatton or I'm Tyson Fury, I can take on the world.' You can take on the world in the ring but this problem called depression, you can't take it on.
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.
I have always really liked Tom Jones and I can't wait to see him in action. One thing is for sure, I would rather be singing for a living than getting punched on the head.
For all the success, I never acted any differently. I've always done the same things and I can honestly say I've not changed in the slightest. Sometimes that's the problem.
The high of victory in the ring was bigger than the biggest party. You'd get in the ring and hear thousands of fans chanting your name and I'd be giving it all back for them.
I feel I let everyone British sport, British boxing, my community, my home town of Manchester, my family my kids, I feel I've let everyone down with the troubles I've been in.