Hatton, however, it seems, that the rising star Khan insisted that Bolton born fighter has all makings of a top boxing star.
Hatton said when speaking about Khan's WBA light-welterweight title showdown with Paul McCloskey, "It would be nice for people to say I was there, I bought a ticket".
"Mayweather and Pacquiao aren't going to be there forever and when they pass the torch on, who better to take that pound-for-pound spot than Amir Khan? I had a lot of wonderful nights at the MEN Arena and Amir Khan is the new kid on the block. He's wonderful, he's a nice kid, he's just come off the Fight Of The Year and it's nice for British fans to see him come back to Britain and show them what he's learned.
"I had an army of supporters that I feel very, very proud of and I just urge boxing fans - if you are a genuine boxing fan and you were a Ricky Hatton fan for all the qualities I had - you really should come and support this young man because he's made from the same cloth. We should get behind him and be very, very proud of him."
Hatton won linear 140lb crown, they fight in Las Vegas nights for larger audiences took a host. 'Hitman' responsibilities now advertising is enjoying, but the events of the past few weeks Hatton Promotions will be a headache because one or two as Eddie Mustafa Mohammad just to boiling of inking by Tyson Hasim Rahman from the edge of the bill compared to men tried to pull plug on heavyweight attraction.