Ricky Hatton may have a new regime ahead of his fight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2 - if he can follow his own advice, and that being barked into his ear by trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr.
'Do what I say, not what I do', is the advice Ricky Hatton is handing down to five newly-installed fighters, who have signed under the Hatton Promotions banner.
Hatton got his promoter's licence last year.
Perhaps Hatton has taken a leaf out of Pacman's book, the great Filipino fighter being renowned for his great regime, and discipline.
Hatton's advice to his young fighters in this: in order to achieve boxing greatness - make sure you have no beer, or junk food, don't put on weight and get fat and get to bed by 8pm.
Hatton regularly puts on around a stone between fights, and stories of his marathon drinking sessions are legions, are as the once myriad tales of his late night curries and kebabs, the staple late night diet of the working man returning from a night in the pub. soaked up by curry and kebabs.
However. launching the careers of several new young fighters, Mancunian hero Hatton told the GB Beijing Olympics team bantamweight Joe Murray - the younger brother of British lightweight champion John Murray - Rhys Roberts, Scott Quigg, Matthew Askin and Danny Butler - who will fight on his first two cards in Bristol on March 14 and Manchester on March 28: "Live the life, stay clean, don't drink, diet and keep on top of your weight. It's your career and you only get one shot. I'd like to go to bed at eight o'clock every night, eat salads every day and not drink but I'm not made that way."
If only he were. Hatton admits he must change his lifestyle. He said: "When I'm working with lads' careers I can't be in the pub every night. Everybody goes on about my eating and drinking but the one thing that has been a priority in my life is boxing and it will be, too, when I'm promoting. The best feeling you can get is when the referee raises your hand and you've won. I do have a responsibility towards these lads."
Hatton returns from a cruise in the Caribbean in mid-February, and goes into a 12-week training camp for his £40million showdown with Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2.
Two of the most popular activities on cruises ? Eating and drinking.
What is your view ? Should fighters relax between the pressure of contests ? Does it shorten careers ? Could it even be physically dangerous ? Would Hatton be the fighter he is, the character he is, if he was walled up between fights, not enjoying himself ? There are no clear answers in this, I'd say.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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