Ricky Hatton, who was in LAs Vegas this past weekend for UFC 91, gives The Daily Star his thoughts on boxing taking a page out of the UFC playbook:
Hatton was at ringside in Las Vegas to see Randy Couture lose his world heavyweight title to man-mountain Brock Lesnar, who beat him with a second-round stoppage.
And ‘The Hitman’, who faces Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand Arena next Saturday, told me: “The presentation and general approach of the UFC is something that boxing can learn a great deal from.”
It was Hatton’s first taste of live UFC action and he said: “The whole aspect of it was great and, rather than boxing ignore it, it should take a leaf out of the UFC book.
“For instance, they have big screens around the arena with pre-fight interviews which really get the crowd involved. Why can’t we do that at boxing matches in the UK?
“I was really, really impressed. I know that the UFC sells out wherever it is " but to be present at this fight night was an eye-opening experience.”
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