HATTON SET FOR WAKE-UP CALL - PAULIE

Paulie Malignaggi says Ricky Hatton will pay for looking past him on November 22. The 'Magic Man' takes on Manchester's finest in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to prove who is the best light-welterweight in the world. Hatton has already been talking about the possibility of megabucks fights with Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao next year. But Malignaggi says that sort of talk is premature, and vowed to give the Hitman a shocking wake-up call next month. He said: "I'm focused on Ricky Hatton, not (Oscar) De La Hoya or (Manny) Pacquiao. It's going to be a very frustrating night for Ricky Hatton. He'll be catching a lot. I'll prove that Paulie Malignaggi is the number one 140-pounder in the world." Hatton says we'll see an improved Hitman on November 22, with Floyd Mayweather Snr in his corner for the first time. But Malignaggi... [read full story]