Campbell Hatton keen to add to Manchester sporting success as Man City eye treble

Campbell Hatton will be back fighting in Manchester this Saturday night as he aims to go 12 unbeaten when he takes on Michal Bulik on the Mauricio Lara vs Leigh Wood II undercard.

Campbell, son of the legendary Ricky Hatton, has been in fine form since launching his boxing career and he sat down with the Manchester Evening News to talk about his journey so far. Hatton delved into how he deals with pressure and how scaling back and relocating helped him navigate the scrutiny he faced after fighting on the Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk undercard in 2021.

Following the points victory over Sonni Martinez at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, after which father Ricky took to social media to defend his son, Hatton decided to change tact. He has since admitted the fallout from that bout got under his skin, but he now insists he's able to deal with any criticism and has matured, not only as a fighter, but also as a person.

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Saturday's clash at the AO Arena comes with the added pressure of being a hometown fight but Hatton believes, despite the occasion, it'll be business as usual.

The 22 year-old said: "Early on in my career where I struggled to deal with expectation, I think I'm better equipped to deal with that now. Coming up to my twelfth fight I'm just more mature as a fighter, as a person and all around really. I'm just treating it as any other fight, I am that little more excited as it's the local show and I'll have all my friends and family there, and all the city behind me, but as far as nerves go it's no different than the last one."

Hatton, who is coming into the Bulik clash off the back of a knock-out