Ricky Hatton is a British sporting hero. Fact. That he’s never received the exposure and celebrity status that our overpaid and overpampered footballers have is much down to his man-in-the-street image. An image that is certainly not cultivated, and defines him as the fighter he is.

And the fighter that he is is currently facing up to the biggest fight of his life in Las Vegas in less than two short weeks time.

Hatton will fight Floyd Mayweather at Welterweight at the Las Vegas MGM Grand on 8 December, and it’s fitting that his DVD, Ricky Hatton - A Life Story is available in the lead up to the biggest bout involving a British boxer for many years.

The DVD is an official, authorised look at the life and career of ‘The Hitman’.

The main feature kicks off with a brief history of the ‘sweet science’ and cutely focuses in on 1978, the year Muhammad Ali lost to Sonny Liston, and the year Hatton was born.