Floyd Mayweather Sr. is “pretty sure” he’d be back as Ricky Hatton’s trainer when the pride of Manchester stakes his IBO super-lightweight crown against Manny Pacquiao on May 2.

And if he does, the flamboyant trainer and father of Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather Jr. might just impose the same rules on Hatton: no booze, no junk food, no parties, no late nights.

If Floyd Sr. could have his way, Hatton should have “nothing but boxing” in his mind when he starts preparing for the big fight in Las Vegas.

Floyd Sr. the other day told Filipino sports radio program Sports Chat that he hasn’t talked to Hatton recently, but again he’s “pretty sure” that he’d get the job to train him against Pacquiao.

Mark Vester of BoxingScene.com then wrote that Hatton has the “legendary reputation, on both sides of the ocean, for his ability to drink himself silly” and “parties often, eats plenty of junk food, and his weight jumps to the middleweight levels.”

This practice, the article, said, makes or forces Hatton to work extra hard in training. No wonder the 30-year-old slugger said he wants to train 12 to 13 weeks for the Pacquiao fight.

The Filipino superstar, on the other hand, said he’d need no more than eight to nine weeks to get in top shape for the biggest fight of his career – money-wise.

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