Ricky Hatton fans wait in line ahead of Friday's weigh-in for his fight against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas

Hatton is first on the scales and comes in at 10st 5lb - a comfortable 2lb under the welterweight limit

Mayweather is right on the welterweight limit at 10st 7lb and enjoys some feedback from the Hatton fans

The 6,000 Hatton fans in the MGM Grand Arena are in good spirits and good voice

Hatton and Mayweather square up and it is not long before the two are jostling again

Things get heated between Mayweather and Hatton at the pre-fight media conference on Wednesday

The bad feeling erupts as Hatton puts aside his jokey demeanour to issue Mayweather a cut-throat gesture

The two fighters and their entourages gather in the MGM Grand ready for the Saturday night encounter

Despite having the shadow of the WBC welterweight champion over him, Hatton appears confident of victory

Mayweather cuts a dashing figure in a three-piece suit as he holds court at a packed conference in Las Vegas

With the tension building, an Elvis impersonator aims to lighten the mood

Hatton takes time out of his press commitments earlier in the week to spend time with two-year-old Lehkei Mayweather

The 29-year-old Briton is full of confidence ahead of Saturday's bout and says his training has never gone better

Meanwhile, Mayweather chats to journalists and scotches rumours that a hand injury could postpone the fight

Hatton, always amenable to the press, could lay claim to being Britain's greatest ever fighter if he upsets Mayweather

Hatton appears to have no fitness problems, despite having to move up from light-welterweight for the fight

Floyd Mayweather, who never allows himself to get out of shape, looks in supreme condition nine days before the fight

Hatton arrives in Las Vegas unbeaten in 43 professional encounters, with 31 knockouts to his name