Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, was the guest speaker at a Sportsman Dinner for Crossflatts Football Club held at the Hilton Hotel in Bradford last Friday.

Hatton, who is in training for an IBO title defence against Juan Lezcano on May 24, said that a fight between him and Bradford boxer Junior Witter could happen one day, but not in the immediate future.

Hatton said: "He's somewhere on the radar but not on the immediate radar. We offered him the best pay day of his career a few weeks ago and he turned it down.

"People know I'm not a fan of his because of the way he's spoke about me in the press. My record speaks for itself. You can never say never in boxing and it still might come, but in the meantime my main goal is to get a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Junior at Wembley next year."

For that to happen first Hatton must get past Lezcano and a showdown against New Yorker Paul Malignaggi in the autumn.

In his speech to a room packed with more than 500 people who attended the Sportsman Dinner, Hatton joked about how his weight balloons between fights. "The press call me Ricky "Fatton" or refer to me as the Pavarotti of Boxing," he said.

However in the eight weeks leading up to his fight with Lezcano, Hatton is getting in shape and has avoided a pints of beer in favour of juice.

The dinner, which featured an auction and raffle along with the £40 a head ticket, raised more than £2,000 for Crossflatts FC's nominated charity, Manorlands Hospice, Oxenhope.

Lynda Yewdall, volunteers co-ordinator for Manorlands, said: "We'd like to say a very big thank you to Crossflatts Football Club for nominating Manorlands for the second year running."

On Monday, Crossflatts FC secretary Lee Bailey said: "The feedback we've had so far about the event has been amazing. We've raised some good money for charity, which is quite an achievement for a Sunday football club."