Olympic gold medallist James Degale is backing Ricky Hatton's relentless work rate to be too much for Paulie Malignaggi on the night.

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"He is one of my favourites. He is strong, has lots of heart, is non stop and has his new coach Floyd Mayweather Sr who will teach him a couple of new tricks," Degale told Virgin Media. "Malignaggi is a good boxer and can dig deep, like he did against Cotto. But I'm going with Hatton because I think his work rate will be too much and he will bully Malignaggi and win on points."