With a live gate of £48.7m and pay-per-view revenue expected to be in the region of £250m, the fighters will walk away with about £200m between them.
Defence and security experts said the Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile system, known to be in the hands of pro-Russia fighters in Ukraine, was most likely used.
"Carl has fought some decent opponents and deserves to be in the same company as those fighters," said Hatton.
The foreign minister in another interview on Sky News says the government does not know how many of the 150 fighters known to be in the Middle East are currently in Iraq.
Other fighters confirmed to be in the game include current UFC star Randy Couture, Gegard Mousasi, Renato Sobral, and Cung Le. (Check Wikipediafor the full list of confirmed and rumored fighters. Hopefully Alistair Overeem makes the cut. You'd think he would, being that he's the Strikeforce heavyweight champion, even if he hasn't defended the belt in two years).
Another man who claimed to be in charge of the French fighters in Syria called Fouad to say: "Your sister is safe and she is here by choice.
Much of the credit must go to performance director Rob McCracken, who has not been in the fighters' corner during the Olympics because of a ban arising from his professional boxing affiliations.
No title is at stake at the Thomas & Mack Center save for the Ring Magazine belt, a trinket awarded by the American publication to the man its writers deem to be the No1 fighter in the division.
Pakistani intelligence officials said that relatives of prominent Pakistani clerics were believed to be among the fighters trapped in Kunduz and that Pakistan could face the prospects of intense protests if many were to die there.
The WBC welterweight belt was left vacant by the retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. "I want to be the best fighter in the sport," said Garcia, 27, who started boxing at 10 under the direction of his father-trainer, Angel Garcia.
