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Ricky Hatton
(Richard John Hatton)
(the "Hitman")

BORN   October 6 1978; Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
HEIGHT 5-7 1/2
WEIGHT 139-147 lbs
MANAGERS Frank Warren, Dennis Hobson, Ray Hatton
TRAINER Billy Graham

 

Hatton is a "Man of Action" who comes to fight; He is a bruising fighter who can dish it out and take it too; He applies constant pressure, throws lots of hard punches and absorbs them as well; During his career, he has won the  the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World, the WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the IBO Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the BBBC Light Welterweight Championship of Great Britain, the WBA Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship, the WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship and the BBBC Central Area Light Welterweight Championship

Ricky has defeated such men as Kostya Tszyu, Carlos Maussa, Freddie Pendleton, Luis Collazo, Juan Urango, Jose Luis Castillo, Juan Lazcano, Vince Phillips, Aldo Nazareno Rios, Ben Tackie, Dennis Holbaek Pedersen, Carlos Wilfredo Vilches, Michael Stewart, Ray Oliveira, Mikhail Krivolapov, Eamonn Magee, Stephen Smith, Joe Hutchinson, Jason Rowland, Tony Pep and Justin Rowsell

1997
Sep 11 Colin McAuley              Widnes, England                    TK  1
Dec 19 Robert Alvarez             New York, NY                        W  4

1998
Jan 17 David Thompson             Bristol, England                   KO  1
Mar 27 Paul Salmon                Telford, England                   KO  1
Apr 18 Karl Taylor                Manchester, England                TK  1
May 30 Mark Ramsey                Bristol, England                    W  6
Jul 18 Anthony Campbell           Sheffield, England                  W  6
Sep 19 Pascal Montulet            Oberhausen, Germany                KO  2
Oct 31 Kevin Carter               Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
Dec 19 Paul Denton                Liverpool, England                 KO  6

1999
Feb 27 Tommy Peacock              Oldham, England                    TK  2
          -BBBC Central Area Light Welterweight Championship
Apr  3 Brian Coleman              Kensington, England                KO  2
May 29 Dillon Carew               Halifax, England                   TK  5
          -WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship
Jul 17 Mark Ramsey                Doncaster, England                  W  6
Oct  9 Bernard Paul               Manchester, England                TK  4
          -WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship
Dec 11 Mark Winters               Liverpool, England                 KO  4
          -WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship

2000
Jan 29 Leoncio Garces             Manchester, England                TK  3
Mar 25 Pedro Alonso Teran         Liverpool, England                 TK  4
          -WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship
May 16 Ambioris Figuero           Warrington, England                KO  4
          -WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship
Jun 10 Gilbert Quiros             Detroit, Mi                        KO  2
          -WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship
Sep 23 Giuseppe Lauri             Bethnal Green, England             TK  5
          -WBA Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship;
          WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Championship
Oct 21 Jonathan Thaxton           Wembley, England                    W 12
          -BBBC Light Welterweight Championship of Great Britain

2001
Mar 26 Tony Pep                   Wembley, England                   TK  4
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Jul  7 Jason Rowland              Manchester, England                KO  4
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 15 John Bailey                Manchester, England                TK  5
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Oct 27 Freddie Pendleton          Manchester, England                KO  2
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 15 Justin Rowsell             Wembley, England                   TK  2
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2002
Feb  9 Mikhail Krivolapov         Manchester, England                TK  9
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Jun  1 Eamonn Magee               Manchester, England                 W 12
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 28 Stephen Smith              Manchester, England                WF  2
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 14 Joe Hutchinson             Newcastle, England                 KO  4
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2003
Apr  5 Vince Phillips             Manchester, England                 W 12
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 27 Aldo Nazareno Rios         Manchester, England                TK 10
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Ben Tackie                 Manchester, England                 W 12
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2004
Apr  3 Dennis Holbaek Pedersen    Manchester, England                TK  6
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Jun 12 Carlos Wilfredo Vilches    Manchester, England                 W 12
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Oct  1 Michael Stewart            Manchester, England                TK  5
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 11 Ray Oliveira               Dockland, England                  KO 10
          -WBU Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2005
Jun  4 Kostya Tszyu               Manchester, England                TK 11
          -IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 26 Carlos Maussa              Sheffield, England                 KO  9
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2006
May 13 Luis Collazo               Boston, Ma                          W 12
          -WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

2007
Jan 20 Juan Urango                Las Vegas, Nv                       W 12
          -IBF Light Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBO Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Jun 23 Jose Luis Castillo         Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  4
          -IBO Light Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBC International Light Welterweight Championship
Dec  8 Floyd Mayweather Jr.       Las Vegas, Nv                      LT 10
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World

2008
May 24 Juan Lazcano               Manchester, England                 W 12
          -IBO Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 22 Paulie Malignaggi          Las Vegas, Nv                      TK 11
          -IBO Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2009
May  2 Manny Pacquiao             Las Vegas, Nv                      LK  2
          -IBO Light Welterweight Championship of the World

2012
Nov 24 Vyacheslav Senchenko       Manchester, England                LK  9

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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