"have a son named Jack, who was born in 2006. Unlike his brother Ricky, dad Ray, and the majority of his family who are supporters of Manchester City, Matthew supports Manchester United. Hatton began boxing at the age of 12, and had 22 amateur contests, winning 18. Hatton's career as a professional boxer began in late 2000 with a point's victory over David White, on the undercard of brother Ricky's fight with Giuseppe Lauri. Hatton was undefeated in his first 13 fights before a point's loss to journeyman David Kirk in 2003. In 2004, Hatton went on to defeat Robert"
"Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton, (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and had one comeback fight in 2012. He has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships at light-welterweight and one at welterweight. Hatton is ranked by BoxRec as the best British light-welterweight of all time, the third best in Europe, and eleventh best worldwide. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by ""The Ring"" magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America, and ESPN. In 2000, Hatton won"
"fighter under Hatton Promotions, as well as trained by Hatton, to become world champion when he defeated Rau'shee Warren by split decision to win the World Boxing Association bantamweight title. Hatton is a successful boxing trainer. He is the trainer of Heavyweight Nathan Gorman , Zhanat Zhakiyanov as well as Irish champion Paul Upton. """"The Hitman – My story"""", an autobiography co-authored with Niall Hickman, was published in 2007 (ed. Ebury Press). Another autobiography, ""War and Peace"", followed this. His third book, ""Ricky Hatton's Vegas Tales"", was published in May 2015. Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton, (born 6 October 1978)"
"Hatton Promotions Hatton Promotions is a promotional company headed by former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton with Richard Poxon as Director of Boxing. On 4 February 2009, Hatton Promotions was officially launched at a press conference in which Ricky Hatton's fight with Manny Pacquiao was also announced. The company is based in Hyde, Manchester and comprises a state of the art fitness suite, a large boxing gym with two full-size rings and offices. In July 2009 having staged only four boxing events Hatton Promotions signed a deal with Sky to broadcast eight shows. Hatton said at the time: ""Sky have"
"known as Ricky, born in 1950. The rigors of the boxing ring had taken a heavy toll, and in 1955, a few months after his final fight, Bratton was admitted to Manteno State Mental Hospital, where he would stay for eight years. On release, he lived quietly with his mother. He would spend time living in his car, then was homeless, and had ongoing mental problems and related hospital admissions. At times he worked as a farm-hand. When his son Ricky died of an infection aged 11, in Detroit, Bratton was too sick to be aware of it. Bratton’s wife"
"Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton, billed as The Battle of East and West, was a boxing match for ""The Ring"" light welterweight championship. The bout was held between Manny Pacquiao of General Santos, Philippines and Ricky Hatton from Manchester, United Kingdom. The fight was held on 2 May 2009 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas at Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Hatton was knocked down by Pacquiao twice during the first round, and again in the second round to lose by KO in the 2nd round. Pacquiao's win makes him one of only two (the"
"Hatton was based at Billy ""The Preacher"" Graham's gym in Moss Side, where fellow boxers included Carl Thompson and Michael Gomez. Hatton made his professional debut on 10 September 1997 against Colin McAuley in Widnes at Kingsway Leisure Centre. Hatton won by a TKO in first round, while in his second fight he boxed at Madison Square Garden in New York, as part of the undercard to Naseem Hamed vs. Kevin Kelley. Soon he was fighting on the undercard of contests involving major British boxers, such as the two World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title fights between Thompson and Chris"
"been fantastic to us in handing us eight dates so early and we want to pay them back for their support by improving in everything we do"". Hatton promotions have had a large roster of boxers on their books, many of which are champions. These include; Hatton Promotions Hatton Promotions is a promotional company headed by former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton with Richard Poxon as Director of Boxing. On 4 February 2009, Hatton Promotions was officially launched at a press conference in which Ricky Hatton's fight with Manny Pacquiao was also announced. The company is based in Hyde, Manchester"
"where I got it from, but everybody's a Tommy Hearns fan. I got the nickname the first day I walked in the gym. I was 10 years old and put a pair of gloves on and started walloping the bag, and my amateur coach said, ""Look at him, look how evil he is. He's a little Hitman."" Hatton is sometimes referred to by boxing fans as ""Ricky Fatton"" because he was known to allow himself to weigh as much as 175 to 180 pounds (35 to 40 pounds over his fight weight) when not in training for a fight. Ever"
"a modified version of the popular Christmas song ""Winter Wonderland"", with the lyrics changed to promote Hatton. Hatton fans also liked to taunt opponents by singing ""Who Are Ya?"", a popular English football chant. Along with Floyd Mayweather, Hatton is referenced by New York rapper GZA on the track ""Paper Plate"" of his 2008 album, ""Pro Tools"". Hatton has his own boxing promotions that has boxers Anthony Upton, Sonny Upton, Pauly Upton, Lucas Browne, Cameron Hammond, Damien Hooper, Zhanat Zhakiyanov, Adam Etches, Matty Askin, Scott Jenkins Sergey Rabchenko and Ryan Burnett. On February 11, 2017 Zhanat Zhakiyanov became the first"
"Branco in Dagenham on 26 March 2010. Branco, having only lost twice previous to this fight (against Arturo Gatti & Miguel Cotto), came into the fight as Hatton's toughest test to date. Branco caught Hatton with a right hand in the first round which seemed to have him hurt, but Hatton overcame it and went on to claim the decision, allowing him to fully escape older brother Ricky's shadow and become ""The European Welterweight Champion Of The World"". In March 2011, Hatton lost to Canelo Álvarez in a bid for the WBC light-middleweight title. The bigger and stronger Alvarez was"
"Kostya Tszyu vs. Ricky Hatton Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu was a boxing Light Welterweight fight on June 4, 2005 between Ricky Hatton and Kostya Tszyu at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England. 22,000 crammed into the arena to watch one of the biggest upsets in British Boxing History. Ricky Hatton was at the time, the WBU light welterweight champion having knocked out Tony Pep and was coming into the fight off stoppage wins against Michael Stewart and Ray Oliveira. He was the underdog for the fight known mostly in Britain as a young crowd favourite. Kostya Tszyu"
"Harold Reitman Harold ""Hackie"" Stuart Reitman, M.D. (b. March 29, 1950 Jersey City, NJ) is a Jewish American orthopedic surgeon, former professional boxer, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and philanthropist. Reitman fought as a professional heavyweight boxer while working full-time as an orthopedic surgeon, and was widely referred to as the ""Boxing Doctor"" during his career. Reitman, who goes by the nickname, ""Hackie"", grew up in the Greenville section of Jersey City, NJ, the youngest of four children. Reitman's parents owned a gas station where his father Phil worked as a mechanic and his mother Evelyn pumped gas. Reitman started boxing at"
"his family and ""doing all right"", in his own words. Bratton died in 1993, aged 65. Johnny Bratton Johnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, (September 9, 1927 – August 15, 1993) was an American professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters of his era in the division, earning nearly $400,000 in 83 fights, but ended up penniless and mentally impaired. Bratton started boxing at age 14 and competed in several Golden Gloves events before turning pro. Bratton was a strong character, contemporaneously described as ""flashy"" or ""egotistical"", with his ""brilliantined hair"
"Jay Cutler, Mustafa Mohammad, Phil Heath, Kevin Levrone, Shawn Ray, Chris Cormier, Gunther Schlierkamp, Birtil Fox, Dennis James, Tom Platz, Lee Priest, Ernie Taylor, Sonny Schmidt, Mike Quinn, Robby Robinson, Frank Richardson, Paul Dillett, Samir Bannout, Lou Ferrigno and Dorian Yates. The gym was under Kayes' control until 2012 when Bobby Rimmer took over. In 2000 Kayes wrote weight loss diets for Ricky Hatton and other Billy Graham boxers, then in 2002 at the request of Billy Graham (Ricky Hatton's boxing coach) Kayes became the strength and nutrition coach for light welterweight boxing champion Ricky Hatton, his main responsibilities being"
"Ray Hatton added, ""Really, at the moment we're looking at Manny Pacquiao. It's very nice for Ricky to still be in such a big league."" Although negotiations stalled at some points, Hatton fought the number one pound-for-pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao, on 2 May 2009. Hatton hosted the 9 November edition of ""WWE Raw"", defeating Chavo Guerrero in a match. On 13 September 2010, Hatton was admitted to a rehabilitation facility, The Priory, in Roehampton, London, UK, for substance abuse to tackle a drink and depression problem. He was caught on camera apparently snorting class A drugs, lines of cocaine, in"
"10. Also like his father, Berto competed in soccer at the professional level in Haiti. James Edson Berto James Edson Berto, also known as Edson Berto (born July 5, 1983), is a Haitian-American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2004, Berto has formerly competed for Bellator MMA, Strikeforce, and EliteXC. Berto is the brother of professional boxer Andre Berto. Originally from Haiti, Berto moved with his family and six younger siblings to Winter Haven, Florida at a young age. Berto began training in the martial arts when he was young, as his"
"British boxer Ricky Hatton in which Pacquiao won in the second round. He told ""The Sun"" that he loves Hatton, but Manny is in a league of his own and he tends to support his fellow Filipinos out of patriotism, adding that he is thrilled to be there to support Manny before his bout. In June 2009, Bautista made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"". In 2010, he made an appearance on an episode of ""Chuck"". He has also made a cameo appearance in ""Relative Strangers"". Dave Bautista had his first biographical"
"his time as a top class boxer came to an end after he lost to both pound-for-pound kings Floyd Mayweather Jr, in December 2007, and against Manny Pacquiao in May 2009 via a 2nd round KO. In the latter years of Hatton's career his level of fitness became questionable after he developed a pattern of ballooning up in weight between fights. In their March 2010 issue, Ring Magazine ranked Tszyu as the number one junior welterweight of the decade (2000's) ahead of Hatton who was listed at number two. Kostya Tszyu vs. Ricky Hatton Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu was"
"has that something special about him – in short he is going to be a superstar."" Brook's first contest for the promotional outfit was on 25 June 2011 at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield and resulted in a unanimous 12 round points decision against Lovemore N'dou, claiming the WBA version of the inter-continental title in the process. On 17 March 2012, Kell Brook took his undefeated run to 27 fights by beating Matthew Hatton, brother of Ricky Hatton, on points in Sheffield. The scores were 119-107, 119-108 and 118-109 all in favour of Brook. In front of nearly 10,000"
"Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton, billed as Undefeated, was a boxing superfight that took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, between reigning WBC & ""The Ring"" welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning ""The Ring"" light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. The fight was for Mayweather's WBC & ""The Ring"" welterweight titles. Mayweather defeated Hatton by TKO in the tenth round. The referee for the fight was Joe Cortez, with Burt Clements, Dave Moretti and Paul Smith as the three judges. Hatton weighed in at 145"
"Johnny Bratton Johnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, (September 9, 1927 – August 15, 1993) was an American professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters of his era in the division, earning nearly $400,000 in 83 fights, but ended up penniless and mentally impaired. Bratton started boxing at age 14 and competed in several Golden Gloves events before turning pro. Bratton was a strong character, contemporaneously described as ""flashy"" or ""egotistical"", with his ""brilliantined hair and a fondness for purple shirts"". He was ""instinctively disliked by others"" and fans were said"
"to light-welterweight in 2007 saw him win the vacant IBF title for a second time, as well as the IBO title. In the same year, Hatton suffered a career first defeat against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an attempt to win the WBC, ""Ring"" and lineal welterweight titles. This defeat took a severe toll on Hatton's wellbeing, as did a second defeat in 2009 when he lost his IBO, ""Ring"" and lineal light-welterweight titles to Manny Pacquiao. After Hatton's career was put on a long hiatus, rumours of a comeback continued to circulate the media over the next several years. In"
"the IBF's belt against Buster Drayton. Matthew Hilton (boxer) Matthew Hilton (born December 27, 1965) is a Canadian former boxer who was the IBF Junior Middleweight Champion of the World. He is one of the four brothers from the fighting family Hiltons. He started boxing professionally in early 1983, and while doing so lived (along with his father/trainer and other family members) a nomadic lifestyle, moving from place to place in a 'movable trailer.' It was tough growing up for Hilton, but he transferred that toughness to the ring, at least as his career started. Though Matthew had decent boxing"
"Pacquiao via second-round KO and put his career on an indefinite hiatus. He eventually announced his retirement on 7 July 2011. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton, billed as Undefeated, was a boxing superfight that took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, between reigning WBC & ""The Ring"" welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning ""The Ring"" light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. The fight was for Mayweather's WBC & ""The Ring"" welterweight titles. Mayweather defeated Hatton by TKO in the tenth round. The referee for the"
"physical altercation with Big Show, which led to a match at WrestleMania XXIV. Hatton defeated Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester on May 24, 2008 in a ""thank-you"" bout for the tremendous fan support he has received throughout his entire professional career. The last time Hatton fought in Manchester was back in 2005 against Kostya Tszyu. Hatton went on to fight Paul Malignaggi for the IBF light welterweight championship in November 2008. The fight was very one sided and Ricky won comfortably by way of TKO in the 11th round. Hatton would eventually lose to Manny"
"Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi was a boxing light welterweight match-up between the top two in the division at that time, to determine the number one light welterweight in the world. It was called ""Power vs. Precision"" and was held on November 22, 2008 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. The fight was won by Ricky Hatton as Paulie Malignaggi was withdrawn by his corner during the 11th round. Ricky Hatton had been at the top of the rankings since his victory over Kostya Tszyu and followed up with wins over Juan Urango, José Luis"
"2011, Hatton announced his retirement from the sport, but in 2012, more than three years after his last fight, he confirmed his comeback. A loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko in his first match back prompted Hatton to immediately announce his final retirement. Hatton has been lauded as one of the most beloved and popular British boxers of all time, with a raucous fan base that travelled in the tens of thousands across the Atlantic to support him. Born in Stockport, Hatton was raised on the Hattersley council estate in Hyde, Greater Manchester and trained at the Sale West ABC (Racecourse Estate)."
"Smith as Ricky Hatton defended his WBU light welterweight title. Smith's father pushed Vann in the second round. Mickey's autobiography, ""Give Me a Ring"" was published 2003 by Mainstream, revealing the colourful story of his childhood. Mickey was the son of Hal Denver (a friend of Elvis Presley)-who once threw knives at John Major's mother-and the grandson of The Silver King, a showman with The Elephant Man among his sideshows. Mickey's childhood was spent in fairs appearing as the giraffe necked woman, and at a Dickensian foster home. His career in boxing has seen him take charge of many great"
"Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano was a boxing Light Welterweight fight between Ricky ""Hitman"" Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano. It was held in Manchester, England at the City of Manchester Stadium in front of a record 55,000 fans. This was a record for a boxing event post world war II, until 2014 when Carl Froch faced George Groves, fight which sold 80,000 seats. The fight went the full 12 rounds and Hatton won by unanimous decision. Hatton was coming off his first career loss to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and was fighting for the first time"
"career with a record of 22–7 with 11 knockouts and 1 no-contest. During his professional career Burton won the NABO Lightweight title and was a two-time Indiana State Boxing Champion at Lightweight and Welterweight. Burton lives in his hometown of Benton Harbor, Michigan, he is married, and also has a son from his ex-wife named Courtney Burton Jr. (born in 2000.) Courtney Burton Courtney Lee Burton (born June 28, 1978, South Bend, Indiana) is an American retired professional boxer from Benton Harbor, Michigan who fought in the super lightweight, lightweight, and welterweight divisions. Throughout his career Burton was known as"
"De La Hoya in anticipation for Mayweather Jr. – De La Hoya II presented by Golden Boy Promotions. However, due to disagreements with how revenues would be divided amongst the two fighters, the bout was cancelled. Mayweather Sr. trained Manchester's Ricky Hatton for seven weeks prior to his bout against Paulie Malignaggi on November 22, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Hatton retained his IBO light welterweight title with a technical knockout in the 11th round. However, Hatton lost only his second fight under Mayweather Sr. with a second-round knockout by Manny Pacquiao. The famous feud between Floyd"
"Eubank in 1998. In 1999 the British Boxing Writers' Club named Hatton their Young Boxer of the Year. His first international title came in May 1999, when he defeated Dillon Carew for the WBO inter-continental light-welterweight title. Hatton's next four fights after gaining the WBO inter-continental belt were all won within four rounds. He then gained the World Boxing Association (WBA) inter-continental title following a unification bout against Giuseppe Lauri. The following month he fought Jon Thaxton for the British title. Despite sustaining a cut over his left eye in the first round, Hatton continued for the full 12 rounds"