Boxing: Hatton: No need for war.RICKY HATTON Richard Hatton MBE (born October 6 1978, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England), is a British boxer. He is seen by many as one of the greatest British fighters of all-time and is currently one of the top 10 pound for pound fighters in the world. plans to resist Kostya Tszyu's offer of an allout war to decide their IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility light-welterweight title showdown at Manchester's MEN Arena in the early hours of Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
The champion has vowed to entertain the capacity 22,000 crowd by drawing the attacking Hatton into a wild affair in a contest tipped by many to go down as Britain's fightof the decade. While Hatton has plenty of incentives for throwing caution to the wind, the 26-year-old may adopt a more subtle approach to combat the extra world-class experience and booming right hand of Tszyu. Hatton said: 'I cannot just steam in there at 100 miles an hour and expect to win - tactically I have got to be very good as well. 'I do not think most people know how clever I am in the ring. They just see the obvious - he comes forward, he attacks, he bodypunches - but I have far more than that. Hatton will have taken great interest in the four professional knockdowns suffered by Tszyu against fighters with the same relentless, comeforward style as the challenger |
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