Boxing: IN BRIEF - Hatton ready for new challenge.BOXING: 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. reverted back from champion to challenger yesterday when he officially relinquished the WBA welterweight title he claimed from Luis Collazo in Boston in May. The move leaves the Manchester 'Hitman' without a major belt for the first time since June last year when he dethroned the great Kostya Tszyu for the IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility light-welterweight crown. Hatton will find himself re-challenging for that title when he steps back down to the 140lbs division to meet Colombian holder Juan Urango in Atlanta on December 9. |
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