Matthew James "Matty" Hatton (born 15 May 1981) is a British former

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who competed from 2000 to 2013. He held the

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title from 2010 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBC

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title in the latter year. He is the younger brother of former two-division world champion of boxing,

Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and boxing trainer, trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world champi ...

, and fought on the

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of many of Ricky's high-profile fights.

Biography

Hatton was born in

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, England, to Ray and Carol. Before becoming a professional boxer, Hatton worked for the family carpet business as a carpet fitter. He and his girlfriend Jenna Coyne have a son named Jack, who was born in 2008 and a daughter named Lola born in 2012. Unlike his brother Ricky, dad Ray, and the majority of his family who are supporters of

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, Matthew supports

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Amateur

Hatton began boxing at the age of 12, and had 22 amateur contests, winning 18.

Professional boxing career

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 Burton to win the British Central Area welterweight title, and six months later defeated the same man to claim the

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version of the title.

British Title

On 20 October 2006, Hatton was disqualified for low blows in the tenth and final round of a British Welterweight title eliminator against Alan Bosworth. Victory may well have given Hatton a shot at the British Welterweight title which was held at the time by Scottish boxer Kevin Anderson. In 2007, Hatton won the IBF International welterweight title by defeating American Frank Houghtaling, and in his next fight defeated Puerto Rican Edwin Vazquez to win the IBF Inter-Continental title. Both fights were held in

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on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's fights with Juan Urango and

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Commonwealth Title

On 28 May 2008, Hatton lost to Craig Watson on a points decision with scores of 116–112, 117–112 and 118–111 in a challenge for the

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welterweight championship. The fight was held at the

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on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's fight with Juan Lazcano. A short time after his loss to Watson, Hatton decided to leave long-time trainer Billy Graham and his Phoenix Camp Gym. Hatton would go on to be trained at Bobby Rimmer's Boxing Academy based in

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under the guidance of Lee Beard, who is also assistant trainer to Ricky Hatton.

Hatton vs. Ben Tackie

Hatton fought former World title challenger

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on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's fight with

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at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas on 22 November 2008. Tackie was defeated by Matthew Hatton over 12 rounds in December 2003. Hatton defeated Tackie via a convincing unanimous decision with scores of 98–92, 98–92 and 97–93 in a performance which has been described as the best of his career.

Hatton vs. Bami

On 28 March 2009, Hatton defeated

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via a 6th round stoppage in an eliminator for the IBO welterweight Title.

Hatton vs. N'dou

Hatton was scheduled to fight

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on 19 September 2009 at the MGM Grand arena in a welterweight bout as part of the undercard of the Mayweather-Marquez fight. This fight was postponed due to the main bout being postponed owing to a rib injury to Mayweather. Instead Hatton fought

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for the IBO Welterweight title at Fenton Manor in Stoke-on-Trent on 13 November 2009, the contest was scored a draw.

Hatton vs. Branco

Hatton claimed the vacant European welterweight title with a unanimous points win over

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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".

Hatton vs. Álvarez

In March 2011, Hatton lost to

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in a bid for the WBC

title. The bigger and stronger Alvarez was docked a point in round seven ultimately leading to all three judges scoring the bout at 119–108 in favor of Alvarez.

Hatton vs. Brook

In March 2012, Hatton lost to undefeated

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in an all-British clash at the Motorpoint Arena in

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. The quicker, more technically astute Brook outclassed Hatton over 12 rounds, and won the fight via a

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Hatton vs. Lomax

In October 2012, Hatton won a 1st-round knockout to journeyman Michael Lomax. It was a comeback bout after his disappointing defeat to Kell Brook, and a determined Hatton took the fight easily.

Hatton vs. Van Heerden

In his first fight of the year in February 2013, Hatton lost a unanimous decision to IBO Welterweight champion Chris Van Heerden. The South African outclassed him throughout with a smarter skillset that may have shattered future title hopes for the British boxer.

Championships held

* IBF Inter-Continental Welterweight title * IBF International Welterweight title * British Central Area Welterweight title * British Central Area Light-Middleweight title * European Welterweight title

Professional boxing record

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References

External links

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Matthew Hatton profile
from Ricky Hatton's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatton, Matthew 1981 births Living people English male boxers Sportspeople from Stockport Welterweight boxers Sportspeople from Hyde, Greater Manchester 21st-century English sportsmen