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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. British professional boxer Ricky Hatton MBE Hatton in 2009 Born Richard John Hatton (1978-10-06) 6 October 1978 (age 46) Stockport, Greater Manchester, England Other names The Hitman The Manchester Mexican The Pride of Hyde Fatton Statistics ...
Ricky Hatton at the time, held the minor WBU light welterweight belt, [4] having knocked out Tony Pep and was coming into the fight off stoppage wins against Michael Stewart and Ray Oliveira. [5] He was the underdog [6] for the fight known mostly in Britain as a young crowd favourite.
With Pacquiao winning his bout against Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton was seen as the next opponent for Pacquiao. At mid-December, both boxers verbally agreed on a 50% split of the proceeds; [4] however, Pacquiao changed his decision to a favorable 60%–40% split of the pay-per-view (PPV) revenues, while Hatton wanted an even 50% split. [5]
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.
Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano, billed as Homecoming, was a boxing light welterweight fight between Ricky Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano for the IBO and The Ring titles. It was held in Manchester , England at the City of Manchester Stadium in front of a record 55,000 fans.
Ricky Hatton laughed his way through his Hall of Fame induction speech, marveling at the places boxing took him and the thousands of his fans that would always follow.
The 2024 Class of the International Boxing Hall of Fame will be headlined by Michael Moorer, Ivan Calderon, Diego Corrales and Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton in the men's modern category.
Mayweather did not get a chance to fight Tszyu, but went on to fight Ricky Hatton (who defeated Tszyu and won his Ring light welterweight championship). By the end of 2001, Mayweather was still ranked The Ring #1 super featherweight and #5 best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. [82]