1. Matthew James "Matty" Hatton was born on 15 May 1981 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2013.
17 Facts About Matthew Hatton
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Matthew Hatton held the European welterweight title from 2010 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBC light-middleweight title in the latter year.
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Matthew Hatton is the younger brother of former two-division world champion of boxing, Ricky Hatton, and fought on the undercard of many of Ricky's high-profile fights.
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Matthew Hatton and his girlfriend Jenna Coyne have a son named Jack, who was born in 2008 and a daughter named Lola born in 2012.
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Matthew Hatton began boxing at the age of 12, and had 22 amateur contests, winning 18.
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Matthew Hatton was undefeated in his first 13 fights before a point's loss to journeyman David Kirk in 2003.
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In 2004, Matthew 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 light middleweight version of the title.
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On 20 October 2006, Matthew Hatton was disqualified for low blows in the tenth and final round of a British Welterweight title eliminator against Alan Bosworth.
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In 2007, Matthew 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.
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Matthew Hatton would go on to be trained at Bobby Rimmer's Boxing Academy based in Stalybridge under the guidance of Lee Beard, who is assistant trainer to Ricky Matthew Hatton.
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Matthew Hatton fought former World title challenger Ben Tackie on the undercard of Ricky Matthew Hatton's fight with Paul Malignaggi at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas on 22 November 2008.
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On 28 March 2009, Matthew Hatton defeated Ted Bami via a 6th round stoppage in an eliminator for the IBO welterweight Title.
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Matthew Hatton was scheduled to fight Zab Judah on 19 September 2009 at the MGM Grand arena in a welterweight bout as part of the undercard of the Mayweather-Marquez fight.
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Matthew Hatton claimed the vacant European welterweight title with a unanimous points win over Gianluca Branco in Dagenham on 26 March 2010.
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In March 2011, Matthew Hatton lost to Canelo Alvarez in a bid for the WBC light-middleweight title.
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In March 2012, Matthew Hatton lost to undefeated Kell Brook in an all-British clash at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield.
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In October 2012, Matthew Hatton won a 1st-round knockout to journeyman Michael Lomax.