Ricky Hatton vs Ben Tackie official on-site stubless £50 ticket, 13th December 2003, M.E.N. Arena, Manchester.

Condition mint

Hatton W unanimous decision over 12 rounds

Hatton outboxed a boxer, displaying speed and versatility that some still don't give him credit for. (As Hatton explained after an early-career win over Pedro Teran: "I'm not just a puncher, I'm a boxer as well.") There was clutching and holding early and fouling, but Tackie kept it at distance, landing long left jabs and overhand rights. Hatton seemed happy with the distance, too, willing to step back, for openings, and jump in with shots. He drove Tackie back in Round 1 with a left hook and right that ended up with Tackie on the canvas, a tumble ruled a slip. After that, both men landed heavy shots, but Hatton, bouncing and circling, was mostly beating Tackie to the punch. Two Hatton rights to the head in the 6th seemed ro stiffen Tackie. With 30 seconds left in the bout, Hatton walked into a hard Tackie right and fell forward into a clinch. But he won his biggest fight yet, landing 324 of 728 punches -- an impressive 44 percent.

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Ricky Hatton two-time IBF Jr. Welterweight world champion, and former WBA super lightweight and welterweight world champion, has beaten defending world champions in four of his last five fights.

In his most recent fight in June, 2007, he defended the IBO Jr. Welterweight World title with a devastating 4-round stoppage against former Lightweight World Champion Jose Luis Castillo.

On January 1, Ricky was recognized by the Queen of England in the annual New Year's honors list, and received the title MBE (Member of the British Empire). The ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace, and he will now be known as Ricky Hatton, MBE.

Ricky had a breakout year in 2005 - his accomplishments stood heads and shoulders above those of every other fighter in the world, and he was voted "Fighter of the Year' by The Boxing Writers Association of America, and The Ring.

From TheRing-online.com, December 21, 2005: The Ring is pleased to announce that it has selected Ricky Hatton as 2005's Fighter of the Year. Hatton is the first-ever British boxer to receive the award since its inception in 1928.

Hatton earned top honors by stopping long-reigning junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu at the end of the 11th round on June 4 in Manchester, England. In his second bout of the year on November 26, Hatton knocked out WBA Junior welterweight titleholder Carlos Maussa in the ninth round in Sheffield, England.

"Not only did Hatton take the title away from one of the greatest 140-pounders of all-time and make his first defense against a highly rated challenger, he did it in the sort of entertaining and definitive manner that attracts fans and fills venues," said The Ring's Editor-in-Chief Nigel Collins Hatton joins a long list of famous fighters to win The Ring's Fighter of the Year award, starting with then- heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, Other past recipients include Muhammad Ali ('63, '72, '74, '75, '78), Joe Louis ('36, '38, '39, '41), Rocky Marciano ('52, '54, '55), Ray Robinson ('42, '51), and Mike Tyson ('86, '88).

Ricky has been the biggest draw in Great Britain for several years, with a huge, fanatical following in his hometown of Manchester.

Regarding his nickname, Ricky said, "I've always been a fan of Tommy Hearns, and everybody associates that that's where I got it from, but everybody's a Tommy Hearns fan. I got the nickname the first day I walked in the gym. I was 10 years old and put a pair of gloves on and started walloping the bag, and my amateur coach said, 'Look at him, look how evil he is. He's a little Hitman."