Matthew Hatton
Matthew Hatton 
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 Matthew Hatton (2010) |
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| Birth Name | Matthew James Hatton |
| Fight name | Magic |
| Weight class | Welterweight |
| nationality |
 British
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| birthday | May 15, 1981 |
| place of birth | Stockport |
| style | Left-hand boom |
| size | 1.74 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 52 |
| Victories | 43 |
| Knockout victories | 17th |
| Defeats | 7th |
| draw | 2 |
Matthew James Hatton (born May 15, 1981 in Stockport , Greater Manchester ) is a British professional boxer and former EBU European welterweight champion.
He is the younger brother of multiple world boxing champion Ricky Hatton .
Career
He started boxing at the age of twelve, fought only 22 amateur fights, and switched to professional life in 2000 at the age of 19. By the end of 2006 he had played 33 fights, mainly against opponents who had been built up, and suffered only one point, one tKo and one disqualification defeat.
On January 20, 2007 he won the International Championship of the IBF , by an early victory against the American Frank Houghtaling. This was followed five months later by the IBF Intercontinental Championship with a unanimous victory over Edwin Vazquez from Puerto Rico. In the fight for the Commonwealth Championship in May 2008, however, he lost on points to Craig Watson.
With a tKo victory against Ted Bami (record: 26 wins - 4 defeats) from the Congo, he got a world title chance of the IBO against the Australian Lovemore N'dou (47-11) on November 13, 2009 , against whom he however over twelve rounds only reached a draw. On March 26, 2010 he won the European Championship title of the EBU by unanimously winning points against Gianluca Branco (43-2) and defended it in the same year against Yuri Nuschnenko (30-1) from Ukraine and Roberto Belge (25-0) from Switzerland.
On March 5, 2011, he then boxed for the WBC world title against the Mexican titleholder Saúl Álvarez (35-0), but had to admit defeat to this on points. After beating Andrei Abramenka (15-0), he also lost on points to Kell Brook (26-0).
He lost another IBO World Championship fight in March 2013 to South African Chris van Heerden (18-1).
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| SURNAME | Hatton, Matthew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Magic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockport , Greater Manchester , United Kingdom |