Hatton Promotions

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Hatton Promotions is a promotional company which was headed by former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton (1978-2025) with Richard Poxon as Director of Boxing. [1]

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Starting up

On 4 February 2009, Hatton Promotions was officially launched at a press conference in which Ricky Hatton's fight with Manny Pacquiao was also announced.

The company is based in Hyde, Manchester and comprises a state of the art fitness suite, a large boxing gym with two full-size rings and offices. [2]

In July 2009 having staged only four boxing events Hatton Promotions signed a deal with Sky to broadcast eight shows. Hatton said at the time: "Sky have been fantastic to us in handing us eight dates so early and we want to pay them back for their support by improving in everything we do". [3]

Notable boxers

Hatton promotions have had a large roster of boxers on their books, many of which are champions. [4] These include;

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References

  1. "ww.hattonboxing.com news". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  2. Tameside Advertiser | Ricky boxes clever with new venture
  3. Daily Express | Sky's the limit for Promoter Hatton
  4. www.hattonboxing.com promotions