How good was Rick Hatton?

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Hatton was a proven great fighter for his day.

He was good enough to become the lineal lightwelter champion, P4P ranked by America's Ring Magazine, be paid millions by America's HBO TV company and be voted the "fighter of the year" by the boxing writers association of America.

How many foreigners achieve those accolades in America? Exactly. Fact.

I think Hatton s 4 or 5 years at the top were a miny golden era for British boxing.

Never again will 30000 brits from all parts of the UK go to watch a british boxer in such numbers again.