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Hatton comes a long way from '97 U.S. debut

By Thomas Gerbasi
MaxBoxing.com

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

There weren't many people in Madison Square Garden on that Friday night in 1997, at least not for the second fight on the bill, a four-rounder between Brooklyn's 2-2 Robert Alvarez and 1-0 Manchester, England, native Ricky Hatton. Hatton It was less than a week before Christmas, and Hatton -- part of a promotional stable that included future title challenger Danny Williams and that night's headliner, Prince Naseem Hamed -- made the trip to New York City to get in some work while doing so i ...

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