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Pound For Pound

By Tim Struby

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

I have flown 3,000 miles to find a fat man. I've read about the eating habits of light welterweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton: the Double Whoppers and Indian curries, the french fries and pepperoni pizzas, the Peking duck and KFC. I've heard the nicknames: The Unfitman, Ricky Fatton. But it's hard to believe that Hatton, undefeated in 43 pro bouts, The Ring magazine's 2005 Fighter of the Year, is really, well, a lardo. So I'm in a stuffy gym in Denton, a suburb of Manchester, Englan ...

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