Hatton Ready for Lovemore Ndou
Posted by Patrick Cassidy on 11.10.2009
Can Matthew finally step out of his older brother's shadow?
Matthew Hatton has been a constant fixture on many of Ricky Hatton's undercard fights. He's also been featured prominently on HBO's 24/7 as well and yet he's still not been fully able to step away from his older brother's shadow. Hatton hopes to change this fact when he takes on former IBF champion, Lovemore Ndou, this Friday in Stoke, England.
Hatton is a decided underdog in this fight but he believes since dropping trainer, Billy Graham, he's become a new fighter. "When you look at my record I've had four defeats," Matthew told the Times Online. "but I only feel I've been legitimately beaten once and that was against Craig Watson last year. I don't blame anyone but myself for that but I wasted a lot of years training with Ricky at Billy Graham's gym. I enjoyed training with Ricky but Billy was doing nothing with me. I was almost training myself."
"So after the Watson defeat I thought, ‘I'm going nowhere here. I've got to do something for myself now' and I left the gym and joined Lee Beard. I've had four good wins since the move and feel my career is just starting."
