Campbell Hatton did not waste any time in moving to 9-0 with a brutal first round body shot knockout.
The son of British boxing legend, Ricky Hatton, was fighting on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs Gilberto Ramirez in Abu Dhabi, against Denis Bartos (9-5).
After a slow start to the round, at the midway point Hatton dropped his opponent, but Bartos beat the count and managed to make it back to his feet.
This revival from Bartos did not last long, however, as Hatton came charging across the ring and immediately landed a crushing left hook to the body that saw his opponent writhing around on the canvas.
The shot was reminiscent of Ricky Hatton’s signature body shot KO that he scored on many occasions, most notably against Jose Luis Castillo.
Hatton spoke about his latest victory in his post-fight interview, saying, “I’m not moaning, but I didn’t get to show as much as I would’ve liked to and I think even though I got the stoppage, I’m not going to get carried away with it.
“The challenges are going to get a lot harder, but I think if I’d have gone in the old way it would have been a much more scrappy stoppage and like I said in the press conference, a stoppage wouldn’t have been enough, it’s got to be a thoughtful one and that’s what it was, I picked my punches rather than bulldozing him down to the floor.”
Hatton then addressed the fact that he finished the fight with one of his dad’s signature shots, saying: “We seen it in the gym, the left hook to the body has always been one of his favourite shots and it must have come from somewhere.”
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News Summary:
- Campbell Hatton follows in the footsteps of father Ricky Hatton with crushing first round body shot knockout on undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs Gilberto Ramirez
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