Two new fighters join Ricky Hatton’s burgeoning stable

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RICKY HATTON was a legendary fighter, a successful promoter and is now being increasingly recognised as a trainer. Darryl Williams and Mark Heffron have joined his burgeoning stable.

โ€œIโ€™m over the moon that two of the best super-middleweights have chosen to join my gym and I think it says a lot about the work myself, Mike Jackson and Blain Younis have been doing with our lads over the past couple of years,โ€ Hatton said.

โ€œDarryl is a really exciting boxer and his first fight with [Jahmaine] Smyle is probably the British fight of the year so far. Everyone knows how much I liked a tear up during my career, but Iโ€™ll be aiming to add a few more subtleties to his game.

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Boxing Britain – Nathan Gorman v Igor Mihaljevic – Heavyweight – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales – 26/11/16 Nathan Gorman and trainer Ricky Hatton pose after the fight Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

โ€œAs for Mark, what more do you need to say about him than โ€˜pure powerโ€™. Heโ€™s had a bit of a stop-start career, but heโ€™s really on it now and anyone who can put away 13 of 15 opponents has to set pulses racing.

โ€œI also train Jake Haigh and Chris Blaney so the gym is brimming with talent at middleweight and super-middleweight and I think the sparring sessions alone are going to be something else.”

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