Hatton Promotions is a promotional company headed by former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

 with Richard Poxon as Director of Boxing and Gareth Williams as CEO

Starting up

On 4 February 2009, Hatton Promotions was officially launched at a press conference in which Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

's fight with Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 was also announced.

The company is based at a former printers in Hyde

Hyde, Greater Manchester

Hyde is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2001 census, the town had a population of 31,253. Historically part of Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of Manchester....

, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 and comprises a state of the art fitness suite, a large boxing gym with two full size rings and offices.

In July 2009 having staged only four boxing events Hatton Promotions signed a deal with Sky

Sky

The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...

 to broadcast eight shows. Hatton said at the time: "Sky have been fantastic to us in handing us eight dates so early and we want to pay them back for their support by improving in everything we do".

Current stable

Hatton promotions have a large roster of boxers on their books, many of which are champions. These include;

Matthew Hatton

Matthew Hatton

Matthew James Hatton , is a professional boxer, using the nickname "Magic". He is a welterweight, and is a former Commonwealth and World title challenger and the current European Champion....

 - a former EBU welterweight champion.

Ryan Rhodes

Ryan Rhodes

Ryan Rhodes is an English light middleweight boxer. Rhodes took up boxing at a young age, training at Brendan Ingle's gym in the Wincobank district of Sheffield.-Professional career:...

 - a former British and EBU light-middleweight champion and three time world title challenger.

Martin Murray

Martin Murray

Martin Murray is a retired Irish Association football player and manager.-Biography:Murray was a midfielder who won the FAI Cup as a 16 year old when his Home Farm F.C. side shocked the Irish footballing fraternity by beating Shelbourne in the 1975 Final. Everton F.C. saw his potential and soon...

 - the reigning undefeated British, Commonwealth and WBA & WBC Intercontinental champion.

Anthony Crolla

Anthony Crolla

Anthony Crolla is an English boxer who has fought in the super featherweight and lightweight divisions. He won the English super featherweight title in October 2010 with a victory over Andy Morris and the British title at lightweight in February 2011 with a win against John Watson.-Early...

 - the reigning British lightweight champion.

Joe Murray

Joe Murray

Joseph "Joe" Lawrence Murray is an American animator, writer, and illustrator best known as the creator of Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo.-Early career:...

 - a 2008 Olympian and rising unbeaten prospect.

Scott Quigg

Scott Quigg

Scott Quigg is an English professional boxer fighting in the super bantamweight division. He is undefeated and fights for Ricky Hatton's Hatton Promotions.-Early professional career:...

 - the undefeated WBA intercontinental super-bantamweight champion and number one British title contender.

Matty Askin

Matty Askin

Matty Askin is an English cruiserweight boxer.-Amateur career:Askin boxed for the Pool of Life Amateur Boxing Club and was crowned the 2008 Senior ABA champion at cruiserweight.-Professional career:...

 - a 2008 ABA Cruiserweight Champion and current Central Area Cruiserweight belt holder.

Rhys Roberts

Rhys Roberts

Rhys Roberts is a super-bantamweight boxer from Manchester, England.He made his professional debut in 2007, defeating Delroy Spencer on points after six completed rounds....

 - a highly skilled super-bantamweight prospect.

Adam Etches

Adam Etches

Adam Etches is an English light-middleweight boxer.-Starting out and amateur career:Etches started out as a kickboxer and won various titles and trophies but decided to take up boxing as it was a more viable career option for him.Etches quickly progressed in the unpaid side of the sport and...

 - a unbeaten light-middleweight

Rendall Munroe

Rendall Munroe

Rendall Munroe is an English super bantamweight boxer. Munroe currently resides in Leicester and is the WBA International Super Bantamweight champion. He is also a former holder of the EBU and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight titles. His dayjob as a binman is well publicised as his nickname is 'The...

 - the former EBU and Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion

Prince Arron

Prince Arron

Prince Arron is an English professional boxer fighting in the light middleweight division. He was the winner of the tenth Prizefighter tournament featuring boxers in the light middleweight category...

 - the British light-middleweight champion and former Prizefighter

Prizefighter

A prizefighter is a boxer.Prizefighter may also refer to:*Don King Presents: Prizefighter, a video game by 2k Sports released in 2008*Prize Fighter, a video game by Digital Pictures released in 1994 for the Sega CD...

 winner.

Denton Vassell

Denton Vassell

Denton Vassell is a undefeated British welterweight boxer, based in Ancoats, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.-Amateur career:...

 - the current Commonwealth welterweight champion

Kieran Maher

Kieran Maher

Kieran Maher is an English professional boxer who fights in the welterweight division.-Debut:...

 - an unbeaten prospect

Craig Watson

Craig Watson

Craig Robert Watson is an athlete from the New Zealand, who competed in triathlon.Watson competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took sixteenth place with a total time of 1:50:01.16. In 2001 he placed 3rd at the World Championships at Edmonton, Canada...

 - the former British welterweight champion, also a Commonwealth titlist at both
welterweight and light-middlweight.

Tom Doran

Tom Doran

Thomas J. Doran [Long Tom] was backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1906 for the Boston Americans and Detroit Tigers . Listed at 5' 11", 152 lb., Doran batted left-handed and threw right-handed...

 - a fast rising light-middleweight dubbed the new Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Tom Jones is the name of:* Tom Jones , Welsh singer* Tom Jones , Australian politician representing Collie-Wellington district...

.

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters...

 - a former Celtic lightweight champion and Prizefighter

Prizefighter

A prizefighter is a boxer.Prizefighter may also refer to:*Don King Presents: Prizefighter, a video game by 2k Sports released in 2008*Prize Fighter, a video game by Digital Pictures released in 1994 for the Sega CD...

 winner at super-featherweight. Currently the British champion after beating Gary Sykes

Gary Sykes

Gary Sykes is a British super featherweight boxer. Educated at Birkdale High School he is based in Dewsbury, Yorkshire and is a former British super featherweight champion.-Amateur career:...

.

Craig Lyon

Craig Lyon

Craig Lyon is an English bantamweight boxer.-Amateur career:Lyon, the son of former top amateur John, won the senior ABA championships in both 2001 and 2003.-Professional career:...

 - the current English bantamweight champion

Tommy Stubbs

Tommy Stubbs

-Amateur career:Stubbs was a top level amateur who won the senior ABA title at light-flyweight for three years in a row between 2008 and 2011.His success in the ring earned him a spot on the England squad for the 2010 Commonweath Games...

 - a three-time ABA champion

Ashley Theophane

Ashley Theophane

Ashley Theophane is an English professional boxer who competes in the welterweight division. He is the British and IBO international welterweight champion, he has a record of 28 wins against only 4 defeats and is a regular boxer on both sides of the Atlantic.-Early professional career:Thoephane...

 - reigning British light-welterweight champion

Richard Towers

Richard Towers

Richard Towers is a undefeated British heavyweight boxer based in Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom...

 - a unbeaten heavyweight prospect who stands 6f5 8ins.

Kieran Farrell (boxer)

Kieran Farrell (boxer)

Kieran Farrell is an unbeaten Super featherweight boxer from Heywood, Lancashire.He is trained by Bobby Rimmer in Manchester and has engaged in ten paid contests, winning eight on points and two by knockout...

 - Undefeated and exciting from Heywood

Adam Little - An impressive prospect from Blackpool

Jez Wilson

Jez Wilson

Jez Wilson is a middleweight boxer from Wolverhampton but has been based out of Sheffield for his entire career.Wilson's interest in pugilism started as a teenager but he was a relative late comer to professional boxing, turning pro at 27.He made his debut at the Grosvenor Hotel in Sheffield in...

 - Upcoming light-middleweight who puts out fires when he's not boxing.

Scott Jenkins - Big ticket seller and currently unbeaten in two contests.