Most fight camps are very private, but Ricky Hatton didn’t believe in that. In December 2007, he had about two dozen people, including The Undertaker of WWE, lurking around ringside as he prepared for his biggest match then. It was against Floyd Mayweather. “At-ta boy, Ric-ky!” a teenager hollered with a heavy Manchester accent. Hatton, who was pacing in the ring, stopped, poured water in his mouth, winked at the lad, and proceeded to spit the liquid at the back of a bystander. It wasn’t a simple onlooker, though. It was a British boxing commissioner, but the crowd went crazy.

More than 30,000 fans travelled to Las Vegas to watch that fight, but ‘The Hitman’ lost. That was his first pro defeat… Years later, he also lost to Manny Pacquiao, Vyacheslav Senchenko and decided to retire in 20

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