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Campbell Hatton loses again as Ricky Hatton’s son suffers horror cut and fails to get redemption over boxer who took his unbeaten record

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Campbell Hatton loses again as Ricky Hatton's son suffers horror cut and fails to get redemption over boxer who took his unbeaten record

Campbell Hatton has now suffered back-to-back defeats.

The son of boxing legend Ricky Hatton’s skilled boxing profession is in enormous jeopardy within the very early levels as he was overwhelmed once more by Jimmy Joe Flint on Saturday evening in Manchester.

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Flint beat Hatton on factors once moreCredit score: Mark Robinson/Matchroom

Earlier this 12 months, Hatton suffered his first profession loss as Flint beat him on factors.

The 23-year-old took himself right down to London to work with Barry Smith and Ben Davison in response, then signed to rematch his outdated foe.

Within the meantime, Flint had one other bout in June, which he misplaced.

Following this defeat, he agreed to tackle Hatton once more.

The battle started with a scrappy first spherical as Flint appeared initially extra correct.

Hatton responded nicely within the second however then confronted early adversity as he was reduce over his left eye from a head conflict.

The 23-year-old was not overawed although and got here out firing in spherical three.

He backed Flint up into his personal nook halfway by the spherical and started to place mixtures collectively.

Hatton didn’t stay in management for lengthy although because the bout went back-and-forth.

The fifth was notably robust for him as Flint landed constantly to go and physique.

Hatton's cut was grim

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Hatton’s reduce was grimCredit score: Mark Robinson/Matchroom
He bravely fought on but the blood kept pouring

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He bravely fought on however the blood stored pouringCredit score: Mark Robinson/Matchroom

Regardless of his nook imploring him too, Hatton appeared unable to use constant head motion within the center rounds.

In consequence, his reduce was repeatedly leaking – a supply of frustration for him.

Hatton battled on regardless and as they entered the ultimate few rounds of the ten-round contest, it appeared as if it might go both method.

In the long run although, Flint completed the stronger and even appeared to harm Hatton within the last spherical.

The judges subsequently awarded him a unanimous resolution victory with scores of 97-94, 96-94 an 96-95.

Hatton is now 14-2 and going through an extended, lengthy highway again to main relevance within the boxing world following this second crushing defeat.

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