b'ROUND 2I love carrying Rickys belt into the ring, its just magicalFifteen days before his next fight, two days before he leaves for Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton has some important goodbyes to make. One will be to his two grannies who will no doubt be full of tips on how to beat the Colombian, Juan Urango; the other is to James Bowes, a 17-year-old mentally handicapped lad from the Hattersley estate, whose claim to fame is that Hatton is his best mate.Before Hattons last fight, in Boston in May, Bowes called round in person to explain that doctors had told him not to travel. He cried in the telling and Hatton recalls that he had to choke back the tears himself.The handicap that prevented Bowes from travelling in May is the reason for him being grounded again. He has a condition called hydrocephalus, better known as water on the brain, and has done since Hatton first met him, in the Hattersley gym he was training in eight years ago.Back then, Hatton noticed this young boy who either wore a bandaged head or, unbandaged, would show the scars beneath. When he first talked to Bowes, he could hardly elicite a response from the tongue-tied fan, but then when he invited him to watch him train, whenever he wanted, Bowes took up the invitation, showing up regularly and staying sometimes for hours.I always say: for anyone to beat him,raising James and his four siblings theyd have to get through me first becausesince their mother died, says84 Sport2WC THETIMESFridayJanuary52007Thus did an unlikely friendship develop,Harrisonssecond ReadOwenSlotonRickyHattonscrack Audley Dust-upinthedesert tipmeecsiaolnrleinlaet.icoon.ushk/ Dust-upinthedesertId jump in the ring to help Ricky. 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