b'ROUND 5 Dust up in the desert - I cant believe Imghting in the same place as the starsRicky Hat b on stared out of the winthdeow lowtimes, Billy Graham, Hattons trainer McCulloughs friendship with Hatton eThus, with Vegas the venue, Saturonation. Kayes, a daysThe TimesIm a lot older and so the real place for , said.bout has the feel of a corof his suite in Caesars P ianl.a Dceir aencdtley r binegme is Madison Squar. But Ve Garden, wherys dre Ali eam,goes back to 2003, when they wer former professional body-builder, has been history started to clicokt wahnyer oeftthhe classicfought Frazier egas is Rick billeted together during a BBClmingd thatofto Vegas about 50 times, mostly for body-was the old parkingo lrh me ones that hadalways has been.Superstars, so as soon as he hear building events. But this times clearly a uoseudts t oo f byee estreecryteeda rf, t Eleven years ago, when Hatton was 17Hatton was boxing in Vegas, he offeredbit different, he said. There were limos the use of his gym. It was accepted, butwaiting for us on arrival at the airport and him hooked on the sp tchtly where the ringand he and Graham were new together,McCullough was bombarded with requestsVIP treatment straight through the hotel. It oret.r e,H ahgele sra iadn. dthey used to sit drinking tea on theby people wanting to watch Hatton train.was a bit of a strange experience. Leonard - it was jusxta al comingoodingsteps outside the gym, talking about theEveryones talked about Ricky overHatton remembers therst time he Yoouul dc ahna vime baegeinne.Iets Leonards and the Durans and Vegas. Ihere but not seen him, McCullough said.came here, in 2001, as a punter to watch wbacMark tovelous Marvin Hagler against Sugarused to say to him, Well be there, Ricky,The Americans want more of him. DespiteKostya Tszyu take on Zab Judah. The dayme. Ray Loversial WBA super-middleweightno doubt about it,Graham said. I dontwhats sometimes said, Americans do lik after the bout, he met Tszyu by chance,I was asked to design and produce a book using eonard, the memorable but hugelyknow if he believed as much as me that itthe British and Irishghters, but they have ehad his photograph taken with him and contr could come true. Hatton is still pinchingto be able toght and they have to haveannounced to him that he would takcontest in 1987 won by L himself that it has. I went out for a walkpersonality. Ricky ticks both boxes. y is the best Britishon one day. Tszyu clearly did not know who e him challenger: according to Hatton, this was eonard, thethe other night with Kerry [Kayes, hisIn my mind, Rick he was. the one contest that cast its spell on him.strength coach and nutritionist], walked ghter ever in the history of the game. ButNow Hatton has notched Tszyus name Roberto Duran was his favourite, though, e in Las Vegas tryingout and I thought, I used to box at leisurehes de nitely going to be popular her ght fans are Mexican eon his unblemished boxing CV (41 contests,the photographs taken by Marc Aspland (The past Paris with its Eiffel Tower sticking and now Hatton is her because most of the41 wins), his own name is up on The Strip to come to terms with the concept thatcentres. Its amazing, Hatton said.- thats why they love Ricky.and, down at the Top Rank gym for 15 easured all those yearsHe has long anticipated how thisThat is also why Marco Antonio Barrera, those dreams he tr lled; that, like his heroes,amazement will sit with his parents and theone of the Mexican gr rounds of training on Saturday, he rubbed he will be in F to carry his WBC super-feathereats, invited Hatton weight titleLaila, and invited her to his bout. ago are being fulight Town topping the bill. d to misshuge tribe of friends following him her belt into the Vegas ring when he boxedshoulders with Muhammad Alis daughter, Last week it was not har week. These are people who all remember e this here in Septemberanamanian who fought lik Hatton takes all this in with a glance atTimes chief sports photographer) andwords him. The city was devoting itself to themeghting in working mens clubs, or myto Duran, a P . But it goes farther back, e athat famous Caesars parking lot below - and Consumer Electronics Show (140,000 rst pro e that, he said. When they seeMexican and was adored by them for doingtrademark self-deprecation. If someoneght at Widnes Leisure Centre, attendees, 2,700 exhibitors) and then theplaces lik had said to me when Irst laced on a pair of Adult Entertainment Expo (340 exhibitors,my name up in lights, it mak so. For, of those greats whom Hatton grewgloves that in 18 years time Id be staying 250 actors and actresses). No prizes forproud to know how they are going to feel. es me feelup idolising, Durans is the style to whichin Caesars and topping the bill in Las guessing which was attended by Hatton andYou get the impression that Vegas will t leasthis comes closest.Vegas, Id have thought they were stupid,created by Owen Slot (Chief Sports Writer) about his entourage, but now he is the headlinebe thrilled to have Hatton, too. A Hattonnally met Duran at ahe said. sportsmens dinner in Newcastle and act. It is his face that is up on the massivethat is the view of Wayne McCullough, the e to trainthey proceeded to share their mutualI cant believe Imghting in the same video screen outside the Paris Las VegasNorthern Irishman who came hert. McCullough,appreciation in a local lap-dancing club.places where the stars did. Vegas is the ook Casino and Hotel. Hatton versus Juan14 years ago and has not lef entertainment capital of the world. LUrango for the IBF lightweight title on36, is hoping for a bout soon and in hisDuran was crazy about him, saying how at this week. Youve got Barry Manilowom ,Ricky Hattonsrstght in Las Vegas.private gym in a V great aghter he is, Graham said. Ricky Saturday - or, as the protal Domination. omotion is dubbingenthusiastically, his wife, Cheregas suburb he works out yl, holdingtold him that he was a legend and Duranyouve got Cline Dione, youve got Tthe contest: T Jones, and now youve got Ricky Hatton. Weve talked about this so manythe pads.told him, You will be, too. 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Wednesday 10th January 2007, Ricky snif y that had appeared in the newspaper over a bestInhaveticks venuehistory ofeBut world atDeMarcus home wasBulls,invitedat tosay, Hamed said.broughtfansThatarebecause isreats, sugoes aatton light-welterweight theandNorthhasat head. IThere wasrecep-hon- remains Allsay,NtoazIngle,Comeget[Hamed]ahisAntonio Arturo champion.Mexican rytitle Barrera,a Mexican tegas Alexandra aregymwhatever Sheffield. oured Don-on Junior myquickly.weight carought hDuran,like Panamanian become theImore Brad- trainer, doDominicSeptember. boxers waswantback, eyesThereonWitter,Corleyperiod of several weeks. The book was designed DustUPINTHEDESERT(a).indd24-25 22/5/0709:35:58 in this way to show that the reporting was fair ROUND 4 and accurate. This was important because the To go to Vegas to watch a lad from Hattersley, its a boxing mans dreamI Juan U icky Hatons IBFluck is what I need. FrstSundays when hes not training. Whenand Ian Brady thing, its always been putbook had a secondary purpose, to encourage litg ihst e-wigehltt edrawyes iguhntti lt iRtlee gbaosu ti sa bgaraincsint gblackjack, Ill try anything. Itll be the ruit machines,Ricks dad had the New Inn, the two pubsdown. But now weve got Ricky Hatton putting it back up there on a good note. ivs ion ng2o, 5a0n0d-s Ltraosn Vg Mancunianand last time Ill go to Vegas - its thatwere rivals in darts. Rick is a good dartsRickIve known Rickin forra . aHere is one smal portion ofexpensive.player, but I remember him better as theys been nothing but good. y since he was a 14-tsealf Ive saved all my money for a long timeten-year-old boy always working out in theyear-old,ghting as an amateur. You could it ,p turba voenl ltinheHupat.a for this, its been very hard. But a lot ofcellar beneath the pub.pay a pound to watch him those days - Iother key sportsmen and women to allow the Hat g fromt etrhsele Hy aersetahtilelwTahveerren ,other people had also been saving andEveryone knew even back then that hereckon Ive seen him about 60 times. Irst on grew couldnt come because they couldnt savewas going to be a champion. We knew hewatched himghting against a club from These are some of Hattons oldestenough. friendships, united by the miles they haveRonnie Fox, 49, warehouse managerhad something special. But its beenough, itbrilliantIreland and I remember this Irish club ry for notched up following him round Britain (andwatching him come all the way thr fancied their boy and saying: I feel sornow the world), and by the struggle theyI used to run the pub football team frents ran, so omVickes your hear ward to it, butandattened this lad in about two minuteswriter and photographer closer access. This mak tutter.this Ricky Hatton. Anyway, Ricky came out the New Inn, the pub his par ton, 24, secretary faced innding the money to do it. y of the journeyIve known him since he was a kid. He wasy Sine arglee only two of us girls in theand had him crying his eyes out. Their tales tell the stor always knocking about, giving us lip - usualTher The estate has quite a good boxing ahead and the miles alr driverstuff, telling us that we were too old andgroup of 18. I am looking for fraternity. There are young kids on the Craig Escot, 46, lory eady behind them that he was better than us - and collecting aIm going to have to be one of the lads.estate now that we go and watch and Ive worked in Indonesia, America, om Hattersleyfew clips around the head in the process.Im not just a Ricky Hatton fan, IveThey all want to be Ricky. I think Rickyswould be mutually bene cial. The sports pages Andy Hal, 42, car paint-sprayerhopefully theyll be as big as Ricky one day. Australia, but these people fr He never got to play for the pub teamgot a lot of kids off the street and into the are some of thenest Ive ever known.because by the time he was old enough hebeen a big boxing fan all my life - and thisgym. On the surface they seem like normal,was seriously into his boxing. But we have everyday people, but what youve got herea veterans team now and when Rickysguys brought the ommy Hear re back, the same ns years, thereWesley Behan, 28, carpet- ter I had for the Tis whats disappeared in a lot of places - the e. Peoplenot training he sometimes joins us forRoberto Duran years, the Ali years. ItsIve known Ricky since we were community thing. Its still alive her our Thursday nightve-a-side. Hes atbeen absolutely magic being on this jour ten-year-olds at Hattersley High Schoolcarry in-depth interviews with the sportsmen look out for you and offer help if youre notlad, even when hes out of shape, and heswith Ricky. Ive watched him since 1998. I neytogether. Hes always been the same down-all right.always knew about this up-and-coming kidto-earth character. Only once did he have a Thats died out in other areas, butclearly got the hunger. Hes got a nice few tainly getsfrom the Hattersley council estate and now,problem at school, when he was 12 or 13. A this estate is like a time warp. Its a bigtouches, quick feet and he cer suddenly, hes doing it. To go to Vegas tosome gyp, Rick ted giving him community thing and well be taking it tostuck in.ingham, 39, recycling of cerwatch a lad fr through the lesson and af ds he just Vegas with us.John Wil mans dream. om Hattersley, its a boxinglad called Timmy James stary let him go on at him all terwarVegas is going to be bright and pretty,I didnt have the money to go the last ebruaryDaThis is a bit of a r dow-makeea with a rlost his rag and snapped on him. I think itand sportswomen, hopefully helping to increase exciting and happening. Ill be the well-ght in the States, but Im 40 in F ve Bessel lasted about two seconds, with the lad on behaved one - I was a social worker forand I was going to go away with my wife to, 38, winun-down ar his back saying: No more, no more! That seven years, so I know how to behave. InFlorida to celebrate, but we thought wed dobit of a bad name - with the Myra Hindleywas it - he never got any trouble after that.Robert Singleton Stuornte Kenny Royle W WilJloinhgnam breath and wished ourselves luck - after all, this did not look like the cosiest of Vegas, were representingrstly Hattersley,Vegas instead. Its my birthday present from76Sportinthedesert 2WCTHETIMESFridayJanuary12 MARC 2007 that and old Kirk but But The to this were got al to Ill fight, same its naotb ight about dad e oaf m some in re 18. together. just as the the R t biem e him he is ten I 39, ua a to ato a ie two way lds-oOupnwl had m car b of t24, icky he wo came I his to said tont.calways e ne of for y dad the hl a oo this e one ut t hes had onfRickyinHLatsoVnegs and to all of him Ive the the the the heit, as readership whilst at the same time promoting but then Ricky, Manchester and England.her, but shes as excited as all the lads. Wild horses wouldnt k pohtWe feel a big sense of responsibility. Wery. eIm looking foreep her awayward to the sightsDust-up ASPLAND travel never Widnes. usiwho Se.ubkig/sandusedigrIgoing to lap it up and r brotherSteve Heaton, 28, puevel in the victorblican of Harehil Grand Canyon and Im not a goodhouse, finnext besttheon seatsmanagedDave Besel Harehill hand of friendship TavernWeve got a helicopter booked over theyere , sowheeled theloo sking moforget itMandfirst weprofession-My house is next door but one fromIm petri ed of that. Im certainly mor night getholdeventually oafotnwheelchair cardin going girls.D Jo arnreesn Andy Hal BeehslaenyView from the pub car park. Ricks nanna and Rick and I have been bestnervous about that than I am about RickysJ RickyrightId because going behesitting wont refused player, bygothatmtototyo that particular personality. time, andbeen wheelchair. thereaftermid-mates since school. Thats why I was iny Be han, 32, joinerbrother atheost inboxing. beingwheeled Rick hebowanted inthenwatch Stone, runs Sundays Ricks localcomes butinIthere fRailway good another rivalshis autobiography, though my names spelt aght. training. Rick When Inn,window-maker boozer,notinMy andwhenBM C Sitting in the car outside the pub before going in, Marc and I each drew a deepwrong. Not that thats Ricks fault - hes hadWhen Ricky stare the minibus to get hisNewboyhInn, beneath only aknew better pubs todarts bewere back special.darts.remember brilliant pub.as even outten-year-ircahrakl l too many punches, hed never see it.was always to hir ted boxing, my rolecellar knew walways theworking secretary champion.WeEveryone flutter. something makesVicky heart allbeen through,watchingitcomeyourPaul Chapel establishments, the clientele we watched going in were invariably youngish,I used to be a cabinet maker until twoparents and grans and everyone to hisghtsThere Singleton, havepaint-sprayer intothegroup tousforwardbegirlsAndy Steve Craig Escot Viclekyton Ronnie Fox Jay Behan male and lived on the estate and there was no conceivable reason why theyyears ago, when I took this pub over. Mostaround the country. There were about ten of .Fighting Birchall, someStone,of Kirk thoseDarrenwho Jones, to Kenny betoasting A a ndy victory Hall,forWesleyHatton Behan, intheUnited Willingham. aweek Front: tomorrow. Birchall,Steve lefttoHeaton, they Craigare:Escott,Back: VickyChaSingleton, pel,Robert RonnieSingleton, JayDave BehanBessell, ley the hes lads. a bit lad of ImHall,going42, s I bit magic it. o nf38, Ive ame a lookingalltheItsmyfireTommyfan,Duranlifeback,beento new ithe ts the itsaBrichal Sing should take a shine to two middle-class southern softies from what some call aof the pubs on the estate are run down andus who always used to travel together Andy thistheyears, estate IRrought Roberto about suddenly,posh paper. this was run down, too. Rick does a lot of ght, in W absolutely from guys hadfanHatton himjourneysincethisIm igfireboxingbeenHearns Ricky. always okgidand wyears.the watchHeaton We could not have been more wrong. Far more than cooperative, theysportsmans dinners now and he gave me aIll never foridnes. My brget his other and I gotrst professionalMark talk: hope Royle, John States Andy Fromright, Paul Fox, up-and-coming Alithebeing fromon Vegastoboxingyears,1998. doing dream.H okatched aHatters-withwere really warm and hospitable and proud of where they were from and themassive help with the pub recently when he n here. The pubhold of a wheelchair and he wheeled memans council abad andput Tattersley, Brady now, thing, with Myracelebrity athlete who was a product of their own upbringing. 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