Boxing: Hatton Can Make History against Collazo

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It has been a difficult six months for Ricky Hatton but the frustration will end tonight in Boston.

Hatton will challenge the American Luis Collazo for the World Boxing Association welterweight title at the TD Banknorth Arena in a fight that has been on and offsooften that many in the business stopped caring a long, long time ago.

Hatton has tried his best to stay calm and gain the extra 7lb needed for his move from light welterweight to welterweight, but the endless months of uncertainty, debate and legal dispute have without doubt undermined what is, in many ways, a bold and brilliant move on his part.

Last June, Hatton won the International Boxing …