Dave Oakes recaps this past Friday night's European welterweight title fight between champion Matthew Hatton and challenger Yuriy Nuzhnenko.

Matthew Hatton came back from a first round knockdown to successfully defend his European welterweight title on Friday night.

It was a disastrous start for the Manchester man as a left hook from Yuriy Nuzhnenko dropped him after barley two minutes of the bout. Hatton wasn’t badly hurt but the signs weren’t good for him, Nuzhnenko had already landed a couple of hurtful looking hooks to the ribs and was looking far stronger than the champion.

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