Hatton Offered a Rematch With Ndou But in Australia

By Mark Vester

Welterweight Matthew Hatton has been offered a rematch with IBO champion Lovemore Ndou. They fought to a draw in Hatton's backyard of Stoke. Ndou will fight him again but only if the fight takes place in Australia. Hatton is convinced that he won the fight.

"Everyone knew I'd won the fight," Hatton told Manchester Evening News. "The cruellest thing they could do was call it a draw. I would sooner have lost by three or four rounds and say I'd lost to the better man on the night, but I know I won the fight."

Ndou felt it was a tough fight but he doesn't think Hatton did enough to win and he won't return to England for a rematch.

"It was a tough fight, tougher than I expected," Ndou said. "But I felt I was always in control. You have got to take a title from the champion."

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