Sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here to keep abreast of what's happening in your neighbourhood A boxing coach from Hyde who paved the way for a number of boxers including Ricky Hatton has sadly died at the age of 84.
Ted Peate first became interested in boxing after getting in scraps at school. His headteacher told him that if he wanted to continue fighting, he’d have to join a boxing club. Read more: 'Demand is exceptionally high': The numbers that show just how much Greater Manchester's health service is under strain He would later say that getting into boxing was ‘the best thing’ he ever did.
Ted first came across a ten-year-old Ricky Hatton at the Nicholls Police Club on Martin Street back in 1988. Keep up to date with the top
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