How many championships at welterweight did this British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012 and for whom Lee Beard worked as assistant trainer win?
Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships at light-welterweight and one at welterweight. Hatton is ranked by BoxRec as the best British light-welterweight of all time, the third best in Europe, and eleventh best worldwide. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by "The Ring" magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Tim Thomas (kickboxer) Timothy Benjamin Thomas (born 28 March 1983) is an English-Jamaican Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. He came to prominence by winning the UKMF British Welterweight Muay Thai title early in his career before becoming the ISKA World Welterweight Muay Thai Champion in 2005. He lost this belt in 2008 after one successful title defence, but later became a world champion for the second time in Jersey against Michael Blood for the WRSA title. He won by TKO in the 5th round. He then regained the ISKA World title under Kun Khmer rules in 2011.