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Ronald Hatcher Jr. (born June 28, 1959), better
known as Gene Hatcher, is a former boxer who was
world junior welterweight champion.

Dubbed 'Mad Dog,' this Fort Worth, Texas|Fort
Worth pugilist beat former world junior
lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera in 1982 by a
ten-round decision, but, in their 1983 Madison
Square Garden rematch, he was dropped in round six
by Escalera, who subsequently went on to beat
Hatcher, also by a ten-round decision.

Hatcher won the World Boxing Association|WBA
junior welterweight title in June of 1984 in
Buffalo, New York from Johnny Bumphus, scoring an
11th-round TKO that featured Hatcher knocking
Bumphus down, then slipping and falling on a
follow-up attempt, then throwing Bumphus down to
the mat when both fighters clinched.  A post-fight
melee in the ring then ensued, as Hatcher was
celebrating in triumph while the now-deposed
champion was slugging away in frustration.  Gene
first defended his belt against
Argentina|Argentine Ubaldo Sacco in December of
the same year with a fifteen round decision win. 
Sacco, however, won their July 1985 rematch (and
title) with a ninth round knockout win in Italy
(the fight was stopped by the referee because of a
Hatcher cut).  In Hatcher's next - and last -
chance at a world crown, he lost in 45 seconds to
Lloyd Honeyghan in August of 1987, with
Honeyghan's World Boxing Council|WBC and
International Boxing Federation|IBF welterweight
belts being at stake.

In his career, Hatcher won 32 fights and lost 7,
with 23 wins by knockout.