Ricky Hatton vs Juan Lazcano
and on the same card we have ricky's little brother....
Matthew Hatton vs Craig Watson
this promises to be a cracking fight, hatton's on home ground and will almost
certainly have a packed house at the city of manchester stadium.....
Full Version: Ricky Hatton Vs Juan Lazcano
...i hope Ricky wins,he needs this win after what happened with Floyd Mayweather,if he doesnt win he should just retire...
...go on Hatton...
woooooooooooo ricky
whoooot go ricky boy... 
Hatton returns a winner Eurosport - Sat, 24 May 23:57:00 2008
Briton Ricky Hatton retained his IBO light-welterweight title with a hard-fought points win over Mexican Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester stadium.
In his first bout since his defeat to American Floyd Mayweather last December, Hatton began aggressively in front of a sell-out crowd of 55,000, although Lazcano registered a steady flow of counter-punches.
Lazcano's longer jabs found some success in the fifth round, causing a heavy swelling on Hatton's right eye.
Both fighters exchanged big blows in the eighth, Lazcano rocking Hatton with a strong punch only for the former three-times world champion to respond impressively with an aggressive combination.
Hatton took a number of big hits but landed enough of his own to secure a unanimous victory over the Mexican, who has fought the majority of his career as a lightweight, and set up a possible fight against American Paulie...
but hatton's younger brother did'nt do too good.....
[b]Younger Hatton Defeated Sat 24 May, 10:09 PM
Ricky Hatton's big homecoming night at the City of Manchester Stadium began badly when his brother Matthew lost his Commonwealth welterweight title challenge to Craig Watson.
Fellow Mancunian Watson, whose claim to fame is flooring Amir Khan as an amateur, comprehensively outboxed Hatton to claim a deserved 116-112, 117-112, 118-111 verdict.
Hatton had earlier admitted he would consider his future if he could not force his way into the world-title shake-up and now some hard decisions face a fighter who has never lived up to his brother's huge standard.
Watson, whose amateur power has not translated into the professionals where he has won just four of his 14 contests inside the distance, was on top throughout against the crowd favourite.
Too reliant on landing a single knockout blow, Hatton struggled to assert himself and was bleeding from his nose from the third round onwards after being caught by a good left hand.
Watson pulled away on the scorecards with his much more patient brand of boxing, with Hatton unable to match his opponent's workrate or accuracy and resigning himself to defeat at the final bell.
Watson, who has campaigned most of his career at light-welterweight, said: "I feel strong at the weight and I proved it tonight. I got myself in tremendous shape and I really did a job on him."
Hatton returns a winner Eurosport - Sat, 24 May 23:57:00 2008
Briton Ricky Hatton retained his IBO light-welterweight title with a hard-fought points win over Mexican Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester stadium.
In his first bout since his defeat to American Floyd Mayweather last December, Hatton began aggressively in front of a sell-out crowd of 55,000, although Lazcano registered a steady flow of counter-punches.
Lazcano's longer jabs found some success in the fifth round, causing a heavy swelling on Hatton's right eye.
Both fighters exchanged big blows in the eighth, Lazcano rocking Hatton with a strong punch only for the former three-times world champion to respond impressively with an aggressive combination.
Hatton took a number of big hits but landed enough of his own to secure a unanimous victory over the Mexican, who has fought the majority of his career as a lightweight, and set up a possible fight against American Paulie...
but hatton's younger brother did'nt do too good.....
[b]Younger Hatton Defeated Sat 24 May, 10:09 PM
Ricky Hatton's big homecoming night at the City of Manchester Stadium began badly when his brother Matthew lost his Commonwealth welterweight title challenge to Craig Watson.
Fellow Mancunian Watson, whose claim to fame is flooring Amir Khan as an amateur, comprehensively outboxed Hatton to claim a deserved 116-112, 117-112, 118-111 verdict.
Hatton had earlier admitted he would consider his future if he could not force his way into the world-title shake-up and now some hard decisions face a fighter who has never lived up to his brother's huge standard.
Watson, whose amateur power has not translated into the professionals where he has won just four of his 14 contests inside the distance, was on top throughout against the crowd favourite.
Too reliant on landing a single knockout blow, Hatton struggled to assert himself and was bleeding from his nose from the third round onwards after being caught by a good left hand.
Watson pulled away on the scorecards with his much more patient brand of boxing, with Hatton unable to match his opponent's workrate or accuracy and resigning himself to defeat at the final bell.
Watson, who has campaigned most of his career at light-welterweight, said: "I feel strong at the weight and I proved it tonight. I got myself in tremendous shape and I really did a job on him."
good fight...
good thing the ref gave him a minute break towards the end...
otherwise I think hatton may have went down... he was barely hanging on at the end...
looks like that manchester luck is holding strong...
good thing the ref gave him a minute break towards the end...
otherwise I think hatton may have went down... he was barely hanging on at the end...
looks like that manchester luck is holding strong...
Hatton done the job he was expected to do, not a classic performance by a long-shot, but give credit to Lazcano, he took all of Hatton's best punches and kept coming back for more, he could have taken the money a long time b4 the end of the fight, no wonder he's not been stopped in the last 10 years.
Hatton's gonna have to pick it up if he want's another crack at Mayweather, looks like his next fight is against IBF champion Paulie Malignaggi, another decent fighter who Hatton should deal with comfortably.
Hatton's gonna have to pick it up if he want's another crack at Mayweather, looks like his next fight is against IBF champion Paulie Malignaggi, another decent fighter who Hatton should deal with comfortably.
Judging by this photo ricky didn't do a good job defending
QUOTE(Nineno85 @ Jun 7 2008, 12:13 AM) 
Judging by this photo ricky didn't do a good job defending
that pic's been photoshopped
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