This from Fight News: Hatton makes Tszyu quit!
Saturday, June 4 2005
By Marco Zonta at ringside
A relentless Ricky Hatton (39-0, 29 KOs) won the IBF junior welterweight champion with an upset eleventh round TKO over Kostya Tszyu (31-2, 25 KOs) Saturday night at MEN Arena in Manchester, England. As he promised, Hatton was in Tszyu's face from the opening bell. Both fighters landed bombs in extreme close quarters early on amid lots of wrestling and clinching. Hatton continued to be the aggressor applying relentless pressure. Both fighters went down in the middle rounds from low blows. The shot that dropped Hatton was on the beltline, while the punch that felled Tszyu was very low. Hatton continued to bully and outwork Tszyu, while Tszyu's best blows failed to faze Hatton at all. Hatton had a big round ten landing a series of heavy blows and dominated the rest of the bout. Tszyu quit on his stool after round eleven at the urging of cornerman Johnny Lewis. At the time of the stoppage, Hatton was ahead 107-102, 106-103, 105-104. After the fight, Tszyu said he wasn't ready to make a decision about whether he would fight again or not. Hatton said he would be happy to give Tszyu a rematch.
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