Ricky Hatton Beats Kosta Tsyzu!! - Online Casino Reviewer

Webzcas · #1 06-05-2005, 03:05 AM

Tsyzu pulled out by his corner at the end of the 11th Round. Amazing.

Probably the biggest British Boxing Victory of all time. Up there with Randolph Turpins win.

Amazing!!!

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Round by Round Coverage:

Round 12: Tszyu fails to answer the bell for the 12th round. Ricky Hatton is champion of the world!

Round 11: Hatton must be careful. He is on top, but Tszyu has the instincts of a great champion and he launches a mini rally midway through the round.

But Hatton re-asserts control - this is thrilling stuff.

Round 10: It's all Hatton now and, as the challenger swarms over a diminished Tszyu, the noise grows deafening.

The champion, 35, looks unsteady and Manchester's favourite son is close to a victory that would stun the world.

Round nine: Hatton is the aggressor to start the round. Tszyu is operating at a slower pace now and this fight might be there for the taking!

The champion's mouth is gaping wide open - a sure sign of advanced fatigue - and he is the victim of a low blow this time, taking a small time out.

Round eight: This fight is too close to call and it may come down to how the judges assess the balance between Tszyu's quality and Hatton's work rate.

Hatton hits the canvas but it is only a stumble and Tszyu is starting to tire.

Round seven: The champion is stung by a chilling Hatton hook. The crowd is getting into it as there are signs that their man might spring a huge shock.

Tszyu's counter-punching skills remain a big worry though - he is wasting few punches unlike his opponent. And he catches Hatton with a low blow.

Round six: Hatton springs to life and drives Tszyu back on to the ropes.

His work is being tarnished by the odd mistake as he comes in - for which he inevitably pays - but the challenger's work rate is also paying dividends.

Round five: Hatton is stung by two hard rights to start proceedings and there are signs that Tszyu is getting on top.

The quality blows are coming from the Australian, while Hatton's work is a bit untidy at times - but the Briton finishes the round well.

Round four: A short right from Hatton finds its target and Tszyu stumbles back briefly. But the champion responds with a rocking punch of his own

The fight continues at a rapid rate.

Round three: Hatton misses with a few wild swings as Tszyu keeps him at close range. A scrappier round may have gone to Tszyu, who landed the better shots.

Round two: Hatton is doing his best to unsettle the 35-year-old champion, bullying him along the ropes.

The English warrior's intensity is very encouraging and three close-range uppercuts land. Round to Hatton.

Round one: A confident start from Hatton, who tries to outmuscle Tszyu.

He has some joy with the jab, but takes a few shots from the champion as well. He must combine caution with aggression, though. A close round.

Webzcas · #2 06-05-2005, 08:24 AM

Ricky Hatton produced a sensational display in front of his home fans in Manchester as he stopped Kostya Tszyu to claim the IBF light-welterweight crown.

'The Hitman' forced the defending champion to retire on his stool before the start of the final round after an amazing contest that ebbed and flowed throughout 11 pulsating rounds.

The local boy certainly came good in front of 22,000 people at the MEN Arena as he ended Tszyu's 10-year reign as IBF champion.

Many had predicted that Tszyu's power would be too much for the British challenger, yet the 26-year-old from Hyde refused to back down his opponent as he walked through everything the Russian-born fighter threw at him.

In the end the 35-year-old's body proved incapable of matching his younger counterpart as the man known as the 'Thunder from Down Under' was forced to quit.

It was always believed that the hype surrounding the fight would be justified once the action got underway and that certainly proved the case as British fight fans witnessed the biggest world title fight seen on these shores since Frank Bruno defeated Oliver McCall at Wembley back in 1995.

The opening rounds showed Hatton had plenty of intelligence to go with his energy as he crowded Tszyu and backed him up against the ropes as he refused to allow the champion any room to work in.

The British boxer's approach certainly seemed to take Tszyu by surprise as his counter shots failed to stop Hatton's forward progress.

However, the Australian showed just why he had been champion for a decade in the third round as he began to back away from the challenger so he could find room to unleash several booming straight rights and left hooks.

While Hatton continued to stalk his prey round the ring, Tszyu's ability to find the target looked to be turning the fight his way.

He started the fifth round with two huge right hands and it appeared as if his counter shots were taking their toll as Hatton's work-rate dropped considerably in the middle rounds.

Yet Hatton had always stated he would be the one to finish the fight the stronger and he turned the contest on its head through sheer hard work.

Not even a second blow below the belt in round nine could stop the Mancunian, although he gave as good as he got as he hit back with a low shot of his own that forced referee Dave Parris to warn both fighters.

But it was becoming clear all was not well with Tszyu as he looked a shadow of the man that had destroyed Sharmba Mitchell inside three rounds last time out.

The home crowd could certainly sense a home victory was on the cards and round 10 showed the writing was on the wall as Tszyu found himself being worked over on the ropes as he was forced to cover up and hold on for the bell.

The 11th was the scrappiest round of the night, yet it was still too much for Tszyu to take as his corner beckoned over referee Parris to put an end to an absorbing bout.

As the realisation of what had happened sunk in, Hatton fell to the floor and shed tears of joy as he became the latest in a long line of great British world champions.

Ever the champion until the end, Tszyu was quick to tell the crowd he had been beaten by a better man on the night and was full of praise for the fighter who could well have bought an end to his illustrious career.

While one great name looks set to bow out of boxing, another may well have emerged with Hatton's performance no doubt putting him in line for some money-spinning fights in the near future.

Webzcas · #3 06-05-2005, 08:25 AM

Webzcas · #4 06-05-2005, 09:01 AM

The world's press is seeing this result as a massive upset. To be fair I believe going into the fight Ricky Hatton wasn't given the respect he was due, after all his record was 38 - 0.

This is the report from CNN:

Quote:

MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Ricky Hatton won the IBF light welterweight title Saturday when defending champion Kostya Tszyu quit after the 11th round.

The unbeaten Hatton, of Britain, who also holds the lightly regarded WBU title, appeared to be ahead on points when Tszyu staggered back to his corner at the end of the 11th and then signaled he couldn't carry on.

Hatton won his 39th straight bout, fighting in front of a sellout crowd of 22,000 in his hometown. At the time the fight ended, all three judges had him ahead. American judge Dan Ackerman had it 107-102, Spain's Manuel Maritxater scored it 105-104 and Alfred Asaro had Hatton leading 106-103.

"To beat somebody like Kostya Tszyu, that's end of the rainbow stuff for me," the new champion said. "Winning a world title is something, but to beat somebody like Kostya Tszyu is absolutely fantastic. I'm not one who normally shouts his mouth off, but I did say from Day One I could do it and I've done it.

"I knew I just had to get through the first four or five rounds, be nice and smart and take as little punishment as possible and try and come on in the latter part of the fight. I think that's what I did.

"I found a way to win," Hatton said. "I did it, not necessarily with boxing ability but with the boxing brain between my ears. I'll have to watch it on the tape but I think the last five rounds I went like a Trojan."

After losing his 18th world title fight, Tszyu has to decide whether to carry on at age 35.

"I am a very proud man and I'm not saying it's the end of my career," he said. "But I'm saying that today I lost to the better fighter."

Hatton battled the champion toe-to-toe and, although Tszyu appeared to be gaining control after the seventh round. But Hatton came back strong and took control.

The 35-year-old Tszyu has 31 victories and two losses.

With the crowd cheering Hatton, the fighters were aggressive from the opening bell, each trying to dominate inside.

Hatton pinned Tszyu on the ropes in the second round, landing somebody blows and uppercuts to the head. But the champion landed a solid left hook 2 minutes into the fourth round to try and halt Hatton's charge.

Tszyu also landed a solid right hand in the middle of fifth round but Hatton kept moving forward.

Hatton appeared to have Tszyu rocking on the ropes with a combination early in the sixth, but the champion responded with more right hands.

Hatton sank to one knee after a low blow in the seventh and it wasn't counted as a knockdown. But Tszyu, swelling below his left eye, staggered Hatton with a right just before the bell.

Tszyu was warned for low blows and Hatton, almost in retaliation, landed a low left which had the champion down on one knee. Referee Dave Parris halted the action for the champion to get a breather.

Just as Tszyu showed signs of taking control, Hatton came back in the 10th and landed a right uppercut in the corner. He also connected on some combinations, and the champion looked exhausted at the end of round 11.

Webzcas · #5 06-05-2005, 09:07 AM

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.

Webzcas · #6 06-05-2005, 09:07 AM

I am now wishing I backed Hatton at the what now seems generous odds of 6/4.

Webzcas · #7 06-05-2005, 09:13 AM

FightNews.com need to update their Light Welterweight Rankings:

1. Kostya Tszyu
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Arturo Gatti
5. Vivian Harris
6. Shmarba Mitchell
7. Ricky Hatton
8. Junior Witter
9 Lovemore N'dou
10. M.Abdulaev
11. Francisco Bojado
12. Demarcus Corley
13. Oscar Diaz
14. Mike Arnaoutis
15. Kendall Holt
16. Diosbelys Hurtado

Having Hatton as 7th before the fight was a disservice in my honest opinion. After all he was ranked #1 challenger by the IBF and WBO and #2 Challenger by WBA.

CDR40 · #8 06-05-2005, 07:17 PM

What a fight. Hatton is the man!!! Best fight I have seen for ages. Both Ricky and Kostya have brought much credibilty and respect back to boxing.

CDR40 · #9 06-12-2005, 09:31 AM

This week has been amazing for Boxing. The rise of Ricky Hatton, the return to the ring of Audley Harrison and now the end of Iron Mike Tyson - who lost in 6 rounds against journeyman Kevin McBride from Clones Ireland.

I should have had some bets the last week on the boxing as all my hunches and predictions were correct.

lbnet · #10 06-12-2005, 07:09 PM

That was definately one of the best fights i have seen a long time!

Had �100 on Hatton as a bonus too!

Anybody else put a bet on Hatton to win?

Does anyone know when his next fight is?

Thanks.

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