Ricky Hatton vs Juan Lazcano

Date
Sat 24th May 2008 (UTC)
Sat 24th May 2008 (Local)

Timestamp
2008-05-24T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Boxing

Season
2008

Round
1

Status
Match Finished

Location
Etihad Stadium

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Description

Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano, billed as Homecoming, was a boxing light welterweight fight between Ricky Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano for the IBO and The Ring titles. It was held in Manchester, England at the City of Manchester Stadium in front of a record 55,000 fans. This was a record for a boxing event post world war II, until 2014 when Carl Froch faced George Groves, fight which sold 80,000 seats. The fight went the full 12 rounds and Hatton won by unanimous decision.

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Result List

01				Ricky Hatton	WIN
01				Juan Lazcano	LOSS

Result Description
The ring entrance involved a version of Hi Ho Silver Lining with the words replaced to mention Hatton, followed by Blue Moon. Hatton appeared in a fat suit and walked to the ring in it, Michael Buffer announced the fighters.
The referee was Howard Foster and the judges were Marcus McDonell, Pat Russell and Phil Austin. Hatton who was rocked badly in the eighth and tenth round, and in the tenth critics claim, only survived, when the fight was stopped, so he could tie his shoes, while badly hurt. Despite being a bad performance, the judges scores of 120-110, 118-110 and 120-108 . Hatton also rocked Lazcano several times and had him against the ropes using the full repertoire of shots, with Lazcano's back bruised from being constantly pushed against the ropes.

Malignaggi also won a split decision against Lovemore N'dou to set up their fight.

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