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Justin Hurley
06-05-2005, 11:48 AM
I was surprised Kostya Tszyu didn't come out in the 12th. He was clearly losing but I thought he had more heart than to retire himself.

Hatton takes a lot of stick for just holding the mickey mouse WBU and not fighting any decent boxers, which is Frank Warrens fault. I am glad Ricky done the business and has shut up some haters, by not only fighting a better class of boxer but by fighting a good fight and getting a win.

I doubt Hatton could hold is own against the likes of Oscar De La Hoya though, be good to watch though as Hatton is a true warrior, head down, ass up and coming forward all the time.
Rob Thomas
06-05-2005, 12:12 PM
I was really suprised, I thought Tszyu was going to finish Hatton off by the 6th round but I was chuffed to see Hatton hang in there and turn the fight around. Hats off to the guy, I've followed Hatton on SkySports since he won the British title and he's always had his doubters but after beating an awesome champion like Tszyu, he deserves to be the No. 1 IMO.

Hatton v Cotto would be an awesome fight to watch too.
billyboy
06-05-2005, 03:42 PM
good to see Hatton restoring some pride to ENGLISH boxing , after the bleaching Harrison dished out to that weakling Brodie
Justin Hurley
06-05-2005, 04:22 PM
Watch Tszyu knock out this guy, funny to watch the fella do a little dance to try and stay up right.

http://www.powerliftinguk.com/files/knockoutdance.wmv
JohnOvManchester
06-05-2005, 04:27 PM
Tszyu just didn't want to get knocked out, that's why he didn't come back out.
He knew he'd lost and knew he couldn't get the knockout himself so made the intellegent desision to retire.
Which is exactly what Frank told him to do!!! LOL just joking I am sure this one was legit.
Rob Thomas
06-05-2005, 05:23 PM
Watch Tszyu knock out this guy, funny to watch the fella do a little dance to try and stay up right.

http://www.powerliftinguk.com/files/knockoutdance.wmv

That was Zab Judah. He was one of Tyson's buddy's and had a really bad attitude. Before the fight he was blabbing on about how Tszyu was nothing and that he was going to "kill" him in the ring - he had a shock didn't he! After the fight, Zab grabbed the ref by the throat and tried to punch him, he then threw a stool at him across the ring. He's the current undisputed welterweight champion now though, here's his record:

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=006945