Kostya Tszyu vs. Ricky Hatton

Kostya Tszyu vs. Ricky Hatton, was a professional boxing match contested on 4 June 2005 for the IBF and The Ring junior welterweight championship.[2] Kostya Tszyu was an established force amongst the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world and had been the first man to unify the light welterweight division in 30 years.[3] Ricky Hatton at the time, held the minor WBU light welterweight belt,[4] having knocked out Tony Pep and was coming into the fight off stoppage wins against Michael Stewart and Ray Oliveira.After a back and forth battle in which both fighters took great punishment, Tszyu failed to emerge from his corner for the final round as his trainer Johnny Lewis threw in the towel.[8] Hatton went on to beat such names Juan Urango, José Luis Castillo and Paulie Malignaggi but his time as a top class boxer came to an end after he lost to both pound-for-pound kings Floyd Mayweather Jr., in December 2007, and against Manny Pacquiao in May 2009 via a 2nd round KO.
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