Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano

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Homecoming
Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano.jpg
Date24 May 2008
Venue City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, UK
Title(s) on the line IBO and The Ring light welterweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ricky Hatton Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Lazcano
Nickname "The Hitman" "The Chosen Juan"
Hometown Stockport, Manchester, UK Sacramento, California, US
Pre-fight record 43–1 (31 KO) 37–4–1 (27 KO)
Age 29 years, 7 months 33 years, 2 months
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight139+3⁄4 lb (63 kg)139+3⁄4 lb (63 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition IBO and The Ring
Light Welterweight Champion
WBC/WBO
No. 2 Ranked Light Welterweight
IBF
No. 4 Ranked Light Welterweight
The Ring No. 8 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
2-division world champion		 Former IBA lightweight titleholder
Result
Hatton wins via 12-round unanimous decision (120-110, 118-110, 120-108)

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. [1] The fight went the full 12 rounds and Hatton won by unanimous decision.

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Background

The City of Manchester Stadium pictured before the fight. Hatton lazcano city of manchester.jpg
The City of Manchester Stadium pictured before the fight.

Hatton was coming off his first career loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and was fighting for the first time back in Manchester. It was a thanks to all his fans who had travelled to the States to watch his previous four fights and was held in his home Football ground of his beloved Manchester City. [2]

Lazcano was a durable opponent who was in the top ten for light welterweights in the Ring Magazine rankings. His only stoppage defeat was to Golden Johnson ten years previously and he was also coming off a loss to Vivian Harris [3]

Paulie Malignaggi was on the undercard as he and Hatton were meant to fight each other later in the year.

The weigh-in took place at the Trafford Centre in Manchester and there was a lot of anticipation about Hatton's Ring Entrance. A lot of people were criticizing his diet between fights and were saying he was past his best, He wanted to prove them wrong and also take a dig at them at the same time. [4] Hatton said it could be his last in Britain.
The fight was on Sky Box Office in the UK and Versus (TV channel) in the United States. Juan Lazcano saw an upset on the cards and trainer Ronnie Shields was saying that Hatton was washed up and ready for the taking.

The fight

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. [5] [6]

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

Aftermath

Hatton decided to hire Floyd Mayweather Sr. for his next fight with Paulie Malignaggi and would go on to win that as well. [7] Lazcano has not fought since.

Undercard

Confirmed bouts: [8]

Broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Sky Sports
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Versus

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References

  1. ↑ "BBC | Hatton Names Date For Homecoming". Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Boxrec | Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Boxrec | Juan Lazcano's professional record". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Mirror | Hatton vows: I'll thrill them it could be goodbye". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Gareth A Davies (25 May 2008). "Ricky Hatton defeats Lazcano on points as Manchester savours 'Homecoming'". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Nabil Hassan (24 May 2008). "Hatton retains title on home turf". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "CBC | Hatton hires trainer Mayweather Sr". Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Ricky Hatton's bouts
24 May 2008		Succeeded by
Preceded by Juan Lazcano's bouts
24 May 2008		Retired
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