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Ricky Hatton On His Career-Toughest Fight……..Luis Collazo – Boxing News – East Side Boxing
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Ricky Hatton fought a number of big names, some truly great fighters. And, if one were to ask the “Hitman” to name the toughest fight of his entire career, a fan would likely expect the Manchester icon to reply Floyd Mayweather, or Manny Pacquiao, or Kostya Tszyu. But no, Hatton, when asked this very question by the folks at Talk Sport, gave a perhaps wholly unexpected, surprise answer.
Luis Collazo, who Hatton moved up in weight to fight back in May of 2006, is the man the 44 year old says gave him the most trouble – to the extent that Hatton was “shaky, shivering,” and had “hot sweats” after the fight. Hatton picked up a close, debatable decision win, this along with the WBA welterweight title, this Hatton’s second world title. But the win was far from easy.
Hatton, a natural 140 pounder, was advised by his trainer Billy Graham not to go up to 147, yet the at his peak Hatton, who had shocked the great Kostya Tszyu the previous summer, went against his trainer’s advice. And it almost proved disastrous.
Hatton scored a flash knockdown in the opening seconds of the fight in Boston, but after that it was a real war.
“That was my toughest fight,” Hatton said of the Collazo battle. “I mean, getting beat by Pacquiao like I did was very tough to come to terms with and Floyd Mayweather was just technically so good. From a physical point [Collazo was a harder fight]. I’m 5’6.” I’m not tall for junior-welterweight. So, to move up to welterweight…..Billy Graham said, ‘No, don’t do it, Rick. Don’t do it.’ But I wanted to do what my heroes had done. I wanted to try to become a world champion in two divisions. I knocked him down in the first ten seconds. I thought, ‘I’ll be in the bar in half an hour.’ But he got up and I won it on a unanimous decision but only by one point.
“The people that I could bully at 10 stone, I couldn’t do it at 10st 7lbs. I hit him, and the shots just bounced off him. It was the worst after I’ve felt. I had hot sweats, shaky, shivering and I couldn’t even go to the afterparty I was in such a bad way. Every time he hit me – Mayweather wasn’t a big puncher, he was technically unreal – but [Collazo] was a big-punching southpaw, and every time he hit me, oh my Lord!”
Hatton as we know was crushed in two violent sessions by Pac-Man, and he was stopped in ten by “Money.” So it shows how tough, how unpleasant that night with Collazo must have been for Hatton for him to rank that win as a tougher experience than the two stoppage defeats. Collazo always wanted a rematch, but Hatton was not about to agree. And, in light of what Ricky has said about the pain of the 2006 fight, who could blame him!
One thing about Hatton, win or lose, he was always worth watching. To say the least.
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Erin Blanchfield patiently awaits her next UFC assignment.
Although it’s not totally clear what that will be, Blanchfield (12-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) assumes an important matchup with Manon Fiorot (11-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is likely. The two flyweight combatants have established themselves as top contenders in a division that awaits a championship rematch between champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko while they both recover from injury.
“Yeah, it’s definitely stalling,” Blanchfield recently said during an online live stream for digital wallet platform HUMBL. “I feel like I’ve had a couple No. 1 contender fights now. But you know, I’m still pretty young and gained valuable experience in those fights. … Whether it’s an interim or not, I’ll beat (Fiorot), and then I should definitely get a title next.”
Although UFC CEO Dana White has indicated it’s next, no timeline has been revealed for Grasso (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) vs. Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC). Shevchenko had hand surgery in mid-September. Coincidentally, Grasso underwent hand surgery in early October.
Should there be further delays, Blanchfield wouldn’t mind seeing an interim title implemented. She’s healthy and ready to go, following a slight nasal fracture suffered in a unanimous decision win over Taila Santos in August.
“I haven’t been told about that yet,” Blanchfield said. I would definitely push for that. That’s something I’d definitely be interested in. I’m not sure when Valentina and Alexa are going to be ready to fight again. I know I think they’re on a similar timeline in their recovery. I would hope that if it ends up being longer, they’d have me and Manon fight for an interim.”
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By Brandon Downs, Cecilio Padilla
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY – Two men died after they were shot outside of a bar in Sacramento County early Sunday morning, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies responded to Sacto By Night at 7121 Governors Circle at about 1:45 a.m.
A group of people who were leaving the bar got into a fight outside, leading to a shooting, deputies said.
The victims, who were two men, died at the scene, deputies said. One of them was the owner of the bar.
Investigators with the sheriff’s office believe a group of gang members who initially refused to leave the nightclub at closing is at the center of the incident. Those gang members apparently got involved in a fight in the parking lot, investigators said, with the suspected shooter being one of those gang members.
Witnesses described a white vehicle that took off from the scene. Deputies said the CHP located a vehicle matching the description and detained four people from that vehicle.
The people detained have since been identified as being allegedly involved in the shooting. Several guns have been recovered.
According to the sheriff’s office, the names of the suspects will be released once homicide and related charges are filed.
Brandon comes to CBS13 from Action News Now (KHSL/KNVN) in Chico where he spent two years as the Digital Content Manager.
First published on November 26, 2023 / 3:05 PM PST
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