© Tom Hogan Saturday night, at a packed City of Manchester Stadium, Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton successfully defeated tough Mexican-American, “The Chosen-Juan†Lazcano in a twelve-round IBO Light Welterweight Title fight. Lazcano enters the ring wearing bright red ‘matador-style’ clothing and a large red sombrero hat, walking alongside trainer Ronnie Shields. Michael Buffer then introduces Hatton…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Following the conclusion of the “Homecoming†fight between the victorious Ricky Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano the media gathered for an official post-fight press conference. First to answer questions from the press were the combatants from the co-feature title bout, Lovemore N’dou and Paulie Malignaggi. Speculation is that Malignaggi…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Another fight on the card that interested Ricky Hatton for more then one reason was the rematch between IBF title holder Paul “The Magic Man†Malignaggi 25-1 (5) and former titlist Lovemore “The Black Panther†N’Dou 46-10-1 (31). Malignaggi who won the title from Lovemore in June of 2007…
With the excitement in North West England reaching a fever pitch for Ricky Hatton’s much anticipated return to his beloved city of Manchester, there are many questions still to be answered surrounding this massive fight card which will be played out in the open air City of Manchester Stadium before a record breaking 56,000 spectators.
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, at the Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, crowds of fans lined the ‘Orient’ area of the ‘mall’ to watch the weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s “Homecoming†fight night, promoted by Frank Maloney in association with Punch Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The weigh-in stage sat below the huge video screen…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday the City of Manchester Stadium, England, played host to the official press conference ahead of Saturday’s ‘Homecoming’ fight night. Entering the stadium, I stopped by to see how the ‘pitch’ was progressing in preparation for the fight and with just two days to go, the huge…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today (Thursday) at the City of Manchester Stadium, England, media came together for the official press conference ahead of Saturdays’ ‘HomeComing’ Fightnight. Hosted by Frank Maloney, the press conference saw Ricky Hatton, Juan Lazcano, Paulie Malignaggi, Lovemore N’Dou, Matthew Hatton and Craig Watson all at the same table! That…
The fighters have arrived in Manchester, England for one of the biggest sporting events to hit the United Kingdom in years and the sound of IBO & Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight Champion Ricky “The Hitman†Hatton’s 43-1 (31) theme song can be heard on every street corner.
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing This Saturday, at the City of Manchester Stadium, England, Ricky “Hitman†Hatton returns to the ring after suffering his first ever defeat to Floyd Mayweather. “How or the way you bounce back from a defeat – that’s what matters,†said the Hitman. He was clearly upset for the disappointed…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, SaddoBoxing went to the City of Manchester Stadium, England, to see the progress of preparations for Saturday’s ‘Homecoming’ fight night between Ricky “Hitman†Hatton and Juan Lazcano – promoted by Frank Maloney in association with Punch Promotions and Golden Boy. There’s no denying – it is indeed a…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing In a build up to Saturday’s “Homecoming†featuring Ricky “Hitman†Hatton against Juan Lazcano, Frank Maloney hosted a meeting with the press to speak with Lazcano at the Smart ‘Village Hotel’, Ashton Moss, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Manchester. Having arrived into Manchester over the weekend, the Mexican (residing in California) looked to…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Just days away from Ricky Hatton’s ‘Homecoming’ fight at the City of Manchester Stadium, Frank Maloney hosted a press-meet today with opponent – Juan Lazcano. I have recently written an account of Lazcano’s last two fights against Vivian Harris and prior to that – against Manuel Garnica. But, today,…