Hatton dominates Lazcano

By Scott Shaffer

24/05/2008

Hatton dominates Lazcano

Ricky Hatton W12 Juan Lazcano... World (and IBO) junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton lived up to his billing as the Pride of Manchester. After entering the ring in a fat suit in a self-deprecating tribute to his "Ricky Fatten" nickname, Hatton won about ten out of twelve rounds to defeat Juan Lazcano by a wide margin in front of a large hometown crowd (official scores were 120-110, 118-110 and 120-108 but it clearly should not have been scored a shutout). The crafty Hatton had one tough moment when Lazcano hurt him in the tenth round, but Hatton pulled one of the oldest tricks in the book, asking for and receiving a timeout to have his shoelaces tied. Hatton almost certainly would have won even without the brief respite. source: vs. network