Fighter retires, saying ‘It is the end of Ricky Hatton’
Ricky Hatton following Saturday night’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko: “No matter how upsetting it is, I have got to be a man and say, ‘It is the end of Ricky Hatton.'”
read moreSchaefer: Hatton still deserves a shot at Malignaggi
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer contends that Ricky Hatton still is deserving of a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi despite Saturday’s knockout loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, whom Malignaggi stopped in April.
read moreSenchenko’s body shot KOs Hatton in ninth round
Vyacheslav Senchenko’s ninth-round body shot stopped Ricky Hatton for the third time in his career and the first before his hometown fans at the Manchester Arena in England.
read moreLem’s latest: Trout raises intensity for Cotto; Bowe-Holyfield I annivesary
Austin Trout on his fight with Miguel Cotto: “I’m looking at this as my golden opportunity. He’s had his time and done great things with it, but it’s my time now. I’ll be damned if I let this opportunity slip away from me.”
read moreShowtime to air Cotto-Trout fight documentaries
WBA junior middleweight titleholder Austin Trout and challenger Miguel Cotto will be featured in pre- and post-fight documentaries in association with their Dec. 1 clash at New York’s Madision Square Garden on Showtime.
read moreLem’s latest: Wilder, Russell return; Golovkin-Oosthuizen in talks
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder will pursue his 26th knockout in as many victories without a loss against unbeaten Kelvin Price on the Dec. 15 Amir Khan-Carlos Molina undercard.
read moreMalignaggi eyes Hatton, Chaves
Although WBA welterweight beltholder Paulie Malignaggi has been mandated to face unbeaten Diego Chaves, he prefers a rematch with Ricky Hatton.
read moreLem’s latest: Malignaggi says boxing’s ‘craft’ is ‘not appreciated’
Paulie Malignaggi: “Floyd Mayweather gets no appreciation, but he’s just so dominant, that they have to just deal with it…I’m not saying that I’m as dominant as Floyd, but I consider myself to be a real craftsman of the sport. I’m a true craftsman of boxing.”
read moreLem’s latest: Roach touts trainer Brown
Trainer Eric Brown guided middleweight Peter Quillin to a title-winning decision over Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam before coaching WBA junior welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi to a split-decision over Pablo Cesar Cano.
read moreMalignaggi looks back on victory over Cano
Paulie Malignaggi was glad he fought before his hometown fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but disappointed with the narrow decision, the CompuBox scoring and the fact that rival Pablo Cesar Cano failed to make the 147-pound division limit.
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