Summary
Ricky Hatton's dream of emulating his sport's transatlantic greats moved closer to reality after he overcame another cuts nightmare to unify the world light-welterweight titles with a ninth- round knockout of Carlos Maussa in Sheffield.
Arguably Hatton has never thrown a better punch than the crashing left hook which dumped the Colombian on to the canvas for the full ten count and enabled the 'Hitman' to add Maussa's WBA crown to the IBF belt he already owned.See the full content of this document
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Boxing: Hatton Bloodied but Unbowed
But Hatton's gruelling victory came at a price with blood pouring from cuts above both his eyes by the end of the second round, forcing him to skip the post-fight press conference for an all-too- famil...
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