Follow all the action from the MGM in Las Vegas when Ricky Hatton defends his recognized Jr. Welterweight champion when he takes on former world champion, Paulie Malignaggi. The action gets underway at 10pm eastern/7pm Pacific with a exciting Middleweight clash between James Kirkland & Brian Vera
Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KO’s) Vs. Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KO’s) – 12 rounds-Ring Magzaine Jr. Welterweight title
Round 1 Hatton lands a left…Malignaggi lands a double jab..Malignaggi 10-9
Round 2 Right inside from Malignaggi as Hatton dives in…Big left from Hatton…Good right from Hatton hurts Malignaggi..Blood from under the left eye of Malignaggi..Malignaggi lands an uppercut19-19
Round 3 Good left inside from Malignaggi…Good body work from Hatton…chopping over the top with the right…Left hook…straight right…29-28 Hatton
Round 4 Hatton lands a straight right…39-37 Hatton
Round 5 Malignaggi lands a jab..48-47 Hatton
Round 6 Malignaggi landing the jab…Left from hatton..58-57 Hatton
Round 7 3 big lefts from Hatton..3 good counter lefts from Paulie…right from Hatton…..Big left…68-66 Hatton
Round 8 Good right from Malignaggi.. left from Hatton..right from Malignaggi..Malignaggi doing a lot of the grabbing…left and uppercut shook Malignaggi..78-75 Hatton …86-396 for Hatton…76-286 for Malignaggi
Round 9 Ripping left hook for Hatton that has Paulie sticking out his tongue…Bruises under both eye of Malignaggi…88-84 Hatton
Round 10 Malignaggi holding..98-93 Hatton
Round 11 @ hammering lefts on the inside from Hatton..hard BODY SHOT AND BUDDY MCGIRT THROWS IN THE TOWL…TKO WIN FOR HATTON
RICKY HATTON WINS VIA TKO 11 AT 28 SECONDS
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James Kirkland (23-0, 20 KO’s) vs Brian Vera (16-1, 10 KO’s)-10 Round-Jr. Middleweights
Round 1 Good right inside from Vera…Kirkland lands a short/straight left…Kirkalnd walking Vera down..good lefts…10-9 Kirkland
Round 2 STRAIGHT LEFT AND DOWN GOES VERA…Blood on the right ear of Vera…2 good rights from Vera…Right drives Kirkland back…RIGHT HOOK KNOCKS VERA AROUND AND DOWN WITH JUST A FEW SECONDS TO GO IN THE ROUND…20-16 Kirkland
Round 3 Hard straight left hooks crosses and a hard right hook…2 body shots…30-25 Kirkland
Round 4 Kirkland lands a couple of good body shots…Huge right from Vera…Big right…Massive body shot doubles Vera over at the bell…40-34
Round 5 Kirkland ripping Vera..landing body and head shots.. Hard ripping shots from Kirkland…50-43 Kirkland…
Round 6 Kirkland lands 3 body shots…Flurry from Kirkland…60-52 Kirkland Kirkland has a 216-57 punch land advantage
Round 7 Kirkland lands a jab/uppercut/hook combo…70-61 Kirkland
Round 8 RIGHT HOOK AND DOWN GOES VERA…2 hard lefts AND REFEREE VIC DRACHULICH STOPS THE FIGHT—KIRKLAND WINS VIA TKO 8 AT 1:45–283-64 PUNCH ADVANTAGE
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