Your chance to be ringside in Las Vegas for Paulie Malignaggi's defense of the IBF junior welterweight title against Ricky Hatton.
What promises to be a fantastic match up!!
Richard "Ricky" Hatton MBE (born October 6, 1978, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England), is an English boxer. He is seen by many as one of the most popular British fighters of all time. He is more commonly known as Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton.
Hatton is a two-time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight Champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to step back down to the weight class and beat Juan Urango. He was the WBA Welterweight Champion, but relinquished this title on August 31, 2006. Hatton is also the former WBU, WBA Light Welterweight Champion and WBC, WBA, WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion, and current Ring Magazine Light Welterweight Champion.
Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi aka "The Magic Man", (born November 23, 1980 in New York, USA) is a professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York. He is the reigning IBF junior welterweight champion.
On January 5, 2008, Malignaggi was the winner against Herman Ngoudjo in a highly competitive match. Malignaggi controlled the fight with his jab until he was stunned in the 7th round, but Ngoudjo failed to finish the job.After the seventh, Ngoudjo became ineffective with his aggression and came up short and lost a wide unanimous decision,which although fair, did not reflect the competitiveness of the fight.
On May 24, 2008, Malignaggi beat Lovemore N'Dou in a rematch by split decision to retain his IBF title. Malignaggi was in control for the first half of the fight, boxing behind his faster and crisper jab. Prior to the fight, Malignaggi was sporting hair extensions which proved to be a problem throughout the fight until his trainer Buddy McGirt cut them off in his corner between rounds eight and nine. Malignaggi appeared sloppy in the second half of the fight as N'Dou came back to make the fight close. In the end, Malignaggi pulled out a close victory and also suffered a fractured right hand in the fight.
He will defend his title against Ricky Hatton on November 22, 2008.
