Round by Round Coverage; Luis Collazo vs. Ricky Hatton

By Rick Reeno (photo courtesy of HBO Sports)

A British invasion is on the horizon, Ricky "Hitman" Hatton's conquest of America begins in the TD Banknorth Garden, located on Causeway Street in Boston's Downtown North section. 

In the 12-round main event, Ricky Hatton (40-0, 30KOs) vacates his junior welterweight titles and moves up to the welterweight division to challenge WBA champion Luis Collazo, (26-1, 12KOs), of Brooklyn, New York. Hatton has not made the journey to America alone as hundreds of his fellow supporters from Manchester, England have made the journey as well.

Collazo, only 25-years-old, is confident that he will beat the fighter he views as the smaller man moving up to his weight class. Collazo is best known for his 2005 fight of the year caliber of a slugfest with Jose Antonio Rivera,  the bout that earned him the WBA welterweight crown. Collazo followed up the win with a crushing seven round stoppage over former champion Miguel Angel Gonzalez last August.

Hatton, also young at 27-years-old, had the best year of his career in 2005. Hatton shocked the world by dominating and then stopping junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu on June 4 in Manchester, England, when Tszyu was unable to come out for the final round. To follow up his career defining win over Tszyu, Hatton knocked out WBA junior welterweight champion Carlos Maussa in the ninth round to grab his second 140 pound title in less than 6 months time.

Hatton was named "2005 Fighter of the Year" by Ring Magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America, BoxingScene.com and ESPN.com. Hatton was the first-ever British boxer to receive Ring Magazine's Fighter of the Year honors.

Is Hatton going to become a two-division champion that is hungry for a bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. or will Collazo derail the Hatton express?

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