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A source who is close to Ricky Hatton, claims the former two-division champion began using cocaine after his brutal two round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao in May of 2009. The same source is claiming Hatton made a promise to his fiancée, Jennifer Dooley, that he will enter a drug rehabilitation program in the next few days.
Ricky Hatton's rep Max Clifford released a statement on behalf of the Manchester star, telling the press that Hatton is "devastated and distraught" over Saturday's story that appeared in News of The World. The British tabloid published photos, along with a revealing video, which clearly shows Hatton in a bathroom snorting several lines of [what is believed to be] cocaine. In the video, Hatton is cutting up lines of the white powded with a credit card and then snorting it through a rolled up £20 note.
Forget WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, trainer Emanuel Steward would like to see Wladimir Klitschko fight popular Polish fighter Tomasz Adamek. Klitschko defended his WBO/IBO/IBF titles on Saturday in Frankfurt with a ten round TKO of Samuel Peter. Adamek is said to be returning in December against rugged Vinny Maddalone, and then there have been rumors about a fight with WBC champion and older brother Vitali Klitschko in March. Vitali still has to beat Shannon Briggs on October 16.
Unbeaten cruiserweight BJ Flores has vowed to expose IBO champion Danny Green on November 17 in Perth. Flores is not impressed with Green's recent string of first round wins over Roy Jones Jr. and Paul Briggs. He sees Green's opponents as being "non credible" competition.
WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is not that concerned with a possible fight against WBA champion David Haye. Klitschko is upset that Haye never responded to several of his recent challenges, and instead took a fight with Audley Harrison on November 13. Klitschko returned to action on Saturday in Frankfurt with a dominating battering of Samuel Peter on route to a ten round stoppage.
British tabloid News of The World has published a shocking video and photos, like the one found below, of Manchester superstar and former two time champion Ricky Hatton, snorting several lines of cocaine. This is the latest British star to get caught up in a scandal involving the illegal use of cocaine. Earlier this year, Joe Calzaghe was busted by a British tabloid. They filmed Calzaghe, with a hidden camera, attempting to obtain information pertaining to the purchase of cocaine and discussing his drug habits. The scandal with Hatton is less shocking, as Ricky is well known for his bad habits and partying at all hours of the night.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s recent run of negative attention has caused concern among those who know him best. Last week Mayweather's streaming video, which featured a profane attack on Manny Pacquiao, caused a firestorm of negative press. A week later, Mayweather is arrested in Las Vegas for grand theft larceny in connection with a claim of domestic assault by the mother of his children.
The fight has already finished up at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. It takes place by way of tape delay on Showtime later tonight. In an eight round heavyweight contest, the 6’9 Tyson Fury (12-0, 9 KOs) kept his undefeated heavyweight record alive with a dominating score of 80-72 over previously undefeated Rich Power (12-1, 9 KOs). The referee Jeffrey Hinds was the only person scoring the contest. Fury busted up Power with his overwhelming advantage in size and strength. Power was a late replacement after at least three opponents fell out in the last few weeks.
Undefeated junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan appeared on BoxingScene.com's official audio show, Leave It In The Ring Radio, and answered the call of Erislandy Lara. On Thursday, Vanes came on BoxingScene and called for a fight with WBA champion Miguel Cotto. The challenge was followed by another. Lara reached out to BoxingScene with a challenge to Vanes, guaranteeing that he would knock the Armenian fighter out.
Danny Santiago (31-4, 19KOs) has promised to shock the world when he receives the opportunity of his career on October 7 against Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40KOs) at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida. Santiago has won two in a row since suffering back to back knockout defeats to Zsolt Erdei and Antonio Tarver.