Tszyu inks Hatton deal!

By Ray Wheatley -- World of Boxing IBF 140 pound champion Kostya Tszyu has reportedly signed a contract to defend his title against Ricky Hatton at Manchester, England's MEN Stadium on June 4. Tszyu's purse is said to be US$4.2 million. Tszyu's promoter Vlad Warton will meet with Hatton's promoter Frank Warren this week to finalize the the fight. Tszyu had been considering an offer from American promoter Murad Muhammad which was a four fight deal for a purse of US$14 million. Oscar De La Hoya has stated he is interested in a Kostya Tszyu bout at 147 pounds. After a long layoff, Tszyu looked sensational in scoring a third round knockout over Sharmba Mithchell in Phoenix, Arizona on November 6 last year. Saturday, January 8 2005

Comments (20)

S_A_M_U_R_A_I

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17y ago

Targaryen

their first fight was a belter. cant wait for this rematch.

17y ago

Hatton_Is_God

LMFAO, so true man. stop sniffing his arse

17y ago

brently1979

hatton never beat tszyu fairly . he held and hit for all the fight and had the ref's help as well. that was a joke of a fight all pac has to be worried about is hatton's hugging I agree it was a joke, what Hatton got away with a lot in that fight.

17y ago

MELLYMEL

When Hatton Is God tells you you're biased, ya better listen up! :yo: LMFAO, so true man.

17y ago

Oriachim

kostya tszyu was a dirty fighter to, he was kneeing hatton in the balls all fight lol.

17y ago

Hatton_Is_God

When Hatton Is God tells you you're biased, ya better listen up! :yo: ill admit my names biased but im not a biased fan. to be honest i call the pacqiauo hatton fight a close one. could go either way

17y ago

ACHlLLES

Hatton just loves holding men closely God this place makes me laugh with the ridiculous myth's..... The fight was a messy brawl - instigated by BOTH fighters. Tszyu did plenty of fouling himself including hitting after the break, lowblows and other roughhouse tactics. What Ref help are you refering to???? Of course Kostya is going to hit him during the break when Hatton is initiating the clinches genius. The ref clearly wasn't on Kostyas side letting hatton fight that way. LOL

17y ago

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17y ago

Ray

Two reason why people didnt really give Hatton a chance in this fight including me... 1) Tsyzu just KO shamba mitchell 2) Hatton's opponents up to that point were terrible (Frank warren) It was so difficult to see anything but a Tsyzu KO unless you were a Hatton fanatic.

17y ago

Hatton_Is_God

hatton never beat tszyu fairly . he held and hit for all the fight and had the ref's help as well. that was a joke of a fight all pac has to be worried about is hatton's hugging open your eyes and stop being biased

17y ago

Dragon_Punch

hatton never beat tszyu fairly . he held and hit for all the fight and had the ref's help as well. that was a joke of a fight all pac has to be worried about is hatton's hugging God this place makes me laugh with the ridiculous myth's..... The fight was a messy brawl - instigated by BOTH fighters. Tszyu did plenty of fouling himself including hitting after the break, lowblows and other roughhouse tactics. What Ref help are you refering to????

17y ago

revs1227

damnnnn no on gave ricky a chance ....then again nither did i ! lolll

17y ago

Sin_City

LMAO, and he said the excact same thing about Hatton Vs Pac Man too! red k given

17y ago

JBmoneY

on may 3rd we can all bring back up the threads "pac will ko hatton in round1" and "hatton is just a lucky journeyman"

17y ago

Sin_City

why the hell is this on the front page?

17y ago

JBmoneY

yea there was threads on here too about "malginaggi would win"

17y ago

The_Demon

damn this thread is old,i wonder how many posters from this disappeared after the fight lol

17y ago

dustymoo

Lol! Spot on mate! I still cant help thinking that the fight wont happen though? One of those excuses for sure (nice one for reminding me about the 'rain' excuse), but i think they will be made before the fight happens. (again) I reckon that Tsyzu's advisors will win, finaly convincing Tsyzu that he'll get ten bells of shit knocked out of him by Hatton. And he'll end up fighting someone like Gatti for an easier payday.

21y ago

RobbieD

I can't understand the "Hatton has never fought anyone in Tsyzu's class before" arguements on him losing before he gets in the ring. There has to be a first for everything and people are going to be in for a massive shock. Start thinking of excuses for Tsyzu now because he'll need them. I'll start for you... - He hurt his knee. - Hometown decision - Lucky punch - Too early in the morning to be fighting - It rained (outside the building mind you but still) :D

21y ago