Saturday, 24 November 2012

Boxing-Hatton knocked out in ninth round of comeback fight (Reuters)

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ricky Hatton's comeback after a 3-1/2 year absence from the ring ended in a ninth-round knockout defeat by Ukrainian welterweight Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester, England on Saturday. Britain's 34-year-old two-weight former world champion had lost 4-1/2 stone in preparation for the fight and 20,000 fans turned up at the MEN Arena to see his return in his home city. He seemed to heading for a points win but began to tire in the later rounds and the 35-year-old Senchenko, himself a former world champion, unleashed a fierce left hook to the body. ...

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