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Throb · Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:14 pm HATTON TO FIGHT URANGO IN VEGAS

Ricky Hatton will make his Las Vegas debut when he challenges Colombia's Juan Urango for his old IBF light welterweight title on 20 January.
The fight will take place in the Paris Hotel on the famous Strip, where Hatton will bid to win back the title he won from Kosta Tszyu last June.

Mexico's former lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo has been lined up for later in the year.

Castillo is set to fight Cameroon's Herman Ngoudjo on the same card.

Hatton, 28, was forced to give up his IBF and WBA light welterweight titles before moving up a division to successfully claim the WBA welterweight title over Luis Collazo in Boston in May.

But the Manchester 'Hitman' struggled to carry his power up to the 147lb division and has decided his future lies at 10 stone.

Urango has won 17 and drawn one of his 18 professional encounters and won the vacant IBF belt from Australia's Naoufel Ben Rabah in June.

dayoff · Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:56 pm

hatton now theres a fighter i like,

Gavin · Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:56 am

I'm glad it's in Vegas. Here's to a busier 2007 for Ricky this year, 2006 was really lack lustre.

Throb · Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:23 am

If Ricky gives this bloke the "Hatton treatment" in Vegas, he'll be made and his pulling power TV wise will be incredible.

Go on Ricky lad give him hell.

dayoff · Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:09 pm

if he fights his best he can destroy anyone at that weight. lets hope he does do it. got a lotta time for that man unlike some other boxers, not naming no names

Gavin · Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:13 pm

Go on dayoff name some names. OK I will. Audrey Harrison, Danny Williams, in fact pretty much any current heavyweight.

Throb · Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:09 pm

Only Brit heavyweights Gav, what about that Welsh fighter thats calling out Wiliams.

dayoff · Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:03 pm

the heavy weight is shit at the moment, theres noone, its a joke.
there used to always be a few good ones around, i used to look forward to watching the big fights. but now its all the other weights turn i suppose.

actually is there even a good heavyweight at all, i mean at the moment or breaking through, if not then boxing has really fucked up cause thats where the money is or should i say used to be.

williams and harrison are a joke,

Throb · Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:27 am

Manny Pacquiao is the man at the moment, he wants to get it on with Barrera again, Barrera wants it as well ,as he has been beaten by the "Pac Man" before and wants revenge.

As for the heavies its only Brit fighters that are proper shit, some good eastern europeans about and Tua is making a comeback and looking pretty rock. Was it you Gav who had a link to that Tua killer ko ?

Heavyweight only got interesting again around the time of Tyson, and the Brits over Bruno and then Lewis, heavyweights was shit for awhile before Holyfield, Lewis, Tyson, Bowe etc came along.

Middle or Super middle used to be king, thats a bit dour now but is still good, and them Mexicans and south americans at the lower weights are good to watch.

dayoff · Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:56 pm

you lost me