Kostya Tszyu vs. Ricky Hatton, was a professional boxing match contested on 4 June 2005 for the IBF and The Ring junior welterweight championships. The 22,000 who attendanced the bout at the Manchester Arena witnessed one of the biggest upsets in British Boxing History.

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  1. Hatton's Dirty Tactics, Allowed by this seemingly " biased" judge, I love Ricky Hatton's energy, but, as far as class, his ring ethics were quite dirty, cheating, while Kosta Tsu tried to fight a cleaner match. Hatton tried to use the judge to call Kosta Tzu out, and continued his holding, rabbit punching, PROBABLY CAUSED A CONCUSSION TO KOSTA TZU!
    The Referee allowed the " dangerous" rabbit punches behind the head, NOT ONE POINT TAKEN FOR HATTON'S HOLDING, NO POINT DEDUCTED FOR THE HORRENDOUS LOW BLOW HATTON MADE PURPOSEFULLY.
    The Referee should have been striped of his license, and the Title Belt removed.

  2. The champ gave the challenger the belt understandable the home crowd behind their dirty fighter ,the defeated xchamp was smart & watchable

  3. All the hate on Hatton for nothing I am Canadian and an ex-boxer he won the fight fair and square he stuck to his game plan and won the biggest fight of his career opening the door for him and know he is a Hall of Fame

  4. Ricky hatton is a dirty boxer, he hit the back of Tzu's head, he did it again and again when he fought Many pack man, but in the end Many Pack man destroyed him completely in just two rounds, he almost lost his life, he was lucky he did not loss it. No boxer desire to fight this dirty boxer.

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