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Mayweather Scores Tenth Round TKO Over Hatton

posted by Kathleen Holland on December 9, 2007, in News

Photos Courtesy of Raymond Spencer

WBC Welterweight Champion, Floyd Mayweather (39-0, 25 KO’s) once again proved to the boxing world that he is, pound for pound, the best boxer in the world when he scored a tenth round TKO over IBO Light Welterweight Champion, Ricky Hatton (43-1,31 KO’s) in a battle of “Undefeated” Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Hatton was cut over the right eye when Mayweather landed a right in the third round. Hatton had a point deducted in the sixth round for hitting on the back of Mayweather’s head. Mayweather took control and began beating Hatton down. Hatton hit the canvas in the ninth round and again in the tenth, when Referee, Joe Cortez stopped the bout after Hatton was unable to recover from the knockdown, stunning the predominately British crowd.

On the undercard, former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (23-1, 17 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over Peter Manfredo Jr. (28-5, 13 KOs) of Contender fame. Manfredo was knocked down in the fourth round.

WBO junior featherweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (34-1, 30 KOs) defeated Eduardo Escobedo (20-3, 14 KOs) by unanimous decision in a twelve round bout.

Edner Cherry (23-5-2, 11 KOs) got his revenge by scoring a sixth round KO over Wes Ferguson (17-3-1, 5 KOs) in a lightweight rematch. Cherry defeated Ferguson by decision in June of this year. Cherry knocked Ferguson down twice in the sixth round, the second time he could not recover and the bout was over at 2:59 of round six.

Matthew Hatton (33-3-1, 13 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over Frankie Santos (15-6-3, 7 KOs) in an eight round Welterweight bout.

Featherweight Jonathan Oquendo (14-1, 9 KOs) scored a first round KO over Andres Ledesma (14-7, 9 KOs).

Junior middleweights Jose Rodriquez (12-0-1, 2 KOs) and Ishmail Arvin (14-1-1, 6 KOs) fought to a draw in a six round bout.

Junior welterweight Danny Garcia (2-0, 2 KO) beat Jesus Villareal (1-3-1) by second round KO.

Middleweight Daniel Jacobs (1-0) scored a first round TKO over Jose Hurtado (1-2, 1 KOs) in his pro debut.

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