Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano
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| Date | May 24, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | IBO & Ring Magazine Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Boxer |
 Ricky Hatton |
 Juan Lazcano |
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| Nickname | The Hitman | The Chosen Juan | |
| Hometown | Manchester, England | Sacramento, California | |
| Pre-fight record | 43-1 | 37-4-1 | |
| Recognition | IBO and the Ring Magazine Light Welterweight Champion |
Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano was a boxing Light Welterweight fight between Ricky "Hitman" Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano. It was held in Manchester, England at the City of Manchester Stadium in front of a record 55,000 fans. This was a record for a boxing event post world war II, until 2014 when Carl Froch faced George Groves, fight which sold 80,000 seats.
Hatton was coming off his first career loss to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and was fighting for the first time back in Manchester. It was a thanks to all his fans who had travelled to the States to watch his previous four fights and was held in his home Football ground of his beloved Manchester City.
Lazcano was a durable opponent who was in the top ten for light welterweights in the Ring Magazine rankings. His only stoppage defeat was to Golden Johnson ten years previously and he was also coming off a loss to Vivian Harris
Paulie Malignaggi was on the undercard as he and Hatton were meant to fight each other later in the year.
The weigh-in took place at the Trafford Centre in Manchester and there was a lot of anticipation about Hatton's Ring Entrance. A lot of people were criticizing his diet between fights and were saying he was past his best, He wanted to prove them wrong and also take a dig at them at the same time. Hatton said it could be his last in Britain.
The fight was on Sky Box Office in the UK and Versus (TV channel) in the United States. Juan Lazcano saw an upset on the cards and trainer Ronnie Shields was saying that Hatton was washed up and ready for the taking.
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