Ross420
Sep 20 2003, 04:05 PM
This coming weekend the UK's finest boxer returns to the ring in his continuing quest for domination in Boxing's Welterweight division.
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From Hatton's official site, here's the preview:-
www.rickyhitmanhatton.com (http://www.rickyhitmanhatton.com)
Ricky “Hitman” Hatton Vs Aldo “El Galan” Rios
By Jim Cawkwell
A prizefighter at the highest level enters the ring to win for himself, but he carries in his fists the pride and adoration of his thousands of followers. They generate the intensity from which the fighter may draw additional strength and courage to steady his nerve in those final moments before battle. In turn, his success is vicariously theirs. These symbiotic relationships also manifest the trademark colors and identity shared by both fighter and fan. The light welterweight division has no shortage of exceptional fighters and colorful characters.
Zab Judah plays the brash Brooklyn bad-boy to perfection. His fast hands and feet in the ring perfectly complement his motor mouth and image of fast cars and money outside the ring. Ben Tackie wears his native Ghanaian colors along with the tribal facial scars, which are inherent from his countries tradition. And world champion Kostya Tszyu’s rich and diverse cultural background affords him support from Korea, Russia and his adopted home of Australia, all of which he represents with pride.
But the new generation boasts different colors.
Spearheading the onslaught of the new wave of ten stone terrors is our very own Ricky Hatton. Adorned in the light blue that is his signature and that of his half of the great city of Manchester, England that beholds him as its most prodigious puncher. With the majority of the world top ten light welterweights currently accounted for, Ricky will make the tenth defense of his WBU title on the 27th of September at the MEN Arena in Manchester against Aldo Rios. The contract is out on Rios who will have to exceed the distinction of his own alias to survive a visit from the Manchester Mafioso.
Aldo Nazareno Rios aka “El Galan” (The Gallant) was born in Centenario, Neuquen in Argentina where he has compiled all of the victories in his 34-2-0 (6KO) record. The 29 year old is further distinguished as the current South American lightweight champion. He has forged a reputation as a good technical orthodox boxer with extreme regard to defensive skill. In fact in his only two losses, which came away from home, not even two of the world’s finest lightweight champions in Stevie Johnston (WBC) and Artur Grigorian (WBO) had any success in trying to break him down. He was the man waiting in the wings to step in this past April had Vince Phillips refused to compete against Ricky, this proves that he is always in shape to fight at even a moments notice. That he has had full training preparation for this fight makes him even more of a concern.
But Ricky Hatton seeks to succeed where other fighters have failed. A stoppage victory is the order of the day and if achieved it would not only signal Ricky’s complete return from his brutal encounter with Phillips, it would also fire a warning shot.
A timely reminder to would-be opponents that Ricky Hatton is very much in business and stalking his way toward the divisions marked men. Manchester’s ever faithful will be on hand once more to witness their cold-blooded assassin in action.
And when all is said and done, their voices will echo his name throughout the arena as the highlight reel projects the images of Ricky’s destructive power to the boxing world watching.
A rising force…still undefeated :clap
http://www.rickyhitmanhatton.com/images/hphat.jpg
From Hatton's official site, here's the preview:-
www.rickyhitmanhatton.com (http://www.rickyhitmanhatton.com)
Ricky “Hitman” Hatton Vs Aldo “El Galan” Rios
By Jim Cawkwell
A prizefighter at the highest level enters the ring to win for himself, but he carries in his fists the pride and adoration of his thousands of followers. They generate the intensity from which the fighter may draw additional strength and courage to steady his nerve in those final moments before battle. In turn, his success is vicariously theirs. These symbiotic relationships also manifest the trademark colors and identity shared by both fighter and fan. The light welterweight division has no shortage of exceptional fighters and colorful characters.
Zab Judah plays the brash Brooklyn bad-boy to perfection. His fast hands and feet in the ring perfectly complement his motor mouth and image of fast cars and money outside the ring. Ben Tackie wears his native Ghanaian colors along with the tribal facial scars, which are inherent from his countries tradition. And world champion Kostya Tszyu’s rich and diverse cultural background affords him support from Korea, Russia and his adopted home of Australia, all of which he represents with pride.
But the new generation boasts different colors.
Spearheading the onslaught of the new wave of ten stone terrors is our very own Ricky Hatton. Adorned in the light blue that is his signature and that of his half of the great city of Manchester, England that beholds him as its most prodigious puncher. With the majority of the world top ten light welterweights currently accounted for, Ricky will make the tenth defense of his WBU title on the 27th of September at the MEN Arena in Manchester against Aldo Rios. The contract is out on Rios who will have to exceed the distinction of his own alias to survive a visit from the Manchester Mafioso.
Aldo Nazareno Rios aka “El Galan” (The Gallant) was born in Centenario, Neuquen in Argentina where he has compiled all of the victories in his 34-2-0 (6KO) record. The 29 year old is further distinguished as the current South American lightweight champion. He has forged a reputation as a good technical orthodox boxer with extreme regard to defensive skill. In fact in his only two losses, which came away from home, not even two of the world’s finest lightweight champions in Stevie Johnston (WBC) and Artur Grigorian (WBO) had any success in trying to break him down. He was the man waiting in the wings to step in this past April had Vince Phillips refused to compete against Ricky, this proves that he is always in shape to fight at even a moments notice. That he has had full training preparation for this fight makes him even more of a concern.
But Ricky Hatton seeks to succeed where other fighters have failed. A stoppage victory is the order of the day and if achieved it would not only signal Ricky’s complete return from his brutal encounter with Phillips, it would also fire a warning shot.
A timely reminder to would-be opponents that Ricky Hatton is very much in business and stalking his way toward the divisions marked men. Manchester’s ever faithful will be on hand once more to witness their cold-blooded assassin in action.
And when all is said and done, their voices will echo his name throughout the arena as the highlight reel projects the images of Ricky’s destructive power to the boxing world watching.
A rising force…still undefeated :clap