On November 26, 2005, Ricky Hatton (39-0, 29 KOs), the super-lightweight IBF and The Ring champion, and the super-lightweight WBA (Super) champion Carlos Maussa (20-2, 18 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Ricky Hatton is coming in to the fight on a 39-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round RTD victory over Kostya Tszyu, 5 months and 22 days ago. Carlos Maussa is on a 2-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round KO win over Vivian Harris, 5 months and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Ricky Hatton at 99-1 winning odds. Carlos Maussa really doesn't have much to present against Hatton.
Ricky Hatton stopped Carlos Maussa via KO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the IBF, The Ring, and WBA (Super) super-lightweight titles. Hatton improves his record to 40-0 (30 KOs), while Maussa adds a loss to his record at 20-3.