On November 22, 2008, Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs), the super-lightweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs).
Ricky Hatton is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Juan Lazcano, 5 months and 29 days ago. Paulie Malignaggi is on a 4-fight win streak with a 19% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Lovemore N'dou, 5 months and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ricky Hatton at 99-1 winning odds. Paulie Malignaggi really doesn't have much to present against Hatton.
Ricky Hatton stopped Paulie Malignaggi via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring super-lightweight title. Hatton improves his record to 45-1 (32 KOs), while Malignaggi adds a loss to his record at 25-2.