Heavy boxing picks favorite Rick Hatton will face Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom on Saturday May 24th,.  Hatton is an overwhelming favorite, but I still feel that this will be a fairly entertaining fight. 

Ricky Hatton will be fighting in his hometown so he’s going to come out swinging in front of all his supporters and fans.  He is considered to be one of the most popular English fighters of all time.  He is also one of the best pound for pound fighters out there, and has a very strong resume.  Hatton comes into this fight with a professional record of 43-1, with 32 KOs.  He holds the WBA Welterweight title, is a former two time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight Champion, a WBU and WBA Light Welterweight Champion and also a WBA, WBC, and WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champ.  With all this decoration it’s hard to even give Lazanco a chance to win this fight.  Currently Oddsmakers at BodogLife.com have Hatton as a massive -1100 favorite heading into Saturday.

Juan Lazcano comes into the fight with a record of 37-4-1, with 27 knockouts.  He is from Sacramento, California and has a decent resume of his own.  He is a former WBF, NABF and IBA Lightweight champion.  On Saturday he will be looking to pull off a massive upset.  It’s going to be very hard to Lazcano to fight this caliber of boxer.  I think it’s almost impossible for him to win in front of Hatton’s home crowd.  Lazcano has not boxed in over a year and he may be taking this fight on just for the money.  I think that Hatton is going to knockout Lazcano in one of the later rounds (8-11).  He is going to give his fans a show and dispatch of Lazcano with ease.

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