DAZN's Top 5 Classic US vs. UK Fights

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It's supposed to be 4,000 rents inside and they're going to go nuts now because here comes Ricky Hatton, an extraordinary fighter.
Ricky Hatton is undefeated, 43-0, 31 knockouts, twin in June where he stumped Jose Luis Castillo in the fourth round and took the IBO 140 pound title along with him.
He's the WBC welterweight champion of the world, six time world champ in five different weight classes.
Somebody's O has got to go. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble.
Hatton has a tendency all the time to feint left and when he does that he drops his right hand and he's open for the left hook constantly.
Watch him folks, watch what I'm talking about.
He's the best fighter in the world to be outside.
If you can move laterally, double jab, make the opponent lunge, that option is still there for Mayweather.
He's got a big smile on his face so it appears that he was off balance.
It looks like he's taking a point away.
That's the same as a knockdown.
Master boxing by Mayweather, Hatton sticking to his test but gets dropped.
Drops him to seven and eight. His eyes are clear but his legs aren't there.
Watch this guy try to finish him off now. He's not there.
He lets the hang on. His legs are still not there.
This is the beginning of the end.
Of New Bridge Wells, Joe!
The executioner!
Calzaghe looking for a way to get near Hopkins.
Big shot by Hopkins and Calzaghe is, wow!
He followed and he walked into trouble.
Was it a flash knockdown?
Calzaghe succeeds a little bit, driving Hopkins back.
You don't see many corner fighters go to the corner as much as Bernard Hopkins does.
And you don't usually see an undefeated fighter go down in the first round of a fight.
Hopkins accomplished that.
But Calzaghe may have had his number.
You know the punch numbers. Bernard Hopkins is way down.
Ladies and gentlemen, by way of the Planet Hollywood Casino of Las Vegas, we go to the scorecards.
Adelaide Burr scores at 114-113 for Bernard Hopkins.
Ted Gimses scores at 115-112 for Joe Calzaghe.
Chuck Jampa scores at 116-111 for the winner by split decision.
From New Bridge Wells, still undefeated.
And now, recognized by Ring Magazine as the new Super...
...speed is because he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a tremendous amount of speed.
And the heads came together already.
Zab complaining, I hope he's not touched.
Zab, Zab, you got to turn your left hand over.
You got to throw it and throw the left hand.
Stop jumping up and bringing your head up and down.
Keep that damn chin down and go down.
When you go down, start hitting him to the body.
All right guys, clean it up. You're better now. Let's go.
And Zab, Vernon Zab is getting in.
Now, see, Zab is down. He's coming up.
But he doesn't come up with the uppercut.
So Khan makes him pay upstairs.
Nice combination of punches.
Both sides of the head.
It's time to get hit.
And I think he's going to score it as a knockdown.
It's up to 3 and 4 and 5 and 6.
Is he going to get up? 7, 8.
It doesn't look like he's going to get...
He counts him out.
Zab claiming it was a low blow.
But he gets counted out.
Remember the rule is,
if there's a low blow, you may be counted out.
This is scored as a knockout.
And the 5th round.
Was Zab looking for a way to get out of there, Dave?
It sure looked like it.
That's right on the belt.
It didn't catch him.
And besides, the cup comes up high,
so that shouldn't hurt him at all.
Real big on contact.
Good start.
Great action.
Oh, a big shot.
It went in there for Pogre.
You see the head of Taylor really spin.
He took it well though.
He really did take it well.
Showing he's got a great chin.
So the champions have to adjust in key moments.
Perhaps Regis Pogre is doing that at this point.
Josh Taylor with a big right hand,
and another right hand as well,
unanswered from Regis Pogre.
30 seconds left
of this world super lightweight unification fight.
World Boxing Super Series on the line.
The cream of the crop,
but who will rise to the top
in the final 18?
Absolutely terrific watching this.
Fantastic, and back they go again.
Exchange in Levin.
This is fantastic.
Last 10 seconds.
He is fatigued a little bit, Josh Taylor,
perhaps Regis Pogre finishing slightly the stronger man.
At this stage, a right hand lands from Pogre.
Taylor though, sees it through,
and then he ends the fight after the bell.
And again,
a little bad blood towards the end,
which is a shame,
given the high octane, high quality nature
of two warriors going toe to toe
here in the O2 Arena
The question is now,
what are the judges like?
For the winner by majority decision,
the fighting pride of Scotland,
and now the unicorn.
He's got the speed,
the power,
the charisma,
the following,
and if he conquers Campbell tonight,
he stakes his claim
right at the top of the boxing kingdom.
His last two fights have gone
a total of 178 seconds.
Will Garcia make quick work
of Luke Campbell,
or will he end for a long distance
dog fight?
We saw a Eurostep there from Garcia
as he lands the right hand.
Garcia heating up in the corner.
Campbell trying to just avoid
and block.
You see Campbell up on his toes.
Garcia much more flat foot.
Seems like he wants to...
Oh, left hand sends the kid down!
As Campbell perhaps got a little...
Seems like Garcia is winning these rounds.
Right hook again.
This is a good round.
Right at the...
That's Garcia's best punch.
It's a snappy left hook.
The ropes may have kept him up.
May have kept him up,
and may have kept him in that fight.
You feel okay?
He was also saying to Ryan Garcia,
you're young.
Body shot.
Bernard Hopkins knocked out Oscar De La Hoya
with a vicious body shot.
That body shot
Campbell was able to get up
from Lomachenko's body attack,
but not from Ryan Garcia's
body attack.
More style than substance.
That was the question
asked before the fight.
What's the answer?
He is all substance.
He took a hit.
He went down.
He fought like a champion,
and he knocked out a fighter
that has faced top competition
and has never been knocked out before.
