On Saturday November 22, 2008, tune in to HBO channel to watch the boxing match of the month - no other than the Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton vs Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi. It will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and HBO will live broadcast it.
Paulie Malignaggi will challenge Ricky Hatton for Hatton's IBO Light Welterweight title, his Ring Magazine Light welterweight title and the vacant IBF Light Welterweight title. Thus, if you got free time this weekend, don't dare to miss to watch Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi.
For the record, Richard "Ricky" Hatton is a British boxer who won two-time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight, WBA Welterweight, WBU, WBA Light Welterweight Champion and WBC, WBA, WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight. Currently, he is the Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion.
As the challenger, Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi is a former IBF junior welterweight champion who is best described as a slickster. In spite of having very little power, he is able to land clean shots while his opponents come forward.
Who will win this match? Time to cast your bet now ;0
Other matches include:
James Kirkland vs. Brian Vera, 10 rounds, middleweights;
Matthew Hatton vs. TBA, 10 rounds, welterweights;
Rey Bautista vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior featherweights;
Sirimongkol Singwancha vs. Rogelio Castaneda, 8 rounds, welterweights;
Danny Garcia vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights;
Hylon Williams vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights;
Adrian Gonzalez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
How to watch Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi Online? Most boxing followers who are a big fan of the two fighters want to know on where to watch Paulie Malignaggi vs Ricky Hatton online via live video streaming. As stated on the title of this post, Sopcast software is available to watch boxing videos for free. Just browse around their channels and surely, you will find what you are looking for. Other website that offer live stream of boxing fights is the P2P site.