Agree with everyone here as vicious as Hattons body attack was he is no Chavez and we saw how Randall handled an ATG....the surgeon was to good and surgical at his best he beats the ugly off Hattons face
Well agree with consensus so far. Frankie kept those hands up nice and high. Everytime Ricky tries going to the body he is going to eat a major league pinpoint right hand counter. A nice straight punch right down the pipe and Hatton is wide open for it. Hatton would be best served abondoning any time of body attack against this guy. But trying to throw left hooks upstairs would not be successful either. Just a bad match for Ricky. His skin won't allow him to make it to the end against the type of straight punches he'd get hit with.
Ricky Hatton and Frankie Randall meet in ring center and stare each other down intently. Referee Mickey Vann barks out instructions as loudly as possibly, but even with the microphone, it is hard to hear him because of the noise generated by the large, partisan Manchester crowd . The fighters touch gloves. Ricky Hatton bolts out of his corner and immediately tries to work Randall's rather slender body. Randall steps around him and fires a double jab, both of which find Hatton's face. Hatton bulls forward and Randall ties him up. Randall moves left then right, changing direction easily. Hatton bulls forward and briefly gets Randall on the ropes. He lands a left hook to the body, but Randall takes it well and moves off the ropes. Randall moves for the remainder of the round. Hatton seems to have won the round by being a bit busier. Between rounds, Aaron Snowell tells Randall he lost that round. He instructs Randall to continue his lateral movement, but to stop and throw combinations, before moving laterally again. He further instructs Randall to tie Hatton up when he gets close. Randall starts the second round moving laterally and flicking jabs. Hatton is undetered and quickly closes the distance. He bulls into Randall, who ties him up. The referee breaks them. Suddenly off the break, Randall fires a quick jab that lands, then quickly follows with an explosive straight right. Hatton, distracted by the jab does not see the right hand. It explodes off his unprotected chin, sending sweat flying in all directions. Hatton's legs momentarily fail him and he backs to the ropes. Randall pounces and rakes Hatton over on the ropes. Hatton's hands are high but he isn't throwing much back. Randall lands a left uppercut and Hatton falls again. He gets up at 9 and the bell rings. His cornermen help him to his stool. Randall's cornermen give him a pat on the back as he returns to his corner and sits down. Snowell tells his charge to go out and finish the job. It is apparent to them that Hatton may not fully recover between rounds. Frankie bolts out of his corner at the start of round three. Hatton meets him head on and the two exchange punches. They both land to the body and Hatton misses a homerun hook. Randall counters with a right but it does not land full force. It does, however open a nasty cut over Hatton's left eye. Blood immediately begins pouring into the eye. Hatton gallantly throws punches, but not much lands and he tries to wipe the blood from his left eye. Randall moves to his right and Hatton tries a hook, hoping to catch Randall moving into it. He misses, leaving himself open for a counter right hand which he does not see coming. The punch lands full force and Hatton drops as if shot. He barely moves as referee Vann counts over his prostrate body. Vann counts him out and Randall jumps up on the turnbuckle in celebration. Fans boo and throw bottles at him. He is quickly escorted out of the ring by two bobbies, who shield him from the irate crowd. Hatton is carried to his stool and is examined by the ring doctor. After a few minutes, he is helped back to his dressing room.
Chavez at the time he faced Randall was better than the Tzyu who faced Hatton. After Don King got Chavez's title back, Chavez defended it for two years before running into a fast rising De la Hoya. Conversely, Tzyu was 36 and at the end of the line when he lost to Hatton.
