Ricky Hatton Finally Called It Quits

It's been 2 years since "The Hitman" Ricky Hatton stepped into the boxing ring. Sad to say, that was the time that he was defeated by Manny Pacquiao for the light welterweight division. Since then, there has been talks for his ultimate comeback but none was realized up to this time. He was also involved in a cocaine scandal last September 2010 which has lead to the revocation of his boxing license. There has been evidences showing that Hatton has been using the prohibited drugs regularly.

Hatton started his professional boxing career way back 1997 and since his debut fight, he was only defeated twice. The first one was with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last December 6, 2007 for the welterweight division after remaining undefeated for 43 consecutive fights. After that fight, he was able to add two wins in his records by defeating Juan Lazcano and Paulie Malignaggi. A year after, he faced the Filipino pound for pound boxing champ, Manny Pacquiao.

Hatton's boxing career is truly a stunning one. The former title holder of numerous boxing divisions finally calling his much loved career off. He officially announced July 7, 2011 that he's ending his boxing career. The once British sport’s most successful careers will finally coming to its end.

After a lot of soul searching over the last couple of years I have finally decided to confirm I will never box again and there will be no coming back. There have been so many times since the Manny Pacquiao fight when I have woken up and thought I would give it one more go, but it was not to be. There have been amazing highs, and although I always wanted to be a world champion, I went beyond my wildest dreams. -Ricky Hatton

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Mavericks Claimed their first ever NBA Title

Such a great feeling indeed for Dirk Nowitzki to hold that stunning and shiny NBA championship trophy for the first time. American Airlines Area in Miami, Florida just can't help the Mavericks from celebrating in their own court as Game 6 ended with 105-95 against Miami Heat. The Mavs managed to dominate the court since Game 4 and even though the winning game was inside the court of Miami, they sustained the pressure and persevered until the end to claim their much anticipated title.

Dirk Nowitzki has been declared as the Finals MVP who had contributed 21 points and 11 rebounds for the team. Their top scorer has been Jason Terry with 27 points. These two players finally had their revenge when Miami Heat defeated them in the Finals of 2006 season.

"This is unbelievable," Nowitzki proudly said. He will be turning 33 next Sunday and the season might be his last before the usual age of retirement. "We are a resilient bunch. This team has come back from huge deficits all season long," he added.

This year's NBA Finals has been similar to that of 2006 which also ended after 6 games but the difference is the winner this time is already the Mavericks.

Miami's Lebron James on the other hand ended with 21 points and Dwyane Wade finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Their points weren't that enough to win the game for the possible ultimate NBA season reaching game 7.

"Hats go off to Dallas. There is an emptiness to it. It was a tough series. Sometimes you just come up short. Crunch time needed to be done, they made bigger plays than us, said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

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Pacquiao Weighs Lighter Than Mosley: Weigh-In Highlights and Results

The much awaited Pacquiao-Mosley fight is finally taking place in no time. The entire boxing world is now very excited to witness this spectacular display of superb boxing skills. These two great boxers were known to be knock out kings as majority of their wins are by way of knockout.

As for the record, Manny Pacquiao fought a total of 57 fights and won 52 of them. 38 of his wins are by way of knockout. Mosley on the other hand won 46 matches out of his 54 fights and 39 of the wins are by way of knockout. Mosley got 7 inches advantage in reach and is taller than Pacquiao but the latter got a 7 years advantage in age. As to speed and and power, both are equally superb. Their official weigh-in event happened a while ago and Pacquiao tipped the scales at 145 pounds while Mosley weighed 147-pound.

Pay per view offers are all over the Philippines right now from different cinemas, hotels, restaurants and other establishments. There are also towns that their local government is sponsoring the big screen for the entire community. For those who can't just witness the event because they are stuck in the office to do work, they can watch over on several sports sites offering Pacquiao vs Mosley live stream.

Both fighters acknowledge each other's capabilities and no trash talks happened in their pre-fight press conference. They even embraced each other after their official weigh-in and were in all smiles as they posed for the photographers for their pre-fight pictures.

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Georges St. Pierre Retains Title At UFC 129

The entire Toronto closely watched the much awaited fight of their very own mixed martial arts legend Georges St. Pierre as he defends his welterweight title against Jake Shields. The latter has been undefeated in his last 15 fights and has been eyed as a great threat to St. Pierre.

Shields is ranked 7th pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Sherdog, as well as the number 4 welterweight fighter. He defeated Martin Kampmann in UFC 121 in Anaheim,California October 23 of last year.

Their fight ended with a unanimous decision over Jake Shields as the judges scored 50-45, 48-47, 48-47 for St-Pierre. He proudly defended his much loved title that he has been holding since 2007. He kept the fight on his feet and managed to control the entire match in his control despite the eye injury that he obtained in the second round. St. Pierre ended the fight bloodying Shields’ nose with jabs and rattling his jaw with right crosses and a roundhouse kick.

He apologized to the fans who has been expecting a knockout. "I'm sorry for the fans," he said. "I wanted to make a knockout or a decision."

A co-main event also made UFC 129 a historic one when the Hall of Famer Randy Couture just had his last fight. He wasn't that successful though in ending his career victorious as Lyoto Machida knocked him out with a strong flying kick to the face at 1:05 in the first round. Fans continued giving him praise as he left the octagon.

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