Britain's Ricky Hatton has won the International Boxing Federation junior welterweight title, beating Russian-born Australian champion Kostya Tszyu.
Fighting in front of a sell-out 22,000 crowd in his home city of Manchester, Hatton staged an 11th round stoppage of Tszyu in a thrilling fight, broadcast on television at 2am British time to meet prime time demand on US TV.
more Prison fire leaves eight inmates dead in Brazil Rio de Janeiro - A fire claimed the lives of eight inmates at a Brazilian prison in the early hours of Wednesday, according to media reports quoting officials.
25 Cuban would-be immigrants presumed drowned on way to US At least 25 Cubans were presumed drowned off their country's coast after the boat on which they were travelling to the United States hit a reef, El Nuevo Herald daily said Thursday.
