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Hatton beats Collazo in unanimous decision

Okay, this news story needs to be known to more boxing fans. Welterweght boxing needs more coverage.

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BOSTON -- Ricky Hatton knocked Luis Collazo down in the opening seconds and it appeared that he might be in for an easy night.

Guess again.

Collazo got himself together and had some big moments, but Hatton endured a rough, tough, brutal fight to win a close unanimous decision and a welterweight title belt on Saturday night at TD Banknorth Garden.

Although it wasn't the sort of dominant performance that many expected from Hatton, the British star and consensus 2005 fighter of the year, he was satisfied with his performance, but believes he can improve.

"He was stronger than I thought he would be but it's a good test at a new weight," Hatton said.

He had burst on the world scene last summer when he stopped junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu in the 11th round and then unified titles by knocking out Carlos Maussa last fall.

That led him to American boxing broadcast powerhouse HBO, which signed him to a lucrative multi-fight deal, which began with Saturday's fight.

"I felt stronger at this weight but I need to grow into it," Hatton said. "He did hurt me several times, but he never really made me wobble and I took some heavy blows. He has a good defense and it's been about four or five years since I fought a southpaw. I was under pressure. This was my first fight at 147 and it was for a world title. I will get better."

Hatton, headlining his first card in the United States, knocked Collazo down with a left hook almost immediately. But Collazo got up quickly and was able to survive, even under a withering assault from Hatton, who appeared to be the far stronger fighter.

Between the rounds, Collazo's corner implored him to calm down, and he appeared to listen.

By the third round, a cut on Collazo's bald head was bleeding badly enough for the referee to call timeout for the ringside doctor to check the wound. But Collazo was OK and the fight continued in the same manner it had for the previous two rounds, with Hatton stalking forward and firing while Collazo stood his ground and fired back.

Collazo (26-2), a New Yorker making his second title defense, began to settle down and find his rhythm in the sixth round. From there, it was a very close fight.

"I thought a guy had to do more than he did to take my title," Collazo said.

Although most of the 7,915 fans were cheering for Hatton, their hero from Manchester, Collazo began landing shots and using his quickness to dart out of the way of Hatton's punches, which had slowed in their frequency.

Two judges scored the fight 115-112 and the third had it 114-113 for Hatton. ESPN.com scored it 115-113 for Collazo, 25, but there were at least three or four rounds that could have gone either way.

Neither man showed much defense or a penchant for jabbing their way inside. According to CompuBox statistics, Hatton landed 259 of 741 punches (35 percent) while Collazo connected on 213 of 712 blows (30 percent).

Hatton (41-0), however, landed just five of 104 jabs, while Collazo was 46 of 241. Both were content to walk right toward each other and fire shots.

Hatton's corner was concerned about how the fight was going after the sixth, when trainer Billy Graham told Hatton, "You're bringing yourself down to his level! You're in a fight now!"

Hatton had a large welt on the left side of his face and Collazo was able to catch him cleany as he tried to get inside late in the fight.

Collazo had a huge 12th round, hammering Hatton, 27, with combinations that snapped his head back and clearly hurt him. After an initial flurry, Collazo landed more blows and Hatton was wobbling and appeared to be in trouble, although he made it to the final bell.

"Hatton was out on his feet in the 12th," Collazo said. "I thought the referee could have done a better job controlling his holding. I thought I outboxed him and was stronger than him. I think there should be an immediate rematch. I'll see everyone in England. Ricky is a very tough fighter."

There was much anticipation in the arena as the scorecards were read and the throng of British fans seemed relieved when Hatton was announced as the winner.

The win could set Hatton up for some major business with fighters such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Arturo Gatti and Carlos Baldomir in and around his weight division.

"I'll stay in the division that offers me the biggest fights," Hatton said, who gave up his junior welterweight titles to challenge Collazo. "If it means going to down to 140, I will go down to 140. If it is at welterweight I will stay at welterweight."

Duke Lacrosse DNA: Mystery Man Revealed

Accuser's Boyfriend is 'Single Source' of DNA on Vaginal Swab

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The second round of DNA test results in the Duke University rape investigation show "no conclusive match'' to any lacrosse players, defense attorneys said, but a vaginal swab of the alleged rape victim produced DNA from a "single male source'' — a man not on the lacrosse team who did not attend a March 13 party that was the site of the alleged rape.

Defense attorney Joe Cheshire declined to identify the mystery man or his connection to the alleged victim, but ABC News' Law and Justice Unit has learned that the unnamed source of the DNA is the alleged victim's "boyfriend," according to her mother.

ABC News is withholding the name of the man because he is apparently not a target of the investigation. Records indicate that Durham, N.C., police gave the "boyfriend'' a cheek swab to collect DNA on May 3, ABC News' Law and Justice Unit has learned exclusively.

It is unclear if or how the first DNA tests missed what appears to be the only foreign genetic material found on the alleged victim's body, defense attorneys said. Two Duke lacrosse players were indicted more than two weeks before the cheek swab was taken from the "boyfriend."

It is also unclear whether the alleged victim had sex with the "boyfriend" the night she claims to have been raped by three Duke lacrosse players. DNA experts tell ABC News that genetic traces of semen can remain in the body up to six days after intercouse.

Defense attorneys declined to release the actual report, saying that it contained the name of the "single male source.''

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong did not return a call to his home Friday night requesting his reaction to the defense attorneys' press conference. Nifong has said recently that he would be undeterred by a lack of conclusive DNA evidence.

Experts say that the absence of conclusive DNA evidence would not necessarily be a fatal blow to the prosecution's case. They cite a figure stating that 75 percent to 80 percent of rape prosecutions do not involve forensic evidence such as DNA.

"The truth is if you speak to crime lab directors, they will tell you that in only a relatively small number of cases is there any DNA evidence," said Peter Neufeld, co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project, which uses DNA to free people wrongly imprisoned. "In rape cases, there is an expectation of DNA. But like many expectations, often it is misplaced."

According to defense attorneys, neither Colin Finnerty nor Reade Seligmann, the two men charged, appear anywhere in the latest report. The two were charged with rape, kidnapping and sexual assault. None of either men's DNA has turned up in any test results, defense attorneys said.

Chesire conceded Friday that the results show that genetic material from beneath a plastic fingernail recovered from a garbage can at the scene of the alleged crime has "some characteristics'' of "one or two'' players' DNA, but that none of the tests show any conclusive matches. He acknowledged that the report names a third player, but declined to identify that player.

On Thursday, ABC News reported that prosecutors believe they have DNA evidence that could link a third player to the alleged attack.

Sources close to the investigation did not claim the material under the plastic fingernail was a conclusive match — only that it would be "helpful'' to the prosecution. The player whose genetic material was found under the fake fingernail is the same player who was identified in a photo lineup by the alleged victim with "90 percent" certainty, sources said.

Nifong has said he hopes to charge a third player in the alleged rape. Defense attorneys say they are bracing for another indictment — which could come as early as Monday.

"Monday, the grand jury is going to … consider indicting yet another of these young men,'' Chesire said. "And the travesty of justice, and the ripping apart of a community, and the intentional fractionalization of races will continue."

The fake fingernail was found inside a garbage can in the bathroom of the off campus home where the party was thrown. The garbage can also contained tissues, Q-Tips, and other materials, defense lawyers said. They said that players removed the plastic nail from the garbage and gave it to police.

"Is that consistent with someone that knowledgeably and knowingly committed a rape?" Cheshire said. "That they would leave fingernails that were ripped off a person in a violent struggle in their trash can after they're told there's an investigation and that police were going to come to their house — and when the police do, they give them the fingernails?"