Hatton on Castillo fight

JJay18y ago

Ricky Hatton has vowed to turn up the heat on Jose Luis Castillo when the pair meet in their eagerly anticipated light-welterweight showdown in Las Vegas on June 23. Temperatures in the desert city have sizzled at over 40 degrees Celsius since Hatton and his team arrived one week ago, and the Manchester Hitman is intent on producing a performance fit for the history books. Hatton said: "Castillo's fight against Diego Corrales was one of the fights of the century and if there was any pair-up of styles that could even beat that, you would have to say it was me and Castillo. "I don't want to be remembered as the greatest of all time but in years to come I want people to say, he was a good fighter. "People have DVDs of great fights on their shelves and I want a Ricky Hatton fight to be one of those." Both Hatton and Castillo will enter the fight with something to prove after failing to shine on the same bill last time out, when Hatton outpointed Juan Urango and Castillo struggled to overcome Herman Ngoudjo on the undercard. But Hatton is wisely leaving no room for complacency as he believes 33-year-old Castillo will also be better prepared than ever as he seeks to make the most of what could be his last shot at staying in the limelight. Hatton added: "I expect him to train harder than he has ever trained before in his life because a win against me could lead to so many big-money match-ups for him, but if he loses he stock goes down. "I think this will be a similar fight to my Kostya Tszyu fight. This really is my kind of fight. Styles make fights and we are two people who don't take a backward step." Hatton is staying in rented accommodation in Las Vegas and putting the finishing touches to his gruelling training programme before he begins to wind down in preparation for the fight next week. Hatton added: "When you fight a guy who's done what he's done you get a little bit hornier about it. "My training camp has been the best I've had by a country mile, and that's because of the man I will have in front of me."

Comments (7)

squealpiggy

I think the behaviour of many of the people on this forum is to diminish Castillo's chances and to make claims that he is past it, so that if Hatton wins then they don't have to give him credit and if he loses they can mock him from on high. I swear that many of the posters here aren't boxing fans, they are fans of mockery.

18y ago

Super_Cartel

Both fighters really seem up for this.. The recent pics of Castillo in training the geezer looked fucking solid aint saw him like that in a while. He said his last fight was down to being unmotivated because Hatton was on the cards and i believe the guy. Castillo aint shot.His on the slide but he can muster up one great performance.A fighter of Castillo's calibre is always capable of 1 big performance shot or not. Hatton looks ready to.you can see his done his training and is taking this fight very seriously.He knows it's make or break. Win and he goes up in stocks but a defeat will harm him cuz then all the haters will have the chance to say "told you so". My prediction: Hatton late stoppage or UD.. In saying that by no chance am i writing Castillo off and would not be suprised at all if he beats Hatton.. Hatton hates bodyshots ie...Urango Castillo is one of the best..

18y ago

Technical_Skill

He has been fighting young titleholders - Urango, Collazo - and people criticised him for it...the poor guy takes a lot of negativity no matter who he fights. Why do some people hate Hatton? Is it because he is English, is it a kind of prejudice? My God, no boxer takes as much unfair abuse as Ricky... (Violins playing in the background)

18y ago

Mik

How anyone can claim that Hatton is a trash-talker I dont know.

18y ago

me2007

This is one of those fights you really think is made to ricky hatton win. A worn 33 year old fighter who is decent... Come on! If Ricky wants to even be compared with the big boys he needs to be fighting THE BEST, younger and hungrier fighters out there. Cotto pops to mind. At 29 he is not getting younger but after the Urango fight i kinda see why he is going this way. Everyone wants to be a mayweather, be 2345-0 makes me sick. I value 1000% more people like Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Mosley than this clown. mayweather beats his gf. He also lost to castillo which makes this fight interesting.

18y ago

Slotff

This is one of those fights you really think is made to ricky hatton win. A worn 33 year old fighter who is decent... Come on! That was a very ignorant thing to say. Castillo goes down in my books as an ATG no problem, even more so if he beats Hatton.

18y ago

Allucard

18y ago