Ricky responds to Castillo's Mayweather prediction

Silly me. :doh: Yeah, I meant Tyson @ HW. (although, Mike woulda been a terror at welterweight . LOL) PBF was 152 for the 30-day WBC weigh-in. Oscar was 165. Then PBF was 150 for the weigh-in, and 148 on fight night. O ok...that sounds right. Tyson @ WW woulda been kinda cool...lol.

Ricky Hatton Needs To Shut The Hell Up

Actually, the two best punches of the fight were landed by Floyd. 1) The punch that buckled Oscar in rd 5 (1:21) 2) The punch that sent Oscar backwards at the end of rd 8 I see INTERNET POSTERS always talk about Floyd being feather-fisted. He has no power. Etc. Wanna know who never says that? The guys he actually FOUGHT. Why is that? Ouch. That has to hurt for the haters.

Well, if you only go by height, then you will say that Mike Tyson was always the smallest welterweight. Hatton was lean and in-shape for Castillo. He weighed 150. FMJ was 148 for Delahoya. Zab was 150 for the mayweather fight. Not sure for the Cotto fight. Tyson a small welterweight? Not many guys 5'11" @ WW is there? You musta meant HW right? I go by height and reach...its all the stats we have. We dont have chest diameter or measurements of leg girth. I thought PBF was 152...not that it really matters anyway.

if floyd is so weak and has no power why didnt big bad oscar walk right through him take his punches and keep on punching himself?

Obviously spoken by someone that can't fight! :boxing: Maybe if you put on gloves and try boxing and not talk about so much you'd make more sense. You fucking wannabe boxing analyst kill me!!!!! Just shut the fuck and wait for the fight. You have no clue how it will play out. I bet your retarded ass probably take your barbie dolls and actually do blow by blow commentaries of fights. Moron! How the hell would you know whether i've been in a ring or not - or even a fight? I've never proclaimed myself to be a boxing analyst but i'm saying it as i see it and usually back up my claims with facts. This results in people responding who cannot debate constructively, yourself for example have resorted to insults because you don't know how to correctly respond to my post. I enjoy watching fights, but unlike some others i don't sit there scoring each round. I'm fairly confident anyway that i have been in a higher level of education than you. Sort yourself out, kid.

Ricky is bigger than Floyd, Zab, Sharmba, etc. Ricky is probably almost as big as Shane. If all these guys can toil at Welterweight, what is the struggle for Ricky? If bigger you mean FAT...then yes I agree. Height and reach I think Hatton is prolly the smallest.

Smaller in height and reach - in physical body size there will be little that matters. He is slower, but only marginally. He is certainly quicker than Cotto, who everybody seems to think has a better chance. Hatton's technique and accuracy in body punching proves to be very hurtful too. He hasn't really 'hand picked' his opposition. People who hand pick their opposition are the ones who don't take risks. Hatton has come abroad, fought the wrong fighters stylistically to make an impression and has fought for world titles. Also, it's not as if Floyd hasn't hand picked his opposition. The mid thirty year olds Gatti, Baldomir, De La Hoya, Mitchell, etc, etc... Hatton is anything but a walking target. To hit Hatton flush and with the full extension of your arm you are going to have to be super sharp. He will be feinting all night long forcing Mayweather into moves and Hatton will act on that and not allow Mayweather to fight on the outside. Obviously spoken by someone that can't fight! :boxing: Maybe if you put on gloves and try boxing and not talk about so much you'd make more sense. You fucking wannabe boxing analyst kill me!!!!! Just shut the fuck and wait for the fight. You have no clue how it will play out. I bet your retarded ass probably take your barbie dolls and actually do blow by blow commentaries of fights. Moron!

man this is all bullshit, everyone automatically counts out ricky hatton like hes some sort of scrub. i like both fighters but hatton is gonna win, and why the fuck are you people comparing to Arturo Gatti?! Hatton is at a whole different level then gatti, and mayweather had trouble with inside fighters like castillo and delahoya, and they were both out of their prime, Hatton is at his peak right now and I don't see him losing, you people that compare him to the likes of Gatti and Baldy are complete ignorants. Hatton is smaller than Zab, Sharmba, and PBF. Less height and reach. Gatti was a good fighter and faced better opposition than Hatton has. Credit is due. Hatton has gotten by on shady calls/reffing via home turf and shot fighters. Yes he has fought here...Collazo, a virtual no name beat him IMO. That was a wash. PBF had no problem w/DLH whos got 3x more talent than Hatton will ever have. DLH is not in his prime atm either. What does a string of losses say about a guy? Take a look @ the DLH of the 90's...thats prime DLH. Look @ Hattons record...not the most impressive for names. Old Phillips, shady ref for Tszyu. Shot Oliviera...and a shot Castillo. What else is on there thats super impressive? Beating Tackie isnt that impressive IMO. Tackie is good but come now.

Not in the traditional sense it wasn't - Chavez was never out on his feet. His corner were right to stop it though - I had Floyd up by a couple of rounds and it wasn't going to get any better for Chavez. A corner running in to stop the fight usually denotes that someone is taking a serious ass-kicking with no chance of relief. I'm in agreement with you. This thread is really meaningless because the only people that really thinks Hatton will win probably have never been in a fight or can't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. Hatton barely won (if you believe he won) against Collazo. His power was null and void at 147 and his hit and hug technique was useless. I can't imagine him hugging Mayweather like that. It's almost comical!!!!

Some folx on here are just natural born Marshmallow brains..

Castillo was out of his prime when Mayweather fought him? And you are calling others ignorant? Thanks for playing. Not only that, he also said Oscar de la Hoya was an inside fighter. LMFAO Oh, and that Floyd had trouble with him, yeah, doubling someone's connect percentage and vastly outlanding them while throwing much less sure equates to "having trouble with"

Castillo was out of his prime when Mayweather fought him? And you are calling others ignorant? Thanks for playing. Another one bites the dust.

man this is all bullshit, everyone automatically counts out ricky hatton like hes some sort of scrub. i like both fighters but hatton is gonna win, and why the fuck are you people comparing to Arturo Gatti?! Hatton is at a whole different level then gatti, and mayweather had trouble with inside fighters like castillo and delahoya, and they were both out of their prime, Hatton is at his peak right now and I don't see him losing, you people that compare him to the likes of Gatti and Baldy are complete ignorants. Hatton is what you call this: http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e9/300px-Baseball_catcher.jpg You cannot be Tex Cobb or Mike Piazza and beat a Floyd Mayweather. You need some quickness. Castillo in his prime, you know the one who fought Mayweather Jr, was a signficantly better fighter than Hatton.

man this is all bullshit, everyone automatically counts out ricky hatton like hes some sort of scrub. i like both fighters but hatton is gonna win, and why the fuck are you people comparing to Arturo Gatti?! Hatton is at a whole different level then gatti, and mayweather had trouble with inside fighters like castillo and delahoya, and they were both out of their prime, Hatton is at his peak right now and I don't see him losing, you people that compare him to the likes of Gatti and Baldy are complete ignorants.

Figures. Most guys from Jersey City have delusional viewpoints about Arturo. Exciting fighter with a world class left hook. But he is not very skillful, chin isn't that good and he has been protected for a long, long time. He was punch drunk against Mayweather. And you must not understand the business. Every opponent is 'hand picked'. I'm sure you dont say the same about Mayweather, yes?? :pat: LOL I am the first to say that Gatti wasn't nothing special. I have no idea where you're getting at. What I'm saying is that the same kind of ass kicking that Floyd gave to Arturo, he will replicate for Ricky Hatton. Hatton is up shit's creek without a paddle. The best he can hope for there is to go the distance like Baldomir. Hatton will look like Katsidis through 6 rounds.

Hatton walks around at a higher weight than Cotto does, so if he's so much better than Cotto he should be able to at least make SOME noise at WW. Since when does your weight when not training have anything to do with what you are capable in the ring? Hatton is 5, 6 and has short reach. He is smaller than most welterweights anyway! Even so, yes, he can make some noise at WW but only against certain fighters.

Hatton walks around at a higher weight than Cotto does, so if he's so much better than Cotto he should be able to at least make SOME noise at WW. ricky walks around at a higher weight than most people at 5 foot 6. he eats a shit load and will out drink most men. he's a fat guy that got lucky with some boxing skills.

Pretty impressive consdering Cotto is now a full-time welterweight. Hatton is still a light-welterweight and continues to make it very easily. Hatton walks around at a higher weight than Cotto does, so if he's so much better than Cotto he should be able to at least make SOME noise at WW.

Try following the gist of the conversation from scratch before you get all wound up and start soiling yourself. I actually agree with what you've just said (apart from the power part), which feels pretty strange as you're arguably the biggest spaz on this site. My original point was in relation to all of the "Floyd KO in less than 8" nonsense when there is no evidence to back it up. Now go and call your care worker over, you're drooling again. Another idiot! Look dude Floyd has alot of power BUT his motive is to (WIN) on the safe side that is. Like not getting hit. Anything wrong with a fighter that doesnt like to get hit?? Funny thing is he rarely gets hit and lands with great accuracy. What I am trying to say here is that he's good at wining easy U.D so why go for T.K.O or a K.O TRANSLATION what u typed is DUMB