hperkins1

^ Man what you guys are failing to realize is that Corralles beat Castillo at his own game, stop acting like that mouthpiece incident was the deciding factor. Put what you guys are saying into perspective and apply it to another sport, then you will realize how stupid that excuse sounds. For example: The Lakers are playing the Kings, and the game is tied with a few ticks left on the clock in the fourth quarter, the Lakers have the ball and they throw it in to Shaq ( scenario 1: let Shaq dunk the ball and your team looses by two, or Scenario 2: you foul Shaq, which is kind of a punk move but it is legal, and he misses both free throws, and the Kings go down and score and win by two. It is called self preservation, and I don't care how much you say it is messed up, if you were in a street fight and you had a choice of getting knocked out or picking up a handfull of dirt and throwing it in someones face, what are you going to do? Castillo benefitted from that rest as much as Corralles did, he just got reckless in following Corralles around thinking that he had him badly hurt!! The rematch wont be any different, because Castillo can't fight any other way, the was the best that Castillo had to offer, and he still came up short, but on the other hand Corralles can do more things in the ring, mainly box, so don't get fooled into thinking that the second fight will be like the first one, because they seldom are. Corralles by knock out in the 8th if it happens again.

I wish you guys would put that Maywether fight to bed, Chico was a damn Etheopean in that fight! That fight is a moot point anyway since he took big shots from Castillo and Frietas, and managed to come out of those fights with the "W". Bringing up Chico fight with Frietas is irrelevant, because Popo has a totally different style than Hatton, that's like comparing apples to oranges. It kills me when people do all this "should of, could of, would of", for example, Chico would have lost to Popo if Popo didn't run out of gas, that's like saying Tszyu would have knocked Hatton's fucking head off, if the ref wouldn't have allowed Hatton to hold and wrestle! Statements like that don't carry weight with me, I am a realist, and the reality of it is that not only did Chico win that fight with Frietas but he made him quit. Hatton is open for punches, because his style is, "take some to give some", and trying that with a lethal banger like Chico, will get you a slight concussion! Chico is a better puncher than Tszyu for the simple fact that he punch. Tszyu pretty much throws one shot at a time, and that is with the right hand, to be honest with you, you can almost forget that Tszyu has a left hand, if he didn't use it as a range finder!! Don't be fooled into thinking that Tszyu is some monster puncher, because he is not, and I have been saying this for some time now! How he stops his foes is with accuracy, he hits them with well timed punches that they don't see. Fundamentally, Chico has the better technique, better leverage, better combos, and just flat out throws more punches, so if the first punch don't get you, then the second and third one will, and that is a fact! I am still not sold on Hatton, and I will say this again, beating Zoo did not change who Hatton is, it was just a bad style match up for Zoo, but Hatton is still the same face first fighter that beat 34 bums before he fought Zoo, and he will be exposed sooner rather than latter!!

Here we go! Man will you guys get Hattons nuts out of your mouth! I picked Hatton to beat Tszyu also, and that desicion was based totally on styles, plain and simple! I was never sold on Tszyu's inside fighting, it's not in his demeanour, he is way to patient and looks to counter at a distance. Also you have to factor in his long layoff and lack of rounds put in the last few years, and common sense would have told you that if Tszyu didn't get Hatton out of there early, that he more than likely wouldn't be able to keep up with Hatton's pace. Now on to Chico! I hate when I read a thread and people say that boxer A would get murdered by boxer B, or that boxer A don't stand a chace against boxer B, that sounds real rediculous. Most of you guys that are saying that Chico don't stand a chance against Hatton are the same people that were saying that about Hatton chances against Tszyu! To be frank, Chico hits just as hard as Tszyu, and I'm going to do you one better and say that not only do he hit as hard, but he is an all around better puncher textbook wise. He always have maximum leverage on his punches, and they are always short and crisp, not to mention that his combos are quick. Now lets put this matchup into perspective, if Hatton couldn't ko Tszyu with one particular shot, what makes you think he would ko Chico with one. Enough already about Chico's chin and body, he proved in his last fight with Castillo, that questions about his chin are unwarrented. Another thing I noticed posters saying, is that Hatton would break Chico in half with his body-shots, my reply to that is, if a prolific body puncher in Castillo couldn't get Chico out of there with a body then how in the hell will Hatton. Please don't say because he is bigger than Castillo, because that is untrue, Castill is 5'9" and have had a few fights at 147 in which he weighed in at about 153 on fight night. I am going to go out on a limb and say that Castillo is not only bigger that Hatton, but probably hits harder than him too! So before you go saying that Chico don't stand a chance, look at the fight from a style standpoint and not only is Hatton taylor made for chico, but I think that Chico would stop Hatton. Bofore you guys jump down my throat, I would like to point out that Hatton is still the same Hatton that you guys were dogging before he fought Tszyu, his team took a gamble and it payed off, it's like that sometimes. He showed little skill, no power, no speed, just brut aggression, and wresteling. Peace! :)