Ricky Hatton vs. Jose Luis Castillo, who wins?

[Oasis_Lad]

Depending on how much wrestling the ref allows Hatton to get away with, I think it would be fairly even through the first half of the fight, and I can see Castillo outworking Hatton through the championship rounds en route to a UD.

nobody outworks hatton especially at 140

i can see hatton hurting castillo with volumes of punches to tko him though it would most likely go the distance

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nobody outworks hatton especially at 140

i can see hatton hurting castillo with volumes of punches to tko him though it would most likely go the distance

you mean outwrestle.

[Oasis_Lad]

you mean outwrestle.

no i mean outwork and outland

hatton landed more punches than collazo and this was hatton who was a shadow of his former self and against a faster man in collazo and at 147

hatton at 140 is at his best weight and is faster than castillo, if hatton outlanded collazo at 147 then he will easily outland castillo at 140

also hatton will be the naturally bigger man in the fight so he has the strength
advantage which will be a big help in the clinches which are going to happen. when the worlds top two pressure fighters meet

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no i mean outwork and outland

hatton landed more punches than collazo and this was hatton who was a shadow of his former self and against a faster man in collazo and at 147

hatton at 140 is at his best weight and is faster than castillo, if hatton outlanded collazo at 147 then he will easily outland castillo at 140

also hatton will be the naturally bigger man in the fight so he has the strength
advantage which will be a big help in the clinches which are going to happen. when the worlds top two pressure fighters meet

I thought the Collazo fight was a toss-up. Close fight.

[Oasis_Lad]

I thought the Collazo fight was a toss-up. Close fight.

indeed it was, i had hatton winning by 2 rounds and if you take the knock down away thats only 1 round so it was a very close fight

i think if hatton had longer to prepare for the fight and get used to life at 147 though he would have done a lot better

i think he will move up to 147 again in the future maybe after the castillo fight ( if he wins ) or the cotto ( if cotto wins his matches too ) fight depending if that is at 140 or 147

if hatton beat castillo though would your opinion of him change ?

[Jazzy Paul]

If the fight happens I'd lean towards Hatton in a brutal thriller. Late stoppage or UD.

[The Surgeon]

I think this will be a fight of the year candidate for sure! Cant pick a winner but i see a close fight over the full distance

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Who is this guy that Castillo is fighting on the Hatton/Urango undercard?

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No date set yet?

[adietheforestfa]

I'll go with Castillo, I doubt JLC would allow Hatton to illegally wrestle him around.

Who cares. Witter beats both anyway.