This was the best intro to a fight I've ever seen. HBO started it by showing a group of friends headed by a die-hard Hatton fan travelling to Vegas from England reality TV style. They continually show all the Hatton fans in Vegas singing Hatton songs. Then they give a little tribute to Corrales showing the rivalry between him and Castillo with people, include Max Kellerman, saying it was the best fight they've ever seen in the history of boxing.
Immediately both guys clinch and fight each other with 1 hand on the inside. Hand lands a punch and Castillo wings a wild missing shot and goes down from tripping. Castillo lands a decent uppercut/hook on the inside while Hatton tries fighting while clinching. Hatton lands a serious of smothered punches on the inside. Hatton is continually trying to immediately clinch whenever they break up. But is somewhat effective even with smothered punches on the inside. Both guys are firing away, but they're so close that none of these punches can be that damaging. Uppercut partially lands for Hatton followed by a left hook.
Round to Hatton, Castillo seems a little unable to deal with the very close fighting by Hatton
10 - 9 Hatton
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