Ricky responds to Castillo's Mayweather prediction

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

ricky walks around at a higher weight than most people at 5 foot 6. he eats a **** load and will out drink most men. he's a fat guy that got lucky with some boxing skills.

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?

[Chipp3r]

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.

[Mr. Ryan]

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??

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 ****'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.

[Ironside]

man this is all bull****, everyone automatically counts out ricky hatton like hes some sort of scrub. i like both fighters but hatton is gonna win, and why the **** 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.

[Mr. Ryan]

man this is all bull****, everyone automatically counts out ricky hatton like hes some sort of scrub. i like both fighters but hatton is gonna win, and why the **** 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:



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.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

man this is all bull****, everyone automatically counts out ricky hatton like hes some sort of scrub. i like both fighters but hatton is gonna win, and why the **** 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.

Castillo was out of his prime when Mayweather fought him?

And you are calling others ignorant? Thanks for playing.

[Technical_Skill]

Castillo was out of his prime when Mayweather fought him?

And you are calling others ignorant? Thanks for playing.

Another one bites the dust.

[tito yuca]

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"

[sonofisis]

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

[supremelygifted]

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!!!!