Castillo: "Hatton Has No Chance Of Beating Mayweather"

[sunny31]

casamayor? Please! He lost to popo, castillo, and corrales. Im not saying it would be totally one sided but hatton would eventually walk through him and stop him mid-late rounds most likely to the body. When hatton did beat him u would say its cos he was over the hill and washed up cos he's 36.

[Knicksman20]

i agree with dios that mayweather is a visibly bigger and stronger fighter now, he has built himself into welter pretty well, altho he is still pretty small at the weight. But i would also say is that a good thing for mayweather, i feel that the floyd that fought gatti wouldve given hatton more problems cos i think he was noticably faster, i think the extra bulk has made him a bit slower. I also read that article of oscar slating floyd's power, he said that hatton didnt have to respect his power too much and that might give hatton an edge.

To say hatton couldnt beat casamayor is laughable! He fought and beat a better, and bigger southpaw in collazo with poor preparation. Casamayor would never have the power to keep ricky honest.

Don't ever post such nonsense again. Collazo wishes he was half the boxer of Casamayor. Casamayor was an accomplished amateur, gold medal winner, & two time world champ. In his prime he'd box circles around Hatton but now that he's older it would be closer. He also defeated Corrales twice & arguably beat JLC & Freitas. Do your research before posting things like that.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

casamayor? Please! He lost to popo, castillo, and corrales. Im not saying it would be totally one sided but hatton would eventually walk through him and stop him mid-late rounds most likely to the body. When hatton did beat him u would say its cos he was over the hill and washed up cos he's 36.

Are you talking NOW?? yes, Hatton has too much for my man Joel now. Sadly.

But trust, there is NO WAY that prime El Cepillo allows himself to be fouled all over the ropes like Zoo.

Ricky would get butted, elbowed and low-blowed for his trouble.

[sunny31]

collazo is far from feather fisted, if you watch his fights he's just not a good finisher. Shane mosley said he hit harder than he expected in the press conf. after that fight but collazo broke his thumb on left hand in the 2nd or 3rd round and still went 12 with mosley. i would say casamayor is arguably a better fighter at his weight, which is lightweight (natural super feather), but as for being a challenge for hatton no way!

[Saxon_Christ]

Saxon,

Floyd was an under-sized 135er/140er a few years ago. He is now an undersized WW who is still smaler than most 140ers.

That being said, if hatton fought flloyd two years ago, he would have faced a smaller and less strong version of floyd. Do I have any "proof" that floyd is stronger today? No. Just like you don't have any "proof" that hatton is stronger than Floyd.

But I think as boxing fans, it is reasonable to assume that since Floyd has put on about seven pounds of lean muscle, and since he has spent the past two years working out and fighting and sparring with very big men, Floyd would have gotten stronger than he was at 135/140.

And if you say that you don't remember Floyd mixing it up at 140/147, it is because you missed this run:

Sharmba - dropped a couple of times & stopped in six rounds
Corley - punished and KD'd three times
Gatti - stopped in six rounds. Vicious beating.
Bruseles - stopped on a vicious bodyshot. While PBF handicapped the SuperBowl with Lampley.

That is the amalgam of PBF's work at 140. i'm confused as to how you can attribute that to "not mixing it up".

Can you please link me to that Oscar quote?

I will find you that link, don't worry Dios.

Those fights you have mentioned are not what I would call 'mixing it up'. Against most of these fighters and Gatti in particular he fought from the outside and simply used his speed, reach and timing to batter his opponents. He dis not stand and trade, which is what we were attributing 'mixing it up' to be. Back in his 130 and 135lb days he would make a genuine effort to push his opponent back and punish them. Given his size and strength differential at the higher weights this is no longer possible, which isn't a problem, as he has had to adapt to the environment he is in.

[sunny31]

im well aware of his history, collazo was golden gloves and a good amateur, ricky hatton was a bronze medalist at the junior world championships and had a brilliant amateur record, what amateur records got to do with it! I would say the castillo fight couldv been scored either way, and all those losses were pretty close but they were all fellow lightweights, not big light welters. I just dont ever see joel beating hatton, competitive yes, but never beating him

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I will find you that link, don't worry Dios.

Those fights you have mentioned are not what I would call 'mixing it up'. Against most of these fighters and Gatti in particular he fought from the outside and simply used his speed, reach and timing to batter his opponents. He dis not stand and trade, which is what we were attributing 'mixing it up' to be. Back in his 130 and 135lb days he would make a genuine effort to push his opponent back and punish them. Given his size and strength differential at the higher weights this is no longer possible, which isn't a problem, as he has had to adapt to the environment he is in.

I felt that PBF committed to push back JUdah. And did. Agreed?

I'm glad you made that excellent point about adapting. We have to give a guy credit for just becoming a SMARTER fighter over time. If a guy's style doesn't evolve over time, that should be a cause for concern, not celebration.

...after 25-30 fights, and with better competition, PBF is realizing that he can take a step back , give himself that extra split-second to see the incoming stuff, and still punish guys? That is smart work.

Diego Corrales is a guy who I loved, But you knew exactly what he was coming to do. He never evolved. Chico tried to "stalk" Clottey the way he stalked Popo. Kinda sad. Trinidad never evolved.

Sadly, Shane didn't change the way he fought. He just tried to do MORE of what made him WW champ.

Vargas DEvolved. He went from a smart boxer-puncher to a guy so caught up in machismo that he always wanted to brawl. And he didn't have the chin for it.

[Knicksman20]

im well aware of his history, collazo was golden gloves and a good amateur, ricky hatton was a bronze medalist at the junior world championships and had a brilliant amateur record, what amateur records got to do with it! I would say the castillo fight couldv been scored either way, and all those losses were pretty close but they were all fellow lightweights, not big light welters. I just dont ever see joel beating hatton, competitive yes, but never beating him

How can someone who knows boxing make a comparison of such an accomplished fighter to Luis Collazo who was just a beltholder? Makes no sense to me. Collazo isn't nearly as skilled or tricky as Casa. Casa is an elite fighter, Luis has NEVER been in that class or has proved he belongs there. JLC who is arguably a better fighter at his prime (And in his prime when he fought Casa) than Hatton had his hands full with an older version of Casa. That should show you how Casa even at this stage of his career would deal with Hatton.

[Vladimir303]

For your information, I have done my training today. 30 press ups. I'm in the best shape of my life. Neil Simpson should enjoy his day before I put him in adult nappies and leave him with an IQ similar to yours.

And there goes another loss. Looks like Neil Simpson outpointed you Tony Booth. Now you have 100 losses. I Guess you could celebrate for that...lmao

[steptwome]

If anyone knows its Castillo. He's been in the ring with both fighters. Them's fightin words Ricky