Hatton-Corrales is ON!?

[Manny_P]

I agree they have unfinished business, but I for one don't want to see them go at it again right away.

Morales and Barrera had unfinished business after their 1st fight, and waited a few years to get it on again.

Asking Chico and Castillo to get it on again this year would see them both kill a part of the other's career. It was too tough a fight.

Let them seperate a while and then rematch later.

An immediate rematch would almost gaurentee neither of them would ever be the same again.

Ya true. I mean they might eventually meet up again at 140lbs!

All has to be done is Catillo win his fucha fights, move up and a rematch may happen. Same goes wit Corrales.

[MAXWELL_]

This fight has the makings of an instant classic.

While it didn't suit Tszyu to fight Hatton that way, it would be right up Chico's alley.

They only thing that worries me is Diego is comming off consecutive fights against Cassamayor (x2), Frietas, and Castillo. And I don't need to tell you how violent that fight with Castillo was. At some point, Corrales is going to have to relax a bit. He's fighting world class opponents at a torrid pace.

I don't think anyone would question Corrales taking his power up with him. If anything, I think it will allow him to take a better shot, because it must be very tough for him to make 135 with how big he is.

Corrales is 5'11, Hatton is 5'7 (Tszyu was also 5'7)

I think the most important compairison to draw if this fight were to happen, is how would you rate Hatton's punching power and overall strength against that of Jose Louis Castillo (5'8)? AND, how do you rate Corrales' punching power vs that of Tszyu?

Personally, I think Hatton would be making a mistake by trying to bully and out slug Corrales, and I'm not sure anything else would be effective for him.

I'd take Corrales to stop Hatton late in a great fight.

i would have to agree this fight will be right up chicos' alley.hattons punching power isnt proven to me. i recognize the names of four guys he's fought out of the thirty+. poor tszyu he's only fought very good boxers not brawlers in recent years.chico knows how to brawl and his boxing skills are getting better every fight. since chico would be fighting a dirtbag brawler the use of elbows, hugging and leaning on will be called for and lowblows to return in kind.

i think castillo could beat hatton at the brawling game,in the u.s or mexico. castillos' quality of opponents leads me to believe he has more power than hatton hands down.corrales would have more at 140-147.

corrales is smart and listens to his corner.but i still have reservations about goosen telling him to fight an inside war with castillo and so i was wrong, he won. i would think that goosen and chico will take the castillo experience and have a good hatton gameplan.
hope chico has a tuneup first. maybe an emanuel augustas type fight.

i'm worried too about corrales taking on hatton after the war with castillo. maybe hatton will want a tuneup to savore his victory which will give corrales time for a tuneup.

[PapiShasho]

corrales is crazy...

this guys like the next gatti.

oh well, hes setting himself up to be a pay per view favorite pretty soon with all these wars...

[m00ks]

Honestly I don't see Corrales taking those ripping body shots from Hatton with his long exposed ribs.

[elveiel]

Honestly I don't see Corrales taking those ripping body shots from Hatton with his long exposed ribs.

I was thinking the same thing, also when they were talking about pinto match up.

I know its totally different levels of ability but when Hatton fought Pep(who's really tall) he ripped his body apart. I'd expect Hatton to work Corrales body well.

[rudy]

Corrales will get smashed to bits in 5 rounds of a war

[repsa]

I don't think this match'll come off immediately. Corrales will have to sign up then duck out at least twice. It is a logical match up to have. Two guys that made their supposedly unbeatable opponents quit (unbeatable in the public's eye, not mine).

Yes, I would have to go with Hatton on this one. He is naturally heavier, though Corrales is very tall for a former super featherweight competitor. And who is to say Corrales would carry the power to 140 that well? Hatton is young and fiery, a faster starter than Castillo. If Corrales fights inside with him, Corrales will probably lose. But what do I know? I've been on a big losing streak so I will shut up.

[hperkins1]

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!

[josenoway]

Jesus, the guy's been to hell and back, honestly I think it'd be better if he took some time to rest up.

Still, I'm excited for the fight.

[gnostic19]

Coralles has more skill that Kostya at fighting inside. His short hooks are lethal and he will have plenty of chances to land them.